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[Wildebeest]

I had some fun with it, but to me the shit parts tower ever everything else in the memory and actually make me a bit angry. I think if you are making stories, you should have at least some idea or care about empathy, and the inner lives of the characters you are writing.

 

[GymWolf]

No lies detected.

 

[Doczu]

Fallout 3 is the best in the series, which set an impossibly high bar to follow.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Fallout 3/4 is my equivalent of Oblivion

A watered down version of the epic games that came before them. A shadow of their former selves.

 

[Laptop1991]

It's not garbage, Fallout 4 wasn't a good RPG, that was the problem, a shooter with building mechanics that I didn't and couldn't manage to replay until some really good mods came out years later.

 

[Barakov]

NeoGaf in a nutshell

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Fallout London is the best Fallout since NV despite all the jank.

F4 itself was such an aimless and directionless mess. Especially plot-wise. The main questline was abysmal, especially retcons and the ending. Plus I never vibed with aesthetics (F4 is quite different from 1/2/3) and hated an emphasis on scavenging and building instead of storytelling and atmosphere.

The foundation of everything that went wrong with Starfield was built in F4

 

[PlayStaytion]

I played like 8 hours of FO4 and regretted it. I'm still sad today that I couldn't get it refunded because I exceeded the 2 hours limit on Steam for a refund

Now that I think about it, BGS hasn't made a good game since Skyrim. Every game they made after was a piece of shit. Which doesn't bode well for TES6

The current state of the gaming industry isn't healthy. It needs another Bethesda, ABK, EA, Ubisoft, WB yet all the signs shows it's not recovering from that.

 

[Gojiira]

You never played FO3's dlc expansions, though.

Lmao. Yes, Yes I did. Operation Anchorage, a already shit shooter made into a even worse one with zero RPG. Broken Steel, Should have been part of the base game. Mothership Zeta, so bad and damaging to the canon even Bethesda have removed it from said canon and again zero RPG. The Pitt, short and sweet with the most barebones RPG mechanics and choices. The cream of the crop is Point Lookout, which again, great atmosphere, some neat side quests, but little in the way of RP…Yeah that dumbass argument doesnt fly my guy, The dlc does not save what was already a lacklustre RPG, not do they contribute in any meaningful way to the base game so F3 still remains a poor RPG,overrated because it was peoples first Fallout. Im guessing you loved the tv series too lmao.

 

[nowhat]

hated an emphasis on scavenging and building instead of storytelling and atmosphere

Agreed on the building. If I wanted to play Minecraft, I'd fucking play Minecraft.

But WRT scavenging, I initially (when playing the 3D Fallouts) hated the weapon degradation. Like, I have a gun. Why can't I just use it? Eventually, I grew to appreciate it. Nothing more terrifying than being at the lowest level of a vault, and your weapon suddenly gives up the ghost. From a narrative perspective, it makes perfect sense.

So before FO4 was released, I was thinking they'd do something clever with it. Like, at pristine condition, your weapon looks ace. As it degrades, you start to see the blemishes. By the the time it is completely unusable, the barrel would get all bent up, duct tape and all. Instead, I just collect some random shit and can craft a scope for the weapon. Whoop-de-doo.