Fallout 3 - a bit meh?

eyetrip · 30 Nov 2008 at 13:15

Well, I have been looking forward to this, and finally got round to giving it a try last night and today, but I am finding it completely uninterting and dull right now, and I am 4.5 hours in.

While I have not played a great many RPG games, I have enjoyed those that I did play - Mass Effect, Oblivion, Neverwinter Nights.

The setting for this is right up my alley, as I love most any post-apocalyptic story, but so far, something just isn't working.

I have been around Megaton, and found the characters dull - Moira in Craterside supplies made me want to go detonate the bomb just to get rid of her.

So, if I am not enjoying this after 4.5 hours, is there a point in carrying on? Shall I give it a couple more hours or just sell it on?

eyetrip · 30 Nov 2008 at 15:49

Well, I ahve gotten up to 7 hours, and while i've gotten a bit more into it, I would say I am not really having fun with it... oh well.

Guess I will stick it up for auction while I can get a good price for it, and maybe try it again some time when I have nothing else to play and it's available for under a tenner.

eyetrip · 2 Dec 2008 at 09:33

Put my copy up for auction. I will try it again, perhaps in a year or so and probably on pc when it's very, very cheap. Controls felt really clunky on gamepad to me (it's not an FPS issue, something just wasn't right)

Have ordered The Last Remnant to give a go - it will be my first ever jrpg, so keen to see how I get along with it

eyetrip · 4 Dec 2008 at 19:28

Oh sigh.

Just given Last Remnant a try for about an hour, and it's gotta go too. My first attempt at a JRPG, and I just couldn't stand it. don't know if they all like this, but it just didn't work for me.

A loading screen every minute or so, a really irritating map system, that actually has to reload the area you are in rather than just letting you go back, a WTF story line, and every time you have to fight a baddie - yet another loading screen. Oh, and a loading screen once you finished combat for good measure. Character movement is awful and quite distracting.

Oh, and that irritating, cheesy music.....

Think I might as well just go back to Mass Effect at this rate.