With the latest information for Fallout New Vegas coming out, and many gaming websites and journalists salivating at the prospect of being able to hype the latest iteration, I find myself ever so slowly being drawn in for another go around in the Capital Waste's. This was a place that I used to love to visit on my Playstation 3, I would spend hours trying to do everything, only to talk to my friend and find out that I missed out on, what seemed like to me, everything.
To say that I was excited when I heard that the downloadable content was going to be released for my console of choice would be an understatement to say the least. A hard decision would follow shortly. Should I download each DLC individually, or buy the Game of the Year Edition? After a long debate with the voices in my head, I decided that in order to save hard drive space, I would get the game of the year edition. Big Mistake.
I gave my original copy of Fallout 3 to my brother, as I took my brand spanking new copy of Fallout 3 GOTY for my PS3 home and put that sucker in the drive. I was so happy to be playing the game again, Killing Raiders, taking out Talon company. Blowing the S#@t out of Megaton. Good times...But wait, this isn't right. This isn't how it happened. You see doing all of that would be fun again. It would be great to jump back in and finally play the game evil, but It just didn't happen that way.
This is what my playthrough was like when I first put the game in and started a brand new file... I was emerging through the birth canal and freeze... The game stopped mid push, just as my father was becoming clearer. A quick restart of the game and everything is running smoothly, until it's time to take my G.O.A.T. and freeze. and I'm a little annoyed now, but it's still okay. I can still love this game right?
I eventually get out into the wasteland and am eager to try out the DLC. Walking to the starting place of Point Lookout, half way there... Freeze. I restart, the next time I make it three quarters of the way there, frustration sets in.
I did eventually make it to Point Lookout, and to The Pitt, learning as I went that I had to save constantly. While I was in Mothership Zeta, that was when I snapped. I couldn't take it anymore. I will not play a game that I could easily spend a hundred hours in, if the game lags and freezes every couple of minutes.
I went to message boards, and forums looking to see if a patch was near. I e-mailed Bethesda begging them to patch the game. No response. It's not like I can do anything about it, they refused to respond and I have this really great game that's totally unplayable.
It bothers me a little that Bethesda can't be forced to fix their game. It bothers me a lot more that Fallout 3 is still in such high praise. No response, not a post on their forum telling us that a patch is near. Not even a post telling all of those with issues in the game that we are being heard, and there are a lot of us. No response telling us that they've moved on and there is no hope that this great game will one day be playable again.
So why do I think that Fallout 3 is the worst game? Simply because it's such a great game that is completely unplayable. The gameplay is great, the story is great, but there are just so many problems with the game.
From what I understand New Vegas is being developed by a different company, some of the same people that made the first two games are in there, and that is so appealing to me, but it pains me because I fear that it will be another great game, that will be loved and lauded and almost completely unplayable.
My name is SuperCycle and I tried to play the Game of the Year Edition of Fallout 3 for the Playstation 3 and it was the worst game I've played in a long time, and the biggest letdown in recent memory.
Thank you for reading
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