Fallout 3 kinda overdid the grays and greens in its art style. It works for a post-apocalyptic wasteland of course, but everything starts to look same-y after a while. Especially in DC itself with its nightmarish metro system full of identical gray metal infrastructure.
Fallout 1/2 are excellent games even by objective modern standards.
While the UI is a bit archaic by modern standards, it gets the job done. Late 90s UI/UX was noticeable better than what RPG games offered in the early and mid 90s.
Some elements of the gameplay are also subpar in hindsight. I find I have to cheese a lot of the early game combat encounters and get in pretty tedious kiting sessions (and even save scumming).
I bought Fallout 3 on release, but I bounced off it after a few hours of play. I’ve been meaning to replay it, but just haven’t gotten to it. New Vegas (technical glitches and limitations aside) is a whole different story though.
I just finished replaying Fallout 1 and I liked it. Sure the UI is clunky (especially the inventory management), but the story is pretty good. Of course it could be the rose-tinted glasses, but I tried to play other games from my childhood - Dune 2, Civilization 1, Alpha Centauri and I couldn’t, those games are too dated for my liking.
“Would that engine have been acceptable five years later [after Fallout 2]?”
I would have been totally fine with it if that meant we had a decent Fallout 3
Hear hear. Bethesda’s Fallout 3 and above are nice Bethesda games, but the art style never quite captured the whimsical grittiness of Fallout2.
Fallout 3 kinda overdid the grays and greens in its art style. It works for a post-apocalyptic wasteland of course, but everything starts to look same-y after a while. Especially in DC itself with its nightmarish metro system full of identical gray metal infrastructure.
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Fallout 1/2 are excellent games even by objective modern standards.
While the UI is a bit archaic by modern standards, it gets the job done. Late 90s UI/UX was noticeable better than what RPG games offered in the early and mid 90s.
Some elements of the gameplay are also subpar in hindsight. I find I have to cheese a lot of the early game combat encounters and get in pretty tedious kiting sessions (and even save scumming).
I bought Fallout 3 on release, but I bounced off it after a few hours of play. I’ve been meaning to replay it, but just haven’t gotten to it. New Vegas (technical glitches and limitations aside) is a whole different story though.
I just finished replaying Fallout 1 and I liked it. Sure the UI is clunky (especially the inventory management), but the story is pretty good. Of course it could be the rose-tinted glasses, but I tried to play other games from my childhood - Dune 2, Civilization 1, Alpha Centauri and I couldn’t, those games are too dated for my liking.