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More importantly is the combat in Fallout 3 no longer a total snoozefest?

Because y'know. That wouldn't be nice.

Oh.

To be fair you can take just about anything any time you want to as long as you have the balls. That was one of the reasons I liked Fallout.

I know you're trying to be witty and topical and all, but you bring up a valid point. I mean, I haven't been playing quite since the eighties, but I've played games, a lot of games. My first system was an Apple //e for reference. I was forced to put up with crap like this for years before anybody figured out how to make decent turn based combat in a videogame. Fallout is awesome and all, and I know you guys love it, but it's combat almost made me stop playing it. Almost.

Thought you were implying you took it down though questionable means. Nevermind.

*says hello to Dan* *awaits punishment* <{POST_SNAPBACK}> what.

See, the problem with not playing Fallout would be I really like Fallout. I just despise the horrible combat.

what.

I like good turn based combat. But that's not what this thread is about. This thread isn't about me not playing Fallout, a game I love, either. This game is about how goshawful Fallout's combat was.

OH SNAP!

No, no it's not. Waiting for your turn is cool, but there's a difference between waiting for your turn and OH MY GOD THE TURNS ARE TAKING SO LONG I MIGHT AS WELL GO DIG MY EYES OUT WITH A SPORK, OR MAYBE HAVE A SANDWICH, MMM, SANDWICH!!!" They could've included an option to speed it up (fast forward, not sure how Atreides did it), they could've had everyone go at once, they could've had an option to exit the hex grid mode so you could close into attacking distance, they could've just included no animations and had it really be like chess. The turn based combat in Fallout sucked. Period.

Okay, I know you lot all love Fallout so very much and can see nothing at all wrong with it, but I'd like to make my case for the combat system being utterly convoluted and stupid. You're micromanaging the combat, cool. My personal preference is closer to the Real Time w/ Pause found in pretty much every other recent CRPG, but you know, micromanaging can be fun too. Oh, wait, I've got several turns just to move close enough to my opponent I can strike them, and even if I'm using a ranged weapon it's not really worth it because my accuracy is so off at this distance? Well alright I guess. Oh wait, every turn takes an exponentially longer amount of time to cycle, even if they're ****ing rats?!! Well, I'm getting a litte miffed here, so I'll just switch out of combat mode and then switch it back on when I'm closer. Oh wait, I can't do that because there's enemies in sight. Well shoot. I mean, my experience may have been marred because I never chose to hit the enemies anywhere other than their crotch, but I should have been able to hit them in their crotch with less hassle.

And I got my card here. Aww yeah.

Oh snap!

You didn't...

They already have that. The penis I mean.

Nintendo used to make Game Watches...

So uh, I was in my EB Games again today and they've closed out LE preorders because sources are apparently starting to run dry and there wasn't much demand for it at my location. By not much demand I mean I was told that I'm the only person who preordered the LE.

Even though the movie was a pretty poor translation of the graphic novel... V WAS NOT A ****ING VILLAIN YOU [have got that wrong, he was an ANTI-HERO]! Thank you.

It's not so much that the QA is crappier on PC as there's a whole lot more variables. PC it's "Hey dudes, will this game work on every single PC configuration within the Minimum System Requirements and all the way up to the uber 1337 future PCs of doom?" Console it's "Hey dudes, will that game work on...an Xbox?"

You just gave S.T.A.L.K.E.R. as an example of a project with good time management and/or purposeful and well thought out schedule/delays?!! Tell me you're not this dumb; that you're just pretending to get a rise out of people. Right? Right?!

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Oh yeah, well just wait until I get a camera and take some pictures of my surroundings!