Fable: The Lost Chapters Review

Granted, some much-ballyhooed features like being able to marry and own property, still don't play as significant a role as they could have in the game, but I guess I only bitch about those because Peter Molyneux used to talk about them so much. If he'd spent half as much time coding as he did running off at the mouth, there'd be more to this paragraph, but hey - nobody's perfect.

In the end Fable is not as grand as Peter made it sound in the early stages of its development, but it's still an outstanding video game. The Lost Chapters is a quality port that adds more content as well as perfects the existing gameplay. Every single fan of great storytelling and compelling single-player fantasy RPGs should own this one. PC gamers who have never played the original should definitely grab it and even those of you who have finished the Xbox version should give The Lost Chapters a try - I believe it will be gaming time/money well spent.

In a way, this title has restored my faith in Lionhead, and now I await impatiently their next game, The Movies. They bring to the gaming industry a bit of heart and soul, a bit of enthusiasm, and that is always a good thing in my book... even if too much enthusiasm backfires sometimes.