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Fallout 3
Anyone playing?
I'm a huge, huge fan of the Fallout series, and I've been waiting for this game for years, in one form or another. I bought it on Steam as soon as it came out yesterday, but I've only had a couple of hours to play it so far. I've been steeling myself for a soul-crushing disappointment, but so far (and, like I said, only a couple of hours...) I'm liking what I'm seeing. It feels right.
I'm a huge, huge fan of the Fallout series, and I've been waiting for this game for years, in one form or another. I bought it on Steam as soon as it came out yesterday, but I've only had a couple of hours to play it so far. I've been steeling myself for a soul-crushing disappointment, but so far (and, like I said, only a couple of hours...) I'm liking what I'm seeing. It feels right.
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10 years, I have waited! 10 years!
I love this game. The way they establish backstory is pure genius.
Wahambulance. It wasn't exactly the games fault I didn't check the map that clearly listed the town I had to go for and instead walked into the war zone that was Bethesda. It's a open world game that allows you to walk to the end of it right away if you want and with that if you decide to be stupid you'll get killed. I like to explore and go places I shouldn't in open world games, and it generally gets you killed (or the thought that that sniper was just shooting warning shots at me ^_^). Though since then I've only died because I charged a raider who was using a shotgun with a bat... It's nowhere near as hard as the original game, and I haven't encountered a bad guy that I couldn't take out (yet).
There is something that most "good" single player video games have in common. They give the player a big goal like saving the princess. However, they also give the player medium and short term goals like getting one piece of the triforce, or beating the boss.
I like the style of Fallout, and I like the idea of it. But as a game, I was never able to get into it. When I actually play I have no motivation, and quickly get lost and/or die. Even when I was able to find something I wanted to do, there were few options for me. People in towns wouldn't talk to me. Even if they did, no dialogue choices were helpful. Any items I had or was able to acquire were completely useless. I did feel like there were lots of places to explore, but it also felt like every place I go is a mine field. When surrounded by mines, it doesn't take long to decide to just not do anything.
I had similar problems playing games like Baldur's Gate. It was cool how you could do almost anything you wanted to, and it somewhat realistically modeled a real D+D world. But I really had no direction or motivation. When I found some, I died immediately. This kind of game might be good for some people out there, but not for me.
What is a game that is open enough and not a boxed canyon?
EDIT: Would it sway you if you could make a sweet Hokuto no Ken-style pink mohawk?
Just played a couple more hours of FO3. Still awesome. The "getting jumped by raiders while crossing open wasteland" is so much better than in the originals -- it feels really cinematic.