So why was this game (>pic related) a hit back in the days and got a 96% rating from IGN?
As far as i played it it seems pretty dull, repetitive (a lot of backtracking), the environment is meh and most of the characters are badly written.
Is this game overhyped or did it age very badly?
Overhyped turd of a game
Overhyped like anything that gets 95+ ratings across the board and sells shitloads
>>337161618
>trusting anyones opinion other than your own
It allowed people with short attention spans to play Fallout and feel nerdy.
>>337161618
>got a 96% rating from IGN?
why do say this as if it means anything?
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>>337162026
Fallout 3 is absolutely fantastic. The story, the OST, the gameplay & combat mechanics, the radio stations, the quests, the humor, the atmosphere, the land and layout, the graphics at the time, it's all really fantastic. It gets unjustified hate from nerds with rose tinted nostalgia goggles who played the horrible earlier titles in the series, and their arguement is literally the same thing every time:
>muh lore
>>337161618
Back then it wasn't common knowledge that ratings were bought so there never was any uproar about it.
It's a mediocre game in every possible way. With massive amount of mods it becomes somewhat decent.
>>337162267
>muh lore
Look at the pic and finish the sentence /v/:
>muh ...
>>337162813
>muh autism
fuck off nerd. Literally no one who has a life cares about this trivial, nitpicky bullshit.
>>337163164
>Literally no one who has a life cares about this trivial, nitpicky bullshit
>no one who has a life cares
You are spending your frre time by anonymously offending other anonymous posters on a Zimbabwean basket weaving website.
Start caring.
>>337163164
>nitpicky
There's a lot more where that came from.
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>>337163751
literally autistic
FO3 was one of the best games ever made. Its just that some retards could not navigate in tunnels and did not play it with a controller.
>>337163751
You know, I blew up megaton just to kill her, and that bitch survived the fucking nuclear explosion. Fuck her in her stupid optimistic face.
>>337162267
[intelligence] so you fight the good fight with your bait?
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>>337164180
So you spam Fallout 3 threads with your autism?
>>337162813
How can you persuade a computer with [Speech]?
>>337161618
babbys first open world/RPG game
>>337164879
That's Oblivion
Then again Fallout 3 is Oblivion with guns
>>337164678
Nah, I'm just getting slightly dissapointed when my son nukes an entire city full of innocent people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPmC2myjS7A
>>337163521
Fucking autism
>>337161618
Fallout 3 was okay, but new vegas was much better.
>>337165103
nice framerate PCuck
>>337164824
Well, it's an AI so I really don't see how that's a problem. The way it's done is the problem...
>>337165249
I know right? Fallout 3 has great optimization after all.
>>337165249
>enjoys 60-90 sec load times
>no mods for terrible game
Good goy
Pretty new concept of post-apocalypse at the time (zombie shit hadn't taken off yet), open world game that was also an RPG, and filled a void that was left after oblivion struck a major chord with consoles.
It basically just timed everything absolutely perfectly.
>>337162267
toemouse
>>337165437
But you just said the game was bad. Why bother playing it at all if you hate it and you're going to complain every step of the way? unlessyou really are autistic as fuck
Really fun game. Reddit started meming on it because it made the franchise extremely popular and stopped making them feel like special snowflakes for being gamers.
>>337164824
I'm guessing Bethesda wanted to humanize the a.i with the speech option but that would be too smart for a developer that can't even make a ladder work in Gamebryo
>>337165513
And by new I obviously mean new for the generation. fallout wasn't new but it had been a good 10 years since the last one. van buren doesn't count.
>>337161618
I really like it, I enjoyed it more than new Vegas (no mods)
>>337165513
I agree, really think the timing of its release was what made it a hit. It's setting and gameplay were pretty original for a AAA release when it came out. I think a combination of poor aging and overuse of the post-apocalypse concept are what have made it seem like a mediocre game.
Oblivion feels like a pretty big turd now too, and that was a critically acclaimed game at the time.
>>337165725
You were talking to someone else, said some dumb shit so I corrected you
Instead of making any point you just scream about memes and confuse me for your arguing buddy
But you do own a console so you are forgiven
>>337166173
>You were talking to someone else,
>>337165437
>no mods for terrible game
>terrible game
>>337165725
>you just said the game was bad.
Yep, autism.
>>337166080
Critically acclaimed by plebs maybe. Plenty of people shat on Oblivion on launch.
>>337161845
>he doesnt listen to the opinions and advice of his doctor, lawyer, etc
Good maybe youll die
>>337166380
>be wrong
>can't form sentence
>m-muh memes
Consolefags
>>337167065
>backpedaling
>denial
>uses meme arrows while criticizing others for using memes
autists
>>337166802
>game reviews
>even remotly close to hard science or interpretation of legal theories
How are those game design studies going Anon? Any job prospects so far?
>>337167174
There's nothing to backpedal, you made no point
>>337167376
see
>>337165725
you never answered the question. Instead you just sperged out like an autist and denied you ever said the game was bad
>>337166802
kek
>>337167508
That wasn't a question, it was just a wild assumption on your part
>>337167709
So you've been spending all this time arguing about a game you've never even played?
>>337167258
I never mentioned game reviews
>>337168136
You replied directly to a post that did though.
What were you talking about then?
>>337161618
It was reviewed and played by people who never played the first two games.
>>337168218
he was talking about others opinions IMO
>>337168283
this could partially be true
>>337162026
IGN IS ALWAYS RIGHT!
At least Fallout 3 was so fucking terrible that it had the so-bad-it's-good thing going for it. Fallout 4 is just fucking bland and mediocre as fuck.
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>>337171045
I remember that time when they couldn't even do simple math.
>>337161618
Strongly disagree. Its probably my favorite game ever created. Huge world, interesting characters, amazing quests. And the mods made the game even bettter!
But my favorite part is the atmosphere, it truely emerged me into the world.
>>337172909
Well, we ended up getting Fallout: New Vegas which is certainly on par with Fallout 1 & 2.
If Fallout 3 & 4 were the sacrifices necessary to achieve that, then I'm okay with that.
>>337173765
I disagree. Fallout 2 did casinos better than New Vegas
>>337173283
>it truely emerged me into the world
>emerged
