Fallout: Real Steel Edition
HIGH Robot companions' sassy dialogue
LOW Not enough new weapons
WTF Turning sweet little Curie into a lethal monster
Tag: Fallout
Fallout 4 Second Opinion
Fallout. Fallout never changes.
HIGH Detective Valentine is charming and entertaining
LOW Shooting mechanics too weak to be a proper shooter, RPG mechanics too shallow to be a proper RPG
WTF Oh, it's the same "tracing through disconnected memories" scene that we've played in Dishonored, Assassin's Creed, Life Is Strange…
Fallout 4 Review
An A-Bomb for Effort
HIGH Primary colors.
LOW The eleventh-hour plot twist that's supposed to tie all the threads together.
WTF An NPC calling my character "Mike" with full voice acting.
GameCritics.com Podcast Episode 89: A Fallout Sojourn
Our first off-week adventure takes us into the land of Fallout. A lively debate on Fallout 3 versus Fallout: New Vegas gets top billing, and then we compare the Fallout of today to the Fallout of the past, and try to find out if the old spirit still lives, Featuring Richard Nak, Chi Kong Lui, Brad Gallaway, Tim "The Gambler" Spaeth, and Darren Forman.
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You can’t always CYOA
Something interesting I noticed this year was a trend of push-back against "choice" games in which the player did not get to control every outcome. The two biggest examples which spring to mind are, of course, The Walking Dead and Mass Effect 3.
Fallout: New Vegas—Lonesome Road Review
Talk about Ending with a Bang…
HIGH The beautifully blasted, teetering architectural remnants.
LOW The difficulty level is significantly increased.
WTF The creatures in Courier's Mile can survive a direct nuke hit?
Fallout: New Vegas—Old World Blues Review
= ) ZZZ = )
HIGH The toaster who wants to burn the world in nuclear fire.
LOW Most missions are dishwater-dull fetchquests.
WTF Penis hands and penis feet.
Fallout: New Vegas—Honest Hearts Review
Away from Home on the Range
HIGH Chatting with Follows-Chalk.
LOW Joshua's reaction when I told him Caesar was dead.
WTF Getting high and hunting bears.
Fallout: New Vegas—Dead Money Review
Don't Lose Your Head
HIGH Realizing who Christine was.
LOW Can't… find… forceps…
WTF Why was the story's climactic encounter so confusing?
New Vegas, 2011 Wrap-up, Sweet Tooth, Buffy and Angel
So, it's been a while since I've posted anything. Honestly, I blame Fallout: New Vegas. In fact, I blame it for anything else I haven't gotten done over the last couple of weeks. It's a pretty fantastic title.