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But if we get a Mac version, the penguins will want a Linux version. Where will it end?

I guess I'm a little behind on my DBZ news.

The theatrical movie? I hear it super extra bad with a side helping of horrible.

Yay, more original games.

Duly noted. It was just in a post discussing the Unreal Engine.

Did you check out the alternate ending that you get for finishing the game on the hardest difficulty?

Ok, but that doesn't make it a more direct continuation of the series.

I'm not really sure what your point is... Game press praised Fallout 3 -> fanboys of older Fallouts hated it. Game press praises X-COM -> ?

Video game journalists liking Fallout 3 didn't stop any of the hate...

@Mikhailian: There really isn't all that much mindshare to cash in on. I just hope that the new X-COM won't bring another 3 years of blind hate.

Hey, Xenoshock might be a good game, don't discount it just yet.

I think Yahtzee managed to do a surprisingly good review of it.

Bioshock uses Unreal Engine 2.5 and has quite a bit of environmental interaction. I don't really see how backtracking is relevant here, though.

From what I've seen and heard of Homecoming, it's horrible and at best not spoken of in the context of the rest of the series. It did make for some fun let's plays on youtube where people had near mental breakdowns from all the frustrating repetitive gameplay.

So you are more pissed off about Fallout 3 because it was actually popular and generally well received? That sounds kind of petty. Also Fallout 3 is hardly a direct continuation of the series, it takes place over a century later, in a different location and with almost all new characters.

Not really. It wasn't that hard to follow. I don't mean the story about the ship, but the(actual spoilers to follow) .

Iron Tower Studios? The one-man studio that has been making a single indie game for how long now? I doubt we'll see a Dragon Age style one, not with Bethesda owning the license. They don't seem to be too shy about licensing it out to other people as well and they can't use the same engine forever. Likely because it's one of the few recent games that have effectively ruined it's entire franchise with "neo-games". You'll probably see a similar reaction to the new "X-Com" (I shudder even to call it that). Why didn't Fallout: BoS ruin the franchise? Did Dark Alliance ruin the Baldur's Gate franchise? Did the various Jagged Alliance 3s ruin the Jagged Alliance franchise?

That's true, but it's also part of the never changing classic JRPG formula. EDIT: Wait, why am I arguing that anyway? I was actually agreeing with Worst that we're not going to get a new turn-based Fallout anytime soon. My point was that we might still get a Dragon Age style one.

I'd take "somthing akin to Bloodlines" by Troika over Fallout 3 or even New Vegas any day. Although I doubt it would have been made this way (unless the publisher insisted). Anyway, even if Troika had died anyway after releasing their own Fallout, it wouldn't rule out any future sequels by e.g. Obsidian either, since the rights to the franchise would be owned by Activision. I'd also take a BioWare-style Fallout over a Bethesda-style one. Again, I was referring to Bloodlines' bugginess, not the gameplay style. I guess we'll just have to disagree on this point then. Generally speaking, it's weird that only Fallout seems to bring out such strong feelings around these parts. It's not like it was the only good game made around that time. Ha.. the.. wha.. bu...! What about Fallout/2, Jagged Alliance/2 and X-Com/2/3?! We were talking about the present/future. And they just magically stopped existing, or what? All of them are still great turn-based games. As for the future, it's impossible to say exactly as to what will be made. The hopes for a good turn-based game is still very much alive. All of those games existing has nothing what so ever to do with the discussion I was having with Worst. I wouldn't be very optimistic about future turn-based games in non-strategy genres. Bethesda did. Seriously. Fallout 3. It has some minor aspects that are traditionally considered RPG aspects thrown in there, but it's still more of an FPS than anything else, and absolutely nothing prevents you from playing it as such. Oh, please. Final Fantasy and other jRPGs? XIII has a real-time combat system. As for other JRPGs, is that the direction Fallout 3 should have taken?

I would have loved a Fallout FPS as well, but no one listened to me

Obviously you don't know good old Lord of Flies. Come by the off topic section sometime.

Ha.. the.. wha.. bu...! What about Fallout/2, Jagged Alliance/2 and X-Com/2/3?! We were talking about the present/future. Certainly... but it (meaning D2 atm) has enough RPG elements in my book to consider it an RPG, and its graphics alone class it in the AAA league IMO. (I've seen AAA titles with worse). Not AAA in terms of marketing or relevance, unless that changes between now and it's release. So other than Troika and Bioware, who else do you think could have made a better Fallout 3?

Disciples III is most certainly a strategy game and a little short of AAA status as well...

Sanitarium is 30% off if anyone survived the Steam sale...

I think the last racing game I actually liked was Flatout 2