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He's notorious for hating almost every game he reviews. To say he "gushes" about first person shooters is patently ridiculous. I think the Zero Punctuation review deserved it's own article.

From what I've seen, the game pauses when you go into VATS, it's when you're taking the shot that time is slowed and enemies will fire at you. So, if you are about to die and you don't have enough AP for a shot, you have essentially just paused the game -- not reduced the damage you take.

How many more strategic considerations did Fallout have than Fallout 3? I'm thinking back and all I can remember are: Get good equipment. Make sure your party members don't burst you in the back. Target shots at specific body parts. What am I missing, and which of these does F3 lack...

We aren't far past them though, I wish we were, but the problem he mentioned is unique to all non-scripted games, not unique to Bethesda's games. There's no easy way to make videogame characters organically behave like human beings in an environment with so many variables. There will be...

So...you don't like videogames?

The only stream I've seen was such low quality that it literally looked like someone was playing a Doom 2 mod and photographed it with a bad cell-phone camera. That said, there are very legitimate complaints with the graphical (movement, character animation) similarities to oblivion, but as a...

Personally, I'm fine with whatever assumptions a player makes when left to their own devices, and to believe a contrivance that leads to a 2077 with bad reel-to-reel projectors and big band jazz on every station was never a big deal for me. So really, for you to believe that time stood still...

The only problem with that opinion, is that it ignores the improbability of the Truman Era lasting 120 years. The Fallout timeline diverged in the 1950's, but time didn't stop moving. It's speculation on both our parts in the absence of a complete history, but you have undertaken the burden of...

It makes no less sense than a stimpak healing a broken limb. Arguably, following the super mutant and ghoul logic from the originals, it makes slightly more sense. But only slightly. I'm not one of those people who faulted Fallout 2 for shit like extra toes or talking plants though, so I'm...

Admittedly less ludicrous, but dig on this for a hot minute: In the 1950's the Chinese (and various other ethnicities) were still largely unassimilated, if assimilated at all. They were not industry magnates or holders of high office. This, along with the prevailing sentiment of the time...

I agree with almost everything you said. The voicework and animations are the biggest disappointments so far. No worse than Oblivion, but could be so much better. I think Bethesda's design philosophy is against using "cinematic animations" so they can show off and brag about how everything is...

Yeah, the concept of radiation being used therapeutically is totally off-the-wall science fiction.

This debate is based on your comment, which was (and remains) so strangely incongruous to logic that it could hardly be ignored. The reason it's gone on so long is because you're still arguing it, and to cede to your point would be an affront to rational thought. Newsflash: It's flat out...

It is realistic to assume that Asians did not remain our sworn enemies, and in fact assimilated to some degree into polite society at some point during the 120 YEARS post WW2. These videos do nothing to dissuade me from buying this game, I'm disappointed that the graphics/animations/voice...

He's slightly overplaying something you're slightly underplaying. It's semantic really. The facts are as stated: Tim likes what he's seen and is intrigued. Chris is looking forward to playing it. Both of them have already purchased the game. They may be less than excited, but they are...