Fable: The Lost Chapters!
Challenge: The challenge in Fable: The Lost Chapters isn't exactly hard. As a hardcore gamer, I'm expecting more of a challenge, especially if you're forced to use your melee weapon in almost every situation, causing you to become strong enough to nearly one-two hit everything in the game. While playing this game on Xbox is fun, pressing the block and attack buttons for a few hours of gameplay isn't exactly entertaining. Then again, the developer (Lionhead) wanted a game that would appeal to new or casual and / or hardcore gamers which Fable has done for me. This game is excellent in almost every aspect except challenge. The monsters in the game are dead with one or two strikes from your hero’s sword, and provide little to no challenge for serious / hardcore gamers. It may seem like I dislike this game, but I don't. This game provided with many hours of entertainment.
Length: Essentially you have the original Fable story (7 hours for most people) plus the 30% extra playtime provided by the addition of The Lost Chapters (2.1 hours) which adds up to roughly 9 to 10 hours of gameplay if you follow the linear story. You may continue the game after you defeat the final boss, though, so you can continue to play in Fable for an unlimited amount of hours doing whatever you want. That includes killing every person in every town (Such as Bowerstone) and killing enemies which still randomly spawn in-game giving you roughly another few years of gameplay (until the game disc breaks, etc.)
In closing, I'd recommend this game for any RPG lover on both the PC and Xbox, but remember Fable 2 is just around the corner so this game is going to become old news very soon.
8 out of 10 stars. It's a great game, but it took Lionhead two tries to get the game fully released.