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I vaguely recall playing Fable on the Xbox and being satisfied, though not blown away by it. It was certainly one of the most fleshed-out house-buying/marriage-allowing games I recall playing (not the first, though) and probably paved the way for more complete systems.

I love Peter Molyneux and he's built amazing things, but he is certainly a hype factory.

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I absolutely loved that game on Xbox. It's the only reason I own an original Xbox.

It came out when I was just branching out into the world without my family around, and seeing a game where my choices changed my appearance was kind blowing to me.

I still love this game, though the replayability was definitely overhyped. It's pretty much the same every time.

Yeah, I got the Xbox for Halo 2, but Fable was an absolute top highlight as well. Those two games and Morrowind made up the vast vast majority of my hours on that console. Great times :)

I remember the house buying as being very basic. You could buy a house, fill it with items, sell the house, steal all the items from it, and buy it back for less, as many times as you like. I also remember being rather frustrated I couldn’t pull the sword out of the stone by becoming max good, to I gave up and became max evil, much to the disappointment of my character’s wife.

That was based on strength, nothing to do with good/evil lol.

Yeah I just googled it when I posted that comment. How disappointingly stupid.

I maxed out the fireball spell, then targeted it at the stone walls of a building to let the splash damage murder the residents without alerting the guards or accumulating evil points. Great way to open new properties on the rental market.

As an early teen I didn't understand enough to be impressed, but I was certainly fascinated for a good few weeks.

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