It's awesome. There's a lot to do and the world is really interesting. I'm 8 hours into it and loving it. It has more direction than Oblivion did.

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Jack Bauer wrote Is the game good at least?

It's post apocalyptic Obilvion with guns and teammates. If you liked Oblivion, you'll like this.

NutMan wrote  Breakdown wrote  Jack Bauer wrote Is the game good at least? It's post apocalyptic Obilvion with guns and teammates. If you liked Oblivion, you'll like this. I didn't like Oblivion and I love fallout 3. I think its because the main quest line is more engaging and overall the game has more direction imo.

You might like the storyline more, but the gameplay is all the same. Fetch quest, fetch quest, fight one of 5 different bad guys, fetch quest.

NutMan wrote I like the combat though. They made the FPS type gameplay work in an RPG. It doesn't feel gimped, but it isn't a shooter either. VATS is cool too. It adds strategy to the combat.

I like both games quite a bit too, and I agree that VATs is wicked fun to use. One thing I don't like about Fallout though is that it's hard to really see your character much. I don't know why I spent so much time with the customization when all I can really see is his back. At least in Oblivion, you could really see your character and what they were wearing while in inventory, and during gameplay you could take the camera 360 around your character.

NutMan wrote Thats true. I worked hard to get the hair right and make sure the face didn't look completely stupid. Apparently the only time you get to see it is when looking at your dad. At least so far anyway.

Yeah, I gave my guy a badass beard to promote a really haggard, wanderer type look. And all I see is his back.

Oh well, things to improve on for Fallout 4 I suppose. :)

Is it really worth buying? There are lots of good games coming out and I can't decide which to get. Oblivion bored me but this looks better. Still I don't know if I should get this or maybe wait for Gears of War 2 or Mirror's Edge.

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Finally got outside the vault (and learned how to equip weapons) and am basically roaming around. I'll have to see if it gets better.

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Shhhh I've barely progressed the plot. But does it seem like the game gives you almost no ammo at all? I have a shit load of weapons but never seem to have ammo or health =/

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Yeah, I'm still very early on in the game so thats probably why then. I finally decided to stop roaming around and go to the GNR station. I have slightly more ammo/health now.

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Damn this game is huge.

I'm pretty much evil as fuck in the game. It isn't really that rewarding of an experience when you are a complete douchebag. Actually I'm not sure if un-rewarding is the right word, but its definitely difficult being very bad, since it just leaves you feeling sorta empty afterward. I guess it's a good thing that this game is capable of creating that feeling.

Anyhow, I'm enjoying it in the early going, gotta pursue the main quest a bit though (I haven't yet), otherwise I'll just get endlessly sidetracked, which is what caused me to never finish Oblivion.