The Fable series, part 1

Yo. That's all I got for this week as far as a greeting goes. I hope that no one cares about the nearly catastrophic late posting, but the galaxy needed saving again, and I needed to do the laundry and feed my cat. Anyhow, this week's game is actually the game and it's sequel, because it's hard to look at just one of them independently. In this first part The Fable games are arguably some of the funnest and at times most controversial games on the market. Controversial in that the developing studio's head creative developer made a lot of promises for the first game that were never fulfilled, resulting in much customer disapointment, and Microsoft asking Lionhead studios to keep a tighter leash on their enthusiastic colleague. Despite all of the features that never made it into the first game, the first game was extremely popular and for good reason.
As far as the story goes, despite the fact that your character never says anything (as per usual), the narrative of the plot is fantastic, with several good twists, a nasty villain, and a sort of deus ex machina in the form of your creepy and blind older sister who see's into the future and shoots lasers. The gameplay itself is very fun as well, with the combat system being fairly simple to figure out, and having some rather entertaining spells to cast. The one feature thatI find the most interesting is the way that your personal aesthetic changes based on your actions. Such as, how if you brutally slaughter an old woman, that you grow horns and flies buzz around your head. As well as, if you spend two hours hacking up skeletons in a graveyard, butterlies flutter around you, and a shaft of light follows you around. The particullarly enjoyable bit about the Fable games in general (more so in the second game) is their tongue in cheek attitude, a mix of dark fantasy elements and offbeat humor. I personally enjoy this, what with a need to take a break from the more disturbing parts of the game such as children being turned into goblins, and the need to murder your own sister in an attempt to gain an extremely powerful weapon.
Before I make a final statement, I'm going to cut off for now, and publish part two of my critique of the Fable series next week.