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[Scan_Man]

I think this is my Game of the Year. The game is by Bethesda Softwords the same developer that brought us the Elder Scrolls games.

What can I say this game has all the greatness of Oblivion. Though things like stats are simplified and classes are more less or less how you wish to interact in the world (for example do you want to be a gun nut, or going around repairing things for money). At times its very much like Oblivion even down to the world map music cues, down to the voice overs, and down to the quest system. Though what is a vast improvement over Oblivion is the world is actually interesting to explore. Kind of like how Morrowind was. The weapons are awesome. Anything your enemies drop you can pick up and use. If anything you have to see the VAT system in action. Hahaha I'm in love with headshots now. Anyway the VAT system is basically gives the combat a more turn-based rpg, dice roll, feel. Otherwise you can play this game as an action shooter.


Overall I am looking forward to logging hundreds of hours on this game like I did Obilivion. I can't wait until a couple years from now when the modding community starts fleshing the game out beyond the current content. I'm a mod nut. I have 80 mods going on Oblivion currently.

This post has been edited by Scan_Man: Oct 29 2008, 04:03 PM

[Crushinator]

I just wanted to give a few little quick impressions after finally getting to really sink my teeth into the game yesterday.

As a huge Fallout fan, I had a sense of worry that this game might not pull it off. After I completed the tutorial/opening and stepped out into the turbulent world, I actually felt a little disappointed. I can't say why, because it LOOKS fantastic, but I think honestly its because I had never thought about how the world of fallout looked from a first-person view . Luckily, all that disappeared once I started on the first quest, interacting with NPCs, using my wits and skills to talk and science my way through problems instead of fighting or working hard

Bethesda really did it, this is a near-perfect amalgam of Fallout sensibility and gameplay and oblivion's seamless open world and exploration. The VATS system keeps the turned based concepts without grinding combat down to a boring halt. The leveling system is pure Fallout, not hampered by TES's tagged skill leveling. NPC dialogue, and the int/speech/perk based dialogue options are great.

I mean, really what more can I say besides I started playing Fallout 3 yesterday at 11 am and didn't stop till 3 AM. Its just ace so far.