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Tue Nov 10
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11/05/09
Kthx. #fallout
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For the record, if Fallout came out for iPhone, I'd buy it in a second. #fallout
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Hell, some of them have those little touch pads on the QWERTY slide outs that could operate as a right analog with good ol WASD movement. #fallout
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(and I'm actually serious about this, it'd be fun) #fallout
09/12/09
Bethseda will win this case and I'm actually sincerely sad to say that this will be the end of Interplay...unless they drop a killer new version of Clayfighter or something? I kid.
09/13/09
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Interplay has all my support, independently of what they did in the past !
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09/13/09
Not to say that Fallout 3 is a bad game. Quite the contrary. However, the writing was extremely poor (par for the course with Bethesda, unfortunately), the voice acting that wasn't Malcolm McDowell, Liam Neeson or Erik Dellums was total cack (even though there was more of it) and the combat was nothing special.
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I suppose all the hardcore players will already own them or have bought the rereleases, but it always sucks when classic stuff gets tied up in legal action never to see the light of day again.
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I guess Interplay is saying: we'd rather go out of business than see another swiftly developed atrocity like Fallout 3 published with the Fallout theme and name.
Seriously, though - if Bethesda wanted to make their own post- apocalyptic MMO brand, no one is stopping them. The game would suck, of course - but no one is holding them back from making it.
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I think he was probably referring to the amount of bugs, which is inexcusable.
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But it's pretty obvious Interplay is trying to grab some of Bethesda's recent success.
I've been tempted to grab the 'Trilogy' in stores thinking.. "SWEET. 1, 2 and 3!" Luckily I looked a little closer and found out it was only Tactics that was included in the bundle :(
09/13/09
@The Curse of Millhaven: Um, no, I've forced my way through the game and all the locations, and played loads of hours with different types of characters - in the hope of finding something to justify buying it. Sadly, I haven't found it yet.
But if you can explain to me where all the story- telling is hidden away, I'm not going to irrationally hold on to my opinion.
09/13/09
09/13/09
..uh. Ok. ..I suppose I was disappointed with how there's actually no choices in the quest. There's a difficult speech check for making the Ghouls go away. And there's a series of difficult speech checks to let the Ghouls in. Failing either of those, there's a different method for getting the Ghouls in.
In other words - if you want to advance the plot a little bit, there's about.. one choice.
09/14/09
09/14/09
Yes, but.. they're going to fight. You can't see from the characters, or influence the characters to change their opinions, or use any diplomacy between the parties.
Instead, it's just about what way you're going to attack the problem - that can't really be solved except by sending the ghouls away..
I guess I see your point, though.
09/12/09
Someone is having a falling out?
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..honestly, though - it really matters very little to me how much people respect the franchise, if the game is a horrible rush- job without story- telling, or much writing at all.