Although I agree with you I'm starting to doubt it's failure. The reviews lately were mostly positive however they did not say anything about the RPG aspects of the game. So I'm thinking that It'll be a good FPS in it's on way, not sure about the RPG-ness of it though.

Visual/Audio/Textual responses and nods to the originals.
Similar atmosphere
A weapon MADE FROM THE HANDS OF DEATHCLAWS

VATS is apparantly a tool that DOES make combat fasta! Since when you have a high weaponskill you'll headshot things and keep going.

Gore.

No more persuasion mini game ala Oblivion

Dogmeat

Some of the cons they listed were

The world can look a bit samey and barren
Feels like there are too many enemies in the wilderness

Washington DC is a fragmented set of loaded areas rather than one smooth one like the Wasteland (though all towns operate like Oblivion)

They of course claim diehard fans of Fallout will probably dislike it but people willing to go with it will enjoy it.


Then again they said the same thing for their Deus Ex 3 preview.

yeah, but die hard fallout fans juz have to cope with it though..

I'm playing it just for the post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Don't know exactly how I'm gonna cope with all the flaws without modding tools hehehe

It's like they say, another man's meat is another man's poison.

I'm guessing most Fallout 1/2 diehards will loathe this game to it's core. But I think that this game is going to be enjoyed overall by everyone else.

IMO the only people that give good and deep reviews are the guys from Gamespot. I'm just waiting for their article.

On the side note, does anyone know when does the pirated version for games like these to hit the shelves?

I wouldn't mind playing a consolised RPG. I mean, check out Mass Effect, It's frigin awesome. Anyways there's one thing that I'm still quite worried about Fallout 3. Does anyone know how are the graphics going to be? If it's all pixelized and filled with shit-ugly NPCs then that's going to be a big turn-off.

I'm hoping for Bioshock graphics But that's probably asking for too much, judging by the gameplay trailers.

Thoughts on this?

IMO the only people that give good and deep reviews are the guys from Gamespot. I'm just waiting for their article.

On the side note, does anyone know when does the pirated version for games like these to hit the shelves?

IMO the only people that give good and deep reviews are the guys from Gamespot. I'm just waiting for their article.

On the side note, does anyone know when does the pirated version for games like these to hit the shelves?

i saw one DVD with FO3 BoS as a cover .. Fallout + Fallout 2 + Fallout Tactics + FO3 gameplay video

wonder how many fall for that

anyway, i'm in the shop for new mouse 

Ouh? I actually want that, where can I get it?

Our first Fallout conversation was a disaster. Few students had posted on the forum as I had asked them to, and it was obvious that almost no one had devoted much time to playing. They basically tried the game, got frustrated, threw up their hands, and walked away. Our midterm break began the following day, so I told them I expected them to continue playing over the break, be resourceful, roll up their sleeves, and figure it out. "Somewhere in there," I assured them, "is the best RPG you will play this semester. If you dig harder to find it, I promise you will thank me." A bit of hyperbole, perhaps, but I meant it.

(...)

Suddenly, they got Fallout. They grokked the mechanics and embraced the non-linear gameplay. They made peace with uncertainty. But more importantly, they built a relationship with the character and the offbeat but perilous world.

(...)

And so we met again this morning. After a long and productive conversation I asked them how they were feeling about Fallout 3. "They're totally gonna screw up that game," said one student. "They're gonna say shoot this guy in the eyeball, like they're giving you all these choices, but you know they're gonna make it run and gun. You're gonna be running around blowing stuff up, and all the shooter players are gonna love it. But it won't be Fallout. I promise you. It won't be Fallout." "It looks pretty amazing," observed another, "and it should be fun. But yeah, it probably won't be Fallout."

Among the zealous converts, Fallout traditions die hard.