this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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How long have you waited to get it? Was it worth it?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fallouts. I knew they existed for, I don't even know, decades? I finally got New Vegas some years back (and others later) and it really is the greatest game ever made. I don't know why I waited.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's actually great that you started with New Vegas. This can help give you perspective about why Black Isle/Obsidian understands the IP so much better than Bethesda does. I truly consider 3 and 4 to have great moments, but are overall trash when you compare them to 2 and New Vegas.

I really like Bethesda a lot as a publisher (Doom/Eternal, Hi-Fi Rush) but I really wish people would stop buying the games they develop until they figure some things out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was planning to start a full replay of FO1-2-3-NV this week, but man, those games have not aged well presentation-wise. I ended up installing only F:NV with the Viva New Vegas modlist; I tried adding visual mods, but the game kept crashing. But at least I've got a stable version of the best game of the series now.

It would be nice if someone made a remaster of FO1 and 2 like they did with Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. I don't mind the top-down perspective, buv i would like some more graphical fidelity and UI improvements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I relayed 1 and 2 maybe a decade ago now, and I remember there were some fan patches that made them much more user friendly. Higher resolutions and mouse scrolling in inventory being the enhancements I remember most.

I do have some nostalgia for to these games, so my tolerance for old school inconvenience is likely higher.