fuck reviews.  who are those from?  honestly if it's from anyone like gamespot and especially ign/game informer/gamepro, i instantly disregard everything they say.  the only site i've known to give decent reviews on occasion is 1up, and for something this high profile, i suspect even they're going to be like HEH AMASING...

It's actually pretty humorous to note that Todd Howard, the dumb executive producer guy who runs his mouth too much, has mentioned that the only "official" review of Fallout 3 before the release date is from XBM and surprise surprise they gave it a 10.

If there was any doubt that companies paid publications for good scores it is now gone.

The best way that I've found to read reviews is to ignore all the positives said and just read the negatives. Usually the positives are a bunch of pointless things with vague examples while the negatives goes down to really detailed nitpicky stuff. So after reading if you know that those particular nitpicks are a huge issue to you you know that the game probably isn't for you. The same if you think those major nitpicks some have aren't things that apply to you then the game might appeal to you.

That's why 10/10 reviews are usually pretty useless overall. 7/10 and 8/10 are those that bring the most meat to the table in terms of knowing what the game is actually like. (even if it's in your opinion a 10/10)

i just want to explore a fucked up dead world

One of the early complaints I've read is that the world isn't all that dead. Every camp of humans is about 50 meters from each other. So you essentially go from town center to monster nest to raider camp within a 100 meter radius)

Got this a couple of hours ago (GameStop midnight release thingy).
So far I've just been dicking around, pretty fun it does remind me alot of Oblivion but there's definately some Fallout there as well. Haven't played enough to say if it really deserves a 10 or not but so far I'd say maybe an 8 oor something.

I would run on with a million pointless sentences like I usually do say more but I'm tired as hell (and alittle tipsy).

Make an Intelligence 1 character and then report back.

Yeah, I like to go to GameFAQs and read one good review (9 or 10), one average review (6-8) and one terrible review (1-5) just to get a balanced opinion. As long as the reasons people give aren't stuff like "graphics are not as good as crysis" or "i do not understand story why kill bowser???", generally the reviews there are fairly good.

Ya well, I sometimes lurk on the GameFAQs boards and God this place is often a cesspool of ignorance.

i havent played any of the fallout games, so pfffffft

Ya well, I sometimes lurk on the GameFAQs boards and God this place is often a cesspool of ignorance.

If by often you mean always.  Gamefags forums have surpassed 4chan levels of retard. 

I'm curious, since this is coming from Bethesda.. What is the character creation like?

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/924/924158p1.html seems like a nicely balanced review. The verdict is positive but does point out a lot of good stuff.

The character creation apparently has that growing up in the vault thing going where you play through a tutorial level while you create your character. (whichi you can then change at the end of it). I wonder how tedious it'll become if you replay the game too much though.

The character creation apparently has that growing up in the vault thing going where you play through a tutorial level while you create your character. (whichi you can then change at the end of it). I wonder how tedious it'll become if you replay the game too much though.

About as much as the tutorial level at the start of Oblivion ?

About as much as the tutorial level at the start of Oblivion ?

God damn, I hated that. Five minutes for my guy's appearance and then ten to fifteen minutes to clear the dungeon/sewers/cave. That took far too long. Morrowind's approach was much better than Oblivion's. You jumped into the action much sooner.

Please tell me that Fallout 3 dumps you into the actual game sooner than Oblivion's ten minutes of holding your hand through a bland dungeon.

PROTIP: Save your game right before exiting the Vault.  The next time you want to replay a character you effectively skip the tutorial.

IT'S THAT FUCKING EASY.  Need I remind everyone the temple from Fallout 2?

I read awhile back that when you decide what you look like, you're dad is there as a doctor with a mask over his face. After, once you've decided, your dad is rendered slightly different from what you decided to look like. I thought that's a nice touch.