june gloom on 1/11/2008 at 00:17
People who act like Fallout isn't supposed to be funny obviously never actually played the first game.
"What do you want?"
"A donut."
gunsmoke on 1/11/2008 at 01:52
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
While all this talk is encouraging and I will most definitely purchase it, game prices being what they are and my gaming schedule being what it is, I can comfortably wait until it drops to $60AU and still be behind schedule with what I have to play (quit STALKER and Fallout, still have Dark Messiah and GTA4 to get through).
Do you ever actually, you know, finish a game?
catbarf on 1/11/2008 at 02:37
Well, I went and bought it. It's buggy, crashes a lot, and stutters as if my FPS is something other than the constant 75 it's really at.
That said, it's fun. I don't want for money- I have to deal with encumbrance, choosing what to carry and what not to. I'd like to hire someone to fight with me, but the only guy I've found won't because my karma is too good.
I built a rock-it launcher and am underwhelmed. Low damage, hard to hit things, and it cost me 1k caps for the plans- but it shoots junk, which means that I've got mountains of ammo for my other weapons.
My one major gameplay complaint is that all weapons seem weak. It takes a hell of a lot of shooting to drop anyone. The only way to kill quickly is to VATS their head off.
Angel Dust on 1/11/2008 at 04:22
I'm really on the fence regarding buying this. I'm a big old school Fallout fan but no purist and so was greatly looking forward to FPP version of it. However I am no fan of previous Bethesda RPG's which nail the epic scope but completely fail at the more intimate level with some really bland design/characterisation/writing. Their abominable animation turns me off also.
So how does Fallout 3 fare in those categories? I wouldn't expect it to have great writing but how much of a step up is it from Oblivion? Is the main plot actually interesting? The combat animation I've seen in the videos is just embarassing but what of the other animation in non combat situations, particularly conversations? Also is the combat as clunky as it looks in the preview videos?
Koki on 1/11/2008 at 08:30
Quote Posted by dethtoll
People who act like Fallout isn't supposed to be funny obviously never actually played the first game.
"What do you want?"
"A donut."
Note: Several jokes in several thousand lines of text makes game funny.
june gloom on 1/11/2008 at 08:48
The point is people who think Fallout 1 was ALWAYS SERIOUS ALL THE TIME never played it.
Undead Gamer on 1/11/2008 at 10:54
Good game to play and just went through a theft spree in megaton :sly:
242 on 1/11/2008 at 11:13
Quote Posted by Angel Dust
I'm really on the fence regarding buying this. I'm a big old school Fallout fan but no purist and so was greatly looking forward to FPP version of it. However I am no fan of previous Bethesda RPG's which nail the epic scope but completely fail at the more intimate level with some really bland design/characterisation/writing. Their abominable animation turns me off also.
I didn't like Oblivion at all, but from what I've seen so far F3 seems much better. Characters are deep and alive enough, conversations, quests, and world are interesting, art style, graphics and music are fine. I didn't notice much similarity to Oblivion gameplay-wise too, this one is more action-oriented and involving. Good RPG it seems.
suliman on 1/11/2008 at 12:06
Quote Posted by dethtoll
People who act like Fallout isn't supposed to be funny obviously never actually played the first game.
"What do you want?"
"A donut."
..What? The problem is precisely that it is NOT funny. It's, what's the expression, "ham fisted"?
"EMBRACE DEMOCRACY OR BE DESTROYED":erm:
nicked on 1/11/2008 at 12:16
sounds like it's trying to be funny, whereas Fallout 1 and 2 just happened to be funny because of the humour inherent in some of the situations.
Everything I've heard makes me think this game will be the same as Thief Deadly Shadows. A good game, in it's own right, but noticeably made by people who were fans of the first games but don't fully understand what made them so great.
