Yeah... yet another F3 Thread
The Joy of this game is in the little touches and the nostalgia I get from past Fallout games, yet now getting to see it like this is amazing.
Naturally this game has much taken right from Oblivion, yet I am so far very happy to say that in playing the game, I am more thinking to myself that I am playing Fallout with great graphics and sound rather than just "playing oblivion with guns".
The game looks great, but more importantly it runs very fluid on ultra settings running 2 gig ram, athalon x2 and 8800GT. I think this is due to a couple things -they scaled back on some of the foliage type effects that we saw in Oblivion like swaying grass. You dont see tons of tubleweed flying bye etc etc - while those things are cute , they kill fps. Also, so far the wasteland is not buzzing with critters as much as Oblivion was. This could be seen as good or bad - sure I run into a wolf or a giant ant here and there but not as much as I expected ( then again it IS a wasteland ). SO it feels like the scaled back on the effects, but it runs very well without having to spend hours tweaking settings. A good tradeoff.
That being said, the game looks Great and sets the mood - I especially like looking off in the distance and just seeing the overall devestation.
I have had 2 crashes, BOTH were when you first start as a Baby and your learning how to walk around. Yet - not crashes or even much of a stutter in the wasteland.
The combat system so far I like , kind of different being able to either run and gun or go into Action Point ( ? ) mode. You can click multiple times on a body part not to increase your aim but to shoot multiple times. THen you get a Max Payne like slow-Mo headshot if your lucky - very cool.
Character models are right from Oblivion - could have better variety but they are decent enough.
I do not like 3rd person mode at all so far, my guy looks like hes got a tree stuck up his rear. But the 3rd person mode that it switches to when your in Pause-combat looks cool. Thats ok I prefer 1st person.
Great Touch on the Pip-Boy.. but there are some annoyances. Inventory management is really lacking some organization and not being able to at least have ONE weapon hot key is really frustrating. I could be missing something - have not read the manual. Hitting TAB To close the thing doesnt feel right - can't get used to that! Maybe can be changed.
Im not giving a rating I hate ratings. either I like a game enough to keep playing, stop playing entirely , or get obsessed, lock myself in a dark room with some good beverages and tell the wife to leave me alone. This one is the latter
The Joy of this game is in the little touches and the nostalgia I get from past Fallout games, yet now getting to see it like this is amazing.
Naturally this game has much taken right from Oblivion, yet I am so far very happy to say that in playing the game, I am more thinking to myself that I am playing Fallout with great graphics and sound rather than just "playing oblivion with guns".
The game looks great, but more importantly it runs very fluid on ultra settings running 2 gig ram, athalon x2 and 8800GT. I think this is due to a couple things -they scaled back on some of the foliage type effects that we saw in Oblivion like swaying grass. You dont see tons of tubleweed flying bye etc etc - while those things are cute , they kill fps. Also, so far the wasteland is not buzzing with critters as much as Oblivion was. This could be seen as good or bad - sure I run into a wolf or a giant ant here and there but not as much as I expected ( then again it IS a wasteland ). SO it feels like the scaled back on the effects, but it runs very well without having to spend hours tweaking settings. A good tradeoff.
That being said, the game looks Great and sets the mood - I especially like looking off in the distance and just seeing the overall devestation.
I have had 2 crashes, BOTH were when you first start as a Baby and your learning how to walk around. Yet - not crashes or even much of a stutter in the wasteland.
The combat system so far I like , kind of different being able to either run and gun or go into Action Point ( ? ) mode. You can click multiple times on a body part not to increase your aim but to shoot multiple times. THen you get a Max Payne like slow-Mo headshot if your lucky - very cool.
Character models are right from Oblivion - could have better variety but they are decent enough.
I do not like 3rd person mode at all so far, my guy looks like hes got a tree stuck up his rear. But the 3rd person mode that it switches to when your in Pause-combat looks cool. Thats ok I prefer 1st person.
Great Touch on the Pip-Boy.. but there are some annoyances. Inventory management is really lacking some organization and not being able to at least have ONE weapon hot key is really frustrating. I could be missing something - have not read the manual. Hitting TAB To close the thing doesnt feel right - can't get used to that! Maybe can be changed.
Im not giving a rating I hate ratings. either I like a game enough to keep playing, stop playing entirely , or get obsessed, lock myself in a dark room with some good beverages and tell the wife to leave me alone. This one is the latter