I have a theory...sort of.

FsEtNrDaEtR92 · Post by **FsEtNrDaEtR92** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:17 am

Maybe one of the reasons why we hate FO3 so much is because Todd Howard made promises he didn't intend to keep. Maybe if he had said, "this is not FO 1 or 2, we've decided those games suck and we want to take it in a new retarded blockbuster direction" we would have been less angry about the whole thing. Obviously we'd still be pissed that he ruined a great franchise, but at least he didn't lie or believe that he was really going to make us happy with a mediocre sequel. I guess this all couples with the problem of developers making "inventive" promises that they don't live up to.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:43 am

I think people just genuinely don't like the game and it has nothing to do with promises. I think the promises part is more of humorous thing that is easy to post about and make Bethesda look stupid. It's also just kind of ruins their reputation on any future games.

I don't think they really flat out broke any promises from what I remember it's just they did everything poorly because they don't have the talent required for it. I think if you were to ask Bethesda they would say that they accomplished all their goals and shit for the game like they always say they do.

Post by **Manoil** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:20 am

We hate it for a variety of reasons; the more clear of which have already been discussed. Also, having someone say something absolutely retarded and doubly insulting wouldn't make us more accepting of his vision, only less.

Take the thinking cap off and replace it with your dunce cap.

Taco-Hero · Post by **Taco-Hero** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:06 am

I barely knew who Todd Howard was when I first played. To me, the game just started becoming dry. I don't really hate the game.

And didn't Todd Howard promise there'll be like at least 50 endings or something?

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:28 am

No, reason is its just Bethesda.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:59 pm

Its just not a very good game. Its meh. Has some nice scenery, a few good tunes, a few .. ran out of good things. I think everyone has a mile-long list of things that should have been done different.

Bethesda mass produce games for mass sale. Its a businessmodel that is ruining gaming. End of story.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:02 pm

Where the hell is St Toxic's dishwasher analogy? I pretty much ignored most things to do with Fallout 3 hype and tried to play it on its own merits. It's just nothing special.

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:18 am

I think this is essentially it.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:21 pm

Who the hell is deleting the posts?

Psychoul · Post by **Psychoul** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:04 am

lol, i completely forgot about the 200 permutations that they said it would have. Add that on to the 1.2 mile long list of things to improve.

The game makes me laugh at it's stupidity.

FsEtNrDaEtR92 · Post by **FsEtNrDaEtR92** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:35 am

Manoil wrote:Also, having someone say something absolutely retarded and doubly insulting wouldn't make us more accepting of his vision, only less.

I never meant to say it would make us more accepting, but just allow us to write it off that much easier.

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:04 am

FsEtNrDaEtR92 wrote:I never meant to say it would make us more accepting, but just allow us to write it off that much easier.

Good for you, son. Alot of us wrote it off as Oblivion was coming out.

Dr.Xen · Post by **Dr.Xen** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:48 pm

For one had played FO1&2, it sucks.
For one had never, it's pretty good.
That's all.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:11 am

Dr.Xen wrote:For one had played FO1&2, it sucks.
For one had never, it's pretty good.

- Sun Tzu?