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Heh, can you imagine Bethesda's take on LoTR? “You know, I think in a high fantasy movie like LoTR, when you put on the One Ring, you’re saying to Hobbiton, saying to Middle Earth, ‘I’m a badass. Bring it.’ These are the guys who have gone beyond survival. They’re no longer on the...

I've got to agree. I played a lot of DAOC in it's heyday, and got a whole lot of enjoyment out of the "enforced" socialising. The fact that groups were significantly more effective in PvE meant that you'd always have a bunch of people to talk to (/roleplay on the right servers) and the make up...

I like Denzel Washington. He's got range. I hope he continues to try different roles in this movie by playing a stern and righteous natural leader who allows himself to be corrupted as a self-sacrifice for the greater good. It's great to see him test himself. Hopefully the action scenes in...

Worst April Fools jokes ever. :mrgreen:

Facial jabs aside, what the fuck? How is an industrial society built on slave labour in any way a "Raider" society? If Pittsburgh wasn't bombed, easily accessible, and able to turn out a precious commodity, why aren't the more powerful factions there instead of in the rubble of DC and it's...

There is room for moral ambiguity when it comes to slavery in a post-apoc wasteland. After all, there's really no commodity payment that comes close to being sheltered and defended. Sure, the quality of life is poor, but it's better than the alternative. After all, who is least threatened by...

I'm with Brother None on this whole Bizzaro world thing. I get that opinions differ, and I get that people look for different things. But there's some things that Fallout 3 is getting praised for that aren't even open for debate. And really, we're getting to the point where we're getting blog...

It makes sense with the original Fallouts to class a Gauss Rifle as an energy weapon since the main distinction is the skill associated with maintaining and repairing the weapon. In Fallout 3, I don't see a point to distinguishing Energy and Small Guns at all, except from a metagamey, poorly...

That sounds about right. For all their banging on about immersion, Bethesda make some pretty shabby cardboard cutout worlds.

So is it true that the lowest settings on the PC result in you constantly being shot at by invisible foes?

While we're on the FPS vs isometric argument, won't someone think of the loot? Look at it this way. Looting a room in Fallout meant opening a couple of containers. Anything outside of a container was generally a hidden "secret". The detail of where something happens to be on a shelf/desk/etc...

God, I hadn't realised how bad the AI truly is until I'd had more of a chance to play. It seems as though it's just completely unable to account for obstacles. It can navigate around the ground plane, but put a tree, a fence, a fellow combatant - anything short of a completely impassable object...

0/3 - see me!

I really have to agree here. A lot of Fallout 3 falls into the "not bad" category but I constantly get a "mod team with unlimited resources" vibe. Yes, it's a decent go at a very ambitious production, but every single aspect of the game seems amateurish in some way. There's voice-acting on...

It funny that so many reviewers seem to equate shit dialogue, shit voice-acting and shit animation as a "generation gap" between Fallout 3 and Mass Effect.

Wow, that's astounding. A good portion of my review will be commenting on the sheer lack of craftsmanship across the board, particularly the writing, which isn't even up to scratch by teleplay standards, let alone literary standards. Aside from the quality of the dialogue itself, the thematic...

I hired the Xbox version for a week - Now I know they're playing a different game to the one I've seen. The voice acting is grating and cringeworthy, as is the dialogue. "Mum" is the winner so far: Liam Neeson: It's a boy. Mum: <painedgiggle> Oh-ho. A son. Uh. <painedgiggle> My son, what...

From the gameplay videos, the gore reminded me of Kiss Psycho Circus, where certain critters would lose limbs or simply explode into a shower of bits. Back in 2000, the shabby physics were passable, but honestly, nearly ten years later, for Bethesda to "faithfully recreate" it? The physics in...

The point is, what works for an isometric P&P-style RPG doesn't automatically work for a FPS/RPG hybrid. Funny that. Just like how orange juice works better with vodka than with milk. But Bethesda in their infinite wisdom made a screwdriver milkshake, that way everyone is a fan! Sad thing is...