That Fallout 3
seemed totally different to the one I played, where you're wandering around a miserable bunker, while people shout at you to get to the exit which despite you having apparently lived there for many years you don't actually know the location of. Is it really worth persevering with?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:46,
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Yeah....
The Fallout entry was Cibion's (the other guy) idea, i'm not a fan of Fallout at all.
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:47,
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Thank God
I thought it was just me...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:50,
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Nah,
I stopped playing after the aircraft carrier city thing. i left, got told where my "dad" went, and got lost, and killed a million times because i wandered into an area that was too powerful for me. so i went back to the boat, killed everybody, and quit.
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Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 21:54,
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Fallout is one of those games
That you *really* **really** enjoy playing, but when you demonstrate it to your mate ( as in: "I didn't come to the pub because:") it just seems shit. Your mate is underwhelmed and you feel like a nerd.
Neverwinternights, Oblivion and fallout 3 are probably the 3 best games of all time (after Ultima Underworld) for a single person time failure.*
*Excluding football manager fans
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zacherynuk @echo off, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:00,
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But that's the point
I never enjoyed it. And if I'm blindly stumbling about a bunker while the NPCs are busy telling me to do something *RIGHT NOW* but giving me no hint how to do it I'm going to lose interest very quickly.
Oh yes, and guards who can take four pistol rounds to the face? Bugger that.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:07,
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Interesting
I've just bought it and my mates have bet me I stop playing before I leave the bunker. I loved Neverwinter Nights and Oblivion though. Because of these reasons I'm a little nervous about installing it (I have no will when it comes to turning games off).
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gingerfreak Why? Why not., Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:11,
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Unlike NWN
and to a certain extend oblivion; fallout can leave you feeling lost and empty after a few day of non-immersion... I don't know if it's the complexity if the plots, or the poor 'mission' interface.
NWN had me. hook. line. sinker. & copy of Angling Times. Like a really REALLY good DM from when I was 12 or 13. I knew I was invisible, I knew I was part of a team with abilities and I knew that whatever outcome was statistically correct in the universe I had allowed myself tobecome involved in.
Obvlivion, was all fun and WOW. WOW. WOW!!!. but in the last hours was just me running past people. Tag and run tag and run. I could easily beat the game and the objective.
I like dark and disbanded..ment (?) I really wanted to like STALKER but as with aspects fallout it just ... required too much commitment - that is to say the experience required to much run in to get the best from it - you have to play for 2 hours to enjoy the next 6. I just can't do that anymore :(
I did play alot of L4D and I am hoping for some BF3 - but these things rely on real people.
for the record I also have a pilots licence, fly regularly, have a bike and cycle from time to time and participate in a successful company - I do honestly believe gaming has a very important role in a healthy life. ner
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zacherynuk @echo off, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:29,
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Weirdly, I played fallout3 for weeks constantly & then one day just stopped.
Wasn't anything in the game; I just stopped & have no desire to play again. Oblivion never 'hooked' me at all.
(I don't think we need to justify game-playing on here, however: I also enjoy climbing, caving & cycle ridiculously large no. of miles for fun too....)
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 8:34,
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Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 were way better. So was KOTOR.
Oblivion: Role Playing games should have more then 3 voice actors + one scene with Patrick Stewart if they want to be immersive.
Fallout 3: Copying the key plot elements and characters of Fallout 1 & 2 then renaming them does not count as good RPG writing in my book. The end was totally gash as well. Also, having [Good] [Evil] [Mercenary] [Designated Skill] dialogue options was rubbish. Still, at least Bethesda hired more than 3 voice actors this time around.
NWN rocked though. The multiplayer/modding system was fantastic.
Moral of the story: Bethesda won't get my money again.
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Fallout's fucking immense.
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Hardfarter Following through since 1978, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 22:40,
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It does take a while to get going...
...I bloody loved it. But then, I was a big fan of the first two games, so i'm biased.
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