Fallout 3 - Page 15

Flibster · 31-10-2008, 14:30

I've just had Fallout 3, Red Alert 3, Bully, Colonization and Lego Batman arrive.

SO many games... so much redudancy time to play with.

Davey_Pitch · 31-10-2008, 14:45

Bully is awesome, I really really enjoyed it. I'd highly recommend it to anyone

Matblack · 31-10-2008, 14:46

Picked it up and was happy to pay my £15 idiot tax, well not happy as such but happy to have the game, will knock off at about 4.20 and be home and playing by 4.35

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Flibster · 31-10-2008, 14:51

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Originally Posted by Davey_Pitch

Bully is awesome, I really really enjoyed it. I'd highly recommend it to anyone

I got the PC version for £11. Haven't installed it yet though. Going through RA3 install first off.

Pumpkinstew · 31-10-2008, 14:58

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Originally Posted by Marmoset

That sucks.

I'm assuming (as above) PC version. That's what I'm running and it's been really stable for me so far.

What graphics card have you got?

Frankly as a PC gamer I'm starting to feel like a second class citizen. Controls muffed to work with joypads, extra copy protection, bugged PC editions in simultaneous releases and fewer and fewer boxes on shelves in the high street.

It's enough to turn a chap to piracy. And clearly in many cases it has.
It's hard to have sympathy with studios bleating about piracy hurting the industry when they're so hellbent on shooting themselves in the foot.

My GPU is a 9800GTX+. I've downloaded the most recent drivers to see if that helps.
Whilst I'm on that subject here's another rant (sorry, indulge me this once).
Why can't they update incrementally? They release a new set every 10-15minutes and yet each time they expect me to downlaod 100megs!
Are you seriously telling me that every line of code in the package I downloaded just two weeks ago is now redundant?

Aboobie · 31-10-2008, 15:42

Mine's turned up. Zavvi have come through. Fantastic.

NokkonWud · 31-10-2008, 15:43

Have you not thought of going consoles? No arsing around with security, no updating drivers, no tweaking audio and graphical settings so you can get a playable framerate, no installing.

Just simple as putting it in the drive and playing.

Streeteh · 31-10-2008, 15:49

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

Have you not thought of going consoles? No arsing around with security, no updating drivers, no tweaking audio and graphical settings so you can get a playable framerate, no installing.

Just simple as putting it in the drive and playing.

Typically i would agree with you, consoles are just easier these days, driver issues, optimization issues, hardware issues, DRM issues the list goes on and on and PC gamers have to put up or shut up as it stands. But i'm going to draw a comparison as to why people should get fallout 3 on a pc if they can; Oblivion. Oblivion is a very similar game (well duh streeteh) and was very good across all platforms, however on the PC mods pushed it from a good game up to an excellent game. AI fixes, graphics overhauls, added quests, added items, improved inventory systems, improved alchemy systems, improved leveling mechanic; today nearly every element of Oblivion has been fixed or improved for free on the PC and i would be willing to wager the same will happen with this too.

As many reviews have said, Fallout 3 is a flawed diamond, in a years time some PC geeks will have polished out the flaws

Daz · 31-10-2008, 17:33

More, mostly unrelated here.

NokkonWud · 31-10-2008, 18:17

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Originally Posted by Streeteh

however on the PC mods pushed it from a good game up to an excellent game. AI fixes, graphics overhauls, added quests, added items, improved inventory systems, improved alchemy systems, improved leveling mechanic

And not one of those was immediate on day of release. It's okay saying "Get the PC version, in 12 months it will be awesome", but most people want to play it now and on launch days it's laughable how many PC games have issues.

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Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	Bully is awesome, I really really enjoyed it. I'd highly recommend it to anyone __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Picked it up and was happy to pay my £15 idiot tax, well not happy as such but happy to have the game, will knock off at about 4.20 and be home and playing by 4.35 MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	More, mostly unrelated here. __________________ apt-get moo