Fable 3 is not a series
AC1 had the best storytelling of the series. It did not get the side missions right though, that's for sure.
AC1 had so much potential. I was more hyped for the game than any game before or after. And it was kind of good, but super shallow. At least the freerunning/good looking fights were new. But I wish they'd have kept the series in the time period when the real hashashin existed. There'd have been so much potential for re-telling historical events and getting more depth into the game. But instead all they did was scratch the surface (of everything, the NPCs weren't alive, just walking around and so on -- could've added indoors, "living NPCs", etc).