i dont know if this has been said yet, or if this thread is on topic any more but....
a good idea for fable 4 IMO would be the fall of the guild that took place between F1 and 2.
Youre a hero freshly graduated from the guild and lets and your just getting started doing your heroic deeds and what not when the s*** hit’s the fan, the normal people (muggles lol) start an uprising toward you and your beloved guild
I like that idea. Yeah I think a straight up prequal to F1 would be stupid when there's this huge gap to fill between 1 and 2. Like.. there's plenty of stuff to cover.. the fall of the guild like you said and Reaver betraying Oakvale and all that.
But most importantly, and I've said this on other forums, DON'T NEGLECT THE FEMALE PLAYERS. If there's no female option, I'm not buying it and Lionhead is going on my **** list. I was annoyed when they did it with the first one and especially with The Journey. where... the option had previously existed and then was taken away.
On any given day I'd play F2 or 3 on multiplayer, the majority of the people I saw on were girls! So I find it perfectly asinine that you wrote the latest installment in such a way as to exclude us. It may only SEEM like there's more guys playing these games, because its guys who go out of their way to brag about their accomplishments with youtube videos, and fan sites and makin facebook pages, making mods on the PC and going on long winded rants like this one on forums.
I just forced myself through Fable 1 just for the story and it was really ****in' boring playing as this big shouldered superman lookin' dude. Kinda took me out of the game and made it dull and unrelatable. It's a good story and fantastic game play and everything but... the second two were infinitely more fun for me.