General Gaming Thread

[Sage]

Oblivion was well-nigh a video game masterpiece, I daresay. Morrowind was insane as well.

Fallout 3 is just junk (imo). It's fun, don't get me wrong, but I don't at all understand the GotY awards and hype. I like collecting trophies, but I just can't force myself to go back through Fallout. The combat is dumb and there isn't any depth to the items (remember Oblivion and all the enchantments you could put on weaponry?).

The atmosphere is really cool though. They got that right.

*Shrug*

Personal opinion. I thought FO3 was way better than Oblivion, and I really liked Oblivion. But I've played better RPGs than either. I don't go into a Bethesda game expecting much more than a solid game.

No, it really is shit. Trust me. It plays like Goldeneye (which, for some reason, people still bother to play these days).

Pffft. You talk like I haven't played it. Not to mention, Goldeneye still plays as an FPS better than some modern ones do, ignoring the bleary-eyed graphics; makes for a bad comparo for your point in my opinion.

Games that do a lot of things need to do those things at least passably right, and going back to N64/PS1-esque gunplay just doesn't cut it. I refuse to believe that the FPS system in place minus VATS is the best they could have done.

Again, personal opinion. I thought it was competent and I never had much trouble with it. If anything, I thought the game was too easy. I had the same problem with Oblivion, too, actually, only it was much more pronounced.

Anyway, what the hell am I doing defending the game? The awards and acclaim and general consensus speak for themselves. It seems you just didn't like it and are trying to find fault. Even the best games look like shit when you inspect them with that attitude, so, you know, whatever. Better luck next game, I guess?