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 🙂
