I was scoring two eye-killshots PER TURN.

Combine that with my huuuuuge energy weapons skill, and I was scoring two eye-killshots PER TURN.

How was Fallout 2? Was it as good?

By which point the game's a bit boring, surely?

I much preferred the earlier stages of the game, where every single encounter is dangerous. And then the middle stages of the game where the worry of running out of ammo meant you'd go on shedloads of cattle drives to score Pancor Jackhammers off the random encounters so you could sell them for ammo.

I'm playing Fallout 1 to see what all the fuss is about.

So I walk out of the cave at the start (having taken multiple turns to kill rats), and it seems any direction walk in eventually results in a scorpions that are bigger than me killing me.

When does it get fun rather than cheap? Or am I missing something stupid?

I'm playing Fallout 1 to see what all the fuss is about.

So I walk out of the cave at the start (having taken multiple turns to kill rats), and it seems any direction walk in eventually results in a scorpions that are bigger than me killing me.

When does it get fun rather than cheap? Or am I missing something stupid?

If you only played the opening bit of Oblivion, you'd think that was an entirely dark and gloomy dungeon-crawler,

Hey, it takes a little while to warm up, offering its version of the classic rat-killing opening that almost every RPG ever features. If you only played the opening bit of Oblivion, you'd think that was an entirely dark and gloomy dungeon-crawler, populated only by crappy goblins. Give it time.

I always hate RPGs having rat killing openings it's represents so much of what is wrong with the industry. But I can forgive it that as it was quickly over. My biggest issue is that, when I finally got outside in Oblivion I could see at least 3 exciting things to explore, a crypt, a camp, a city, a lake, a forest. But Fallout takes me to a brown map of hills I can wander around till I die.

Do I just need to keep reloading till I stumble on something before a scorpion kills me? Or did I miss a bit where I was told which direction to head? I like exploring maps, but I'm not sure I can be arsed to if doing so it's a case of reload and hope.

EDIT: But aye, I can see glimmers of what the game could be, so I may give it a second chance.

Aha! Thanks Sinister. I did miss that and thought that I was at the green circle and needed to walk away from it, so kept heading left/west.

Take an ounce of mushrooms before you play?

What's "nebbish"?

English


Etymology

Yiddish נעבעך (nebekh).


Noun

nebbish
One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
Actor Rick Moranis often plays a nebbish.
(slang, mildly pejorative, especially in NY region): A loser.


Quotations
2001, Foster Hirsh, Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen [1]
“I don't consider myself a nebbish,” Woody told interviewers early in his career, “but everyone else does.”

I meant alternative games. You're not exactly being very constructive.

I dunno? Play what you want, I was just stating an opinion.

That makes even less sense, then.

Sorry, I guess I meant 'nerdy'.

My you guys are really welcoming!

Wait - so the atmosphere of Fallout is like Rick Moranis?

What?

so the atmosphere of Fallout is like Rick Moranis

I think you had to be there at the time to know quite why it's so great. It's a bit doddery by today's standards. I still love it, mind.

The companion AI is indeed a bit crap in Fallout 1 - it's much better in 2. It's also configurable, so you can set "rules" for your companions as to their distance from you, their response to different situations (when they should use burst fire, for instance, or when they should run away and heal) and their weaponry.

However, the AI in fallout 1 doesn't need to be that good, as you don't really need companions for most of the game anyway.

Oh - and "the combat is shit"? Pfft.

Shall I just read about the plots of the first two and fast-forward to the third one when it comes out? It sounds like reading about the games is more fun than actually playing them.

These days, probably so, ja.

After all, we all played through all of the other Elder Scrolls games before playing Oblivion, right?