So in addition to being my birthday on the 7th my brother had a birthday on the 10th. With him just turning sixteen, people still buy him presents. What did he get? Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360. Which is great for me because I get to play it too.

Well, after seeing my childhood flash before my eyes, I'm left with some resevations about the game. To give you some history I DO NOT like Oblivion. It is hard to put my finger on what kills the game for me, but I can tell you there a lots of small things that annoy me greatly. The way NPC characters look and move are both horrible and the way they just shout at you all the time when you're walking around. I also hated the boring combat and repetitive voices in Oblivion and I thought the quest got repetitive real quick. Oh, and I also hate exploring. All that said, Fallout 3, at least at first, seems to share a lot of these problems. For that reason, I'm not so sure that I like it.

There are a couple things I did like. I liked walking around as a baby. In fact that gives me a whole idea for a new game. It would be a puzzle/platformer where you're hampered by limited motor skills and adults that underestimate you. I put it out on the Wii, it would sell a bunch. Other than that, I wasn't too happy about anything. Well, thats wrong, I did like the intro videos.

Call me a sceptic, but this game shares way too many similarities to its Oblivion for my taste. I'm sure the farther you progress and the more you see the results of your decisions the better the game gets. The only thing it has done so far for me is brought back that bad taste from playing that other game which seemingly everyone else thought was so awesome.