Great idea for a thread!
Okay, so what did I love about Fable III? Highlight to read spoilers~
I love the locations, I think they're absolutely stunning, and just as beautiful as they were back in Fable II. The view over Mistpeaks Valley blew me away the first time I saw it coming out of the Dweller's Camp, I had to stand there and rotate the camera for a few minutes because it was just that pretty. The snow effect was really well done, and looked even more beautiful when it actually did snow.
I think they did a really good job at adding character to places as well. Again, the Dweller's Camp, one of the first people you pass is a little girl wanting to trade her doll for food. You can see that everyone is shuffling around, starving, pleading with you for food, money, anything when you pass. The sombre music in the background really adds to it, from the get go I was just so compelled to help these people.
Aurora was similarly stunning, they went to a lot of work to make it different from Albion, and it was such a shame we didn't have more to do there. The desert was really well done, as were the people, I loved how unique they looked and spoke. Like someone else mentioned, even the blacksmith had a different voice, a nicer one at that. The clothing was beautiful too, I wish we only had the option to buy some outfits for our hero.
Oh and Bowerstone Industrial had to be my favourite place. It started out so grim and depressing, with mist rolling in from the open harbour, with factories cluttering up the horizon and nasty narrow little townhouses cramped in together. If you made the right choices, it was really nice to see how it changed, how the orphanage got fixed, and how the factory got converted. It would have been nice to convert it further, but I still loved the end result.
The characters were really engaging too, I only wish we had more time with them. I mean Walter, Walter was amazing. Right from the get go you knew he was the guy you could trust, and he was there with you for the entire journey. He was such a strong, compelling character that you knew the hero was just so attached to because their relationship was shown so perfectly through their interactions. That's what made it so horrific when (spoilers, highlight to read) poor Walter got attacked by the Crawler for the first time, and he was just so scared and for once he needed you, and yet he was still so ashamed of that. Those few scenes were handled amazingly, both by the voice actors and the writers.
They made Walter so likeable, it was made all the more (spoilers: highlight to read) when he was posessed by the Crawler at the very last minute, and you had to fight him. Then he dies in your hero's arms, his last few words lamenting that he's going to a lighter place, and that he was just so proud of your hero. Really tear jerking scene, especially when Ben comes along and touches your shoulder. (end spoilers)
Ben, Ben Finn was amazing, and not just because he was voiced by the amazingly talented Simon Pegg. Funny and well meaning, Ben was someone who just got more appealing the more you got to know about him. It was great to have a comic relief character who wasn't hideously out of place, he fit in so well with everyone else, and was just as brilliant being serious when he wasn't playing for laughs. Reading about his backstory was even better, still with that dark twist of humour, but with a sincerity that really suited his character.
I only wish we got more of Ben, or at least a chance to hook up with him.
And Page, I was so disappointed that we didn't get to see more of Page! She was the bad ass female that we needed, smart, cunning, proud and ready to stand up for those who needed her help. She was clearly notorious enough to have her wanted poster plastered up all over the place, but we didn't get to see enough of the reason why. I would have loved another quest with her to liberate the workers from Reaver's grip, she was just such a great character!
I wouldn't say no to hooking up with her either.
And this is getting long so I'll post more later.