At its heart, Fable is a rather plain, somewhat short, action RPG. What sets it apart is the building of the character through his life. Very early in the game there are no real choices. Every game starts out with the same dark-haired, Caucasoid, human boy in the village of Oakdale within the land of Albion and a bandit attack that leaves him orphaned, found by a member of the Hero Guild, and taught the use of weapons by said guild. There is no character generation at all. No choice of male or female. (My wife was pissed!) No race selection. I am supposing this was a conscious decision so all differing character attributes would be obtained as the game progresses – and character differentiation will happen.