Comments on: Impressions: My First Three Hours With Fallout 3

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VGBlogger.com - » Discussion Review: Fallout 3 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:56:24 +0000

[…] been a couple weeks now since we both first posted our initial impressions of Fallout 3 (read mine here and Mike’s here), and having finally completed the game — well, at least 30 hours […]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:01:41 +0000

OK, so after playing a while I read your thoughts thoroughly.

My thoughts:
– It *is* Oblivion with Guns … but also so much more.
– It suffers vast quantities of ‘consolitis’, worse than Oblivion in that regard.
– It won’t satisfy the frothing hardcore NMA-type Fallout fans … but then I’m not sure anything would.
– It is a *really* good game, but I’m still seeing at least as much ‘Oblivion’ as I am ‘Fallout’.
– I’m only ~4 hours in, so it is way too early to render any sort of actual opinion … other than I need to get more screen time tonight!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:12:46 +0000

You won’t get any argument from me on that. Oblivion was good, but overall I thought it was a bit of a disappointment. Wasn’t nearly as good as Morrowind, I didn’t think.

I’d say Fallout 3 is much more than just Oblivion with guns though. Similarities are there, but it’s got more than just lite RPG elements to it.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:55:05 +0000

I have been vocal since release that Oblivion is not much of an RPG, it is more of a console action game with RPG-lite elements. Therefore the contrast of ‘Oblivion with guns’ compared to the classic Fallout games is particularly stark for me.

That said, the game is sitting in my bag since I picked up my pre-order at lunch … and hope to be able to comment more tomorrow.