Reviews will start rolling in on Monday. My guess is that ma : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:40 pm

Been hearing that the game is nearly identical to fallout 3. i think this may be the key point in many review scores.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:25 pm

Critic logic:

Fallout 1 and 2:
-similar mechanics, UI, gameplay, graphics
-different story, main character, setting
SEQUEL

Fallout 3 and NV:
-similar mechanics, UI, gameplay, graphics
-different story, main character, setting
EXPANSION/DLC

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:32 pm

And Fallout 3 was "Oblivion with guns". Most people judge books by the cover.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:15 pm

Reviews? We don't need no stinking reviews...

*Shoots Slayer12's hat off*...

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:07 pm

I think only incompetent reviewers would call it an expansion.

Otherwise, they'd call Vice City an expansion, Fallout 2 an expansion, etc.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:23 pm

isnt every call of duty ever made after the first one just an expansion? going by that reasoning

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:15 am

As much as I would like to see it get a great score from most websites, I don't care if it doesn't.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:39 pm

dont think ill check out any reviews till i actually get to PLAY the game and not have anything spoiled or make me feel like robbing gamestop Monday afternoon :cryvaultboy:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:07 pm

I don't listen to reviews, unless they are my own...

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:34 pm

isnt every call of duty ever made after the first one just an expansion? going by that reasoning

Id take the first MW With new weapons and maps with same perk system + All the old maps/game modes, id sell my left kidney for that.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:53 pm

You're probably right, but if they look deep enough in the game they will see the new gameplay additions such as:

Companion wheel
Companion perks
Weapon mods
hardcoe mode
More quests
New factions
Gambling
Traits
Binoculars
Night/Thermal vision
Nightkins
Snow
More Freindly Super-Mutants
2x guns
More joinable factions
Reputation
New drugs
Repair kits
Doctors bags
Unique speach options for low intellegence characters.
Crafting
Poison/Medicine making
Ammo crafting
Disguises
180 quests
Ability to Play-Through as a pacifist
Ability to kill every person in-game except for one.
Iron Sights
Non-Lethal ammo types
Ammo Type Switching
Faction Ranking

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:57 pm

Reviews? We don't need no stinking reviews...

*Shoots Slayer12's hat off*...

Treasure Of The Sierra Madre is one of my favorite movies... love the turn of events at the end

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:42 pm

There's more of a difference between Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3 than between Fallout and Fallout 2.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:39 pm

I will reserve judgment until I play the game, my gut tells me that no matter what I WILL enjoy NV....and that's all that matters anyway :fallout:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:04 pm

Treasure Of The Sierra Madre is one of my favorite movies... love the turn of events at the end

Yeah, huge Huston fan, you seen The Man Who Would Be King?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:29 pm

I'm imagining reviews of 8.0 to 9.5 across the board (on a 10 point scale).

Most critics will probably praise the improvements it has over Fallout 3 and how great the story is. A few of the hardcoe critics will give it a plus on how it pays more respect to the older Fallout games.

Most critics will probably gripe about some of the bugs currently in the game and how the AI might be kind of lacking at times. Not to mention the animations.

All in all, I see it getting high reviews, but not being praised nearly as much as Fallout 3 was. I wish I could explain why, but I don't understand game reviewers reasons sometimes...

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:49 pm

People still pay attention to game reviewers?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:58 pm

People still pay attention to game reviewers?

I think I love you.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:49 pm

Reviews? We don't need no stinking reviews...

*Shoots Slayer12's hat off*...

lulz, reminds me of the "you missed the apple" pop-up when the PC shot that CL guy in the face in a dev video

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:55 pm

Reviews? We here at the Fallout forums are Wasteland Warriors. REVIEWS ARE FOR THE WEAK. *Flexes muscles*

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:31 pm

Reviews? We here at the Fallout forums are Wasteland Warriors. REVIEWS ARE FOR THE WEAK. *Flexes muscles*

Besides, Mr. house dislikes reviews....

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:11 pm

Being like Fallout 3 isn't a reason for a marked down score, hell, if the reviews of FO3 are anything to go by, I imagine a lot of reviews will be marking it up. I think there are very few games in recent years that were so well received by critics, as Fallout 3. There's more than a few fans there. If it gets marked down, it'll be because it's taken something from 3 and not improved on it, but made it worse. Dunno what that could be? I could take a few guesses... :sadvaultboy:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:07 pm

No matter what the review is, i think i am going to like this game, but i do want it to get a good score so the IP will develop so we can get more great games, but hopefully they don't sell out. I think IGN are wise in the sense that they are not going to call it an expansion, but will probably say how similar it is. It svcks, they are so bias and so many people take their word as the truth, like medal of honor, it was not great, but better than a 6/10 and also modern warfare, they said so many flaws in it, and it still got a 9.5/10, and lookwhat it is now.....

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:35 pm

This sequel is adding a hell of a lot more then most other game's sequels so I don't really care what the reviewers say even though we already know that they will say it's amazing but just an expansion.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:47 pm

No matter what the review is, i think i am going to like this game, but i do want it to get a good score so the IP will develop so we can get more great games, but hopefully they don't sell out. I think IGN are wise in the sense that they are not going to call it an expansion, but will probably say how similar it is. It svcks, they are so bias and so many people take their word as the truth, like medal of honor, it was not great, but better than a 6/10 and also modern warfare, they said so many flaws in it, and it still got a 9.5/10, and lookwhat it is now.....

MW2 is leagues ahead of the new MOH. Still, I suppose we're talking semantics here.