Video: Prepare for Fallout 3

I'm willing to bet that the number of new fans they are getting with "another Oblivion game" vastly outnumbers the number of fans who feel this game will be a disservice to the series.

I'm psyched about the game, and I never heard of Fallout before (which I'm actually very surprised about, because I've always been into that type of game).

What would you prefer, another top-down experience? From watching the video, it seems like this version of FO will do everything the others did, except better. First person vs top down gives it a different feel, but it's a more enveloped feel imo.

Thank god, a voice of reason.

I felt like I was playing with paper dolls in oblivion, I felt so daft for having bought it sight unseen. I tried, I put in many hours, maybe not enough, but the stale gameplay mechanics, the "zoom into the ugly face every time you speak to an NPC" and the lack of any emotion in ANYONE was something I could never get over.

I remember closing the first gate and running up/around the dirty bloody circle whatever and it felt so unreal, something that should have been on the PS1.

Fallout seems to have improved upon SOME of the little niggly bits, but the retarded AI, stale character animations and poor fighting system (that EVERYONE is mentioning - even the good reviews) are enough to keep me away.

Mass Effect, flawed as many things were, worked. Having a vocal lead, AI for NPCs that was far from perfect, but still enjoyable and a flawed, but still functional, fighting system still is a standard for me with these kinds of games.

As for a demo - they won't release one. Honestly, they don't need to. Oblivion carries enough weight, it's simply not necessary to do so.

Why am I even posting this anyway? This is an old post and who the HELL reads this after the first few days..

ah well, typed it out already.

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There's only one important thing... The PLOT! In case someone forgot that Fallout is a RPG... is supposed to be at least. I can forgive many things, but not a naive, poor or missing plot in a _role playing_ game. I dislike D&D a lot, but Neverwinter Nights 2 (I know, PC) is actually enjoyable and if Obsidian was making Fallout 3... ;)

From what I have seen so far Fallout 3 is all about shooting moving objects and the only dialogs I've seen were not very branched. I want to see how the game looks and feels besides shooting, I can (and will) buy BioShock if I want a FPS! Honestly, I could live with the shooter part of Fallout, but it absolutely must be accompanied with great story, many dialogs, interesting quests (something else than "go there, kill everyone and bring me that item"), evolved characters and so on. I feel like Fallout may be lacking them (I know Oblivion did).