Sentient6 said:
I assume the point of this thread is a (rather clever) jab at the fact that F3 turned the franchise upside down and pissed off a lot of the original game's fans, and a "how would YOU like it" kind of question towards F3/NV fans....
No, not at all. I hadn't even thought it might look like that. Part of the point was that I'd really like to know how people would react to this forgotten turd nowadays.
Anyway, I see that point, but I don't really buy it. If you ARE going to resurrect a popular franchise that's been largely dead for some time, then why not take it into a different direction that might make it stand out and be unique? It sure as hell beats making a glorified tribute to the original, trying to please the fans and ultimately failing because the game you just made is utterly mediocre (coincidentally, this is why I like what R* are doing with Max Payne 3)..
I do have problems with FO3, but I don't hate it. While it's not the Fallout I wanted, I was happy to play it and have fun. Plus, I was pretty sure it would get better. And it did, with New Vegas (IMO, at least).
I never had any problem with the game being 3D, First-Person or anything like that. I do have a couple of problems regarding the story and the mood of the game which in my opinion don't hold a candle to the first 2.
Regarding Max Payne 3, I've been ignoring it ever since I saw a picture that somehow reminded me of Splinter Cell: Double Agent. I'm going to wait a while before I even start paying attention to that game.
I don't really get the whole cult-like obsession with old titles that were good when they were released. There's a big hint in that sentence - they were good, when they were released. I'm really glad F3 decided to completely revamp the series.
I played Fallout 3 before I played the original, but I got the Fallout Collection (F1, F2 and Tactics, iirc) afterwards. And honestly - I didn't really care for it. F3 was just better.
And the fact that it stool aside from the source material was a large part of it. It was its own game. This is also why I disliked NV - it felt like F3, only redressed in a setting that would be closely connected to the original game (and heavily garnished with lots of F3 mods). Kinda cheapened the game for me.
Yeah, New Vegas seemed more like an expansion pack in a couple of ways, but I enjoyed it a lot more.
I disagree with you when you say "they were good". Several of those games still are. Like movies, a good game is ageless.
That doesn't mean I think they should be released today. Sure, I'd probably buy them. Most people wouldn't and this is, above everything else, a business.
We have new technology and gaming have evolved. So people should use the resources and knowledge they have.
What bugs me a bit is that some features have actually disappeared from gaming. For example, games with real choice and consequence, alternative paths, etc, are quite rare nowadays. Stuff like being able to trick your enemies with speech skills and such are rarely seen. And I miss those.
I think you should be able to shoot your enemy in the face... But I also think you should be able to trick him into going down a ladder first and then drop a landmine on his head.
GameMaNiAC said:
NUKE IT FROM ORBIT. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE.
No, seriously, this is the worst game in the entire franchise.
I'm a fan since the original Fallout, but I've never heard of the term POS. I'm assuming it's a 'correct' title for the game. Mind telling me what it stands for?
You can PM me to save the eyes of the innocent souls who happen to be reading it.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pos
