is Fallout 3 Going to fail? (Poll)

is Fallout 3 Going to fail? what do you think?

i actually think it is going to be a great game but only if they can take away the elder scrolls feeling to the game..

i mean you cant play fallout if you have oblivion atmosphere, it will totally ruin the game!.

I'm gonna play it... but at the moment I think it looks terrible. I love the style, I love what they're moving towards... I hated the old games

but the design just seems very very flawed at the moment

Oblivion has no atmsophere

I think though the haters of this game, when it is released, are going to have egg on their faces because not only will it have strong RPG elements but it will be a better game than Oblivion and a new direction for this series.

Though I am sure that some here will still find something to complain about: "Hmmm, yess let me put my spectacles on...ohhhh I don't like the way that gun recoils. It flings wayyyy far back and not in line with the motion of the players wrists.. ohhh and look at that decal! It is far too brown!! Noppeee, no editors award here, no sireebob. That lighting has far too much teal....no wayyy, hey hey.

EDIT: Btw: Remake? You might want to rethink that word because this is not a remake!!

The poll is flawed, as the meaning of "fail" is not adequately defined. The game could be awful, but is likely to still be quite sucessful.

That said, I think it's going to be fantastic and I'm really looking forward to it.

What I can assure you is that Fallout 3, no matter what flaws the gameplay has, will get good reviews across the board. mysterylobster

What I can assure you is that Fallout 3, no matter what flaws the gameplay has, will get good reviews across the board. mysterylobster

I wonder if you have ever played San Andreas.

Oblivion has no atmsophere

I think though the haters of this game, when it is released, are going to have egg on their faces because not only will it have strong RPG elements but it will be a better game than Oblivion and a new direction for this series.

Though I am sure that some here will still find something to complain about: "Hmmm, yess let me put my spectacles on...ohhhh I don't like the way that gun recoils. It flings wayyyy far back and not in line with the motion of the players wrists.. ohhh and look at that decal! It is far too brown!! Noppeee, no editors award here, no sireebob. That lighting has far too much teal....no wayyy, hey hey.

EDIT: Btw: Remake? You might want to rethink that word because this is not a remake!!

biggest_loser

Strong rpg elements? They have shown nothing that leads to that conclusion.. In fact they have said time and time again its a spirtual successor to Oblivion.. Which had no rpg elements..

Your right its not a remake, its a butchering of a rpg series to form a game that is most likely gonna have little to no rpg elements to begin with.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Oblivion has no atmsophere

I think though the haters of this game, when it is released, are going to have egg on their faces because not only will it have strong RPG elements but it will be a better game than Oblivion and a new direction for this series.

Though I am sure that some here will still find something to complain about: "Hmmm, yess let me put my spectacles on...ohhhh I don't like the way that gun recoils. It flings wayyyy far back and not in line with the motion of the players wrists.. ohhh and look at that decal! It is far too brown!! Noppeee, no editors award here, no sireebob. That lighting has far too much teal....no wayyy, hey hey.

EDIT: Btw: Remake? You might want to rethink that word because this is not a remake!!

sSubZerOo

Strong rpg elements? They have shown nothing that leads to that conclusion.. In fact they have said time and time again its a spirtual successor to Oblivion.. Which had no rpg elements..

Your right its not a remake, its a butchering of a rpg series to form a game that is most likely gonna have little to no rpg elements to begin with.

Well as I have read in previews you have points to apply to your Strength, Charisma, Endurance, Intelligence, Agility, Luck and Perception. You can pause the action in combat like some RPGs too. There are also choices to be made, like whether you blow up an entire town or not.

All you are basing this game on in not having strong RPG elements is Oblivion. lol, like c'mon.

Its been over ten years since Fallout 2. Alot of people dont know or remember the series, the expectations isnt as high as Oblivion was. Fallout 3 might beat everyones expectations by making a hybrid FPS/RPG game with a little twist. If players want a new game with a different angle to play, this might be it.

My guess Fallout 3 PC version will get 9.0 and higher or equivalent, except on Gamespot it will get 8.5 due to hardware system requirements. It would get a few game of the year rewards as well.

I think that in this time and age, for those of us who have been playing games steadily for the past decade or longer, it's incredibly hard to make a game later on that can meet up to the expectations of any predecessor. Especially games that have a fanatical cult fanbase, like the Fallout series.

Then you just have to ask yourselves, do you just want more of the same (which isn't always a bad thing) or are you willing to give a shot at something a little different from the norm, but manages to remain mostly true to its roots?

There will always be detractors. That's a given. But being able to combine strategy with a good story and a decent amount of eye candy is no easy feat. I think Bethesda will pull through.

Well, I think it's pretty much assured that it'll get great reviews and will be highly successful, because there's absolutely no reason for it not to. Whether it satisfies Hardcore fans of the series is a completely different story, and at this point I'm not sure that's even possible. Fallout fans are some of the most fanatical I've seen, and they take even the slightest changes to the formula as a personal affront.

From what I've seen, it has a lot of potential, and there's still a whole lot of time for them to Buffout (sorry, couldn't resist) some of the glaring issues. The more I see of the vats system, the more I'm convinced that it'll work well. I am still worried about the amount of choices the game will give you, and I'm not holding my breath that they'll have non-combat solutions to every problem like the old games, but at the E3 presentation they said that you'll be able to play as any kind of character, so there's still some glimmer of hope(which I suppose is a sad sign of the times). I guess we'll find out when it comes out.

It's going to be a commercial success thanks to the sheer number of Bethesda's fans, the selling power of the Fallout name and all the people who, despite being sure it will be a poor game, want to try it out anyway because, good or bad, it's a major gaming event.

But everything I've seen so far suggests the game will be a terrible roleplaying game and a terrible action game.

But everything I've seen so far suggests the game will be a terrible roleplaying game and a terrible action game.

fatshodan

exactly. They're putting too much FPS in for RPGers, and too much RPG in for FPSers. It's fail-fail.

I think that no matter how it turns out the haters will still **** on it because it's not a carbon copy of the previous two games.

I think we have another Oblivion on our hands, console gamers and reviewers are going to praise this game like the second coming of Jesus, but the gamers that are looking for a true RPG with complex gameplay, character development and good story, will be very disappointed. Fallout 3 looks pretty much like Oblivion, and it also inherits a lot of its problems, if we are to believe Eurogamer's preview.

I for one will not be buying this game, especially after Eurogamer's preview, I know a lot of people bash this website, but they are very reliable, in my opinion, and so far I agree with pretty much every review they published.

To sum up, Fallout 3 will be a success, but a mediocre game at best, that will attract console gamers.

The Eurogamer review got me worried, I was expecting the game to be lacking but not this much.

The poll should also have an option of:

"I don't know (will wait for legitimate user reviews first and then decide whether to buy it or not)"

I'm curious of whether I will even be able to run it.

My pc is a 2.4ghz quad core 4gig memory and geforce 8800gt 512mb.

Yet it lags alot when trying to run oblivion. I do have a lot of mods on the game to up the visuals but still even with the mods it doesn't look like its anywhere near fallout 3's level.

I'm curious of whether I will even be able to run it.

My pc is a 2.4ghz quad core 4gig memory and geforce 8800gt 512mb.

Yet it lags alot when trying to run oblivion. I do have a lot of mods on the game to up the visuals but still even with the mods it doesn't look like its anywhere near fallout 3's level.

lenson

Think you might have an issue with your computer (virus, spyware, hardware conflicts, fragmentation, mods conflicts, ect). I have a slighty worse computer, yet can max out Oblivion (with tons of mods including the visual ones) @ 1680X1050 and it runs very smoothly.

Take a look at the benchmarks...the 8800GT kills oblivion even at max AA and at very high resolutions:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-8800-gt,1714-9.html

Your computer specs is definetly up to the task for running Fallout 3....

I think it looks great and is going to be a big success. However, there is no avoiding the inevitable crying from the Fallout fanboys and the Oblivion/Bethesda haters.chesterocks7

Fallout fanboys still exist? The last game was over 10 years ago.,

[QUOTE="chesterocks7"]I think it looks great and is going to be a big success. However, there is no avoiding the inevitable crying from the Fallout fanboys and the Oblivion/Bethesda haters.Jamex1987

Fallout fanboys still exist? The last game was over 10 years ago.,

Unfortunately time does not kill fanboys.

I'm curious of whether I will even be able to run it.

My pc is a 2.4ghz quad core 4gig memory and geforce 8800gt 512mb.

Yet it lags alot when trying to run oblivion. I do have a lot of mods on the game to up the visuals but still even with the mods it doesn't look like its anywhere near fallout 3's level.

lenson

your windows needs a serious clean-up. Oblivion is a 6800-7900 era game.

is Fallout 3 Going to fail? what do you think?

kingeliran

The mainstream have lower standards than the audience Fallout originally appealed to; they don't particularly care if a game is a suitable successor in a franchise or a in depth role playing experiece like it is supposed to be, give them something that goes boom in a comical manner and they will be happy.

It will most likely be a big 'retail' success, doesn't mean it is a true Fallout sequel or it is an in depth RPG however.

There isn't a poll option for success/not buying.

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I'm curious of whether I will even be able to run it.

My pc is a 2.4ghz quad core 4gig memory and geforce 8800gt 512mb.

Yet it lags alot when trying to run oblivion. I do have a lot of mods on the game to up the visuals but still even with the mods it doesn't look like its anywhere near fallout 3's level.

teardropmina

your windows needs a serious clean-up. Oblivion is a 6800-7900 era game.

Oblivion has no atmsophere

biggest_loser

Really? Maybe you meant that you think Oblivion doesn't have a particularly interesting or original atmosphere? That's perfectly fair. But come on...saying that the game has no atmosphere is just ridiculous.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Oblivion has no atmsophere

dos4gw82

Really? Maybe you meant that you think Oblivion doesn't have a particularly interesting or original atmosphere? That's perfectly fair. But come on...saying that the game has no atmosphere is just ridiculous.

Agreed. Saying Oblivion has no atmosphere is like saying F.E.A.R. has no story. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not there.

just enjoy the game on it's own instead to compairing it to F2

plus it will never live up to each person's expectations, the will always be idots complaining it's not the same as it F2, the same idiot's will always be complaining Starcraft 2 is the same as Starcraft; makes me wanne smack them