Aren't they already saying that about Fallout? It is almost like when we get past 25 years old, Entertainment seems to just get worse. Oh I pine for the stuff that came out when I was 15-25 years old, that was the pure golden age of entertainment. Unlike the new stuff that is just derivative dribble with a fancy coat of paint, that is too easy to play. and the really old stuff that has crappy graphics and sound, and overly complex game play.
I am probably older than you and believe me, most games have always been mediocre. We just don't remember them as much. And I think games have largely gotten better. I mean, look at Fallout; every version (pre-76 I guess based on what I hear) was better than the last. And I've been playing since 1.
> every version (pre-76 I guess based on what I hear) was better than the last
Fallout 1 & 2 were awesome.
Fallout 3 lost some of the feel but brought a more polished experienced, and was probably a net benefit.
FO:NV was very, very, very good. Nearly as good as FO 1 & 2 in writing, storyline, etc, and much better in other ways. Perhaps this was the peak of the series.
Fallout 4 was pretty weak; not in the same league as any of the previous games IMO. Maybe for some people the base constructio
Except that Fallout 3 was basically on rails. The addition of "karma" took a big chunk out of what made Fallout 1 and 2 great - you could trick and steal your way through the world unless you get caught, in which case there are consequences.
Having consequences for merely opening a cupboard ephemerally "owned" by an NPC that may already be dead in an empty shit shack is stupid.
I always notice that the NV lovers complain about things 3 added that they like in NV. 3 added karma. NV used karma. But NV lovers liked it better in NV than 3. Yes, the NV mod for 3 did have more time to tweak things that were already in 3. "but they had less time", they also had a fixed game engine, so no time to modify it, and no ability to do so either, which is why it's a F3 mod. Everything in NV could literally be done in F3, with mods, if you spent as much time and money as the dev team did (with the right talent).
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It will still exist, it will even still exist for PC, but it will require the latest DX and the storylines will also go downhill.
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Aren't they already saying that about Fallout?
It is almost like when we get past 25 years old, Entertainment seems to just get worse.
Oh I pine for the stuff that came out when I was 15-25 years old, that was the pure golden age of entertainment. Unlike the new stuff that is just derivative dribble with a fancy coat of paint, that is too easy to play. and the really old stuff that has crappy graphics and sound, and overly complex game play.
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I am probably older than you and believe me, most games have always been mediocre. We just don't remember them as much. And I think games have largely gotten better. I mean, look at Fallout; every version (pre-76 I guess based on what I hear) was better than the last. And I've been playing since 1.
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Eh.
> every version (pre-76 I guess based on what I hear) was better than the last
Fallout 1 & 2 were awesome.
Fallout 3 lost some of the feel but brought a more polished experienced, and was probably a net benefit.
FO:NV was very, very, very good. Nearly as good as FO 1 & 2 in writing, storyline, etc, and much better in other ways. Perhaps this was the peak of the series.
Fallout 4 was pretty weak; not in the same league as any of the previous games IMO. Maybe for some people the base constructio
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I love me some FO 1 and 2 but FO3 was just a transformationally better experience.
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Except that Fallout 3 was basically on rails. The addition of "karma" took a big chunk out of what made Fallout 1 and 2 great - you could trick and steal your way through the world unless you get caught, in which case there are consequences.
Having consequences for merely opening a cupboard ephemerally "owned" by an NPC that may already be dead in an empty shit shack is stupid.
Re:So much for Fallout (Score:2)