Spoilers man. Even if not for FO3, it might be for FO1 and 2.

Not that I've finished either, I have a bad attention span.

Question for the people playing. Someone on a private forum posted this in his experience of the game.

"VATS is only semi-useful when you don't have a shotgun, since it's not exactly easy to get a headshot against a ghoul or a dog. And the only type of damage that counts is a headshot, everything else is a waste of ammo.

Once you max out small guns (level 4 or so if you're doing it right), shots pretty much land where you're aiming and VATS becomes trivial. I've used it a grand total of 3 times in 6 hours of playtime.

So it depends. If you absolutely suck at first person shooters or don't max out a weapon skill (which is a mistake considering how much combat there is in this game), then VATS is useful."

Accurate?

^ The friend that told me that said he maxed out small guns quickly and hasn't used VATS since.

I haven't played the game, remember. I'm just posting impressions and trying to get people to verify the things I hear about the game.

How is the character progression in this game? Freeform? Fun, good to experiment with different skills?

Fallout 3 has not yet reached Malaysian shores officially.

Make of that what you will.

So sad.

I've personally been staying away. Everything I hear hasn't been that appealing genuinely, except for three things:

1) Character customisation/leveling (but apparently not as good as more in depth systems)

2) Quest completion variety (offset by weird AI behaviour and generally poor script)

3) GTA-fun (which is great, as mucking about is an awesome, but short, diversion)

Oblivion is a step down from Morrowind is a step down from Daggerfall.

>_>

So assuming Fallout follows in these footsteps...



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Which Gothic?

They made 3 games as far as I know, and only the third one was buggy as hell (apparently rushed out by publisher, but don't quote me on that as I didn't really follow its development).

I played Gothic 2 for a bit. That was dope. Then Avernum 5 came out and I have put it on hold since.

For writing/scripting, I'm bound to agree.

^ You mean Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Don't forget dungeon crawling goodness, we have the Wizardry series (number 8 and Tale of the Forsaken Land are highlights).

Action RPG, don't forget Arx Fatalis, the precursor to Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

Can't think of more offhand, kinda sleepy.