Well, tonight for the past few hours Ive been playing my Limited Collectors Edition of Fable III (360 Ver).

And wow, what can I say, Lionhead have done a great job with this one.

Now, just as a warning, this is a simple mini-review I thought I'd write up. Its not a full in-depth one, and lets face it, 2.52am isnt the time to do it.

So, with that said, where do I begin?

I honestly dont know what all the negativity was about. All-in-all, major changes, noticable changes, include faster saving.

Loading is also WAAAAY faster, this, for Fable II players will be a godsend. For those who havent played FII, loading times were uncomfortably slow, this game features a massive overhaul that makes it better. There is one long loading time, the beginning, but that's all I saw.

Additionally, the characters are modelled better, environments are beautiful and open. They arent all fully explorable however, as per Fable rules, but still, they are much better to look at.

The story is dramatic and captivating right from the get-go, creating events that put the player into strong moral catch-22's.

The cast is also brilliant, and feel natural. John Cleese as the butler is definately a great highlight. Nobody sounds forced, it all just... works.

The big boo hoo that the press had was there are no pause menus, you have to visit a new area... let me just say, "what"?

I was also skeptical when I heard. "oh theyve buggered it up already". Not at all. It literally takes you out of the game for 30 seconds if that, AND to boot, the loading between this and the actual game is lightning fast.

I did find about 5 glitches in the time playing that were simply cosmetic, a few that werent. One involved walking through a tree, the only one that I could might I add. Another included characters looking the wrong way in a cutscene, but this was auto-corrected almost immediately. Textures do pop in sometimes however, but it isnt quite as noticable as that in Unreal Tournament 3.

The biggest one I found was an issue with a pre-rendered animation that lagged out a few times, but that could just be my console.

So, there you go, the good, the bad and the ugly.

This game is highlyrecommended, and is a big improvement on the second one.

Thanks for reading!