Attack Of The Fallout 3 Reviews

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » October 28th, 2008, 11:00

Attack Of The Fallout 3 Reviews
Today is embargo-lifting day, which means a whole mess of write-ups on Bethesda's latest RPG have spilled onto the web. The scores, unsurprisingly, are extraordinarily high.
Which probably means I'm going to get my arse kicked for not loving it quite as much as everyone else.
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Author: Alec Meer
Category: RockPaperShotgun bethesda fallout-3 the internet will be angry with me
Publish Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:54:31 +0000

Today is embargo-lifting day, which means a whole mess of write-ups on Bethesda's latest RPG have spilled onto the web. The scores, unsurprisingly, are extraordinarily high.

Which probably means I'm going to get my arse kicked for not loving it quite as much as everyone else.

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Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 28th, 2008, 11:10

hmm, sounds like oblivion with guns and some of oblivion's problems.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 28th, 2008, 11:31

Bear in mind that many of these reviews will be console reviews, and as such will have a far lower expectation than PC reviews, leading to lots of OMG BEST GAEM EVAR!!!!1!

I'm hoping it doesn't have the problem I had with Oblivion, which was that I lost focus and got bored.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 28th, 2008, 11:34

Dog Pants wrote:I'm hoping it doesn't have the problem I had with Oblivion, which was that I lost focus and got bored.

Which is why I like FC2, there's a lot of story/guidance there, but you don't have to do it if you don't want to.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » October 28th, 2008, 11:37

Even if it's no better than Oblivion I will love this, if it is better than Oblivion I might die from lack of sleep and food.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 28th, 2008, 11:39

Ah, bit of a shame really, it's still got good marks but there's scope for it.

I'm a bit suprised by the comments on the dialog being not brilliant, that was one of the biggest things that made F1 and F2 amazing.

Still, I'll probably enjoy it, just not as much as the first 2, then again, it may become amazing once someone mods it, much like Stalker did.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 28th, 2008, 11:51

I think the problem with this may be that a prolonged combat against a town of bandits in a turn-based squad game is quite prolonged and tense, and often varied. It might translate into a guns-blazing one-man-army shooter as an FPS. However, if I had to do scenarios from Fallout 1 or 2 as a FPS I'd probably do a Bobbins too.

Post by **fabyak** » October 28th, 2008, 11:58

I'm pretty sure I will end up buying this the first tiem Steam stick a sale on it and I await the reviews of 5punkasaurs eagerly

(apparently FFX has no problem with the word 5punkasaurs, numbers at the start?)

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 28th, 2008, 12:12

Firefox seems to ignore words with numbers in them in the spellchecker.

It also tells me I spelt Firefox wrong.

Just cancelled my FO3 order, I can't justify spending £45 (or £25 for that matter) on a game that I'm pretty sure I'll not enjoy.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 28th, 2008, 12:20

Did you not enjoy Oblivion then Berk?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 28th, 2008, 12:24

buzzmong wrote:Did you not enjoy Oblivion then Berk?

It was pretty.

That was about all it did for me.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 28th, 2008, 12:44

I found Oblivion kind of dull. Hitting various things with a sword got old, especially as the scenery isn't that varied.

Also consoles are better than PCs.

Post by **Grimmie** » October 28th, 2008, 13:02

I loved Oblivion.
Oblivion with guns. Shit yeah.

Shada · Post by **Shada** » October 28th, 2008, 13:16

Grimmie wrote:I loved Oblivion.
Oblivion with guns. Shit yeah.

Yep.

If it's more of the same but with a much better setting (post apocalypse is ALWAYS better than high fantasy) then I'll like it

If they've improved (or tried to improve) on Oblivion's flaws I'll like it.

Its similarity to FO1 or FO2 is irrelevant.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 28th, 2008, 13:30

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Firefox seems to ignore words with numbers in them in the spellchecker.

It also tells me I spelt Firefox wrong.

Just cancelled my FO3 order, I can't justify spending £45 (or £25 for that matter) on a game that I'm pretty sure I'll not enjoy.

It should really tell you that spelt is a type of grain and you should have used the word 'spelled'.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 28th, 2008, 15:08

Shada wrote:
Yep.

If it's more of the same but with a much better setting (post apocalypse is ALWAYS better than high fantasy) then I'll like it

If they've improved (or tried to improve) on Oblivion's flaws I'll like it.

Its similarity to FO1 or FO2 is irrelevant.

Conversely, for me it'll be enjoyable if it's a FPS version of Fallout 1 & 2, but I agree that I much prefer the post apocalyptic setting. Other than that I'm pretty much with Spoodie.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 28th, 2008, 15:12

spoodie wrote:Also consoles are better than PCs.

Dog Pants wrote:Other than that I'm pretty much with Spoodie.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 28th, 2008, 15:14

/Resists edit wars

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 28th, 2008, 15:22

spoodie wrote:Also consoles are better than PCs.

Chickenz is infectious? Quick, CONTAIN IT.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 28th, 2008, 15:23

I did resist being baited by your negative comment about consoles further up.

Also

Play.com wrote:Your order for Fallout 3 has been posted.