Its amazing so many people talk about Obsidian and their great writing
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It is, isn't it. Especially when the comparison is the literal masterpiece that was released 2008. :spotted owl:
I didn't find the sidequests boring, some of them were the ordinary "find this mcguffin" and some had more depth, and most of them had multiple ways of solving them with different outcomes. The characters were interesting enough to occasionally patch up for a fed-ex quest. What's not to like?
Guess you should just stop cheating yourself if you don't even know why you pretend to like the game. Stop playing it and have good times with Fallout 3. :shrug: