Comments on: Fallout 3 – An appreciation http://www.bencoleman.co.uk/fallout-3-an-appreciation Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fenn http://www.bencoleman.co.uk/fallout-3-an-appreciation/comment-page-1#comment-680 Fenn Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:17:05 +0000 http://www.bencoleman.co.uk/?p=296#comment-680 Not wishing to pour water on a glowing review, especially as i have also racked up many many hours on this beauty, but one thing sticks in my mind about Fallout 3. When i first started hearing about this game, a particular preview somewhere stated that Fallout 3 was ' like Oblivion with guns'. This was strongly refuted in later reviews, saying that Fallout 3 was a vastly differant game to Oblivion. I however, after many in game hours, feel that the difference is largely cosmetic. Fallout 3 is indeed a vast, beautifully crafted game, with an excellent sense of adventure, as said previously, rewarding the player time and again with its hidden underworld, shanty towns and pockets of civilisation. But likewise, Oblivion rewarded the intrepid explorer with countless dungeons,ruins, forts and so on. Small Hamlets are scattered around in the same way FO3 uses camps, towns and sewers. The quest system is virtually identical in both games, as is the loot system. Npc's make desicions based on how they feel about you, using a Karma system in much the same way the player could earn trust in Oblivion. Coin often smoothed the way in Tamriel and now a bottle of water given to the needy will raise your Karma. In FO3 the combat uses the same 1st or 3rd person system, ranged and melee with the exception of FO3's excellent V.A.T.S system. Coupled with V.A.T.S is an entirely different leveling system, much more in tune with its RPG heritage. This is a vast improvement over Oblivions somewhat 'lazy' leveling system. But aside from these two points, as important as they are to the FO3 experience, and the obvious changes in story and setting, for me FO3 was indeed 'Oblivion with guns'. The weapon crafting system for FO3 isn't that far a cry from the alchemical process Oblivion used to create potions,spells and enchantments. However, just to reassure any potential post apocalyptic 101's out there, FO3 is a fantastic, rewarding often brutal and often funny game. But for former adventurers of Tamriel,I personally feel, not that different. Not wishing to pour water on a glowing review, especially as i have also racked up many many hours on this beauty, but one thing sticks in my mind about Fallout 3.
When i first started hearing about this game, a particular preview somewhere stated that Fallout 3 was ‘ like Oblivion with guns’. This was strongly refuted in later reviews, saying that Fallout 3 was a vastly differant game to Oblivion.
I however, after many in game hours, feel that the difference is largely cosmetic. Fallout 3 is indeed a vast, beautifully crafted game, with an excellent sense of adventure, as said previously, rewarding the player time and again with its hidden underworld, shanty towns and pockets of civilisation. But likewise, Oblivion rewarded the intrepid explorer with countless dungeons,ruins, forts and so on. Small Hamlets are scattered around in the same way FO3 uses camps, towns and sewers. The quest system is virtually identical in both games, as is the loot system. Npc’s make desicions based on how they feel about you, using a Karma system in much the same way the player could earn trust in Oblivion. Coin often smoothed the way in Tamriel and now a bottle of water given to the needy will raise your Karma.
In FO3 the combat uses the same 1st or 3rd person system, ranged and melee with the exception of FO3′s excellent V.A.T.S system. Coupled with V.A.T.S is an entirely different leveling system, much more in tune with its RPG heritage. This is a vast improvement over Oblivions somewhat ‘lazy’ leveling system.

But aside from these two points, as important as they are to the FO3 experience, and the obvious changes in story and setting, for me FO3 was indeed ‘Oblivion with guns’.
The weapon crafting system for FO3 isn’t that far a cry from the alchemical process Oblivion used to create potions,spells and enchantments.
However,
just to reassure any potential post apocalyptic 101′s out there, FO3 is a fantastic, rewarding often brutal and often funny game. But for former adventurers of Tamriel,I personally feel, not that different.

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