If you take damaging hits through the game, you have the possibility to become scared. Your skin and your tattoos will be affected by the scars. One of my characters got beat up pretty badly by some Hobbs and now the right side of his face has scars running down his neck.
There are a number of expressions to use. Just don't go around farting all the time. You will not get much respect that way. Also it might be a good idea to buy a new name, which you can do early in the game if you wish. Chicken Chaser, while funny, is not the most flattering thing to be known as.
As with most RPGs out there you can gain experience with melee combat, ranged weapons, or magic. Fable balances these three abilities very well. You (can) always have a melee weapon and a ranged weapon strapped to your back, and have quick access to magic.
Your physical appearance also changes depending on what type of combat you choose. If you use melee combat a lot you will be a big barbarian type character. Right now I am a Well Known Spellwarrior known as Liberator (I finally gave up Chicken Chaser). I use melee and magic and not much long ranged combat.
What I like:
Combat system: You hit X, again and again and again. You can also use what is called a Flourish once you land enough hits. A Flourish is a massive attack that cannot be blocked. The combat system is simple and strait forward. You can augment weapons with abilities such as fire, lightning and silver damage, as well as damage multipliers. There is a block/roll button, and if you get good you can build up a combat multiplier from multiple attacks without getting hit yourself. The more consecutive hits gain you more and more experience.
The combat system is not too simple, but its not overly complex. Not complex in comparison to more dyed in the wool RPG franchises anyway.
Camera: Fable has a wonderful camera that just seems to work. There have only been a couple places where I had to manually adjust the camera to see while in combat. I am happy with the camera. The auto targeting system is good as well, it moves with the camera.
Chickens: This game has chickens! And you can punt them. There is even a statistic for this. My farthest is 15.234365. Its just fun to punt the chickens. Not that it has anything to do with combat. When you are in a town you can hit the X button to send a chicken flying. The older you get, the farther you can kick them. The NPCs seem to think its funny too.
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