Dear Bethesda, I would like my life back please. Sincerely, f*ck you. (Fallout 4 and Orsinium)

[Hyzenthlay]

Will everyone just stop having their own opinions, please? Agree with me or I'll stomp my feet and hold my breath until my face turns purple! This isn't a competition, guys, we're all here to chat. No need for pistols at dawn because somebody doesn't like what you like (although, wow would that be cool...). This isn't feudal f*cking Japan, your honour means jack here. We can disagree whilst still being pleasant. Let’s all be nice to each-other, eh? Good. Nip that sucker in the bud.

What is your favourite/ most hated edition to the Bethesda gaming arsenal to date?
I actually liked New Vegas the most. They took a lot of the good things i liked about FO3, and made the formula even better. To be honest i think the expansion stuff was better in 3 than in NV but overall I really liked the plot of New Vegas and how you could play it all out.

ROCKY, WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS SH*T!? YOU ARE DEAD WRONG! GET OUT OF HERE! *cough* Nawww, I liked New Vegas but I never felt the same sense of freedom that I did with Fallout 3. From the very beginning I felt like I was being herded by the worlds best, award winning shepherd (no, not that Shepard). I also had a huge problem with the followers. I like that they all had separate mini-questlines but I hated that these could be missed. One of the things that really ruins a game for me is finding out I can't do something because you only get one chance to activate it and it gives you no indication of that. It just really gets to me. If you give me 3 options and those all impact the story in different ways I'm cool with that; take away a possibility because I didn't bring the overly talkative doctor I met 3 minutes ago with me and i get angry. That being said I hugely loved other parts such as the fact that Luck had a real-world benefit. I was obsessed with gambling and wished it was infinite. I also loved the back-alley doctor that can give you implants. That's my kinda stuff right there. Little bits that make the world that much more... Fun and immersive. I also had a game i called Deathclaw Chicken but maybe that's for another time?

I've only played Skyrim so that I could try out an Elder Scrolls game to see how they were. Played it for 40 hours and got bored with it. So I quickly finished up the story and haven't touched since. There was a number of odd design choices in the UI that I wasn't a big fan of that made it harder than it should have been to play naturally. So I can't really say I have a favorite. Skyrim was a thing and I've satisfied my curiosity. Leaving me with no real interest in trying out any of their other games. Can't say it was a bad game, just mostly indifferent. People enjoy it, it just not really for me.

Personally I think 40 hours is a pretty long time to spend on a game. You must have liked it at least enough to give it a go. If it wasn't your cup of tea after that amount of time then spending another 100 hours on it would be completely pointless. Playing other games makes far more sense. Did you never fancy giving a Fallout game a glance? I've heard people who hated FO3 and NV say they like FO4. Just curious.

Yeah, were you playing Skyrim on PC? I've heard quite a few people complain about the UI on PC. It was designed more for console so I think it's a little bit of a fiddle and a bit clunky for your platform. Perfectly designed for a controller which suits me. I tend to do open world RPG's on console like the old days. My PC gaming is reserved for RTS and MMO games which I find are far better suited to the keyboard and mouse.

I know I keep comparing these games to Final Fantasy, which has been the gold standard for as long as rpgs have existed, but I'm finding myself enjoying that Bioware and Bethesda are doing so much more. Give me speech options and the chance to let me make my own choices. If I want to tell a guy to **** off, give me that option and let me deal with the repercussions, not just hitting a button to keep dialogue continuing.

I couldn't agree more. I feel like where as the western RPG giants moved with the times Final Fantasy actually went backwards with their approach to RPG's. Choices are the standard now. If you can't impact you game, or at least believe you are, then it's just not as in depth these days. Square Enix seem to rely on the name of their best known series to sell the product. In actual fact the new FF's are about as much like the old ones as Mario is to Gran Turismo. I feel more like i'm playing a game of Tekken where i can walk around a bit with the new Final Fantasy games. It's pretty sad. Where is the exploration? Where is the wonder? Where is the living, breathing world you used to give us, Square?


People are talking a lot about Civilisation so I thought I’d pipe up about that, too! I used to absolutely love Civ II when I was younger. I remember giving Call to Power a go and it just wasn’t the same. Then I gave that diabolical Civ Revolution a go on the 360. I don’t even want to think about that. If you can recommend one i’ll give it a go. I do like Sid.

EDIT: I just got finished with this post and people are talking about Civ 2 already. That game was great. I haven't played in such a long time but I remember a lot so vividly. Like the fist marks of power look like wooden spoons and I remember building my throne room and having my brother yelling at me to build railroad everywhere (I never wanted to because it didn't look pretty... Which is ridiculous but that was me.

Hyz.