A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

*yawns*

So where was I.... Jesus Christ! It's the 24th June!?!?! I overslept for an ENTIRE MONTH?

Shitbox.

Anyway hi guys! Well what can I say. I've obviously been busy this past month! Been.. well doing stuff xD

So, let's get started. May I cast your minds all the way back to this post? Back in April, I attempted to start Fallout 3 for the second time and gave up around an hour in. At that point, I boisterously announced that I hated Fallout 3, that it was nothing more than Oblivion with guns and with my head up my own arse wandered off to finish Resident Evil 5 for the bazilionth time.

Then last week, a mate of mine was staying over and he brought with him his copy of Fallout 3 and continued from his save. It was at this point I realised what I was missing, and forced myself to trudge through the first few hours of gameplay. Well ladies and gents, I can now officially announce that the trudging paid off big time. Fallout 3 is by far one of the best games of this generation, even if the first three hours or so of gameplay are slower than Parkinson trying to run down an escalator. It's RPG goodness, Sci Fi splendour and all round good old hearty fun.

Ahhh, could I be any more of a hypocrite when it comes to gaming? I think not, but I'm also starting to treat it as a compliment!

In Our Darkest Hour

Fallout 3 looks good. Very, Very good. 

I wasn't that excited about it until the other day. I've never played the originals, and to be honest I've never had a good relationship with Bethesda. I personally found Oblivion quite stale and unimpressive (although many, many people will care to argue with that view.) But Fallout 3 should make me and Bethesda best friends. I hope. 

But I downloaded the latest trailer for it the other day and fell in love, and I think It was all because of the opening. A 1950's infomercial, filled with a hearty dose of black comedy and fantastic Bioshock esqué animations. Oh and robots and nuclear war. I love the idea of the Vaults and Vault boy could already be one of the greatest mascots ever made and he hardly does anything apart from giving the camera a hearty thumbs up every once in a while. 

What out me off about Fallout 3 in the first place was the landscape. It looked too grey, even for a post apocalyptic version of the Earth. But now it's OK, because along with all the grey there's also going be a lot red. Lots and lots of crimson red blood, spewing from the shattered carcasses of zombies. And this friends, is why I'm becoming REALLY excited. 

No I'm not some kind of serial killer by trade, but the story looks to be fantastic. Promising radiation, zombies, gore, civilisations of trapped humans and a really simple RPG system. Could Fallout 3 be the game of the year? Well if Bethesda realise where Oblivion's faults lay then yes, yes it could.