On paper, the newest release from Lionsgate games, Fable, should rank with Populous as another groundbreaker. It was supposed to be the first genuine open-ended roleplaying game designed specifically for Xbox. As IGN’s review noted, it has been in development longer than the Xbox has been on the shelves. But it has gone through so many design revisions – most of which resulted in loss of features – that it bears no resemblance to the original concept. It’s gone from the original Project Ego concept envisioning a “living, breathing world that grows with your character” to today’s console Action-RPG hybrid delivering pretty much what you’d expect from any pedestrian console Action-RPG hybrid.