You can download them (DRM-free) from www.gog.com for $5.99 each.
I'll have to check that out though I am not a big fan of the overhead action RPG.
I knew I saw that somewhere. Thanks for linking it.
Although it's not an action RPG, it's turn based!
I started the game last night. Having never played either of the previous Fallouts or Oblivion, I came at it with no expectations. I played through the first major plot point (growin' up in a vault!) and a while I like it a lot so far, there are some big stumbling points.
1) Gunplay almost breaks the game. I've never experience such awful FPS targeting. I understand that you're supposed to use the VAAS system (whatever it's called), but you don't even get a tutorial on that during your time in the vault. But unless you're at point-blank range, guns are horrible.
2) There's very little direction once you get out into the Wasteland. I must've wandered aimlessly for twenty minutes before I tripped over the first major city in the game. The game could really benefit from a GTA-type radar, showing you where to go next.
3) Getting shot does a LOT of damage, and you have virtually no recourse but to spend money at a clinic to get healed. I haven't come across one...stinking...med pack yet.
The game is, however, hauntingly beautiful. I'm actually going to restart tonight now that I (sort of) know what I'm doing. Maybe I won't go into the Wasteland with NO freaking health this time.
This is the kind of **** I'm talking about. These are intuitive gameplay elements with easy solutions if you played Fallout 1+2, but 3 doesn't tell you anything about how to play/strategize survive. Behold, I will break it down for you:
1) You need points in your gun skills. You need to dump tons of points in them. These are your primary skills unless you're trying to play the game in some creative new way. Lol at not being able to hit anything; I'm picking off super mutants at 100 yards. Welcome to scrubsville, population: you.
2) lol did you try looking at the screen
3) Wrong-o, you need to stop and rest a lot, like a real person. You heal pretty fast, like even after just a couple hours of rest. You can also eat the **** tons of food you find lying around. Save the stims for combat.
Two concerns I forgot to bring up before: Computer hacking is confusing. Really confusing. Could somebody give me some pointers?
When you hack, you're supposed to pick out one of the words in the menu gibberish. The game tells you how many letters are right, so you can deduce which one is the right one within a few tries from that.
Some observations and tips I have:
Repair skill is more important than any of the previous fallout games. Generally, instead of selling off the weapons you find, you consume them to tune up your current weapons. How well you can do it is capped by repair skill.
If you're in a tough combat situation, shoot freely at enemies that are rushing you, and save your AP so you can pull a bunch of VATS headshots up close.
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