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Well, I'm certainly not going to get into a sequel/spinoff debate. I've seen some pretty terrible reasoning on both sides of that already. As long with some good for both too. But in the industry a sequel is whatever the developer decides it is. Whether or not you accept it as such is another...

They adjusted the way you take damage during the VATS playback. That's not changing the world, that's making it work. Enemies aren't weaker because you cannot do anything during the playback. It's a cinematic playback of what's already happened behind the scenes, it's just harder to die during...

Well, it would take someone on the original design team clarifying why it was possible to make a definitive statement. Maybe they just wanted it to be possible for the heck of it. Maybe it was an accidental oversight. Maybe they just never expected people to play that way out of naivety. It...

Yes. It is different. Saying it sucks because it is different is what I take issue with. Not that I want to defend Beth or FO3 or critique two 10 year old games, but different doesn't mean bad.. and to most people being able to skip right to the oil tanker and blow it up is not what they think...

No, that only shows they played the game and saw it, felt it and adjusted it. That's a good thing. The last thing you want is a dev or designer to think his idea is the bees knees and must go in that way at all costs. Trust me, I know. Then you get that product out there and people are like 'oh...

Yes. I actually think it is a flaw that someone can skip the entire game by accident, albeit however remote that possibility is. Devs don't spend years creating a game world so someone can come along and just run through it in a couple of hours, beat it and say 'well that sucks!'. It's akin...

Is there a need to be scathing to forum members? Does it make you feel good? What makes you think the guy from Canard just didn't get lucky? Why does his account have to be the only true one? Because his review meets your opinion?

Except you aren't approaching the plot. You are completely skipping it because you already know it. In what way? The first time someone plays it they will find the water chip then kill the master and kick over the vats. Their little choices in Junktown and the like will get them a pretty...

The numbers you pull up in VATS mean just as much as the numbers you pull up in Aimed Shot mode in Fallout 1/2.

I see what you are saying, I guess I just don't consider being able to skip the entire game as a 'feature'. Yeah, I know that you can finish FO3 in 80 minutes, but you can finish FO1/2 in 8. I wouldn't call that necessarily good game design by any means. But depending on what you find good, you...

Once you play the game you will realize that real time is 'underpowered' by comparison. Sure, it's great for mopping up trivial enemies but when the shit hits the fan VATS will save your ass. I'd think of it more like going from realtime to turnbased in Tactics. When shit's easy you can go...

And when does the plot change? In Fallout 1 you get the water chip. It doesn't matter if you are a jerk in the process or a saint. Once that is done you have to deal with the vats and the Master. If you plan to finish the game there isn't much choice in the matter. I guess being able to do A...

Maybe I missed these secret endings in my dozen+ plays of Fallout 1/2 but I really don't remember much more than the one ending for each. Unless you want to count joining the Master or turning over your vault which is a bit of a stretch but hardly some deep non-linear choice. I'd like to hear...