There was a lot of hype surrounding this game and how it was going to be a go-anywhere, do-anything, alpha and omega of role playing games.

It wasn't.

It's like they attempted to cross a RPG with The Sims, and came out with something that was not as entertaining as either.

The game play was linear, basically limiting you to choosing from a pool of missions of which you could accept or decline.

The overarching "story" was.... best described as a delusional childhood power fantasy, which might appeal to the type of person that likes TV cartoons like Dragonball Z.

The mini-quests were not too bad, but seemed contrived and without context at times.

The dynamics of interacting with the other denizens of the game were equally lackluster, culminating in how stupid getting married was. You woo a person by giving them gifts and doing stupid showboating stuff like flexing muscles at them. And then if the woo'ed character likes you enough, asks you to marry them. Then you've got to go get a wedding ring and give it to them--by which time they may no longer like you and you have to lavish them with gifts and more muscle flexing. Then you get married. Then you have to buy a house to live in. Then you have to give more gifts and flex. Then there might be a "come to bed" and some "oh" and "ah" noises on a black screen. Then you're back to "more gifts and flexing, please!" It's so aweful it's outright comical.

If you decide to not be an adventurer, you can do all kinds of exciting things to make a living. Like, say, fish in ponds and sell the fish. Or buy a couple houses and rent them out and drop by once in a while to collect the rent manually. Or buy items that are a little cheaper in one town and go to the next town where they fetch a slightly higher price and sell them there. The excitement never starts!

One of the most annoying aspects of the game is the ever-badgering, intrusive narrator-that-is-actually-a-character-at-the-Hero's-Guild voice. Constantly chiming in with such things as "Your health is low!" or "You have a new quest card!", as if he manually monitored all heroes and alerted them to stuff like that through a cell phone. There's a nice health bar on the screen where you can clearly see your health is low (or not). And how hard would it be to have a villager come up and ask for your help, rather than having the disembodied voice alert you that there is a "quest card" for you at the guild. It completely ruins the immersiveness of the game.

All in all, definitely take a pass on this game. If you're looking for a good story in an RPG format, I'd recommend Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic over Fable any day of the week.

Fable is a new generation of gaming. It is officially the best game in existence. Every single arrow you hit someone with, every one living man you just decapitated with that awesome sword, axe, hammer, or weapon, even every giant fireball or lighting blast changes you and your appearance. Every time you do one of these you get exp in that certain field, either strength (melee damage, defence, and health bar sub-categories), will (divided into the spells that can be upgraded four times after purchasing and mana bar), or skill (sub-categories ranged damage, speed, and guile) guile is how snealy you are and gives you steal, lockpick, and lower prices everywhere. The spells are amazing but make you age faster, however, you can only get to 65 so it doesnt make a difference except appearance. Years can also be subtracted by donating to the gods. BUY THIS GAME!


The helpful spell cheatish thing is summon. when you use this it makes a puny little wasp to help you. The first thing it kills it will become for the rest of the game. do not use this until you are pretty far and face trolls in the wilderness, like in greatwood caves (note: outside the caves in the open area). get one to low health then keep useing summon until the wasp kills it. Now every time you use summon a troll will fight for you

I passed the game in 3 days of long gaming hours. but the game has allot to offer and is very addictive..if you like rpgs that let you do as you please then this one's for you. the customizable charecter is a cool idea, the clothing is good but kinda limited , in my opinion anywayz...but over all the game is really fun and if your that exploring type then it will prolly feel pretty long for you anywayz.

Good or Evil?
Melee or Long Range or Magic?
So many choices, so much to do!
My favourite XBOX game period!

This game has the worst rating ever it should be E for all I care. The game is boring because you hardly get to fight the blood does not look real. The People look like their from years ago. Whatever you do don't get this game it's a waste of money.