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Fallout 3
KvP:
Gerstmann gives it 4/5, despite not making the game sound particularly good ("VATS...turned combat into more of a chore than any sort of exciting gameplay element", "The game does a good job of making you feel like your dialogue choices are meaningful, even if they're just different tones of voice that ultimately lead to the same conclusion.")
I like Gerstmann, generally, but with games like this, and Oblivion, and every Lionhead game ever made, I think a good 2 weeks should be put into the game before a verdict is rendered, and from the sound of it 2 weeks would drop the 4 to a 3 or even a 2.
Melodic:
Video game reviewers don't have the luxury of playing a game for an ample amount of time to get the right feel. Unlike movies or music, it can take a game 30 or 40 hours to really come into its own. This symptom is particularly obvious with weekly reviews like Zero Punctuation, where it's absolutely necessary to understand the core aspects of the game within a handful of hours of play-time. Since review popularity is based almost exclusively on the speed at which it's printed, reviewers are certainly more prone than the average gamer to speedrun a game and get a poorly-worded review out the door.
Oh, and is this Gerstmann's new site? I haven't seen anything from him since that little fiasco.
Trollstormur:
INSTALLING NOW OH GOD
Melodic:
PS: "Across the three platforms, the PC version of Fallout 3 is the best, provided you have hardware that can handle it."
Fuck youuu console gamers, I got the best one!
PPS: I FUCKIN' HATE STEAM. Just found out that Fallout 3 will unlock at 10AM PST. When I'm at work. I will arrive home at 6PM, and click the download button. At 4 in the morning of the 29th, I will play this game.
Dimmukane:
I did the starting area, got out of the vault, and had to go to bed because I had work in 6.5 hours. It is a pretty strong start, a lot less annoying than the dungeon in Oblivion (see, I really do think Oblivion has problems!), even if it's a little long. It's only a little long because I refused to skip through any dialogue or movies, you can rush through it in about 30 minutes if you want. The 'K-Mart framed' dialogue is still K-Mart framed (look, another problem!), but the facial animation and voices of the characters are noticeably better. Not Mass Effect, mind you, but they're not as bad as Oblivion's. When you finally do leave the vault and get out into the open air, it's pretty amazing.
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