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Nem on 22 October 2015
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Normchacho said:
Nem said:


You tried too hard not to like it. Your criticism sounds pety to me.

I will explain. "bad writing" What the hell is that even supposed to mean? Can you not understand what people are saying? Its not supposed to be a book. Its supposed to be a game.

The dialog is bad, is just more of the same criticism you already gave. Its also supposed to be the portrayal of the earlier decades of the last century.

The game is ugly. A good game doesnt need great graphics. This is a shallow criticism. I did think the graphics were nice, so meh... i think you forget its a sandbox, not a corridor shooter. Resources are best spent on other areas.

Combat... well they made it an FPS, of course it wasnt going to be anything great. World full of empty... its called a wasteland. Its what they are trying to portray.

 

What is good about it? The portrayal of a post apocalyptic world in an early last century vibe. Something people feared during the cold war and this is a window to what could have been and how you would live in such a world. If the concept does not appeal to you, then you don't enjoy history.

Quite honestly, you clearly don't want to like it. I just dont have enough context to know why.

Of course theres always the possibility that you don't like these kind of games, but that is a probem with you and not the game.

God, you're terrible at this.

1. I didn't say bad writting and bad dialoge, I said bad dialoge and cheesy voice acting.

2. The combat was crazy clunky. The aiming was done so poorly that the V.A.T.S. system was practically a must have. Though, from what I hear that was mostly on consoles, as it worked better with a mouse.

3. The world is really empty...just because it was done on purpose doesn't mean it's good. Plus, as someone else mentioned, the game takes place 200 years after the war. As the same person said, it's more likely that it was so empty due to technical limitations rather than a design choice.

4. "if the concept doesn't appeal to you, then you don't enjoy history" What? First off, I'm actually quite a big history buff. Secondly, and this isn't a criticism of the game, you do realize Fallout isn't actually based on history correct?

5. Why on earth wouldn't I want to like the game? I put quite a lot of time into it, and it's something most of my friends really enjoyed. Like I said, you'r awful at this.


1. Make up your mind. Either way, its a pety criticism that i never understand. Unless its something terribly translated from Japanese i never saw this bad writing problem. The writing that was chosen was part of the game. Its not a defect, its by design. If you don't like it for any special reason its something that is up to you. If i were to point out every game that said something ridiculous and wrote it off as bad, there would be no good games. Games are not literature. Though there are some that excel in it. Anyways... this is a non-issue. An atempt to make yourself seem superior to the game. Doesnt work.

2. VATS IS the whole point of the game. Its what makes it Fallout and not generic shooter 101.

3. Of course it was a composition of both. But that is just like saying that the fog in Silent Hill wasnt part of the design and was just technical limitation. It was both.

4. Wow... Fallout IS based on reality. Where do you think the music vibe, the black and white TV, the PC interfaces, the story of possible nuclear holocaust all came out of thin air? And you say you like History? Something is wrong there man.

5. You tell me. You are obviously hating on it. None of the point you raised are very good. If you had told me, awful loading times, pacing, lack of orientation systems... i could understand those, as you would have actually tried to play the game and enjoy it. You decided to hate it from the off-set. I have no idea what kind of expectations you had going in, but they were obviously not the right ones.

As for beeing terrible and awful at this... i managed to play it and enjoy it. You are the one at a loss. Apologies if all you wanted was a pat in the back, but i answer with honesty.