The Official Fallout 3 thread of post-apocalyptic proportions!
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Hootie said:
Unfortunately, if you are referring to the lunchbox in the picture I posted, I'm pretty sure they've changed the design and it may not even be a lunchbox now. But instead just a tin with a hinge on it featuring completely different artwork.
Compare the one in my post, to this:
Vyse The Legend said:
RavenFox said:
In the main menu theres a "Downloads" option which is currently greyed out. I mentioned it was odd because the game ends when you beat it, so its unlikely to be extra missions after end game like Shivering Isles.
Hootie said:
Theres plain aim and then theres LT which is extra aim, but its not like CoD or BiA, its a very slightly zoomed in view and really either way its useless because real time gunplay is more or less broken.
WyndhamPrice
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Cancelled my Amazon pre-order and re-ordered it on Steam. I don't think I've bought a boxed PC game in over a year.
MrCompletely
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painey said:
The game is NOT a shooter... I know a lot of people are going to have certain expectations from a game that puts a gun in your hand and your perspective in first person, but real time action is still stat based; it's based on character skill, not player skill.
Hootie said:
You still have an accuracy effect, so even if something is in your targets you might miss wildly, the damage is tiny compared to VATS, enemies such as Raiders often run right up to you making it literally impossible to hit them as they slide around smacking you, clipping issues, it goes on. Really the only time to use real time combat is when you run out of action points in VATS mode and you want to finish people off. Why waste 6 precious bullets on a radroach when 1 in VATS is enough for an instant kill?
Virtua Ben
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I have to say I absolutely hated Oblivion, but I'm quite interested in Fallout. One thing I like alot is the atmosphere, and I liked the addition of gun combat...it scares me though that you painey said the shooting is gimped. So is the shooting so borked that it's not fun?
MrCompletely said:
The problem is that they made it 3D and gave it a first-person perspective. The poor enemy animation and complete lack of any tangible feel to the gunplay is very apparent even in videos. That shit won't fly these days. Fallout 3's real-time combat will be compared to modern shooters by virtue of the game's overall design, and it will fall short. Eurogamer said it well:
Eurogamer said:
This is looking to be my last gaming purchase of the year, and I feel it'll keep me going through Christmas. The impressions people are getting seem to coin it as Oblivion with better graphics and guns.... Frankly, I've been waiting for that since I finished Oblivion. The post-apocalyptic environments seem to suit the gameplay well.
I'm disappointed that Bethsidia switched out the awesome lunchbox for a tin box, but you can't always get what you want. The CE is still a great deal.
I'm disappointed that Bethsidia switched out the awesome lunchbox for a tin box, but you can't always get what you want. The CE is still a great deal.
MrCompletely
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Well, if it is as bad as Painey and Eurogamer say, let's hope that some user mods can correct this issue.
Still, after watching some of the gameplay vids posted on Gametrailers, I still think it looks pretty damn awesome. The VATS system is quick and seems to mix in with the real time action pretty well. The combination of the two definitely lend a unique cinematic style to the game as well.
Still, after watching some of the gameplay vids posted on Gametrailers, I still think it looks pretty damn awesome. The VATS system is quick and seems to mix in with the real time action pretty well. The combination of the two definitely lend a unique cinematic style to the game as well.
mikekennyb
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The impressions that Fallout 3 really is Oblivion with guns in a post apocalyptic setting are sad to me... I didn't like Oblivion but was hyped for this game. I think I might end up getting Far Cry 2 instead.
Grimm Fandango
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Hmm, real-time shooting worries me even more now with painey's impressions. I always thought it looked kinda sped up in the videos but maybe it is really that heptic.
Well I just put in almost 5hrs so far, and I'm absolutely loving the game. Graphically the game can look pretty damn impressive at times. Right now, I'm focusing on light arms and stealth and I'm not having too much trouble in combat. I use VATS the majority of the time and watching limbs and heads get blown off does not get old. But yeah, so far I'm impressed.
I would also agree that those going in trying to play this without VATS are not going to have fun. The game does not work as a full blown shooter.
Side note-The super duper mart place is awesome :lol
I would also agree that those going in trying to play this without VATS are not going to have fun. The game does not work as a full blown shooter.
Side note-The super duper mart place is awesome :lol
I sneaked around the far side of the store and got into the back room where there is a worker robot in storage, I hacked the terminal and he lasered pretty much all of the raiders in the store for me. All that was left were piles of ashes everywhere lol.
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Well we got these in at work today. Only three more days/
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EviLore said:
Yeah, it was a dumb move in the first place, haha.
Vyse The Legend
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What the hell... I sat down to play for a bit, and three hours flew by.
So much for finishing Fable 2, LBP and Dead Space. :lol
So much for finishing Fable 2, LBP and Dead Space. :lol
Wag
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ZombieSupaStar
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wow, these impressions make it sound like turn based should have been the sole focus afterall (since real time is ass).....oh the irony :lol
Virtua Ben
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Cheech said:
You need to chill. People new to fallout (like myself) just didn't know how the game is played. Hell, based off of the screens it looks like a shooter...so it's not a bad assumption to think it's one at first. Jesus Christ.
palpabl_purpura
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Can someone test the PS3 version out to see if it supports 1080i, or look on the back of the box (the pic on page 3 blurry).
purg3 said:
See this post above. I am not paying $120 (shipping to my country included) for that tin box.
EDIT: To clarify the 'downgrade' --
Original
Retail version
The original is a unique lunchbox design, the latter is an ordinary tin can. HOWEVER, this video shows the original design, which leads me to believe that the US packaging is different from Europe's. I would like this cleared as well.
antispin said:
If you're talking about Vyse's pictures, I'm pretty sure the closeup of the box has the slipcover on it. If you look in the other picture he posted, you can see the slip cover is off, but his lunchbox is open so It's hard to tell.
So, I'm pretty sure his is exactly like the one in the video.
Edit: Here's the pic. The slip cover is in the top left.
The pics he took are a bit misleading. :lol Not a good shot of the outside of the lunchbox. Maybe Vyse will come back and confirm that the lunchbox is indeed the one from the promotional photos.
momolicious
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are yall actually going to use that lunchbox?
