Well not really, I played some Ultima, Eye of the Beholder, Might & Magic, etc. They all suck. Honestly the only Western RPG-type games I liked were King's Quest & Quest for Glory. I thought there was no way I would ever like this.

But I picked up this game because the idea that there was such a huge world with a ton of locations to explore and a landscape to discover, and people to fuck with, it just sounded interesting.

The controls sure are bizarre, and the game engine is pretty janky... the graphics aren't the greatest and the voice acting is not the best. Reminds me of what I thought the first time I played GTA3. At first I thought it was cool that you could do whatever you want, but then it occurred to me that I could very easily screw up things for myself and unknowingly prevent myself from completing certain objectives.

Plus you have to manage your statistics, you can only carry so much, and you can't really max out your character in every area because of a level cap, and if you specialize in the wrong things you could make things really difficult for yourself. Not the greatest situation for someone who doesn't know what they're doing.

I think I'm coming to grips with how to play the game though... I think the game is starting to grow on me.

> I am and I'm loving it. I've totally abandoned the main quest and have been
> doing various side quests instead. I disarmed the bomb in Megaton, completed
> the Blood Ties quest with the vampires, and am up to chapter 3 in the Wasteland
> Survival Guide.
>
> Only think I don't like so far is long quests against mutated monsters that end
> up eating half your ammo supply to complete. The fire ants used up half of my
> assault rifle stockpile. Also don't like fighting the Mirelurks for the same
> reason, but at least I can take them down with a few shots to the face from my
> 10mm pistol. I also wish some of the side quests were a bit shorter. They seem
> to be taking me about 2 days apiece to wrap up. The 9 part Survival Guide one
> is just dragging on forever.
>
> Got any tips for trading? I've been selling stuff to the supply shack in
> Megaton for money, but now the woman there has almost no money left and doesn't
> seem to be getting any more unless I buy stuff from her or have her repair
> something for me.
>
> So far, this is my favorite Bethesda rpg. I plowed through Morrowind, skipping
> everything but the main quest for the last 1/3 of the time I played it just to
> end the game. I liked it quite a bit at first, but by the time you have to
> complete the 7 quests of the prophet or Nervander or whatever you were, my
> interest in the game screeched to a halt.
>
> Never really got into Oblivion. I only explored a few towns and just gave it
> up. Maybe I'll give it another spin after Fallout. I have the GOTY version and
> never even installed the expansion.
>