Firstly, if we are being Knit Picky about this – I am not sure Fable even falls directly into the category of RPG, due to the amount of action and other varieties of game-play involved in the game. The all encompassing story sees you take on the role of a young hero when he is still a small lad. The story is set in the fictional medieval world of Albion which is a similar world to that of the Zelda games. Every action and decision taken by the player will determine the future of the hero and everyone else’s perception of him. As in the Black and White series, games that are also developed by Peter and the Lion-head team. So your first task is to collect 5 gold coins to buy your sister a birthday present. Whether you achieve this by running errands and generally being good or you take the darker path and collect the coins by less wholesome methods every moral decision taken will, in time, carve out what lies ahead.

The fact that Fable has been in development for the last four years (then referred to as “Project: Ego”) gives it the overwhelming disadvantage of being a game that has a lot to live up to. Regardless of the fact that there isn’t a game out there quite like it (and therefore has minimal competition), Fable is a game that has to excel in any and every way it possibly can if it’s going to live up to the tsunami of hype that the initial title and concept has generated over the last four years. So of course, in terms of facing the hype, Fable isn’t the game it was originally touted as being. If you expected the same game that was bragged up a few years ago, you’ll be sorely disappointed.