@Boddicker: I think there's a fair amount of people on both sides of the Fallout 3 vs. Fallout New Vegas debate. Personally, I prefer Fallout 3 by a little bit simply because I liked the setting and its atmosphere more. It felt more post-apocalyptic whereas New Vegas takes place in a region less ravaged by the apocalypse, so it just lacks that same feel.
You provided a reason as to why New Vegas was more buggy, but does that really make it any more acceptable? I don't think that makes anyone's complaints any less legitimate. As much as I liked New Vegas, the game was a mess at launch and it took several patches to fix up most of the more serious issues.
Anyway I guess I'll address some of the points you brought up since I don't know what to say about the video since it wasn't too specific, although it seemed reasonable overall.
1. I'm also not too worried about the location, so long as it has an atmosphere more akin to Fallout 3.
2. The point distribution system is fine in Fallout I suppose. I don't see any real reason to change it or the S.P.E.C.I.A.L system.
3. I'd welcome a return of a factions system similar to New Vegas. However, I would also like karma to remain present, so long as they don't screw it up and make it as meaningless as it was in New Vegas.
4. New Vegas's gunplay was significantly improved from Fallout 3, but I agree that it could still be better. It needs to be more responsive and as the video mentioned, feel more impacting.
5. Hardcore mode was a decent idea in New Vegas and overall I liked it. I would welcome a more hardcore Hardcore Mode, I suppose.
6. I disagree with lessening the amount of gear you can carry, unless you're talking about Hardcore Mode. But Hardcore in New Vegas does a decent job in limiting what you can carry. I don't buy the "it isn't realistic" argument because Fallout is far from realistic in almost any other sense.
7. With as long as it's taking for them to even announce the game, I hope it's being created on a new engine. Consequently, that would up the development time, but it'd be worth it.
8. VATS in Fallout is iconic, it would be dumb to remove it, even if the combat was really smooth.
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