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Who here has Fallout 3?
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ok, this is how it went for me...
I LOVE Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, therefore I jumped right into Fallout 3. I really tried, but FO3 just didn't do it for me. Now it's been a year since I've played Oblivion. I burned out with it on the last expansion Shivering Isles. After throwing in the towel with FO3 I decided to give Oblivion another look. As soon as it came on the screen I was wowed (again) at how beautiful it is as compared to FO3. Granted it's a much different environment, as FO3's setting is post armaggedon and Oblivion's is fantasy woodsey, hilly, temperate climate, but there (in FO3) is really nothing (at least in the first 5-15 hours of game play) to love. Now I'm back finishing Oblivion. It's hard to compare the two games. Yes the game mechanics and structure are similar, but I've found FO3 hard to enjoy. It's as if Oblivion's environment is so powerful you can overlook it's short comings, but not so for FO3.
I LOVE Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, therefore I jumped right into Fallout 3. I really tried, but FO3 just didn't do it for me. Now it's been a year since I've played Oblivion. I burned out with it on the last expansion Shivering Isles. After throwing in the towel with FO3 I decided to give Oblivion another look. As soon as it came on the screen I was wowed (again) at how beautiful it is as compared to FO3. Granted it's a much different environment, as FO3's setting is post armaggedon and Oblivion's is fantasy woodsey, hilly, temperate climate, but there (in FO3) is really nothing (at least in the first 5-15 hours of game play) to love. Now I'm back finishing Oblivion. It's hard to compare the two games. Yes the game mechanics and structure are similar, but I've found FO3 hard to enjoy. It's as if Oblivion's environment is so powerful you can overlook it's short comings, but not so for FO3.
I have it for the 360 and love it. I finished the main quest way to fast so I went back to a saved game. I have over 130 hours invested now and I am still playing it out. It has to be the largest game I have ever seen on a console.
ok, this is how it went for me...
I LOVE Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, therefore I jumped right into Fallout 3. I really tried, but FO3 just didn't do it for me. Now it's been a year since I've played Oblivion. I burned out with it on the last expansion Shivering Isles. After throwing in the towel with FO3 I decided to give Oblivion another look. As soon as it came on the screen I was wowed (again) at how beautiful it is as compared to FO3. Granted it's a much different environment, as FO3's setting is post armaggedon and Oblivion's is fantasy woodsey, hilly, temperate climate, but there (in FO3) is really nothing (at least in the first 5-15 hours of game play) to love. Now I'm back finishing Oblivion. It's hard to compare the two games. Yes the game mechanics and structure are similar, but I've found FO3 hard to enjoy. It's as if Oblivion's environment is so powerful you can overlook it's short comings, but not so for FO3.
Seriously try this game out.
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ok, this is how it went for me...
I LOVE Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, therefore I jumped right into Fallout 3. I really tried, but FO3 just didn't do it for me. Now it's been a year since I've played Oblivion. I burned out with it on the last expansion Shivering Isles. After throwing in the towel with FO3 I decided to give Oblivion another look. As soon as it came on the screen I was wowed (again) at how beautiful it is as compared to FO3. Granted it's a much different environment, as FO3's setting is post armaggedon and Oblivion's is fantasy woodsey, hilly, temperate climate, but there (in FO3) is really nothing (at least in the first 5-15 hours of game play) to love. Now I'm back finishing Oblivion. It's hard to compare the two games. Yes the game mechanics and structure are similar, but I've found FO3 hard to enjoy. It's as if Oblivion's environment is so powerful you can overlook it's short comings, but not so for FO3.
Oddly as much as I liked Oblivion (I put in easily 100+ hours) the terrain got REALLY boring after a couple weeks. (especially on a 360 which can't render the terrain as well as a PC) Fallout to me is more consistent in that it's supposed to be all barren, and I sort of like that fact. It's personal taste but I find wandering through craggy rocky destroyed areas very peaceful.
My only complaint is restarting FO3 is a chore, Oblivion restarting and making new characters is fun, and probably had about 7-8 characters I was happy with... FO3 I'm on my second and don't see myself playing through too many more times.
thanks I've heard a lot about witcher, so may I ask were you a fan of oblivion b/c I loved oblivion, I like FO3 a lot too 20hours in, but environment bores me. I like fantasy LOL
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I fell in love with this game. Probably one of the best game i have ever played. For me, if i get drawn into a game to where i feel like i am part of the game and i can relate and identify with situations i will love the game. The idea of what life would be like after a nuclear apocalyptic war is very interesting and this game puts you right in it... I love the retro-future architecture, when you walk around you really feel like you are looking at a city that once was and is now truly a wasteland... I felt alll kinds of emotions while playing this game, it was a rollercoaster, just freakin awesome! I have it on PS3. My only complaint is that once you beat it you cant continue play after it ends... I made the mistake of completeing a mission that lead to the final cut scenes of the game and i hadnt finished all the side quests yet... i guess the xbox version is getting DLC that will extend gameplay after where the original game ends but the PS3 wont be getting that anytime soon, so i havent played it since. But I got so wrapped up in it i was playing it 8-10hours a day and i have even downloaded the 40's-esce soundtrack and i listen to it all the time.. I love the game...
I tried the Oblivion demo, but because it was sooooo stiff, I didn't care to pick up the whole game. The only reason I bought Fallout 3, is because of a review on Shacknews praising it as a PC game and not another poorly ported afterthought. It's also fairly stiff.
After playing games like Ultima UnderWorld 1 and 2 in the early nineties, which set a standard for me, I've always been taken back at how simplified and in some cases unrefined most other 3D RPGs have been in comparison. I liked that I could swing a sword in UnderWorld at many varying degrees based on my mouse's vector and speed. I haven't played any other similar game that has come close.
When the first Elders Scroll came out about the same time as UW2, it was a huge step back, so I never gave Bestheda high marks, but obviously they're doing something right, because they're still around and many love their games. So when I tried Oblivion, it didn't feel much better than their earlier games, so that was another reason I wrote it off.
Having said that, I'm going to buy Obvliion, because there are parts of F3 that I really like and it's only $19 at Frys. My friend has also praised the game quite a bit and I respect his opinion. I just want to finish The Witcher and F3 first.
The Witcher Enhanced's enviroments are very rich in all areas. The game looks great, the sound production is great, and the music is very fitting and there's lots of history for everything, which adds to the richness, if you like details -- zero punctuation ripped on this, saying it was a game his father would like.
Anyways, The Witcher is a different type of RPG than Bestheda's formula. The thing I really noticed, is that things feel somewhat real in TW, where as in Fallout 3 people feel a bit generic and fake and I never really care to help them with their problems. TW is a very gray game, where as from what I've played in Fallout 3 is black and white. Anyways, it's just another game that's worth its time if you love RPGs. It's very story driven, as the whole game was built around one character named Geralt. It has the cliché memory loss bit, but beyond that, the game is very consuming and believable.