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"19th November" would have been quicker to type, eh?

Plus, its not a game! What's it doing on that thread?

ms america are releasing a pretty good bundle with 60gb hard drive, 3 month live voucher and a headset for $100

which is what about 55quid, be good if you could find a decent import for it.

But much less smugly satisfying.

It seemed relevent to our shared interests. Would you like to subscribe to my newsletter?

I would indeed, yes. Is there some sort of internet forum on which you can disseminate your little gems of wisdom and new-found tidbits of knowledge?

Lolzors.

Actually, you can't - it seems to be down.

It broke when five of us clicked on the link.

Tim from C-A-D says:

Good stuff.

The scaling seems fine to me, I'm about a day's play in and having a blast. It's entirely possible to massacre entire settlements at a fairly low level if you're canny about it (and don't feel so bad afterwards that you have to reload things back to the way they were, whimper).

So far, I'm enjoying the VATS system, the superb soundtrack (even if it repeats a bit more than I'd like) and the post-apoc thrill of strolling around a desolate world first-person style. The most oblivion-like hangover is the conversations, which keep the static background and even the zoomy-in intros. Although now it seems even fonder of letting you hold conversations with a slightly-opened door/passerby's shoulder than ever, which grates a bit.

Anyway, I've dawdled too long. Back into the fray, I think

Hey guys!

I'm now very eager to see if the whole 'go into a new area and it locks to the level you were when you first entered it' thing works as I think it might (so, in theory, if you explored the whole map before doing anything else, it would all be set for level 1 or 2) or if it's more like Gaywood has heard (where it has a set range of levels it could be, and locks to one nearest your level once you do get there).

I'm also now imagining something going stupid and wrong and it not arriving Friday.

Just thought I should make it clear to both Zio and Cheeba that anyone who plays F3 before me gets banned so hard their children are banned.

I was lead to believe that hte leveling works like so:

A region has a level range like 5-7.

If you enter the region at lvl 1 to 4 you'll fight lvl 5 bad guys.
The levels of the bad guys match you 5 to 7.

But then at level 8 + they'll stick at level 7.

Enough to polsih out having to grind.

IGN post thier Fallout 3 review, then later, completely remove a large paragraph talking specifically about PS3 on-line problems, and change it to shorter paragraph about general bugs (without mentioning any system in particular) with no explanation :

http://neocrisis.com/content/view/2903/39/

Hmmm....

IGN could have written the review based on beta code, and this bug may have been fixed in the shipping version of the game. Nothing too shady there.

"IGN could have written the review based on beta code, and this bug may have been fixed in the shipping version of the game. Nothing too shady there."

Possible, but knowing that many people would have already read the original version of the review, surely the edited version should have contained an explanation for the change ?

Yeah, probably a fair comment. I don't mind when sites edit articles to fix typos etc but for a change of this nature, I agree, a "we changed X to Y because of Z note would be a good idea".

I see. So while there would be an advantage to going to all the regions before doing anything else, it's not as big an advantage.

come Saturday.

I will be off to Tesco or such on Friday morning to buy this. I don't trust post.

There is a definite bug in the PS3 version where the game can freeze as you're about to take the G.O.A.T test during the tutorial, but a quick save & reload solves the problem.

Not that I would've noticed it as I simply wouldn't dream of playing the game before you guys!

gamespot also mention several problems in the PS3 version including inferior graphics. They even gave an inferior rating to the ps3 version.

It's a good job Zio changed his mind and decided to get rid of his PS3 instead of his 360, then.

Really?

/heads off for a read

Mine has just arrived. Shame I have a house full of teenagers and can't get to the TV or console. 10 minutes ago I was checking my email to see if it had been despatched as I only ordered it yesterday morning.

Fuckers!

I should have ordered this then, and I could be playing it tonight.

WHY DOES THE WORLD TORMENT ME SO

Yes, TEH IRONING of this was not lost on me either. Bugger. Still looks pretty damn tasty though.

I've never had a problem with gameplay sending stuff out early, but even I was surprised to get it today as I only ordered it yesterday and I still haven't had the despatch email yet. I'm now wondering if they do send out despatch emails at all.

cock. If I'd ordered this yesterday....

Or is this the PS3 version?

amazon dispatched mine (collector's edition yummy) yeasterday. I only expect to have my hand on it next week though

I will pay anyone who has a 360 copy in their hands today FIVE WHOLE POUNDS to drive to Bristol and give it to me this afternoon.

Yep, that's right - AN ENTIRE FIVE SPONDS. You may want to plan your investments now.

For what it's worth, I didn't order mine online - a sympathetic chum acquired it through completely legal means that I can't discuss as I don't want him getting the sack.

Fark orf. I do have a PotentialStation 3 (TM copyright Dick Thunderstick but don't buy any multiplatform games for it.

As Hotmail is blocked at work until noon, I cannot get in to see if I have a dispatch email or not from Gamestation yet. And it seems a bit sad to ring the missus to see if it's come (not least of all so I can be surprised by it when I get home)

IT WOULD MAKE MY FUCKING DAY IF IT HAS COME TODAY, YOU HEAR ME, KARMA GODS?

edit: Nothing in the Hotmail, nothing has arrived at home (yet) either. BOLLOCKS.

My mate Craig has his, and he's sent me pics of his unboxing too, the bastard. The lunchtin looks damned cool.

mine came at 12.11 today, but sadly needed a signature and no one was in. guess ill have to play saints row 2 and team fortress 2 but ill be dissapointed with them as they dont have 3's on the end.

Tell him he's banned.

Will do. The bastard.

That looks extraordinarily naff. Also, what exactly do you have to put in Sarnies for an 18 rating?

Just had a quick bash on this but I have to go out First impressions: I don't really have any, but it'll be good I know it! You start off as a little baby and I was a 10 year old when I had to quit. Woo!

I would be really quite embarassed to have that in my house.

Is that because it's too cool for you? Because it looks pretty goshdarned cool to me.

We're off shopping for post-pregnancy celebratory back to her old size clothes for Mrs Chris in Cribbs Causeway tomorrow, so will be picking up a copy of this then. Hoorah!

Good Morning Gentlemen/Ladies/Transgenders and Doctors of Evil, I have just posted this in the bargains thread also so please don't shoot me for posting it here too;

Sainsbury's have Fallout 3 for £29.00 which I consider to be a good deal!

If my copy doesn't come today I shall be buying it from Sainsway's or similar tomorrow and sending Gamestation's back to them, the useless twats.

I didn't like Oblivion. Should I bother?

It depends on what it was about Oblivion that you didn't like I guess.

I suppose it depends on what reasons you didn't like Oblivion. If you didn't like Patrick Stewart and elves, then perhaps it might be worth a shot. If you didn't like the actual game mechanics, I probably wouldn't bother...

If anyone wants to do a pricematch against Sainsbury's, there's a pic here of my marked-up copy.

Although most of the mechanics (skills and levelling and combat) appears to be completely different.

...living? No.