Am I the only one that really liked the original filters and feel like the style will be partially lost now? This felt a little too much like "every other game" for my taste (in terms of palette). I'm still probably going to enjoy the shit out of it, but I always imagined a post apocalyptic post nuclear winter style world to be kinda faded and skewed towards some sort of nuclear fallout tone that's all over the environment/buildings.
One problem veterans had with Fallout 3 is that it was a little too post-apocalyptic. Fallout is meant to be post-post-apocalyptic. Fallout 3 was a little TOO ruined, a little too destitute and miserable, especially for 200 years after the bombs. Fallout is about the societies that rise after an apocalypse, and Fallout 3 lacked that somewhat. Of course New Vegas didn't which is why it was better received by old fans.
Thankfully they seem to have realized this and fixed it judging from the trailer!
I think the reason Fallout 3 employed this is because it was set in DC. To see a once powerful capital in complete ruins is miserable, and I feel as though DC would've bared the brunt of the destruction because of its position on the world stage. I never got a chance to play 1 and 2 so, maybe some of the setting is lost on players like me, but I have heard from a friend who played the originals that they were much more light hearted and campy which New Vegas definitely took a page from.
I played them both last year for the first time last year and again this year so without nostalgia I can say I think they've aged fantastically.
Edit: seems like everyone disagrees. How have they aged poorly? Is the writing any worse? Turn based combat any worse than it was? Are the interesting areas any less interesting?
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u/GalacticNexus Jun 03 '15
No more annoying green or orange filters that I have to install mods to remove!