History YMMV / Fable

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/{{Fable}} The series has had its share.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/FableI Jack of Blades]]; [[YMMV/FableII Reaver]]; [[YMMV/FableIII The Crawler]]. See those pages for details.

* OvershadowedBy Controversy: The series is still remembered fondly by some, but generally is known less for the games, but instead for Peter Molyneux, and his infamous "lying" habit to drum up hype for the series.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The first game is generally considered the best one in the series.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Some of the Morphing aspects that are criticized in one game, are usually changed in the next.
** The accelerated aging of the original game is removed in the sequels.
** One complaint of the second game is that the playable character could potentially turn into a giant bodybuilder if one maxed out certain stats, so this was reduced in the third game, where the character was still tall but only one head above the average inhabitant. and he was muscular but not to exaggerated levels.

* ContestedSequel: The original is generally the most well liked game of the series; the sequels tend to be very divisive for [[CuttingOffTheBranches cutting off just about every possible branch]]. Both have received a lot of flak for [[NoCanonForTheWicked canonically making the Hero of Oakvale]] LawfulGood. The Hero of Bowerstone was made canonically male and also LawfulGood by the third game, and novels continuing the story after the end of the third game also made the Hero of Brightwall canonically male ''and'' LawfulGood once again, which alienated more than a few fans who preferred playing as a woman and/or a not entirely good aligned Hero.

* GoddamnedBats: Goddamned Shadows. Goddamn Hollow Men. The third game adds actual bats to trouble you but they are ''so'' easy to dispose of they're more like set dressing.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Some of the Morphing aspects that are criticized in one game, only to be changed in the next.

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/{{Fable}} The series has had its share.]]
* RevenueEnhancingDevices : The DLC for ''Fable II'' and ''III''.

* ContestedSequel: The original is generally the most well liked game of the series; the sequels tend to be very divisive for [[CuttingOffTheBranches cutting off just about every possible branch]]. Both have received a lot of flak for canonically making the Hero of Oakvale LawfulGood. The Hero of Bowerstone was made canonically male and also LawfulGood by the third game, and novels continuing the story after the end of the third game also made the Hero of Brightwall canonically male ''and'' LawfulGood once again, which alienated more than a few fans who preferred playing as a woman and/or a not entirely good aligned Hero.

** Each game makes a point to avert it for the Hero; you can do countless horrible deeds in each game and make everyone fear you, but you can also become a good person again very easily.

** Every last person in Albion have either British or Irish accents and they're very stereotypically exaggerated.

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** "Try to get your combat multiplier even higher," in the first game.
** "Your health is low." This was {{Lampshaded}} several times in the sequel: one of the loading screens states that there is a rumour that shortly after the first game's villain was defeated, the Guildmaster was found dead with the words "Your health is low!" carved into his head. There's a potion shop in Bloodstone called "Your Health is Low." Additionally, an assassination contract calls for the murder of someone who dresses up like the Guildmaster and says, "Your Health is low, do you have any potions?" to the annoyance of everyone.
*** The Gargoyles also use the "your health is low" phrase as well, though thankfully, you can shut them up.
*** Well fortunately that one can be turned off. What can't be turned off (short of modding the game) is the incredibly grating buzzing sound the mana shield spell makes for as long as it is active.
** "Keep hitting it like that." "Hit the blade, not the anvil!" "The anvil doesn't need forging!" "You know how to use a hammer." Throws me off ''every. Time.''
*** "Shops are now opening!" Annoying when you're trying to concentrate on your blacksmithing, at least.
** The dog in 2 & 3. You walk up to a chest straight in front of you and then your dog barks and has the little treasure symbol above his head! "Where, boy? Where could the treasure possible be?"
** There's also the taunting gargoyles, but they're supposed to be annoying.
*** And the third game brings the gargoyles successor, the gnomes, which is hinted at in the mission where you give them life; the item used to transform them from lifeless garden gnomes is caused by a gargoyle that looks identical from the ones in the second game. They're considerably more horrible than gargoyles, as gargoyles were just insulting; the gnomes downright threaten you.

* NarmCharm: Every last person in Albion have either British or Irish accents and they're very stereotypically exaggerated.

* CompleteMonster: [[Ymmv/FableI Jack of Blades]]; [[Ymmv/FableII Reaver]]; [[Ymmv/FableIII The Crawler]].

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/FableI Jack of Blades]]; [[VideoGame/FableII Reaver]]; [[VideoGame/FableIII The Crawler]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Fans are divided over whether Reaver is a hilarious and awesome character (and voiced by Creator/StephenFry) or if he seriously needs to finally get some comeuppance for his bad deeds, particularly for making ''VideoGame/FableII'''s PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: give away his youth (if the player chooses to be good) and killing Barnum]].

** The Hero, depending on how you play him/her. Try reenacting the slaughter of Oakvale. Subverted though, by the fact you can become good again.

* BaseBreaker: Fans are divided over whether Reaver is a hilarious and awesome character (and voiced by Creator/StephenFry) or if he seriously needs to finally get some comeuppance for his bad deeds, particularly for making ''VideoGame/FableII'''s PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: give away his youth (if the player chooses to be good) and killing Barnum]].
%%* BrokenBase: The GenreShift undertaken by the series after ''Fable III''

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/FableI Jack of Blades]]; [[VideoGame/FableII Reaver]]; [[VideoGame/FableIII Reaver and The Crawler]].

* BrokenBase: It's a Creator/PeterMolyneux franchise; what do you expect?
** The GenreShift undertaken by the series after ''Fable III''

* RevenueEnhancingDevices : The DLC for ''Fable II'' and ''III''.

* BaseBreaker: Fans are divided over whether Reaver is a hilarious and awesome character (and voiced by StephenFry) or if he seriously needs to finally get some comeuppance for his bad deeds, particularly for making ''VideoGame/FableII'''s PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: give away his youth (if the player chooses to be good) and killing Barnum]].

*** I honestly started figuring that it was made especially ''to'' throw you off as a sort of difficulty thing, the higher your rank the more he says it, the more he says it the more you mix up, but if you're good at it like I eventually got to be you can make ''millions'' right off the bat, so it's worth it, right?... no its not I nearly killed my self because of it and literally, not figuratively, ''literally'' had nightmares because of the stupid things!

** I always found it adorkable and loved, pet, and gave him a treat for it because he's just so cute!(I love dogs way to much)

*** I honestly started figuring that it was made especially ''to'' throw you off as a sort of difficulty thing, the higher your rank the more he says it, the more he says it the more you mix up, but if you're good at it like I eventually got to be you can make ''millions'' right off the bat, so it's worth it, right?... no its not I nearly killed my self because of it and literally, not figuratively, ''literally had nightmares because of the stupid things!