OMG, Fallout 3

Amy Dalness [ Tue Oct 28 2008 2:05 PM ]

Ummm , post-apocalyptic wasteland

As an avid fan of the Fallout series of role-playing games, I've been tracking the progress of Bethesda's Fallout 3. The original development team, Black Isle Studios, was laid off in 2003 by Interplay (the series' publisher), making the fate of Fallout 3 uncertain. In 2004, Bethesda, maker of The Elder Scrolls series, took on the project and we Fallout fans have been waiting anxiously for the game's release.

Today is the day.

I don't have a computer fast enough to run the game, nor do I own any of the major consoles, but I wanna play it now! A few reviews have come out and they're looking positive, but I'd like to get my hands on a copy and figure it out myself.

I generally don't like first-person shooters, which has been built into Fallout 3's game play, so I'm a bit wary of that particular development. Otherwise, it seems the Bethesda team has done its research to keep the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout alive. Until I scrounge up enough money for an Xbox or a new PC, I crave the opinions of those who've played it. Give them to me.

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Can wait [ Tue Oct 28 2008 2:50 PM ]

I'm going to wait a bit - I want to try it before I get it. I really did like Fallout 1 (beat it), was so-so on Fallout 2 (quest log was for shit and I had to stop).
I hear people are saying there's still Oblivion (360) style pop-in, which annoyed the shit out of me. The frame-rate in Oblivion (360) sucked as well & bothered me. If I do get it, I think I'm going to go PC.
I'm also a little unsure about death animations - a cool part of 1. Sometimes you'd get a critical shot off that would take out a whole section(s) of body, just leave the legs, etc. In early stuff I saw of 3, critical kills made the bodies fly apart like cartoonish mannequins - looked silly. Crossing my fingers it's still not like that.
That said, I hear the story is terrific - I just don't want the interface getting in the way.
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