Fable ambition falls flat

In this week's column, the "ground-breaking" Xbox RPG Fable gets the once-over. It promised an open-ended world of almost infinite every-action-has-a-consquence type of thing.

Conclusion: Don't believe the hype. The foundations are there but the "morality" structure of the game fails to hold up under scrutiny. Nonetheless, with so much to do inside Fable's world, it would be a shame to overlook it.

Also reviewed: This is Football 2005 (it's not FIFA or PES), Star Ocean (interminable Final Fantasy impostor or rollicking epic, I can't decide) and Rocky Legends (dumb but fun boxing).

There's also a look at Fuji's F440 four-megapixel camera. Lovely shape, shame about the quality of its indoor pictures.