Ok so as i saw ..many people say that fallout is a nice game and that you can have a house and kill people...i mean ..some people talk like its like oblivion and skyrim.......is it ???!!! PLZ TELL ME ....i really would like to buy it but i need to know about it...if anyone knows plz tell me if it is as the same game system as oblivion and skyrim ?? can you change clothes the same as oblivion..eat , dungeons ( but in the future ) is it a large map where you can play ? can you go where ever you want ?? tell me all about it and what you can do ?? plz :fallout:

Well Fallout 3 is fun, but this doesn't really belong here

Yes, basically. Fallout 3 pretty much is like Oblivion. They used the same game engine and everything.

You're better off posting this in the Fallout 3 forum though, this will probably be moved there.

i agree but fallout 3 belongs to bethesda right ? so i thought that there are alot of people who played fallout 3

Well Fallout 3 has its own forum here :unsure:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/forum/40-fallout/

I was wary about Fallout, but a friend let me borrow his copy and I fell in love with it. In many ways it's better than oblivion. I adored it so much I ended up buying FO and FO:NV and never regretted it. NV has a much better story, IMHO.

Unfortunately.


But gameplay wise you can jump right into it if you played Oblivion. It's a very inexpensive game at this point, so pick it up.

It is easily my favorite game of all time

Its an incredible game, I had some money to waste ($100) so I decided to treat myself to three videogames for the PS3.

I picked up Alpha Protocal for $50 (score: 3/10, I liked it for half of the fist mission, brought it back and only got $20 back), Killzone 2 for $30 (score: 7/10, hated the campaign but loved the online, I still play it every now and then), and Fallout 3 for $20 (score: 10/10, thought it was really weird until I finished the tutorial, favorite game ever).

That's how I got into Fallout, I always love that story.

I still play FO3 to this day & I don't regret buying it in the least

Even if they same the share engine, Fallout and Elder Scrolls are nothing alike. Totally different setting, totally different atmosphere, totally different story. It's no happy wandering in Utopia seeking after some monk prince - it's a total crapsack world where folks die in a blink of an eye, and nobody cares.

Yes it is good to buy. I love Fallout 3, I can't really say how much because it'd involve way too many words. Great game, great franchise.

I'd definitely recommend it. It has very similar gameplay mechanics to Oblivion and Skyrim, but like Pistolero said it's a completely different atmosphere.

no its a terrible game... terrible fallout game... just plain bad... people still talk about it?

Machin3fac3 is what we call a 'dinosaur.' They are people who think that the Fallout franchise should've stayed an isometric RPG. Unless he was joking, of course.
On topic, yes, definetely. The wasteland has a strange sense of wonder and beauty, and every place is unique. Assuming you played morrowind, the world exploration is sort of like that, except not as alien. The story is good, but if you go in expecting to just play the story then don't get it. Most of the fun events happen out in the wasteland, or in side quests. But considering that you played Oblivion I shouldn't have to tell you that. There's no level scaling, praise the Lord, so you can't just run off and exxpect to beat the game with a pistol. And, on PC, there are quite a few cool mods as well.

I've heard people refer to FO3 as Oblivion with guns. I don't think that is an apt comparison, but I can see where they get it. The game mechanics are similar enough that if you liked one then chances are good you'll like the other. But having played one will not allow you to jump straight into the other. There is a pretty steep learning curve with FO, and while having played Oblivion may help you get past some of the basics there are many aspects to the game that are so different that having played one won't help you in the other.

Like Oblivion FO has skills that advance as your level increases and have a direct impact on your efficacy at various tasks. The story is quest driven, but there are many side quests that you can choose whether or not to bother with (you should, they account for a huge portion of the game's playable time). You can choose what equipment to wear and wield, and this can have a significant impact on your combat (and in some cases non-combat) actions. There is a pretty high emphasis on exploration, and fast travel is used to make a huge map manageable. You have an inventory that is based on weight, and can carry a ridiculous amount of stuff without slowing you down.

Unlike Oblivion, your equipment degrades with use and must be frequently repaired to remain effective. You can use melee weapons, but in most cases guns of various types will be much more effective. You only get four equipment slots (armor, hat, eyeglasses, weapon), and some equipment takes up more than one of those slots (helmets take both the hat and eyeglasses slots). The lack of magic means you are highly reliant upon your equipment at all times. Skills advance only at level-up, which is based on experience points rather than having skills advance, and you can build up skills whether you use them or not. That means you never have to spend time using a particular type of weapon to get good at it, and you can actually hit the level cap with maxed out skills that you've never actually used. In Oblivion, enemies scaled directly with your level, while in FO they follow a modified scaling mechanism. A specific sub-type of enemy doesn't change, but as you go up in level you run into more advanced sub-types. Most main enemy types have several different sub-types you can run into, but the tougher ones are more likely at higher levels.

In addition to the game mechanics differences, the setting and story are also vastly different. Going from Oblivion to FO you are also moving from a lush fantasy world to a barren post-apocalyptic one.

I personally loved both games, rating FO3 as my all time favorite and Oblivion places somewhere in my top 10 (maybe top 5).

i endorse this comment

ive played FO1 and Fo2 and actually loved what they did with FO3, they updated the system and while i dont agree with EVERYTHING they changed, i did love the end result. after FO3 i played Oblivion, i had played Morrowind in the past on xbox and despised it bc i didnt know what i was doing, not the games fault BUT loved oblivion. they are very similar in the freedom they allow, but are very different. but if u love TES ull love FO3, and even if ur a dinosaur like myself and aint to cynical and can look past the "flaws and differences" its a fantastic game. and to all the other dinosaurs, FO3 is not the bastard son of FO3, that would go to tactics, FO3 is the result of a fling FO had with TES years ago and just showed up outta nowhere one day, surprised the hell outta it, was very different that didnt think it was actually theres but got to know it and found out even though very different still a cool lil dude.

lol, I love this anology. BTW, what age qualifies you for the dinosaur club?

The only games I've played for the last year are Fallout 3, Oblivion and Fallout: New Vegas. Just returned on Oblivion after months on F: NV.

If you love Oblivion then I think you'll love Fallout!

As for Machin3fac3, the OP wanted to know if it's similar in gameplay to Oblivion, not how it compares to the earlier FO games. :wink_smile:

I think the Dinosaur club is just that you played Fallout 1 and 2 before 3.

I guess I'm a dinosaur, since I played the first 2 when they came out. But I still enjoyed FO3, even with all of its inconsistencies.