I think this game is very special, being the start of the Fable franchise, integrating new features that were fairly impressive and offering an interesting story that is either witty or ridiculous at times, often making me smirk. You do feel its age though.
It's a remaster so they tried their best to improve the graphics, which they did, but I often felt like it didn't look quite as good as it could have, especially compared to games that were released in the same year. I haven't played the original so I can't say for sure whether they changed anything about the gameplay but i thought it felt very fable-y and I progressed smoothly.
I just felt exhausted by the combat system.
It's a lot of dodging and trying to target the right enemy, it feels clunky and my fingers usually start to hurt after 10-15 minutes or so.
One more issue is the aging. It's really cool that they implemented that and in theory, I do like it a lot, but my character just ended up aging too fast. By the time i reached the Arena, my character was in his mid-thirties already, which felt way too fast, and to make matters worse, he looked like he was a year away from retirement. I looked older than my mum. And there I was thinking that the Sims aging system was odd.
All complaints aside, this game is great if you have the patience for it, I personally prefer the later installments but I couldn't miss out on this piece of gaming history.