i like Gothic 2 but Gothic 3 was buggy as heck so i skipped out of that one completely.

FO3 might not be perfect but u can spend hours exploring the world and do all the quests. there are glitches here and there but there's nothing major that stopped my progress so far.. :touch wood:

i still would have like a ride though.. a sweet bike or dune buggy (oops wrong game) would have been awesome!

just remember to use different slots for your save games..

and sometimes it's a bad idea bringing Dogmeat along. i just found out he can open doors.. and everyone in Rivet City turned hostile. bad doggie bad!

so far i've only met Dogmeat, Jericho and Charon. dunno about the others yet. besides Charon, the other two seemed a bit unimpressive.

i still got a long way to go. found some power armor but can't wear it yet. d'oh!

the VR level in Vault 112 was a nice touch..

TOO MANY..

i'm the type that clears all the quests in an area before continuing. yes it's been a long one for me. those brats in that lamp caverns sure are annoying. and i thought the ghouls were bad..

finally finished the game last night. no wonder u guys were pissed. what kind of an ending was that?! it felt more like a montage of places i've been during my gameplay..

haih felt so cheated..

i like VATS, i like that whole vast Wasteland feeling but i gotta say everyone got ripped off by the lame ending!

in the final battle..


the last time i felt like this was when i finished NWN2 (Obsidian) & Vampire : Bloodlines (Troika).. oh well.

i hear u. part of the appeal of the first two was how the ending of each place in the game was told. heck it didn't even have any FMV or cutscenes. just a picture and the narration only lor! and i'm FINE with that.

u didn't feel the ending for Bloodlines was a HUGE letdown? after all that fuss looking for the Ankaran Sarcophagus..

i played as a Tremere first. The Tremere ending kept the sarcophagus closed. then i just saved before the kuei jin and before confronting lacroix. i thought the other endings kinda sucked balls.

i'd wouldn't mind to see Gehenna. or a bad-ass ancient vampire. But at least the dialogue options were funny. The game also got me hooked to Lacuna Coil's Swamped. Not rly into Goth but it had the right feel to it..

Although there's the horrible showstopping bugs. So typical of Troika..

my thoughts (i'm not rly a hater, just still bummed about the anticlimactic finale):

Pros :
- The wasteland is MASSIVE with some cool-looking buildings. U can imagine how would the Vault, Junktown, the oil tanker would have looked and felt like. it's nice to see the Power Armor, Deathclaws, Radscorpions up close and personal too.
- lots of areas and sidequests
- VATS is actually kinda cool
- love the 40's music coming from the Pipboy

Cons :
- main quest a bit short
- the LAME ending
- u gotta walk EVERYWHERE. no vehicles. and it's also EASY to get lost.
- dialogue is kinda simple
- cardboard NPCs ( u won't find any Killian,Lieutenant, Sulik or Myron here)

^ u hate ghouls & super mutants? don't be a bigot man..

i haven't met Harold in the game. *looks up map* way up north huh? no wonder..

time for my walk now.

and u r ok with the ending?

i was pretty lenient with the game but i gotta say the ending ripped everyone off!

and the NPC that tags along. not even a single side-quest or bonding session..

i wouldn't mind with some armored brahmin. sure beats walking..