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8.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 169 Ratings

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  • Summary: In Fable, every action determines your skill, appearance, and reputation. From childhood to death, you'll age and evolve a hero or villain through the actions you choose and the path you follow--be it good, evil, or in between. Your muscles expand with each feat of strength; your body becomes fatter with gluttony; your skin tans with exposure to sunlight; and your battle wounds turn into scars. Competitive and cooperative heroes, deadly creatures, dynamic weather systems, and deformable environments all exist in the ever-changing land of Fable. … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 87
  3. Negative: 1 out of 87
  1. Gamestyle
    100
    Just remember, Fable is not "Project Ego." What it is, though, is a redefinition for RPG's. It takes out all the frustrating elements of the genre, and instead puts in a heap of fun options and possibilities. This is why; despite its disappointing conclusion, Fable is one of the most gripping and enjoyable games that has come to grace the console scene.
  2. RPG Fan
    73
    By far the largest issue Fable has is its length. Completing at least 50% of the sidequests, marrying, slaughtering an entire village, and buying three houses, I still only ended the game at slightly over eight hours.
  3. GameCritics
    40
    For all its advertising about a virtual world governed by cause and effect, Fable is really just a terribly unambitious hack and slash game in a bad marriage with a personality simulator. The hack and slash works fairly well-everything else, not so much.

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  1. Positive: 72 out of 92
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 92
  3. Negative: 10 out of 92
  1. Ryencoke
    10
    I'd like to start by throwing this out. People rating this lower than a 6 do not understand gaming and what a true milestone this game was. I got this game initially on release day. Not knowing a whole lot about it and at the time being 15 years old. The reason this game caught my attention was because of Mr. Peter Molyneux. The first game of his that I played was Black & White and at the time I never saw anything in anyway at all like it. Fable was a mutual feeling. The graphics at that age were out of this world breath taking, much like Black & White was for me. This game did receive a global hype which many think it didn't live up to, I however did if not exceeding what I had hoped. Unlike the other Fable games this game was quite quick into truly getting into the game (If you've played 2 & 3 you know what I mean). The story line at the start of the game was unlike any other game I played at the time...It held my interest unlike every game I play today. The way the story was told in a comic like aspect was unique and something that I highly appreciated. Nothing else had the essence of storytelling in that fortune. Although the main character may have been slightly dull the customization and way you could manipulate the way people saw him was a benchmark in gaming. You could be as crude, evil, horrifying, scary or even pure, heroic & angelic as you wanted others to see you as. The mechanics of the game were no different than any other structure as we see in every game now. Quest..Quest..Quest. But the quests in this game had a meaning to them. You could be hailed as the most horrific prophet that the land has ever seen and creating a sense of fear towards yourself within the villagers...And vice versa. Playing this game I always personally chose to go towards to 'good/pure' side. I found it easier to charm the villagers or even help your character succeed. This was the one and only Fable that the clothing and armor truly reflected how you wanted your character to look. In the others there wasn't nearly as much customization and this game had to reflect the way you wanted him to. People slam this game for being so short and narrow. Wasn't every game in this era short? Maybe not the hardcore RPGs. But I felt this game was the perfect length and created to this day one of the greatest atmospheres that I have ever seen. This is the best Fable game that had been made. I enjoyed 2 & 3, yet not nearly the way this one entrapped me. If you have no played this game don't worry about what's coming out next. Kick back and enjoy how this game is portrayed. Overall 9.4/10… Expand
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  2. BloikF.
    6
    Not anywhwre near as innovative as folks would have you believe. In fact, there's very little new stuff here. Come to think of it, they borrow so heavily from other titles of the genre it's almost not funny. Is it supposed to frame out like that? Ugh. And what's with the terrible voice acting? Doesn't help with suspension of disbelief at all. Decent, but not great by any stretch of the imagination.… Expand
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  3. K.F.
    4
    It's poor throughout. A bad game which fails on every level. It's not fun, it's not clever and the story is awful.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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