Fable (2004)

Fable is the first game in a series of video games released in 2004. It was originally developed by Big Blue Box for the Xbox and Robosoft for computer and developed by Lionshead Studies for the extended Lost Chapters edition as well as the anniversary edition released for the Xbox 360. Microsoft Game Studios published the console versions of the game while Feral Interactive published the computer version.

Plot
As a young boy, the Hero of Oakvale watched as his village burned to ground by bandits while his father was killed and his sister and mother were taken. Taken in by the Heroes Guild, the Hero trains in the three Hero traits, Strength, Skill, and Will to get revenge.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The alignment system changes your character's form depending on his actions. If his alignment is good (doing good deeds, taking good quests, being vegetarian) makes his character more angelic looking with a halo above his head, while doing evil (killing villagers, stealing, abusing the spouse, and eating crunchy chicks) causes the character to look more demonic in appearance.
 * 2) A large number of wepons and spell to obtain, and some of the latter requires being good or evil.
 * 3) Formidable graphics.
 * 4) The game introduces the three hero traits, who are:
 * 5) * Strength, who affects melee combat, defense, and hit points.
 * 6) * Skill, who affects precision, stealth and damage with bows.
 * 7) * Will, who affects the spells you can use, they power and the length of your magic bar.
 * 8) The story is pretty interesting and becomes better with the running of the game.
 * 9) Along with the previous point, there are good characters such as Whisper, Scarlet Robe, Maze and the antagonist of the game.
 * 10) Instead of one type of experience, there are four; one for each trait and one who can be used for the three.
 * 11) Investing in each trait affects how your character looks. Investing in Strength causes your character to be more muscular, Skill affect growth glands increasing height, and investing in Will causes magic to flow through his veins giving a blue glow.
 * 12) * Actually, as the game goes on; the character grows and become older!
 * 13) Aside of the principal quests, there are optional side quests you can take to earn some money.
 * 14) Albion it's a very interesting place to explore.
 * 15) Memorable soundtrack, especially the Oakvale and Witchwood themes.
 * 16) Boasting allows you to obtain more money from your quests by meeting certain conditions such as fighting naked, not allowing someone to get hurt, etc.
 * 17) The game gives you a lot of liberties for the time, like allowing you to buy and rent houses and get married, actually; you can marry with a men and the game doesn't punishes you for that.
 * 18) The Lost Chapters includes a new zone to explore, Snowspire; new weapons, enemies and (depending on your point of view) a better conclution.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) False Advertising: Peter Molyneux promised a lot of things that never came to the game, like when he said you could plant an acorn, and as the time goes on, that acorn would become a tree, or that killing an NPC could cause that someone in the future wants to kill you to get revenge.
 * 2) The loading times can become tedious, especially when you have to go between zones.
 * 3) The Xbox version of the game has lots of framerate drops and audio glitches when played on the Xbox 360, like audio popping and scratching.

Reception
Fable was one of the original Xbox's fastest selling titles and received near universal acclaim, though one major complaint was that not many features were offered and the game was short in length.