Eurogamer Fallout 3 Review: 10/10

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The combat sequence in this video is, imo, quite awesome. And, yes, the more I look videos, the more I like VATS and the way it keeps the FPS factor tamed and under control. It's a matter of personal taste. As for the reviews, I usually don't trust them but a current metacritic of 93% cannot be a mass allucination, don't you think?
This game is a buy for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLawVpHLifE
 
Gamer reactions on the Penny-Arcade forums are predominately positive.
 
Honestly I was not attracted to this game at all but after seeing and reading all the positive reviews this game has been getting Im gonna have to go ahead and buy this game.
 
I'll wait until Christmas, see what people really think by then. If it's good enough, I may ask for it.
 
Just a general 'warning' for everyone, unlike Oblivion, you can't continue playing the game after you reach the ending, so if you want to keep playing with your character, don't do the final quest.
 
Bought it last night, was too lazy to deal with all that piracy nonsense with all of its cracks and such...

Played about 20 mins of the intro bit, still a baby.
 
It's just basic securom afaik. Reloaded's release works straight away from what I've heard.
 
Played it a few hours. The amount of things you can accomplish simply by talking your way out of a situation is most welcome. I've been using VATS exclusively, it's a lot of fun.
 
VATS is actually great and a lot more entertaining / fluid than I thought while watching the combat videos. I just wish action points recharged faster, half the combat is running around trying not to get bitten/scratched/mauled/shot waiting for AP to recharge so you can shoot them in the head a few more times.
 
Just boost your agility for a few levels.

I agree with the VATS thing. It looked so annoying in videos, but playing with myself is another world. I'm not pissed about the change to real time now, because the system works really well.
 
Gargantou said:
Just a general 'warning' for everyone, unlike Oblivion, you can't continue playing the game after you reach the ending, so if you want to keep playing with your character, don't do the final quest.
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Seriously? That is rather a huge downer for me as I want to explore the game and not just end it. I hope they patch it so you can continue it after you finish the main quest. That's what I loved about Oblivion. When I was done with the main quest, bitches still got served by me whilst I leveled even more.
Ennui said:
VATS is actually great and a lot more entertaining / fluid than I thought while watching the combat videos. I just wish action points recharged faster, half the combat is running around trying not to get bitten/scratched/mauled/shot waiting for AP to recharge so you can shoot them in the head a few more times.
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This. I've noticed enemies can take a shit load of hits while you are at a low level. I'm currently level 5, and it is rather a nuisance wasting your ammo on one enemy to find out there are several more whilst you barely have any HP or stimpacks left to recharge.

Though, the game is brilliant fun. It's a modern Oblivion without the magic. If you liked Oblivion for what you could do, this game is basically the same minus a few aspects such as the Arena which I'm not sure if there is one in this game or not, but I really can't see it being possible, and this should not hold you back from purchasing it.

Get this game! It's good!


GET IT OR ****ING DIE.
 
PaoloM said:
Don't judge a game by videos only...? ;)
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When it comes to specific gameplay mechanics, I'm pretty good at getting a decent impression of what it's like from videos. However, VATS proved me sooo wrong.
 
And now the big question: will it run on my system? With Oblivion I had no problems, but FO3 seems more demanding.
 
I'm playing on my 360, so I can't comment on that. Most people say it's a pretty smooth ride on PC, though.
 
And the other big question, is the AI generally better than what has been shown in the GameTrailers videos?
 
According to NMAers that have the game, it's as stupid as it appeared.
 
The AI is decent enough, it doesn't ruin the game or anything. I'm not playing this for the blazing fast tactical combat anyway.
 
Well well! I never expected the game to be so widely accepted as you guys have described.

I did want this for a while, but with having Fable 2 and looking to at least rent Dead Space in the next few weeks I'd given F3 a by.... It does SOUND like it delivers.

My only hesitation is - although I enjoyed Oblivion a lot, that had the same reception, but little as a month down the line people started to give it a lot of flak because they got bored with it. Hopefully F3 has a better sell by date.
 
Cormeh said:
My only hesitation is - although I enjoyed Oblivion a lot, that had the same reception, but little as a month down the line people started to give it a lot of flak because they got bored with it. Hopefully F3 has a better sell by date.
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I predict the same.
 
IGN and Gamespot gave it 8-9 so, it sounds like its a great game, just not incredible.
 
Cormeh said:
little as a month down the line people started to give it a lot of flak because they got bored with it.
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see I never understood the hate for oblivion ..I mean that's all people talked about for a month then all of the sudden the haters started to crop up saying it's boring ..I put in easily 100 hours into the game before getting "bored" ..really how many single player games can honestly say that? certainly not hl2 or CoD4 or any other game I can think of ..100 hours for $60 sounds like a really good deal to me ..but some people are never satisfied


we should co-op fable2 sometime :)
 
CptStern said:
see I never understod the hate for oblivion after the fact ..I mean that's all people talked about for a month then all of the sudden the haters started to crop up saying it's boring ..I put in easily 100 hours into the game before getting "bored" ..really how many single player games can honestly say that? certainly not hl2 or CoD4 or any other game I can think of ..100 hours for $60 sounds like a really good deal to me ..but some people are never satisfied


we should co-op fable2 sometime :)
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I was in the same boat mate! I clocked at least 200 hours on Oblivion over about 6 save files, so it wasn't like I never played the absolute bejesus out of it. At the same time, the criticsms became overbearing with the allegation of crap gameplay and boring story. But this to me was only apparent after about my third run.

As for Fable 2, I'll co-op when I get my internet set up in my new place (end of year/January D: ). GT: Padoo in the meantime. ;)
 
Getting bored after 100 hours with the same game is absolutely normal, in my opinion.
 
PaoloM said:
Getting bored after 100 hours with the same game is absolutely normal, in my opinion.
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10-12 hour playthrough is usually the norm for single player games so the rest of the 88 hours is replaying which isnt the same right? 100 hours and I hadnt finished the game, I cant think of a single single player game that even came close to that
 
CptStern said:
see I never understood the hate for oblivion ..I mean that's all people talked about for a month then all of the sudden the haters started to crop up saying it's boring ..I put in easily 100 hours into the game before getting "bored" ..really how many single player games can honestly say that? certainly not hl2 or CoD4 or any other game I can think of ..100 hours for $60 sounds like a really good deal to me ..but some people are never satisfied


we should co-op fable2 sometime :)
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Well, I personally but a lot more hours into Daggerfall and then Morrowind than I did into Oblivion. But to be fair, the mods for Oblivion added a whole new layer of quality to the game, shame Bethesda has decided to, for now anyway, not release mod tools for Fallout 3.

I probably played Daggerfall for around at least 70 hours before doing the final quest, and keep in mind this was back in the 90s, not the year 2008.

Anyone who played Daggerfall and Morrowind can't honestly say that Oblivion was better than them in my opinion, at least not when it comes to how deep the RPG elements are.
 
Morrowind was quite good. Not an absolute revelation, but nevertheless, good.

It stayed true to TES lore, building on Daggerfall and explaining how all of it's endings happened. A temporal paradox created by the Dwemer Anumidium.

Oblivion is so bad in that aspect that the father of the TES series gave up on trying to fit it into the TES storyline.
 
I think you mean Numidium not Anumidium.:p

Perhaps you mixed it up with Aetherius, the spirit realm the 'PC' enters in order to retrieve the Mantella.
 
Gargantou said:
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Anyone who played Daggerfall and Morrowind can't honestly say that Oblivion was better than them in my opinion, at least not when it comes to how deep the RPG elements are.
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agree
 
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42126.html

Gametrailers review is up. It got a higher score than I expected.
The biggest complain seemed to be that it can be a bit overwhelming.

Not touching this one just yet. Too much good stuff out there (GTA IV for PC next week) to play and a ton of school work to do. ;( Meh.
 
CptStern said:
see I never understood the hate for oblivion ..I mean that's all people talked about for a month then all of the sudden the haters started to crop up saying it's boring ..I put in easily 100 hours into the game before getting "bored" ..really how many single player games can honestly say that? certainly not hl2 or CoD4 or any other game I can think of ..100 hours for $60 sounds like a really good deal to me ..but some people are never satisfied
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Same here.

I don't however like what I'm seeing in Fallout 3 (media, haven't played it) and am surprised that it's getting high scores.
 
Well, I dropped out my two classes, so I pretty much have a many free times to play Fallout 3. Since I never finished Oblivion, I'm gonna beat this one before Christmas.
 
I'll get it, but not 'til I get a new PC. Hopefully they will release a mod kit soon so that by the time I get it there will be some great new content/fixes.
 
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