Fallout 3 is outstanding

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vlad321 said:

rocketpig said:

Here's a question for you: What did Bethesda make on Fallout 3 that's better than it's predecessors? Apart from graphics.

Other than the obvious technological leaps, really nothing.

On the other hand, some of the greatness of F 1/2 is gone forever due to 3D gaming and its budget constraints. It's a different world, one where I thought Bethesda went way above and beyond their previous efforts to capture.

It's a pretty damned good game. Is it great? Nah, too many things are missing from the originals and it lacks the heart found in those earlier games. Bethesda, with the budget they have for games, were forced to compromise some of Fallout's greatness (adult actions, adult repercussions) to appease the masses and recoup their expense. Sad, but that's just modern gaming for you.

 

The witcher is the last RPG which I played which wasn't a modern watered down game. Enjoyed it thoroughly and no amount of bugs or crashes managed to break it for me at all. Enjoyed it thoroughly from start to end, minus loading times.

 

Yep, I have it for PC, but I'll probably just wait for the console version, so I don't have to bother with the non-userfriendly interface. Games are games, afterall. I know that I'm one of the smartest people....and I don't need a complex game interface and a plethora of unnecessary options to remind me of that.

Diablo II had it right. User-friendly above all else.

...that's not to say that The Witcher(great game) is necessarily complex, but it certainly isn't user-friendly, which means that yes, you have to spend a significant amount of time learning the shortcuts. Unnecessarily...

Another game that will be "dumbed down" for consoles, at the "cost" of needless PC control scheme and clunky menu navigation complexity is "Dragon Age: Origins." The FFXIII of the PC...before it was announced as a console multiplat.