Fallout 3 Nets GDC Game of the Year Award

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• .... whaaaaaaaaaat? Fallout 3 was the most awesomest game ever. : Cihte
• and they have the worst character design, patches and support : Sixcos
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  I agree 100%. The writing was okay but definitely not the best of the year by the long-shot. In fact, man... : kevgspiesses
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    The writing for the side quests was fucking amazing. (Not necessarily the dialogue, though sometimes tha... : Arcanum
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      Can you give a few examples of this "fucking amazing" writing? : damagetaken
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        The one that stands out most to me is this (spoilered):
        
        If you poke around in the hotel where Riley's Rangers are trapped, you'll find an audio recording. It's a father's last words, intended for his daughter, explaining that he's sorry about what happened. The deal he was supposed to complete in the hotel should've set them up for life, but it went bad and now he's dying in the hotel's bathroom.
        
        I originally chalked it up to being one of the many disconnected audio tapes you find in the game, though a particularly sad and touching one.
        
        Later on, after working with the woman in the National Archives to retrieve the Declaration of Independence, I finally persuaded her to open up about her past (previously she refused). She talked about how when she was 14 her dad vanished, leaving her alone to survive, and how she resented it. I offered her the audio recording, which brought up a lot of emotion for her and made her really want to change her life away from the adventure/drink cycle she had been in.
        
        It was one of the more touching stories I've encountered in video games. There are others that were touching, like the lovers in the music-oriented vault, and the father who went insane because he thought (and really did) hear the voices of children. The vault with the hallucination-inducing gas was awesome and creepy. The vault of Gary was both funny and twisted.

        Mar 27, 2009 8:05pm PDT
        The one that stands out most to me is this (spoilered): If you poke around in the hotel where Riley's : Arcanum
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  The first Fallout had a narrative that was so tight it could've worked in a fucking novel, Fallout 3 does... : sutrulle
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    Fallout is a classic. One of the seminal games of the genre. But you're viewing it with rose-colored gl... : Arcanum
    • If you asked a literature of literature he'd probably shake his head good and long at my taste in novels ... : sutrulle
• If you follow the awards, it seems that they must of been playing games on PS3s only. Just look at the l... : monchipeters