I think I will add to the argument about FO3 and FO:NV:

Fallout New Vegas is equally good as it is bad. They didn't live up to the revamped content and graphics that I thought they would do, instead, yes, they used the same from FO3. While I liked reminiscing about the olden days of the first Fallout series, the cross references were a bit trite at times and introduced no originality (they even rehashed the old background music). I was expecting Obsidian Entertainment to create waves in the franchise, but they only made a few ripples with this release. And as much as I want to play a character that has melee and hand-to-hand proficiency, it is impossible due to the absolute need for the gun skill in the game. The post-nuclear war aspect of the wasteland seemed scant to me. I honestly thought they would bring back vehicles in this one, but that would probably be overkill.

FO:NV did maintain a versatile storyline. The NPCs seemed well-rounded with the exception of a few. New Vegas also offered something different: the ability to make ammo, which I think they could've limited the guns and increased the upgrades and ammunition varieties.

...OK I take that back kind of. Fallout 3 is good if you imagine it's a totally different game. I was really hoping for the Van Buren kind of sequel that they had teased us with but instead we got something that is totally new. Novelty is probably a good thing in the end, but I'll always reserve my right to gripe and gripe.

I was waiting patiently for Fallout 3 from around 2003 until Black Isle dropped the ball and Bethesda picked it up. I was skeptical that a FPS was taking over and this would be the end to turn-based action, but FO3 blew my socks off. I seriously doubt that Van Buren would have been successful enough to continue the franchise (just look what happened with that piece of shit FO: BOS). Bethesda resuscitated Fallout from the brink of collapse.

For those wondering about the Van Buren edition, there is still this demo video on YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuDKrY7eW0

And as much as I want to play a character that has melee and hand-to-hand proficiency, it is impossible due to the absolute need for the gun skill in the game. The post-nuclear war aspect of the wasteland seemed scant to me.

You, my friend, are absolutely dead wrong.  My hardcore mode asshole/Legion character was straight melee and explosives, and I barely ever used the explosives.  Give yourself a good, high STR and END, and a simple lead pipe is your lever to move the World, much less my favorite trusty, rusty fireman's axe.  They did a lot of work to make melee combat a lot more viable than in FO3, and it worked.  I went through the entire Dead Money DLC without even having to get Dog's Ghost People-killer perk because I was severing limbs with every other hit just using a knife spear.  Just don't fuck with a Deathclaw in melee combat, you will not win.  Well, my character around 25th level could kill one deathclaw, MAYBE two if I got lucky and was pumped full of jet and MED-X, but the ones in FO:NV do not fuck around.

The reason New Vegas was a little sparse on the "nuclear wasteland" aspect was because of the story.  House's defense missiles stopped most of the nuclear attack on Nevada, especially around Vegas, so this one's more about desert wasteland then nuclear, really.  Not that places like the Nuclear Test Site or Camp Searchlight aren't still dangerous as all fuck.

I seriously doubt that Van Buren would have been successful enough to continue the franchise (just look what happened with that piece of shit FO: BOS). Bethesda resuscitated Fallout from the brink of collapse.

For those wondering about the Van Buren edition, there is still this demo video on YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuDKrY7eW0

Van Buren wouldn't have interested gamers that had never experienced the original series. Time has turned some of the gamers who were fans of the original series into serious non-gaming adults. So yeah, if they'd released Van Buren today then it would certainly seen more limited a success (if "success" is even the word for it). Of course that's the realistic way of looking at it. Griping has nothing to do with reality, though. I want an isometric-perspective-pseudo-3D-RPG Fallout 3 with 2000-era graphics dammit, not some barely recognizable Fallout game with slick graphics and new controls. Fallout 3 seems more like a spiritual successor of the original series to me than an actual sequel. It's a good game of course, but it's not exactly what I was (selfishly) hoping for.

Van Buren really can't be compared to BOS by any stretch, by the way. The video you linked clearly shows it to be an RPG and not a dungeon-crawler. There's also more left over than just the tech demo. There's an alpha (or really a pre-alpha demo) that was released for Van Buren. I'm pretty sure I got it from No Mutants Allowed 5ish year ago. It plays just like 1/2/Tactics and nothing like BOS.

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That is all.

I am finding this to be a lot of fun if I have an hour to spare
http://twotowersgames.com/games/rebuild-zombie

I've been playing Oblivion IV recently, it's very much like Gothic 3, I know it's an old game now but I've played most of the new ones already. DNF sucks. Dead Space 2 is alright but hard.

Oblivion is one of the handful of games I really got into.

I started playing GT5 the other day, it's fucking wicked.

Oblivion is one of the handful of games I really got into.

What was your clan?

I'm Khajiit of course.
Thief/agent

clan?

yess khajiit! xD I'm something like thief or assassin, i forget.
first time i played it through i was an orc and on morrowind right now i'm a wood elf.

I guess I should have said race but the other Khajiit often greet me as clan mate.

I was just made a Knight of the White Stallion by Count Marius Caro of Leyawiin yesterday.
Got some pretty good armor in the process too.

I started playing GT5 the other day, it's fucking wicked.

I've always said that I hated sports games. It goes along with my near-total ignorance of sports. But as time has progressed, my stance has softened in a few areas withing the genre. The most obvious of these subcategories is the racing game. I can't help it really. Racing games are just too fun. The best part for me is often the soundtracks. It's hard to get better soundtracks than in racing games. Of particular note for me have been the TopGear, F-Zero, WipEout series. Others individual titles I like include "N₂O: Nitrous Oxide" and "Kinetica". In case you can't tell, I like the sci-fi themed ones best.

You ever played any of the GT series?

I hope all sports go the way of horse racing and just become video games played on the screen in bars.

I hope not!

Really, you dont want to see women trying to do this while drunk ?  Shame on you.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23V0PhONNS4

You ever played any of the GT series?

I haven't yet. My strategy is pretty much just to go to the thrift store and skim up games that interest me for 75 cents. The GT games have not showed up yet. Would you suggest that this is because they're awesome enough that their owners wouldn't ditch them?

I think that's it exactly. GT has almost infinite replayability, because even if you've won all the races (and that's quite a feat in itself), there's always another car to buy and soup up, and the two player mode is fucking awesome. Online play is probably even cooler, but I've never done that so I can't comment on it.

But it's also one of the best racing simulation games I've ever seen. Real world driving skill is somewhat translatable to skill in the game, and vice versa. I'm convinced that the years I've spent playing GT have made me a better driver.

Yeah that's what I do but games under a fiver / anything borrowed from my bro.

I guess I should have said race but the other Khajiit often greet me as clan mate.

I was just made a Knight of the White Stallion by Count Marius Caro of Leyawiin yesterday.
Got some pretty good armor in the process too.

Awesome, I havent played in over a month or so. When I did I was closing loads of oblivion gates. It's become a kind of OCD challenge that I don't want to progress with the main quest (I'm right at the end) until I've closed as many as possible. I have Shivering Isles too, but never played it for some reason. I should do that.


My favourite greeting is probably the khajiit in the Dark brotherhood who calls you a housecat.

LA Noire finally for PC this Friday.

YAY!

skyrim is out...

Yea, it's supposed to be pretty good but they say that about all games.

I'm playing RAGE right now. It's a lot of work but not really hard and pretty fun.

Xbox Live Username: IdidjaMom

I play COD: Modern Warfare 3

friend me.

I want skyrim very badly, but I'm afraid to buy it because I know how I am with those games.

I finished RAGE last week. Pissed me off because when it ends you are forced to sit through the credits with no esc option .

There were a dozen side quests I didn't get to.  It's a little too easy if you only go for the main quest. And the final battle is basically non-existant. Sure they have hoards of armed mutants with body armor at the end but I had way more than enough ammo.

Didn't ever need the bandages or health provided by the antiseptic formula. I used them a couple of times but just to see how they worked. No idea of what to do with all the plants I collected.

Started the SP campaign mode in COD MW last Sunday morning on regular difficulty, finished it the same day.

Hey Nitya, I just got Skyrim and was wondering what race I should pick. I'm leaning to Khajiit again because I'm familiar with the character traits and especially because you don't have to worry about using torches underground while playing.

Have you played any other characters in Oblivion and do they have any especially interesting talents?

I got Skyrim too.  I'm playing as a high elf - I always use magic as my primary weapon in this sort of game.  Ice magic and a war hammer when I run out of magicka.

In Gothic I played as a mage and kicked ass, in oblivion I shunned most magic and went straight physical force.
But was a master with the bow so that was my primary ranged weapon. That along with a highly refined sneak ability.

Hey Nitya, I just got Skyrim and was wondering what race I should pick. I'm leaning to Khajiit again because I'm familiar with the character traits and especially because you don't have to worry about using torches underground while playing.

Have you played any other characters in Oblivion and do they have any especially interesting talents?

I usually go khajiit cause I want my player to have a high sneak but I like argonians too, played bosmer and a few random ones too. I'm not too helpful, aha, sorry.

Is there no guide? with oblivion there was that big fat manual with the guide for them all, i love those manuals..

[I'm posting here and then literally about to go sit at the computer and play skyrim! ^.^ ]