If it wasn’t for the Elder Scrolls series I would never have a love for Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Even though I didn’t really get into Morrowind or Oblivion when I played the games, I still think I wouldn’t enjoy Fallout as mush as I did if I hadn’t played those games first. It has been 5 years since we have seen the next installment in the Elder Scrolls series and finally details are surfacing for the next installment. [...]
It’s been over 10 years since I played the original Fallout on my old Windows 95 computer. It kept me up for hours with its interesting story, identifiable characters and cheeky combat system. I was happy to see the series revitalised in 2008, but while Fallout 3 was fun, I found it lacking in substance. The sudden ending and lack of coverage for the side quests left me feeling frustrated. I was excited about New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment along with [...]
New Vegas has had its share of image problems. Mainly that it looks like a simple mod of Fallout 3, as many loud and annoying fans were happy to declare ad infinitum behind me while I was trying to enjoy that damn thing. Yes, New Vegas looks and plays very much like Fallout 3 because Obsidian is using a modded version of the engine of F3. But! Because they had the engine pretty much all set up and easy for [...]
Me being the first person shooter nut I am, I am always looking for the latest FPS game that is on the horizon. Now Brink has been announced for god knows long and I have been here sitting on my butt talking about Duke Nukem and Halo, which are already well established and damn good FPS franchises. Even though those games are what everyone is still talking about, I think now would be a good opportunity to look at a [...]
Fallout New Vegas Preview Ah my beloved Fallout, finally back where it belong; back East in Nevada and Mojave Desert, but not, of course in its original isometric style. But that’s the old school fan in me talking. So what do we have to look forward in this latest standalone incarnation in this post-apocalyptic series? In this incarnation you don’t start playing as a Vault Dweller, but are instead identified as ‘The Courier’ carrying important information to the New California [...]
