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E3 2004: Big Blue Box/Lionhead's life-'em-up continues its painstaking progress - yet more shots inside

Words: GamesRadar US

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On: Xbox - OUT: September 2004

THE PITCH: Finally nearing completion, Fable was one of the titles paraded at the Xbox's launch. In developers Big Blue Box's defence, this is an ambitious project - a free-roaming world where each and every one of your actions affects your characters moral and physical development.

KEY FEATURES

Action-based character development: What you do directly changes your character. Too much skulking in dark rooms will make you pale, while a strong right arm may result from too much, um, swordplay.

The real-time combat system is tailored to your characters strengths, while you also get to pick up glamorous scars along the way.

Progression is based around your characters growing reputation, and the game's many NPCs regard you accordingly.

THE BUZZ: We've yet to really get our hands on Fable, so the jury's out. Open-ended epic exploration of a stunningly realised fantasy world, or unfocussed ramble through a series of ill-defined gameplay 'innovations'? Time will tell...