As a young'un I was so obsessed with this game for a period, sadly my middle school friends judged it harshly for its juvenile artstyle. In the age of God of War/RE4/DMC3 edge Molyneux's childish adventure stood no chance, so I went with the only reasonable tactic for making them play it - lying. You'd marry your wife then have to keep her happy else she'd cheat on you, I said. You could catch her in the act and have a choice of either correcting with your fists or taking it to court. If kept happy though she would give you a child. The child would grow on the course of your journey and even come adventuring with you. You could be a kind town mayor amassing wealth beyond measure or a cultist leader that sacrifices populations to sheitan for demon wings that of course enabled flight. The people you beat up as a kid would come for you later in the game Mordor's nemesis style, but assist you in boss fights if you helped them Dark Souls style.

Naturally, I wasn't aware of the controversies surrounding Fable as I invoked the king of lies. God bless you anglo bastard, may your dental surgeries go well.

Fable - the game that is 17 years old yet loses none of its charm. It is simply put magical and beautiful.

Compared to the Anniversary though, the game in my book is equal in rating and almost equally rated for the visual style.

Fable: The Lost Chapters is more simplistic and maybe some prefer it as the simplistic nature of it might be more visually pleasing than the remaster.

Nonetheless, Anniversary or The Lost Chapters I love this game.

This is the game where before they know you as hero, they know you as "chicken chaser" because you keep kickin chickens.
Graphics would be considered outdated in present times. Combat is actually not that bad. The story is simple yet, good. Has rpg elements where youre presented choices and consequences. Even for things you eat!!! Eating a live baby chick will be considered evil, even if youre desperate because your health is low. I love the effects of your character if youre too good or too evil (get halo + butterflies + aura or horns and flies). The npcs are hilarious and you can emote on them to curry favor by blowing them a kiss or make them hate you by farting on them. The npcs can be crude and disgusting, but hilarious. Other than emotes and able to marry, there's not much else for interacting.

For computer games, this was my first real dive into an actual rpg with actual rpg elements of having choices and consequences. It was pretty mindblowing for little kid me at its time, which is why i give it 4/5. I imagine if i played it for the first time today, itd most likely be 3 stars.