So this just came out yesterday or the day before. Who has it? I preordered a collector's edition through Game Stop, so I had it the 19th (weren't supposed to sell it before then; said so on the security tape of the PS3 case itself... did the regular edition come out the day before? I thought it was supposed to be the 18th.) I was going to put off playing it because I was right in the middle of Grandia... but then I read the comic and watched the making of DVD that came with the game, so... (and to be honest, Grandia hasn't been holding my interest anyway. Seems like it was intended for newbies to RPG's. No offense to those who love it.)
I'm about 4 or 5 hours in. Just found the city of Novac, I think it was called... when the game froze up, and I had to turn it off. It did this yesterday too when I had barely been playing for like 15 minutes. I dunno if it's the game or my system not being able to handle it/being on for too long and getting too hot.)
But in any case, it's a lot of fun so far! Similar to Fallout 3 with the same game engine, but different enough in a completely new setting, new enemies, and completely different factions from the last game. I also note that the highways seem far more significant in travelling in this game. I also note that outside of the first town you go to and a ranger station, you don't really feel safe anywhere you go. I wandered north of that first town, found a radscorpian, killed it, ran into another radscorpian... and while I was fighting that one, a giant radscorpian came up and started dealing half my health in damage. It also moved faster than I did. And my game had autosaved right when I ran into the second radscorpian, so it took a few reloads to get the hell outta there. Also, I will say right now that you should expect to be ambushed quite frequently while traveling. Once you realize this, it can be fairly obvious where the ambushes are gonna come, so keep an eye out.
That said, aside from the giant radscorpian... most enemies I've run into have been fairly killable so far. Some enemies are tougher than others, and when you run into a bunch of them, you're for a fight, but you should be able to pull out on top of most of them. Like Fallout 3, this isn't Fallout 1 or 2 level of difficulty, here.
And... those are my observations so far. Anyhoo...
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EDIT: Oh yeah! One of the most important NPC's is voiced by none other than... Matthew Perry. So you have Captain Jean Luc Picard and Boromir in Oblivion, Aslan in Fallout 3... and Chandler Bing in Fallout: New Vegas. Haha. Nah, I like him; think he's a good actor.
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