He didn't bashed Fallout 3 much because outside of the bugs which cause instability and outside of the consolized interface there's nothing to bash much on, he was merciful because Fallout 3 is actually quite a good game if one can stand the instability problems and the stiff 2002-looking animations. I myself do prefer Fallout 3 to Oblivion and that ain't saying little for me, at least right out of the box it is. I'm still thinking that Oblivion with modifications is superior, but Fallout 3 with major mods, overhauls and in one year from now with two or three patches will be far better, I'm convinced of it.