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Woah, that's insane. Not sure what happened there, I typed it in the quick reply box using IE8. All my other posts seem fine.....
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| Jarrod wrote: |
You shouldn't be basing the Fallout franchise on Fallout 3. |
I figured that, which is why I'm questioning this one?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Benza wrote: | | I figured that, which is why I'm questioning this one? |
If you didn't like Falllout 3, I doubt you'll like this one. It's basically "the same game" (same UI, same-ish enemies, same gameplay, but set in a different place.
Personally I love it for that- I was utterly addicted to F3, and I've got the same addiction for NV (much to the detriment of my uni studies). It basically feels like you're living in the same world as F3, just as a different character.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers Waffle, that's pretty much what I wanted to know 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Do yourself a favour, go and grab Fallout 2 from GoG and give that a go - it is far and above the best Fallout experience. Much similar to Arcanum, if you ever played that (same dev and all), but better. If you don't get into that, then Fallout definately isn't for you (and you'll only have lost $5-10 finding out).
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Karai Pantsu wrote: | | Do yourself a favour, go and grab Fallout 2 from GoG and give that a go - it is far and above the best Fallout experience. Much similar to Arcanum, if you ever played that (same dev and all), but better. If you don't get into that, then Fallout definately isn't for you (and you'll only have lost $5-10 finding out). |
And if you do love it then spend another $10 on Planescape and don't even worry about New Vegas.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Karai Pantsu wrote: | | Do yourself a favour, go and grab Fallout 2 from GoG and give that a go - it is far and above the best Fallout experience. Much similar to Arcanum, if you ever played that (same dev and all), but better. If you don't get into that, then Fallout definately isn't for you (and you'll only have lost $5-10 finding out). |
Cheers I'll give it a shot, just got prof layton though so probbably not till I'm done with that.
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I should warn you Benza, Fallout 2 does throw you in the deep end... the start of the game is unforgiving. Save often.
I have been advised due to game crashing bugs, the same advice should for now apply to New Vegas as well for the time being. But so far I'm loving it.
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Yeah FO2 doesn't hold your hand... at all. Just don't stray far from towns and if you run into something in the wasteland you don't think you can kill, chances are you can't.
That said my mate did manage to make a break for San Francisco and then proceeded to steal some awesome gear and was an absolute tank for the start of the game.
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Yeah, there are a few ways to get some very good stuff early on if you're clever/sneaky enough. Plenty of ways to wander straight into unmerciful death, too. That's one of the things I really love about it - it actually seems like a proper landscape, not just a series of ever increasing challenges.
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| Cyph wrote: | | Woah, that's insane. Not sure what happened there, I typed it in the quick reply box using IE8. All my other posts seem fine..... |
start using IE9 - its just that much better !
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That was one of my favorite things about 3. When you first get out if you go off in the wrong direction your dead. Of course by level 5 it's impossible to die so...
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| Karai Pantsu wrote: | Yeah, there are a few ways to get some very good stuff early on if you're clever/sneaky enough. Plenty of ways to wander straight into unmerciful death, too. That's one of the things I really love about it - it actually seems like a proper landscape, not just a series of ever increasing challenges.
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Yes.. a true sandbox experience.. they don't hold back on the deadly stuff just because it's at the start of the game and at the same time they don't prevent you from accessing the deadly stuff just because it is the start of the game and so on.
In some ways, I wish that FO2 was never done and that it was FO3 that did all the same things FO2 did but in 3D. FO2 has ruined the series because nothing short of a miracle is going to trump FO2.
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The way it plays out so far reminds me a lot of risen....
i am surprised the first 2 games haven't shown up on xbla/psn yet
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| Fetidchimp wrote: | | i am surprised the first 2 games haven't shown up on xbla/psn yet |
Fallout 1 and 2 on consoles? That'd just be... weird
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:56 am Post subject: |
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Indeed... weird.. I think if they did F02 and "HD-ified" it.. it would sell like hotcakes though 
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| grim-one wrote: | | Fetidchimp wrote: | | i am surprised the first 2 games haven't shown up on xbla/psn yet |
Fallout 1 and 2 on consoles? That'd just be... weird |
i am sorry sir we can't release this game, gamers claim it would be weird....oh better shut it down....
Think of the children and how they would be confused about it, their heads would explode, the sun wouldn't rise again, up would become down, mario would appear in sonic games.....oh the humanity....
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| Fetidchimp wrote: | | grim-one wrote: | | Fetidchimp wrote: | | i am surprised the first 2 games haven't shown up on xbla/psn yet |
Fallout 1 and 2 on consoles? That'd just be... weird |
i am sorry sir we can't release this game, gamers claim it would be weird....oh better shut it down....
Think of the children and how they would be confused about it, their heads would explode, the sun wouldn't rise again, up would become down, mario would appear in sonic games.....oh the humanity.... |
I was thinking more how the control scheme would work. It's very much point and click. Would you want to control the cursor with your thumbstick or what?
Not to mention the ungodly low resolution
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didn't really affect doom the bad res, people were worried as to how to get plants vs zombies on there, they managed it, i am not saying it should happen, i am just surprised they haven't....especially after fallout 3 success.
Secret of monkey island one and two also....
and sorry about that, i thought you were going to give me some what happens on pc should stay on pc thing
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What's that? Combat in Fallout 1 and 2 are turn based? It's sounding like less and less an issue the more you think about it.
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| Fetidchimp wrote: | didn't really affect doom the bad res, people were worried as to how to get plants vs zombies on there, they managed it, i am not saying it should happen, i am just surprised they haven't....especially after fallout 3 success.
Secret of monkey island one and two also.... |
Good points. I've not played any of them on a console. Were they good? Did PvZ and MI implement cursor controls or make it better somehow?
| Fetidchimp wrote: | | and sorry about that, i thought you were going to give me some what happens on pc should stay on pc thing |
Well yeah, there is that too 
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| grim-one wrote: |
I was thinking more how the control scheme would work. It's very much point and click. Would you want to control the cursor with your thumbstick or what?
Not to mention the ungodly low resolution |
I remember trying to play SimCity (original) on the Wii.. man that was annoying.. it forced you to play with the classic controller, rather than the WiiMote..
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Well yeah, there is that too |
now go away, or i shall taunt you for a second time
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Even though I own Fallout 2 in a box, and from GoG I would STILL pay to get it on XBLA. That is how awesome the game is.
Any game where you can sleep with a mob boss' daughter and wife in order to topple his empire is freaking genius (naturally if either finds out you're going to be in for a World of hurt).
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| Nietzsche wrote: | | That was one of my favorite things about 3. When you first get out if you go off in the wrong direction your dead. Of course by level 5 it's impossible to die so... |
We were talking about 2, 3 is quite easy by comparison although I am sure that you have never run into a mob of Super Mutant Overlords at a level 10 on hard mode. I know I had to run after wasting pretty much all my ammo with a rifle, laser canon & shotgun (left all my cool stuff in Megaton as it was weighing me down)
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