I tried to play them once I had completely exhausted myself in Fallout 3 and FONV. I mean like really obsessively. I had walked every last square millimeter of the landscape, visited every single building and completely absolutely every quest. Sadly I found Fallout rather odd and Fallout 2 a little boring. I guess I missed the boat on them and by the time I got to play them they were just a little too dated. I like seeing game technology move on.
Fallout 3 just felt like the best FPS ever but with so much more in it. I must have played it through completely (with all of the DLC) about thirty times at least. I played through as a nice guy, bad guy, sneaky git, black widow type female, nice female etc.
I really should not have had the time to play them as much as I did tbh.
What I did expect was Fallout 4 to have come far sooner than it has. Eventually I'd exhausted both FO3 and FONV (and I mean exhausted, both in theory and in myself) and then just sat waiting for FO4 patiently. The thing is I guess with FO3 and NV I had finally found what I liked to play. Then when I wanted more of it there was nothing to be found. I tried Skyrim and even though I found it absolutely excellent it just wasn't what I wanted to play. Dragons and spells? ugh. I'm an Aspie, so it was far too fantasist for me. Fallout 3? it could happen. Not in the way FO3 actually happens but it's something real.
Fallout 3 for me was a massive step forward in gaming. I guess it was for every one really. Finally an RPG that doesn't mean you need to be Harry Potter to like it.
Since then nothing has really grabbed me. I've tried really hard to like these games people rave on about (most recently The Witcher 3) but they're just not my thing. Nowhere near lonely enough.
As I say I just hope that Fallout 4 contains those moments that make your face light up. There were so many times I just sat there smiling from ear to ear.. Absolute gaming magic.
So yeah, just hoping that it lives up to my expectations really and doesn't feel like a cop out on a newer engine. I do have faith though.. Apparently Skyrim was absolutely fucking mind blowing compared to Oblivion. Not that I'd know. I did complete Skyrim but very quickly and very crudely. I never did anything more than the game wanted me to do to see it through to the end, so I suppose I really missed out but how can you miss out on something you don't feel a part of?
I already know the graphics are not going to be mind blowing. Thing is, compared to something like Crysis Fallout 3 actually looks pretty wank. But there were still things in that game that looked downright incredible. I would constantly take screenshots standing on a large patch of burnt brown ground with the sun breaking through the trees. Really some absolutely beautiful sights to behold, even though the engine was a bit wank.
I've prepared myself well.. Latest hardware, more than enough. A new cushion for my chair to take eight to ten hour sits and a new Xbox wireless controller (I'm still using the beige wired one I got in 2008). Good coffee is on hand...
I'm ready