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Well, then both VATS, summons and cutscenes are objects of the "games becoming something you watch" criticism, which was my point since the beginning. Again, if they are skippable at will then they are not, by definition, mandatory. No matter how you want to put it. But once activated you have...

But this is not a Bethesda's game, but Obsidian's (yeah, I know that's the general perception Beth wants, but still...) Then again, why bother buying the Fallout franchise instead of making Oblivion 2?[/rhetorical question]

And I don't disagree with you. They're indeed different: one is repetitive and only features combat and the other is varied and often features dialogue. This doesn't prevent the fact that, at their core, they're the same thing though: non-playable cinematics integrated into a game. Ever since...

That's not exactly an accurate interpretation of the news, is it? For this to be true, the preorders should reach the sum of nearly the more than four millions of sold Fallout 3 (as are claimed by Bethesda); which you'll agree is most probably far from true. By the way, I've just remembered...

Well, in the same way someone could argue that playing a JRPG skipping the cutscenes, and thus without understanding the story or knowing where they have to go next for example, would be a self-imposed challenge; others could call both things being an idiot. What you want to call it is up to...

You can, but you most probably wont. I mean, the game is designed for the player to count on the support of VATS, isn't it? Not using it would be unintuitive; it wold be like... I don't know... forcing yourself to not use special attacks in a fighting game: you can do it, but... why make your...

You didn't need to go that far to look for a good example; you simply could have resorted to Fallout 3. In any case, I don't totally disagree with you. Notice how I said that greater sales are something beyond purely fandom impulse; this "something" (or at least part of it) could pretty much...

Not when you accumulate all the "10 seconds of VATS shot" moments of an average playthroung. In fact, I think that it even has the chance to beat some of those JRPGs in the amount of cinematic-time :lol:

Well, I can't really question that; ovbiously, making a mod of their previous game was way cheaper than making a proper game from scratch. What I can't totally understand from a business standpoint is the move of buying a franchise to make a game with hardly any resemblance to its games. Then...

You kwon, I also love this comparison, because it leaves those who affirm that top-down/isometric is dead without arguments, having then to resort to poor excuses like fanbase and brand loyality, which contradict the fact that in the first days after release they largely outsell their...

Oh yeah: "they've ruined the RPG by making it play like an FPS, but relax!: they've implemented a mechanic that ruins the point of it playing like an FPS". I wouldn't exactly call it "attempts to remedy"; I'd better call it "covering a hole with a hole". Other than that, not a bad read.

Re: Fallout: New Vegas "Mocking JRPGs" Advertiseme As sarfa has said, I was referring to VATS, a major characteristic of their game that turns out to be a very good exemple of an argument used to criticize the competition in their ads. There's is the irony. Looks like there's been a confusion...

Re: Fallout: New Vegas "Mocking JRPGs" Advertiseme How ironic... I don't know... maybe when they introduced a game mechanic that consists in pushing a button and letting the game play by itself?

Wow... Aliens take Fallout :shock: One could think that Bethesda is willingly destroying the Fallout settings beyond repair; that their design desicions are a concious response to the critical reaction towards their treatment of canon: "do you think we've screwed it up enough already?... then...

Re: Best game ever. Let me guess: you haven't played the previous Fallout RPGs (and no, getting them in anticipation of Fallout 3 and not going beyond the Temple of Trials/cave of rats doesn't count) :wink: Anyway, well... if this is the best game you've played, good for you, I gess. I don't...

:roll: ... You know, I pretty much expected this answer. But it's simply the truth. You can say you are something all you want, but at the end your actions/opinions/statements will prove you right or wrong. No matter how much you say you are Superman, you still can't fly... and also no matter...

Well, proclaiming oneself to be a Fallout fan is as easy as to say/write: "I'm a Fallout fan"; but doing so doesn't make you automatically an actual Fallout fan. The people you mention are the perfect example of this. You see, the statements "I'm a Fallout fan" and "Fallout 3 is a true Fallout...

Uh... I don't think so. In one of the loading screens in one of the videos (the ones that appear before the very beginning of the game, if I remember correctly), a small line of text can be seen in the down-left corner, put as some kind of advertisement about the Vaults, which reads something...

:roll: ... Could it be that Bethesda hasn't been able to avoid being the next victim of the Fallout Curse?... I don't know, but what I know after seeing some videos and admiring the... "quality" of the product is that the chances of this incident being part of an innovative marketing campaign...

... How can you love Morrowind so much when you're admitting you loathe The Elder Scrolls series? :roll: