Fable on the Xbox distinguished itself as more than a mere hack and slash action RPG, instead it consisted of an open-ended style that presented moral choices to the player. These choices affected everything from other characters' reactions and treatment of you, to the quests available, to your physical appearance. Combined with a fairly deep level of character customization, no two people who played Fable have had the same experience.

Although much of living, breathing environment promised by visionary Peter Molyneaux seemed to fall by the wayside in the final build of the game, Fable still offered a unique and involving action role-playing experience, that established its' place as one of the Xbox's top-selling games.