Unfortunately, bloody mess doesn't work that way. Ever used a gauss rifle to blow a human up? The head and half of the torso gets blown off. That's nice. That's believable. Shoot a leg and blow the hips off. Nice too, that's believable. Shoot the belly and tear the whole body in half. Nice too. Zip the body with minigun from groin to head and have it split apart. Again, nice too.

Now how in hell do you shoot a head and have the legs blow clean off on the knee? Bloody mess? More like bloody rubbish physics. Over the top gore doesn't mean you get to do it like a 3 year old.

Now about zombies - they're ghouls. Compare Harold to the bartender. See any difference? The bartender looks like something from resident evil while Harold looks like he came from the Tales from the Crypt. With a tree that grows from his head, of course. THAT's the difference.

Storyline continuity? Yes, F1 and F2 DO connect. You're the vault dweller's descendant, my friend. And you get to meet Tandi. And get to visit Vault 13 again. And the military base. They do connect, you know? Well, BOS seems to be a little more friendly now in F2, but at least you can see the spill-over effects of what happened in F1 in F2. Ever been to Broken Hills?

I did checked my facts. No wait, I didn't. I've played F1 and F2 so many times that those 'facts' have permanently seared my brains.

EDIT: Removed potential flame baits to keep this discussion healthy.

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Added on July 22, 2008, 9:37 am

Neh, you don't need Myron for Jet. Just go sniff some brahmin dung. Raw.

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Added on July 22, 2008, 9:42 am

Try? Maybe. Judging from the gameplay footage, with the horrible animations, teddy-bear death guns, and braindead Africans in Mad Max armor, I've pretty much got my answer. I'll 100% support piracy when it comes to Fallout 3.

And the reviews? Well, reading F3 reviews kind of gave me the idea that game journalists have a serious issue with taste nowadays. GORE!!!! OMFG That's the game of the year! Oh you can kill anybody? Game of the year! Teddy bear gun? Game of the year! OMFG it's built with Oblivion's engine with the horrible animation? Game of the year! OMFG the great graphics! The wasteland! Game of the year!

Although the wasteland did look breath-takingly beautiful. That's perhaps the only thing I like about Oblivion: Fallout.

hehehe..

well said soggie, maybe we should start hoping interplay to re-buy fallout offline right and start the production for FO4

If Interplay is still being headed by Chucky Cuevas, giving the license back to them might be even worse.

I guess the game will be great in its own right as a shooter with RPG elements. But if we were to compare it with its predecessors, well then.... that's a different story altogether.

they should at least try to do something like NWN2 ..

and let's just hope they don't spoil FO3 further by bundling it with mod DK .. seriously, FO has its own world. i don't need people publishing batmobile mod for it.

Actually F03 has 2 views (first person & third person), according to reviewers both are equally balanced (not just Fps like oblivion)

Very few RPG games venture into FPS view but i can name a few
- Gothic 3 (huge failure - so many bugs it makes you cry) A new installment are coming up (with revamped staff of course)
- Hellgate london (great innovation by ex-diablo developer bill roper but like gothic 3 huge dissapointment)

Now the ever famous Third person view :
- Two worlds (i really like this game at the begining, great story... but its repititive gameplay & bold statement by its developer :
  "world of Two-worlds is huger than oblivion" yeah so ,there is not much interaction like oblivion did by Bethesda
- Neverwinter nights (very good by bioware) watch below  
- Neverwinter nights 2 (apart from its story & campaign tool) i will not recommend this (bugs, poor camera, graphics)  
- Witcher (This is one of the best RPG i have ever played BUT super long loading times, when i brew my coffee & came back still loading)
- Mass effect (very good again by bioware, except a bit repetitive)

Now according to metacritic (it aggregates all critics review) It score way over 90+++. In the post 2000 year only Mass effect & few others even reach the point (like kotor 1).

I have no doubt Bethesda will deliver (apart from few bugs) at Graphical level, story, voice-over (so many talented ones) & gameplay (variety)
However judging from an interview F03 when reach ending, the game just finish like that (with credits rolling) i really like oblivion concept of running around after game ends (so many thing to explore)

Actually FO3 was not out yet, so i can only comment from E3 demo & Bethesda latest past game (oblivion).
It true that oblivion was not perfect (bugs, 3rd person view) but how many other games can match this feat
- aggregate score of 94% on both game ranking & metacritic .
- editor choice for IGN, Gamespy, Gamespot, Pc gamer Us & uk.
- sold over 3 million copies by January 2007.

Can you name a decent / better action-Rpg game that can match Oblivion ?