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Alright, Come on; Fallout 3 and New Vegas aren't that bad.

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AphexTwin:
What is with the hate of Fallout 3 and New Vegas here? lets get some things straight...

Fallout 3 is a magnificent game. Bethesda's track record on making open world RPG's is extensive, and they are one of my all time favorite developers. I have probably spent a 1/3rd of my life playing Oblivion and Fallout 3 alone. When I heard Bethesda would be developing Fallout 3 for the first time, I was extremely happy, seeing one of my favorite game series being risen from the dead with Bethesda's expertise. The game was and still is great for many reasons. Go play it, if you don't know.

What I don't understand is how Fallout 1+2 players can openly despise the game so much while I, a fellow 1+2 player, love it. The game is not how it used to be, I can understand but do you think they would continue developing isometric games forever? I understand nostalgia, but lets look back a moment here. 

Fallout 1, the classic, had a handful of side quests and the main quest. The side quests were normally un-complex and easy to beat, and after that is finished, other than the main quest there really is nothing to do. The game also had a very limited number of locations. In Fallout 3, there are hundreds of quests and locations to explore, and a main quest. Fallout 3 can keep you entertained a much longer time, and that is just a fact. Fallout 1 was a great game don't get me wrong, But it had its advantages and disadvantages just like Fallout 3. People tend to look back at Fallout 1 with all their nostalgia and forget that it had its sucky parts too.

Although Fallout 2 had more quests and locations, it was definitely not as good (but still decent) as Fallout 1 for multiple reasons. You see how things are now? Older is not ALWAYS better when it comes to games.

I think what really happens is that the people who played Fallout 1 and 2 are annoyed that  Fallout became so popular. As the fps crowd came over from the call of dutys and battlefields the original Fallout players began to call their own game dumb. People who have played the originals can be so elitist it clouds their judgement of whether a game is really good or not. 

So yea, if you truly don't like Fallout 3, then don't play it. But give credit where credit is deserved, Bethesda made a great game. It is simply unfair to say that Fallout 3 sucks/is not cannon/etc. 

(btw New Vegas was alright too, not as good as Fallout 3 but still it was alright.)

alright, thats it. I'm done.

Eternauta:
ib4 "Fallout 3 sux, NV is awesome".

Colombo:
If it would be more Morrowind-ish, I would like it. Morrowind was awasome. But oblivion, totally diferent story. Fallout 3 was something like post-apo Oblivion. Horrible.
Old isn't always better, but in this case, it is.

AphexTwin:

--- Quote from: Colombo on April 14, 2011, 08:21:58 pm ---If it would be more Morrowind-ish, I would like it. Morrowind was awasome. But oblivion, totally diferent story. Fallout 3 was something like post-apo Oblivion. Horrible.
Old isn't always better, but in this case, it is.

--- End quote ---


why is it horrible? elaborate.

Slaver Snipe:
Recycled old engine, Check
Lots of eye candy to make players like the game, Check
Large world tinted green, Check
Terrible fps with quests, Check
Bethseda spending 4 years to develop a game with a team many, many times the size of the originals, Check

All in all, of course it was a bigger game, but it had way to many shortcomings for a game that took 4 years developing without creating a new engine for it.

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