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>It wasn't a good Fallout game in regards to gameplay or story.
I don't know, I think Fallout 3 did pretty well in turning the isometric CRPG of Fallout into a more conventional first person, open world, action RPG.
VATs brings the whole limb targeting system into the format of a conventional shooter in a really novel way.
The random encounters from wandering across the wasteland really well imitate the encounters you got in Fallout 1 and 2 when traveling via the overworld map.

I think the DC subway system, even if it's a bit annoying, made the city seem as large and menacing as travelling to LA in Fallout 1 was, with the overworld map slowly turning black around the old city and then cutting to that picture of the ruined skyscrapers.

They could have done more to make it more of an RPG, done something more akin to Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines where the skills and stats of the player character were super important for the player's ability to say shoot or whatever - while still having it be a playable thing and not just % chance to hit.
But I guess Bethesda were more interested in making a more conventional game which would appeal to those who aren't just hardcore RPG fans.

Hell, I think the combat even being kinda shitty works in the game's favor. Because it makes it so the core appeal of the game isn't just shooting, you're playing for atmosphere or exploration.
It helped the game feel not like a standard shooter game, but something different from the sea of other FPS's which were being made in the mid to late 2000s

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is this really shit? i got it for free from Epic so i'm wasn't hugely invested in it. the beginning is very fun the first time, the open…