No, its just that all my friends we're like "Holy crap this is going to be the best XBox game to be released" or "This game is going to win like a bagillion awards". They all got it and they all say it's really really fun, but it's not as good as the hype made it to be. So sure it might be a freaking awesome game, but not 'the best' like many had hoped.

I hear it's the best X-Box game to date (even better than halo :-O) from all of my friends. Not the best GAME per sey, except from one console zealot, but his opinion doesn't really count anyways.

I personally am seriously thinking about buying an x-box for this game.

Is it... dare I say... better than Morrowind?

I dunno, I'm reluctant to hand a total victory to Yoshimi unless there's some sort of cartoon involved. :p

Especially one with gender-confused Grand Admirals. >.>

Fable is quite good, don't believe people when they claim it's not. I don't think it's the bet game ever, or even the best XBox game (it may be, I don't really know, nor care). I find it very entertaining. It's very, very fun, which is the whole point. Over-hyped, best game ever, who cares. I like it. A lot. It's the most fun I've had playing a video game in a quite a long time. I strongly urge anyone who owns an XBox to play through this game.

Just having fun with people's complaints.

Fable is like a few games.

First off, it's not like Morrowind at all. Morrowind had a completely open, free game world. It was also very huge and kept me busy for pretty much an entire year. Morrowind is an awesome game, like Daggerfall, and cannot possibly be matched by anything but another Elder Scrolls game. EVER.

There are two things Fable does better than Morrowind. The big one is character interaction. For instance, people will run away from you if you're fearsome. Women will fall in love with you, you can marry them and have hot hot offscreen sex. In Morrowind people just stand there, even if you're more evil and vile than Dagoth Ur. Morrowind does character interaction very poorly.
The second thing is character appearances. Morrowind had a very limited set of appearances. My character is an older, battle-hardened warrior whose face looks like someone went to down on him with a box cutter because I didn't wear a helmet for 3/4 of the game.

Combat in Fable is quite a bit fast-paced and your combat proficiency depends entirely upon your personal skill. In that sense it's a lot like Zelda, although the game world design, movement and combat gameplay vaguely remind me of Starfox Adventures even though it's a lot more fun.

The graphical style reminds me a lot of Ultima IX, which makes me happy in a way that only a woman should be able to please a man. Ultima IX sucked, but for some inexplicable reason it's one of my favorite games of all time. Fable is loaded with Ultima references too, so if you're a fan of the series you'll find it very enjoyable.