It's been in development longer than the Xbox has been on store shelves. It was once the ultimate game, an RPG so massive in scale and concept that it seemed impossible to be real. It's had three different names through the course of its development, finally settling on Fable. It's been a damn long wait, but finally one of the most-anticipated RPGs in the history of gaming has arrived.

There's been so many ideas about what Fable would bring to gaming that even for someone who's played through the game twice, it's difficult to sort some of the fact from fiction. If you are expecting Morrowind, you are going to be disappointed. Though Fable is indeed a game about freedom and choice, it is not nearly as wide-open as Bethesda's mammoth RPG -- and for that I am a little thankful. No, Fable is a lot more along the lines of an adventure game. It is easily on track to becoming Microsoft's personal Zelda franchise, should the big MS choose to sponsor a few sequels. It's an incredibly fun game, even though most of the genre-busting elements have been removed.