Comments on: Fallout 3 first impressions http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/fallout-3-first-impressions/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/eb4e6925bcc3f79.png" alt="Cyde Weys Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Cyde Weys http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/fallout-3-first-impressions/#comment-103 Cyde Weys Identicon Icon Cyde Weys Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:58:20 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=149#comment-103 Grokmoo will publish further impressions as soon as he's able to drag himself away from the game. He's actually playing at this very moment. Grokmoo will publish further impressions as soon as he’s able to drag himself away from the game. He’s actually playing at this very moment.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/fcad56b8d26c4fb.png" alt="T2A` Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> T2A` http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/fallout-3-first-impressions/#comment-102 T2A` Identicon Icon T2A` Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:05:22 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=149#comment-102 Any further thoughts on the game? Given that it's not laden with DRM (<a href="http://bethblog.com/index.php/2008/10/30/fallout-3-uses-securom-only-for-disc-check/" rel="nofollow">according to Bethesda's blog</a>), I'm thinking about getting it at some point. However, if it's 80% Oblivion with 20% Fallout flair like some reviews I've seen, I don't much see the point. Oblivion's problem made the game was simply unplayable and beyond repetitive. Even when I did get 50 mods running to fix its problems, there were still issues with many of its systems. Lock picking? Broken. Thievery? Broken. Conversing? Broken. Voice acting? Broken. Atmosphere and immersion? Shattered to a million bits in far too many places. It was a good idea but simply not fun enough to warrant play. I'd like to find out that FO3 isn't the same way. Any further thoughts on the game?

Given that it’s not laden with DRM (according to Bethesda’s blog), I’m thinking about getting it at some point. However, if it’s 80% Oblivion with 20% Fallout flair like some reviews I’ve seen, I don’t much see the point.

Oblivion’s problem made the game was simply unplayable and beyond repetitive. Even when I did get 50 mods running to fix its problems, there were still issues with many of its systems. Lock picking? Broken. Thievery? Broken. Conversing? Broken. Voice acting? Broken. Atmosphere and immersion? Shattered to a million bits in far too many places.

It was a good idea but simply not fun enough to warrant play. I’d like to find out that FO3 isn’t the same way.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/eb4e6925bcc3f79.png" alt="Cyde Weys Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Cyde Weys http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/fallout-3-first-impressions/#comment-95 Cyde Weys Identicon Icon Cyde Weys Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:26:19 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=149#comment-95 Seeing as how I just completed Far Cry 2, I'm wondering — should Fallout 3 be my next game, or should I try out Dead Space, or maybe something else? I kind of don't want to duplicate coverage here, but at the same time, I don't want to miss out on an awesome game. Seeing as how I just completed Far Cry 2, I’m wondering — should Fallout 3 be my next game, or should I try out Dead Space, or maybe something else? I kind of don’t want to duplicate coverage here, but at the same time, I don’t want to miss out on an awesome game.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/c70dc2abcc729f7.png" alt="Grokmoo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Grokmoo http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/fallout-3-first-impressions/#comment-85 Grokmoo Identicon Icon Grokmoo Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:28:43 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=149#comment-85 This is a possibility, I suppose. So far, for me at least, the thrill of blowing enemies into little chunks has not gotten old. Probably more importantly, this game is much less combat oriented than Oblivion. Many quests do not require much of it, and often in quests it is merely a distraction from the real task at hand. I haven't found this to be a chore though, because it is quick and often very amusing to watch. This is a possibility, I suppose. So far, for me at least, the thrill of blowing enemies into little chunks has not gotten old. Probably more importantly, this game is much less combat oriented than Oblivion. Many quests do not require much of it, and often in quests it is merely a distraction from the real task at hand. I haven’t found this to be a chore though, because it is quick and often very amusing to watch.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/fcad56b8d26c4fb.png" alt="T2A` Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> T2A` http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/2008/10/fallout-3-first-impressions/#comment-84 T2A` Identicon Icon T2A` Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:53:39 +0000 http://www.pcgamefuntime.com/?p=149#comment-84 I've heard the combat gets really repetitive over time. It's hard to do well in real time, yet VATS enables millions of headshots without any problem at all. Oblivion was major fail to me. The idea of Oblivion was great but the game itself was mediocre at best. Shame. I could never get into it enough to advance past about level 8 (with a decent character whose stats I was watching). I'm worried about the same kind of thing happening to FO3. I’ve heard the combat gets really repetitive over time. It’s hard to do well in real time, yet VATS enables millions of headshots without any problem at all.

Oblivion was major fail to me. The idea of Oblivion was great but the game itself was mediocre at best. Shame. I could never get into it enough to advance past about level 8 (with a decent character whose stats I was watching). I’m worried about the same kind of thing happening to FO3.

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