I picked up Fallout 3, and so far it’s a winner. Companies seem to have a house style, and this is recognizably a kin– a dirtier cousin– of Oblivion. The general mechanics and the wide-openness are similar. But it’s also way better in graphics, voice acting, character appearance, and quest quality.
Here’s my character, in a relatively safe spot in the post-nuclear wasteland:
Just look at that gorgeous rendering
It’s good enough that I’m willing to put up with the game freezing up at unpredictable intervals. (Sometimes it’s a few minutes, sometimes a few hours.)
So far it also feels harder than Oblivion. It’s a constant struggle to keep up your health and find ammo. I was proud of myself for clearing out a nest of giant fire ants, using virtually every weapon I had except for the BB gun and the police baton.
