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Fallout 4 jumps to No.1 across Europe following TV show launch (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (31 children)

I describe it to people I know as:

  • Fallout 4 is, far and away, the best "game" of the modern ones. It feels much better to play in almost every way than the other ones. Especially the combat. There's some interesting stuff in it, but it's largely the mechanics that keep you coming back, not the RPG or world.
  • Fallout 3 has perhaps the better realized world out of them all; the way it all fits together is great and there's a lot of rewarding exploration in it.
  • Fallout: New Vegas is, far and away, the best Fallout game...it harkens back to the roots way more and is the best RPG -- by a long shot -- of the 3.

Obviously YMMV and others will feel differently, but that's how I've parsed out this series so far.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (10 children)

People really are afraid of Fallout 1 & 2's age, it seems. But they are still the best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's less the age and more that they just plain don't play well. They always feel like you're supposed to be in control of a full party but you never are, even once you finally get companions they're AI controlled (and it's not even a good AI).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I never had this feeling. It's an RPG, I can build and control only my character

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's fairly common for CRPGs to give you full control over your party and their builds. I'm pretty sure you could in the original Wasteland (I'll admit I never played it), which was a game that heavily influenced Fallout.

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