I actually liked fable 3 better then 1 in some ways, Apart from the fact that the combat is even worse somehow, The game is hideously short the performance on pc isn't that great and it's too easy overall.
I liked TLC the best, closely followed by Fable II, followed by Fable III. The combat in TLC was okay, it was really easy to focus on combat with one weapon, however archery was only really useful outside close combat unless you had a crossbow, and those absolutely sucked. Melee was nice however, and I liked how if you weren't strong enough to carry a heavy weapon you just dragged it behind you. The story in Fable/TLC was absolutely wonderful, and it felt like more than just a journey to kill the bad guy, with some emotional aspects weaved through it as the hero tries to
**SPOILER ALERT** cope with the loss of his village and family(although it was totally unoriginal in terms of motivation for the hero).
Fable II was a bit of a step down I feel, in terms of story. Combat was vastly vastly improved, allowing for heroes to, if they desired, easily switch between all three disciplines whilst in combat. This was more true to the concept of the three Hero disciplines as a hero needed to master all three, something that was hard to do in Fable TLC. Occupations were also added, which acted as a nice little minigame to take away from all the stress of being a hero and downing the big villain.
Fable III just sucked.
Not that one, the one with the big mole/goat stuff on his head.
It was a bruise lol