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Posted March 23, 2011
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strixo: Played Fallout 1 and 2 when they were released. Loved them. I approached FO3 with an open mind and no expectations. I was pretty pysched.

Atmospheric, pretty, gritty, wide open world. OK, cool.

Setting aside the FEV being out in DC (I chose to imagine FO3 as a reimagining of the FO universe)...

The inane storyline was like punishment for some bad karma. Will not be playing again. And I felt bad for Ron Perlman having to read that intro/conclusion. Embarassing monologue. Tacky. How does it have so many good reviews on Amazon? Why are IGN and Gamespot all gaga over it? Ugh. What an unengaging story.

Just venting. Thank you for your time. I know you've all the complaints before, on this forum and elsewhere. Just getting my 2 cents, for my own sake, not anyone elses. Bye!
The story drew me in. Why? Unlike 1 and 2 it has decent pacing for an RPG. 1 and 2 have God awful pacing. It has a very gritty atmosphere which I love and how was the monologue "tacky". The whole "Too many humans, not enough resources" one in 2 wasn't tacky? Yeah, right.
Posted March 23, 2011
I'll give it that. Fallout 3 had some serious warts in holding the story together, but at least it did have much better pacing.
Posted March 24, 2011
I think that as Fallout 3 was my first introduction to the Fallout universe I may hold it in a far more rose tinted light than many of you, but I really did quite enjoy it.
Posted March 25, 2011
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Musashi1596: I think that as Fallout 3 was my first introduction to the Fallout universe I may hold it in a far more rose tinted light than many of you, but I really did quite enjoy it.
But did you play the first 2 afterwards? And if you didn't, you definitely should.
Posted March 25, 2011
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strixo: Played Fallout 1 and 2 when they were released. Loved them. I approached FO3 with an open mind and no expectations. I was pretty pysched.

Atmospheric, pretty, gritty, wide open world. OK, cool.

Setting aside the FEV being out in DC (I chose to imagine FO3 as a reimagining of the FO universe)...

The inane storyline was like punishment for some bad karma. Will not be playing again. And I felt bad for Ron Perlman having to read that intro/conclusion. Embarassing monologue. Tacky. How does it have so many good reviews on Amazon? Why are IGN and Gamespot all gaga over it? Ugh. What an unengaging story.

Just venting. Thank you for your time. I know you've all the complaints before, on this forum and elsewhere. Just getting my 2 cents, for my own sake, not anyone elses. Bye!
Having played through FO 1, 2, 3, and working through New Vegas right now, I have to disagree a bit on one point.

Yes, the main storyline ends in a pretty abrupt, anti-climatic way in FO3. But I personally enjoyed the Capitol Wasteland as a setting, and put in a good 30+ hours doing side-quests and exploring. That, to me, was the real meat of the game.

I have to also point out, for those who haven't tried it: NV has much better writing and story arc thus far. It's a smaller map, but it feels more put-together as a result. My 2 cents.
Posted March 25, 2011
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Musashi1596: I think that as Fallout 3 was my first introduction to the Fallout universe I may hold it in a far more rose tinted light than many of you, but I really did quite enjoy it.
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Jarmo: But did you play the first 2 afterwards? And if you didn't, you definitely should.
Not for a long time, I've only very recently purchased the first Fallout from here and will get Fallout 2 after I have completed it.
Posted March 25, 2011
Not for a long time, I've only very recently purchased the first Fallout from here and will get Fallout 2 after I have completed it.
Well let us know. I'm always interested in opinions of those who play the classics for the first time.
Posted March 25, 2011
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Ristar87: But I personally enjoyed the Capitol Wasteland as a setting, and put in a good 30+ hours doing side-quests and exploring. That, to me, was the real meat of the game.
That's the sense I get, reading through the responses, and it's a fine view of the game. I agree the setting was interesting.

That being said, I usually read books for the plot line, not the syntax. Though my analogy breaks down a bit when you consider movies, as experimentation with visual media may marginalize importance of plot. Less a story, more an experience. But I like books more, as a rule, so I'll stick with it.
Post edited March 25, 2011 by strixo
Posted May 26, 2011
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strixo: Played Fallout 1 and 2 when they were released. Loved them. I approached FO3 with an open mind and no expectations. I was pretty pysched.

Atmospheric, pretty, gritty, wide open world. OK, cool.

Setting aside the FEV being out in DC (I chose to imagine FO3 as a reimagining of the FO universe)...

The inane storyline was like punishment for some bad karma. Will not be playing again. And I felt bad for Ron Perlman having to read that intro/conclusion. Embarassing monologue. Tacky. How does it have so many good reviews on Amazon? Why are IGN and Gamespot all gaga over it? Ugh. What an unengaging story.

Just venting. Thank you for your time. I know you've all the complaints before, on this forum and elsewhere. Just getting my 2 cents, for my own sake, not anyone elses. Bye!
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Ristar87: Having played through FO 1, 2, 3, and working through New Vegas right now, I have to disagree a bit on one point.

Yes, the main storyline ends in a pretty abrupt, anti-climatic way in FO3. But I personally enjoyed the Capitol Wasteland as a setting, and put in a good 30+ hours doing side-quests and exploring. That, to me, was the real meat of the game.

I have to also point out, for those who haven't tried it: NV has much better writing and story arc thus far. It's a smaller map, but it feels more put-together as a result. My 2 cents.
It does end a little abruptly and although I thoroughly enjoyed the game, I found it unsatisfying to some extent. That having been said, it is much better if you have the add on "Broken Steel" as it continues from where it ended and is a bit more satisfying.

In New Vegas, the map may be smaller, but there are a ton of locations to look into. If you do some serious exploring that map will become extremely cluttered with locations.
Post edited May 26, 2011 by coastie65
Posted May 27, 2011
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Ristar87: But I personally enjoyed the Capitol Wasteland as a setting, and put in a good 30+ hours doing side-quests and exploring. That, to me, was the real meat of the game.
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strixo: That's the sense I get, reading through the responses, and it's a fine view of the game. I agree the setting was interesting.

That being said, I usually read books for the plot line, not the syntax. Though my analogy breaks down a bit when you consider movies, as experimentation with visual media may marginalize importance of plot. Less a story, more an experience. But I like books more, as a rule, so I'll stick with it.
How many hours did you end up putting in? I've heard you could put 100 in if you wanted to do all of the side missions.
Posted May 27, 2011
What I played of the story was ok but I actually gave up on doing the main story entirely in F3 and just explored the world doing whatever side quests. I'd still have this than another save the world scenario like Dragon Age or Mass Effect. The Wasteland Survival Guide was the meat of my experience in the game. I didn't play the other Fallout games for the story either but I did finish them. What bothered me more about F3 was the atrocious combat and the overall humourless tone of the writing.
Posted May 28, 2011
wow that there are people in this world that finish games ;p I rarly finish a game expacialy those are so big that you dont see the end or had a too long break too continue because i forgot how the story was again or what i was doing :)
Post edited May 28, 2011 by hercufles
Posted May 29, 2011
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rjspring: How many hours did you end up putting in? I've heard you could put 100 in if you wanted to do all of the side missions.
Probably spent three(?) times as much time on side missions than I did on the main storyline. Most of the side missions were lackluster to me, but I gave it plenty of opportunity because I really wanted to like it. But I had my fill of AntAgonizers and NukaCola Quantums.

That being said, I'd like to give FO:NV a try. But my GOG game queue has become a real monster. I wish someone would take my cc away before GOG announces the next publisher. Sort of.
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