Was that sarcastic or did you really not know of the original games? It is true that they were not very well advertised…even I randomly came across Fallout 1 when I went to the store looking for a game to buy, way back in ’97. I didn’t see it on TV or hear about it anywhere…just by chance but that shouldn’t be held against anyone. Some of the best products are the ones that don’t need to be advertised.
Septerra Core is a game I have been wanting to play for a while actually…have you played that one?
I was actually serious. 3 was the first I'd heard of the series. I'm jumping in fresh here. My stance is that FO3 is a fun game. I've put 27 hours into my current game, and still have at least 1/2 of the quests undiscovered. It's fun to play, it has its charm, and I dare to call it a good game.
I'm not arguing whether FO1 or 2 is better or worse. What I'm saying is just because you feel FO3 doesn't stack up to FO2, that doesn't make it a bad game.
Also, I'm not saying this game is without its faults. Not comparing it to its predecessors, I can point out several stand alone problems.
1. The voice acting is hammed up and pretty awful at parts. Better than some games, but a lot of times it could use some work.
2. I've always hated the save functionality of Bethesda games. The autosave and overwrite features are sloppy, and I prefer save functions with more organization.
3. The game is buggy as hell. Clipping issues, physics malfunctions, graphical errors, and game freezes happen a lot. The result is you wind up having to save plenty to avoid losing play time to lock ups. It's seriously bad. Hell, when I started up the Anchorage DLC there were trees floating in the Alaskan sky.
4. The main questline is the least interesting of all the questlines you can do. Maybe it picks up soon, but so far the only part that I was even remotely entertained by was the Tranquility Lane segment. Helping Moira with her wasteland guide on the other hand, was fun, humorous, and paced well enough that it wasn't boring to me.
5. I wish there were more songs for the GNR station. The old timey tunes are nice and set a good tone for the game, but there's only 5 or 6 of them altogether.
Anyways, to answer your question, I own Septerra Core, but due to computers dying on me long ago I never got very far into it. Seemed to be a really good RPG from what I played of it.
I should dig up the disc when I'm bored and give it a try again one of these days.
