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What makes you think that? Maybe he just hoped you wouldn't have.

In Fallout 3 I got the impression that VATs was rigged so even low skill levels could drop enemies. The skill percentages seemed almost irrelevant -- compared to Fallout 2 or 1 I could actually take on enemies with weapons I had as less than 30% proficiency in. Has this been fixed?

I remember the first day I heard about Fallout: I was in my teens and was waiting in line to purchase something PC related at a local Electronic Boutique or Babbages in Ohio. I'd long been a lover of RPGs and science fiction but had never discovered a game which embodied both. The counter jockey...

It's hard to extrapolate off a single example, I'm sure others can be found to support the claim, but I believe GTA VC was considered more than a superficial reiteration of III. Right off the bat they introduced a new vehicle. I believe the pseudo-HDR and Miami vibe were also heralded as a nice...

Oblivion was beautiful when it came out. However, I agree.. Fallout 3 was kind of "meh" in the graphical department, what with its muddy textures and muted palette.

No, it's not a contradiction. Fallout 3 was given such high marks partially due to the era (the Bethesda Gamebroyo tropes weren't quite as dated in 2008 as they are now) and the fact it was the first Fallout in close to a decade, never mind the improvements made to the Oblivion formula through...

I know many vegans who would disagree. It's an irradiated wasteland filled with autonomous collectives -- why would the dude in the next town care at all? It's his gain; it's not like shop keepers can file an invoice to have X, Y and Z shipped to them from somewhere. I fail to see where...

I think what you're saying is certainly possible and worth keeping in mind but, by and large, a very large contingent of game reviewers old enough and experienced enough to have played the original Fallouts do love the came. That's kind of why they're considered critically lauded.

So, with no random encounters is there any real point to Luck? In a related note, are critical failures still in? Sucks that "Jinxed" got removed (and not merely turned into a perk like other traits).

I'm just happy to get a post apocalyptic RPG again. Sure, watching game play of this title is like watching Bethesda forcibly extricate the dignity from my grandmother's panties, but I'm old and cynical anyways. I doubt anything could have lived up to my expectations. Looking around at what...

Actually, what you described as "sand box" is still non-linear, just in a different manner of speaking. I see your distinction, but I disagree that a sand-box game couldn't be considered "non linear" in how one choses to structure a play session. I'm in the camp that doesn't really want to...

I think you guys are all missing the point. He talked about perks being every few levels and traits being in the game. He obviously hasn't played Fallout 3.

I vaguely remember being on the line.. perhaps. I think I tipped over the invisible time limit and then reloaded to a prior save that gave me more than enough to get the job done.. 'Course, I could be mistaken. It was a long time ago.

I'm a little rusty on my Fallout 1 lore but was anything ever explicitly stated about the relative socio-economic positions of the people who got into the vaults opposed to those that were omitted? Was it a rich / poor dichotomy or used for social commentary at all? Anyhow, it's just a...

It actually happened quite a bit. It was central to the Thieves Guild quest line too, which I personally list as the best in the game. Perhaps I put more into the title than you did? I figured Gothic would get a shout out, but as you can clearly admit (though only to yourself as you don't...

Care to name another RPG that put you in a non-linear world were people went about their business and would occasionally come out of the blue to give you missions? Most of the game felt like you were walking in a sea of dead mannequins, but some of the presentation was done extremely well...

That's our impasse, I see no reason to judge a game based on its budget. I see where your logic stems from, but if I could give this a pass and enjoy it from a smaller developer then that must mean its really not a legitimate block to finding enjoyment in the title. Either way, the...

It's diminished, but still greater than when playing an isometric game (speaking personally, of course). Don't get me wrong, I was able to immerse myself in many iso titles released in the past and have a deep fondness for companies like Black Isle Studios, Bioware and Troika (I even beta...

I'm not a Bethesda apologist but I fail to see the problem here. It's better than what we had in Fallout 1 and 2 for immersion and better than Morrowind or Oblivion too. The real test is whether my non-combat character will be fun to play and the jury is still out on that one. When did...

The bomb dropped in 2077.