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Horny Melon: Fallout 3 Review

After a ten year absence (we are ignoring the travesties BOF and Tactics) a new Fallout game has dropped. Brought back to life by Bethesda as a FPS first person perspective roleplaying game. For those that have been living out in the woods, the fallout series takes place 200 years after a nuclear war.

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Capt CHAOS5691d ago

"The issue we have is the lack of 1080p support for the PS3. All the cool developers are now able to produce games in 1080p. There is no excuse, other than they didn’t want to take the time."
That made me laugh. Durgh, they must think it's just about taking the time to produce something as complicated as Fallout 3 with a good frame rate in 1080p..

Also shame about:
Online: 0/10
This generation of consoles there is no excuse for a lack of online component. Throughout the game you can have a companion and with the limited amount of ammo co-op seems a no brainer

Horny Melon5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

1080p. 2k games with bioshock, EA with dead space, Kojima with MGS, Insomniac games resistance 2, ubisoft with farcry 2. Fallout uses a newer version of a two year old engine. 2k games managed it with one that is one year old.

As for the second part. Games cost more, the consoles cost more. The gamer was sold these costs on the ability to play online with friends and to build communities. So far only about a third of games live up to this. What we have gotten though is buggy software (e.g. Fallout 3 and Fable, LBP) "because it can be patched later" and parts of the game shaved off and sold as DLC. Why should they get a pass?

socomnick5691d ago

none of those games you mentioned are 1080p native. Maybe upscaled but definitely not native. Also some games such as this need to stay as single player experiences adding a lazi multiplayer section might hurt and take away resources best utilized on the single player.

Horny Melon5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

states they are 1080p native on the back of the box or on the website.

you are right a lazy online component isn't acceptable either. A good and proper co-op, multiplayer is required.

bunbun7775691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

Feel free to slap me but what happens on a PS3 if you try to run Fallout 3 in 1080p? Nothing? Or will the TV attempt to upscale it? (I own a 32" 720p plasma)

From what I have read, if a game can be upscaled from the native resolution to say 1080p on a TV, then they can put 1080p on the back of the box, but in reality there are few console games that are truly 1080p. I know I found a website somewhere that rated all games on consoles with their real resolution, MGS4 was not 1080, and I remember one of the only 360 games to be native 1080 was Top Spin 3.

Sorry if I go find the site I will link it.

Horny Melon5691d ago

of games that is current. None even go to this year. I have my PS3 set to upscale and it plays Fallout 3 fine. I don't think they are allowed to put that on the back of the box if it would upscale as the references to 1080p on the back of the box specificly states the need for HDMI cable for native 1080p displaying.

ASSASSYN 36o5691d ago

Take the time? Obviously, you don't know Fallout 3 was in development for 3 years.

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I Have A Confession, I Like The Fallout 3 Green Filter

The game looks too clean without it.

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isarai13d ago

How about you actually SHOW wtf you're talking about

Nacho_Z12d ago

Always annoying when articles do that.

I agree with them that the tv show was a bit on the clean side. They got loads right regarding set design etc but there's room for improvement.

gold_drake12d ago

i dont. it hurts my eyes. but im fairly ssensitive when it comes to that sort of stuff.

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Amazon Prime Gaming May 2024 Games Lineup Looks Highly Promising

Amazon has announced its gaming lineup for May 2024 and it is one of the better months especially if you are an Amazon Prime subscriber.

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Retroman26d ago

I have Amazon Prime hardly ever use it and these games will not make me jump back to Prime.
Only use Prime for discounts on shipping.

Retroman26d ago

Amazon
Games line-up looks Highly Promising.
Yeah if you Never played those games before.
or you just started gaming for the First time in your life it would seem "Promising "

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies36d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken36d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6936d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker36d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6936d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt36d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken36d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.