Do you happen to know that the reviewer played it on very hard?
Fallout 3 reviews round-up #34
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So would those thugs you're fighting but scoring criticals on.betamonkey said:
Criticals are an essential part of Fallout's and add significantly to the tactics. I can't count the times I thought that I could do with another round of combat before healing myself, only to get critted to death. It means you need to protect yourself better, and provides a much better experience of the danger of combat.
Agility isn't anywhere near as important as it was in Fallout. All of the stats are handled very different. Note also that I didn't actually play the game with a maxed-out agility or maxed-out Small Guns (or Energy Weapons or Big Guns).betamonkey said:
Really, the similarities are only very superficial and a knowledge of Fallout's system won't help you much.
These people are reviewing a game, and their note is that they constantly die. If they used any difficulty setting but the normal one, that should be mentioned.betamonkey said:
I'll certainly believe that on hard and very hard you'll die more frequently. But on normal you hardly ever die.
betamonkey
First time out of the vault
Sander said:
Sorry, I have to strongly disagree. Building a character that was powerful in the originals will be just as powerful in 3.
And by the same token, building that flavor build that was fun and challenging in the originals is just as challenging and often in the same way.
If anything, some builds are even weaker due to the RT nature. Melee isn't nearly as easy since you can't close the entire gap without a shot being fired.
Anyone that has played the originals and has that favorite ass-kicking build is going to naturally understand the system from the get-go. It's no different than playing a DnD game using your favorite 18cha sorc or TWF fighter/ranger. It worked before and it will work again.
I know it's hard to step out of our worlds and just forget we know everything, but it certainly has a strong effect on how we move forward. People familiar with the system will get it and be successful, and people not may struggle and the system is definitely similar enough that what worked in one works in the other.
You are wrong. Again.betamonkey said:
Look, agility was the most important stat in the originals when it came to combat. Low agility and you sucked, always.
Agility is not nearly as important in Fallout 3.
I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, but it is a fact. Because VATS is very handy, but having 5 or 10 agility doesn't matter that much when VATS isn't as important as turn-based combat was in Fallout.
Similarly, Perception was extremely important in Fallout as well. Again, it doesn't matter much in Fallout 3's combat unless you go the Energy Weapons path.
betamonkey
First time out of the vault
Sander said:
No, you.
Please tell me how a strong character in FO 1 isn't strong in FO 3. Please tell me how a weak one in FO 1 is still just as strong in FO 3.
Look, I know. I sat down before beginning my piece and played FO 1 in multiple ways (tried to do 2 but ran out of time) and have been building basically the same characters, taking the perk changes into account, in Fallout 3.
The correlation is there, without a doubt. I'd suggest giving it a go. You'd be surprised at just how similar they can be.
I just explained this to you.betamonkey said:
A very strong Fallout character has a high perception and a high agility. A weak combat character in Fallout would be one who has low perception and low agility. Low agility and low perception in Fallout 3 do not make for a weak combat character at all.