Featuring new places to explore, new items to find, and new monsters to fight, plus lots of new dialogue and cutscenes, the additional content of The Lost Chapters is at least as good as that of the original game, and it blends in seamlessly with the rest. The new Lost Chapters storyline picks up immediately following the conclusion of the original Fable's main quest, challenging you to explore the treacherous north of the world of Albion and conquer a great threat lurking there. If you're already familiar with Fable, you'll find that Fable: The Lost Chapters is essentially the same game, though it gains a significant amount of new content and now carries the budget price tag associated with the Xbox's Platinum Hits series. You become a battle-hardened hero over the course of Fable. Its most interesting, riskiest features may lie at the fringes rather than at the core-but they're there.
Mind you, this is a decidedly great game, all in all. Beneath the surface, Fable is a well-put-together, but standard, action adventure, primarily consisting of lots of basic combat and running from point to point. These elements serve to significantly differentiate a game that's actually pretty straightforward in terms of how it plays.
Fable also features a number of novel elements, such as how your hero's appearance gradually changes with age, and how villagers respond differently to him depending on his reputation, looks, and other factors. Like that game, Fable invites you to solve problems either by being good or by being evil, and to watch as the effects of your decisions gradually take a noticeable toll on your persona. Originally released for the Xbox last year, Fable was one of the most highly anticipated games since the Xbox's debut, and the latest title overseen by visionary game designer Peter Molyneux since 2001's innovative Black & White.
This latter case is the subject of Fable: The Lost Chapters, a game in which you get to vicariously experience the life of an archetypal fantasy hero, and, in some respects, decide what eventually becomes of him. Others build their reputations over time. Some heroes are made when they rise to the occasion.
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