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Anyone playing it yet or thinking of buying it?
I picked up my reserved copy today and started on it. Right off the bat I think its quite safe to say it won't be a let down. Those people that liked fallout 3 will find they'll get right back into that same groove except in a new massive map, new weapons, quests and lots of little goodies on the side that weren't available to do/have in the last game. I'm looking forward to the next few weeks behind my 360 controller :).
Apparently MS has purchased exclusive rights to the DLC for the xbox, at least for a while. I might leave it until they've patched it a few times.
[quote=pimento;951053]Apparently MS has purchased exclusive rights to the DLC for the xbox, at least for a while. I might leave it until they've patched it a few times.[/quote]
I was debating which would be better, but for PS3 there was a lot of lagging and freezing on my original Fallout 3, so I was hoping xbox got it right.
Do you think there will be quite a few glitches initially? Even if that's the case, there's just no way I could have waited any longer for them to bring out a near flawless final edition with all DLC included. Its that much fun.
I am going to wait, not because of the game might suck, just that for Fallout 3(PC), I bought it on the first day, then when all the DLC come out I had to buy them, only then to have them put out the "Game of the year" version including all the DLC. I am just going to wait til the extra comes out and buy the complete version. Its a Single player game anyway, I can play at my leisure...
besides, currently working on Mass Effect 2 on PC...
[quote=RacingManiac;951105]besides, currently working on Mass Effect 2 on PC...[/quote]
any good?
Compare to Fallout 3, its "smaller". Since its not exactly openworld sandbox type game. But its big, the combat system works well and the graphics is very polished. I am not a traditional RPG type of guy so the more action oriented title like Fallout and Mass Effect appeals to me. I just finished Mass Effect 1(I think I ended up with ~28-30 hours total, with probably still more quest left), I think the sequel is probably at least as big as ME1. Its also nice you can import your character over to the sequel so all the action you did continues onto the 2nd game.
[quote=RacingManiac;951105]I am going to wait, not because of the game might suck, just that for Fallout 3(PC), I bought it on the first day, then when all the DLC come out I had to buy them, only then to have them put out the "Game of the year" version including all the DLC. I am just going to wait til the extra comes out and buy the complete version. Its a Single player game anyway, I can play at my leisure...
besides, currently working on Mass Effect 2 on PC...[/quote]
THIS.
Learnt my lesson with Mafia II paying pull price for pre-order and the DLC packs are extras. Now theyre dirt cheap 2 months on.
I can wait.
[quote=DesmoRob;951091]there's just no way I could have waited any longer for them to bring out a near flawless final edition with all DLC included. Its that much fun.[/quote]
[quote=pimento;951053]I might leave it until they've patched it a few times.[/quote]
This is being a bit optimistic. Neither Fallout 3 or TES: Oblivion which ran the same software ever got patched for the consoles. And the so-called "near flawless final edition", the GOTY (which I had for both games on PS3), were just as bag. In fact, FO3's GOTY PS3 was the worst of the bunch, and eventually became unplayable for me.
What did happen is that users made all kinds of fixes to patch all these bugs on PC. I've pre-ordered the PS3 version, but since hearing about the bugs, I might pirate the PC version as well, and actually play that.
Either way though, I can't wait to play it...
[quote=TVR IS KING;951131]This is being a bit optimistic. Neither Fallout 3 or TES: Oblivion which ran the same software ever got patched for the consoles. And the so-called "near flawless final edition", the GOTY (which I had for both games on PS3), were just as bag. In fact, FO3's GOTY PS3 was the worst of the bunch, and eventually became unplayable for me.
What did happen is that users made all kinds of fixes to patch all these bugs on PC. I've pre-ordered the PS3 version, but since hearing about the bugs, I might pirate the PC version as well, and actually play that.
Either way though, I can't wait to play it...[/quote]
I'm a PC.
Either way, don't expect official patches and flawless GOTY editions. Enjoy your user-made content =[
I'm not expecting flawlessness, just fewer game-breaking bugs.
I didn't like Fallout 3, but if this becomes cheap enough eventually, I may pick it up.
[quote=NSXType-R;951143]I didn't like Fallout 3, but if this becomes cheap enough eventually, I may pick it up.[/quote]
When I first got FO3 on its release date, I hated it too, but only because I sucked at it. Turned out I hadn't taken the time to actually learn how to play the game properly. VATS and fast travel among other things greatly improved my experience onward lol :D. I just love that gritty texture of the post apocalyptic landscape and all the crazy things that call it home. Awesome game.
The cons of fallout 3 far outweighed the pros. Don't know if I'll look at this one.
[quote=#1 Mustang Fan;951157]The cons of fallout 3 far outweighed the pros. Don't know if I'll look at this one.[/quote]
for PS3 I can't think of many other than the obvious lag/freezing and perhaps a few graphics glitches. I dunno, I felt it was pretty acceptable considering how good the rest of the game was.
Why was your experience so poor?
I've had F3 GOTY for PS3 for a while know and still no problems, asside from the ps3 update that detroyed my save games, i hope i don't get to many errors that ruin it.
I'll buy F3NV when the GOTY comes out, it's worth the wait.
[quote=DesmoRob;951160]for PS3 I can't think of many other than the obvious lag/freezing and perhaps a few graphics glitches. I dunno, I felt it was pretty acceptable considering how good the rest of the game was.
Why was your experience so poor?[/quote]
I found playing the game to be a bit of drag, things like combat got pretty cumbersome and it just wasn't that captivating to me.
Its more a thing of personal prefence than an actually rubbish game, because there was some brilliant stuff thrown into it.
[quote=DesmoRob;951145]When I first got FO3 on its release date, I hated it too, but only because I sucked at it. Turned out I hadn't taken the time to actually learn how to play the game properly. VATS and fast travel among other things greatly improved my experience onward lol :D. I just love that gritty texture of the post apocalyptic landscape and all the crazy things that call it home. Awesome game.[/quote]
No, I figured out VATS from the beginning, but I still didn't like it too much.
Did you not even watch a trailer or read the manual? :D
[quote=NSXType-R;951177]No, I figured out VATS from the beginning, but I still didn't like it too much.
Did you not even watch a trailer or read the manual? :D[/quote]
No I hadn't so much as heard of the game. I just walked into blockbuster one night to rent a movie, threw a glance over towards the game section and saw fallout 3 and that was pretty much it. I looked at the cover, briefly read the back, said sweet and chucked it in my PS3 only to find out I should have done more research. After that it sat on my shelf for months until I finally gave it(myself) a second shot. It was a real "learning by doing" experience, but I got'er dun so it was worth it.
Combat can be extremely tedious in this game, because when you're waiting on VATS to load back up, your aimer is backwardsforwardsleftrightcenter all over the place trying to hit a damn target. It doesn't have anywhere near the steady hand of the Halo or COD games, but its definitely got its charms or I wouldn't be so into it.
Fallout 3 for me was a natural continuation of the previous Fallout. Even if its 3D and FPS, the game still has that same feel, same sense of humor, and the rustic appeal. VATS was on combat works in the old games, and I was surprised how well it works on a 3D environment. And they worked in your stats to your FPS engine so if you have low stats you will get more missed shots. Its still a RPG at heart....
I mean you still have Alien blaster, how cool was that....I remember finding it along side an Elvis picture in Fallout 1....
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii im a newbie ..............im glad to being with us......
the expansion packs for FO3 were rubbish
as was the storyline . i was really expecting something geared more towards adults than kids