Fallout 3 Pre-Review: CanardPC

[Neo_Kuja]

Then how does the naming of Half-Life 2, KOTOR 2, Broken Sword 2, Halo 2, Max Payne 2 and other games make sense if the games all continue the storyline from the previous game ?

While it's not a written-in-stone rule, canonically adding a "2" to a game title series indicates a sequel which usually follows off from the canon from the first game.

 

[Gargantou]

Then how does the naming of Half-Life 2, KOTOR 2, Broken Sword 2, Halo 2, Max Payne 2 and other games make sense if the games all continue the storyline from the previous game ?

While it's not a written-in-stone rule, canonically adding a "2" to a game title series indicates a sequel which usually follows off from the canon from the first game.

The exceptions this year being ironically, Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2.

 

[Kyorisu]

Then how does the naming of Half-Life 2, KOTOR 2, Broken Sword 2, Halo 2, Max Payne 2 and other games make sense if the games all continue the storyline from the previous game ?

You can do so but it's not a requirement for a simple numbering schema.

It isn't the third Fallout game.. It's the fifth..

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood Of Steel and Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel both came out before Fallout 3.

Third in the numbering system. It's not that hard to work out it's just a name. People will cry about every minor bloody detail they can. Honestly Fallout isn't that spectacular it's nothing to get upset about.

 

[Eejit]

The exceptions this year being ironically, Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2.

Fallout 3 continues the story, it's just that some fans wish it wasn't canon.

 

[Paulaner]

This discussion is becoming sort of academic. In my opinion there are no written rules for sequels or prequels. Exceptions are everywhere. The only things I want are good games.

 

[Kyorisu]

Fallout 3 continues the story, it's just that some fans wish it wasn't canon.

Exactly. Why the name matters I'll never know. It's just not something I can see reason to get fussed about.

 

[unozero]

I just talked to a guy that played it(Reviewer), the Inventory system and that pip boy thing has Console menues......just like this other game from Bethesda.....



**** you Bethesda you aint getting my money :angry:
I bought the CE of Oblivion I really tried to like it but you failed me...again.

 

[Kyorisu]

Why am I not surprised? Lazy ****s I swear. Why is a mouse based system so hard? Saves are probably the same too. I guess that means Fallout 3 Savegame manager will need to be hastily built in .net or something. I have a habit of coding useful apps in languages that piss people off.

See here: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2342

Except that was mostly Ruri's bad VB but whatever.

 

[Tagaziel]

Why would none of your complaints apply? It'd be the same game. It would still have "Fallout" in the title.

You're not making much sense atm.

A spin-off is not a sequel, and we don't care much about sequels.

Fallout 3 continues the story, it's just that some fans wish it wasn't canon.

Point is, it DOES NOT continue the story. The amount of contradictions and stupidity disqualifies it as a Fallout sequel. Oblivion is also not canonical, as trying to reconcile it with the rest of the TES series was deemed impossible by TES' father.

 

[Kyorisu]

The amount of contradictions and stupidity disqualifies it as a Fallout sequel.

Pfft. Yeah that's all I've got to say about that.

 

[Tagaziel]

Then would you kindly stop trolling?

 

[Kyorisu]

Now you know I can't do that.

 

[Paulaner]

You know, this argument reminds me of the whinings of so-called hard-core trekkers about the new Star Trek movie by JJ Abrams being a re-boot, re-vitalization, re-start, re-imagining, re-storation, re-<fill the space>
"OMG, they raped my childhood!" and so on.

 

[Tagaziel]

Problem is, Star Trek is not a game that was designed the way it was. Where every design choice had a reason.