tModLoader What are our thoughts on Calamity Fables?

[MoultonLava]

For those who don’t know, Calamity Fables was a recently introduced mod that plans to make Calamity from the ground up, with scrapped designs and new and interesting equipment. It currently adds 3 bosses, 1 new and 2 from Calamity. I must say, this mod holds SO MUCH potential, I can’t wait to see it bloom into a beautiful mod! I must ask, what are your opinions on this mod?
You should note that this is not from a Fables dev, this is just to discuss the mod currently, and in the future.

 

[Old Master Rope God🌳]

I'm not a huge fan, I like calamity and this just looks unremarkable.
Not to mention it replaces one of the best soundtracks in gaming history.

 

[MoultonLava]

I'm not a huge fan, I like calamity and this just looks unremarkable.
Not to mention it replaces one of the best soundtracks in gaming history.

I do personally like the original Calamity soundtracks better, but these aren’t terrible. There is a config to turn the original Calamity themes on.

 

[MoultonLava]

I'm not a huge fan, I like calamity and this just looks unremarkable.
Not to mention it replaces one of the best soundtracks in gaming history.

Also, I like the designs for the bosses in Fables better compared to original Calamity. They look much more polished and unique than the originals. Crabulon especially.

 

[Asternove]

Dude look at Crabulon

His og theme barely fits although it's good

But the animation is absurdly good

 

[Orchamut]

For the most part it looks like calamity if it was fun, but I wish it didn't have a quest system, I've gotten pretty tired of quest systems in content mods. Sure they are a good way to walk the player through new content once, but after one playthrough they become annoying and tedious. I haven't played the mod yet though so this is just from an outsider perspective currently.

 

[Dapling]

Haven’t played through it, but it doesn’t have a lot of the absolute design disasters and sheer drama around the original calamity so I’m a lot more open to it honestly

 

[MoultonLava]

Dude look at Crabulon

His og theme barely fits although it's good

But the animation is absurdly good

Yeah, it really fits the puppeted feel that it originally had, I also love how it slams down and stops moving for a second, like the puppet master accidentally dropped the strings. I also love how the Desert Scourge uses electrical attacks that shock platforms.

 

[Hickory]

I'm a big fan. I haven't tried it for myself since it's pretty small in its current state, but I've seen all the content showcased and it's absolute eye candy. Quest system definitely could get old fast depending on how it's implemented, but overall I'm very excited to see how the mod develops.

 

[MoultonLava]

I'm a big fan. I haven't tried it for myself since it's pretty small in its current state, but I've seen all the content showcased and it's absolute eye candy. Quest system definitely could get old fast depending on how it's implemented, but overall I'm very excited to see how the mod develops.

Same!

 

[Coleyohley]

I haven't played it yet but I do think's refreshing to hear that Fables abandons all the weapon reworks and balance nonsense and just doubles down on adding new, interesting content.

The amount of bandaid fixes and poorly-thought-out reworks to a lot of the vanilla gear, only for those bandaid fixes and reworks to cause more problems later on down the line and require more fixes and reworks is probably my biggest issue with Calamity, so hearing that Fables is doing none of those is very heartening and I do hope to give the mod a try in the future.

 

[MoultonLava]

I haven't played it yet but I do think's refreshing to hear that Fables abandons all the weapon reworks and balance nonsense and just doubles down on adding new, interesting content.

The amount of bandaid fixes and poorly-thought-out reworks to a lot of the vanilla gear, only for those bandaid fixes and reworks to cause more problems later on down the line and require more fixes and reworks is probably my biggest issue with Calamity, so hearing that Fables is doing none of those is very heartening and I do hope to give the mod a try in the future.

I absolutely love how unique the weapons they have added are. A flail that explodes into pushing air? A claw that allows you to grab and move around enemies? A weapon that can be dribbled like a basketball to gain power? All here! They also added a new whip, which Calamity seems allergic to.

 

[Michaelsoftman]

Fables is way better and I can only hope it surpasses the original at some point

 

[MoultonLava]

Fables is way better and I can only hope it surpasses the original at some point

It is incredibly promising, and I agree! I like the original, but it is unbalanced in some ways. Fables is looking to be an incredible mod!

 

[MoultonLava]

I can’t wait to see an Auric plated Devourer or really cool sprites for the Perforators and Hivemind, hell I can’t wait to see what the Fables team cook up for boss sprites! The weapons also look phenomenal, and can’t wait to see more!