Forum:Wired: Bleak Fallout 3 Dazzles With Great Depression

I read an interesting article about Fallout 3 on wired.com today. The author talks about how Fallout 3 made him feel depressed, to the point where he had to turn off the game and take breaks - and he thought it was great! I guess what Peter Molyneux considers the final frontier in gaming is here, emotions...

http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2009/01/gamesfrontiers_0126

Dcruze 06:19, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

DEPRESSING!?? Fallout is a very beautiful game and the sunsets are amazing. Also it has jazzy music on the radio. How can this game be depressing?


 * I've never been depressed while playing a video game (except Hellgate: London, but that's because I was depressed that I spend $50 on it). --MadDawg2552 16:44, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Why would you be depressed at spending 50$?


 * Obviously you never played it. --MadDawg2552 16:49, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh.. Duh.

--- Fallout is a world full of despair and lost hope. Imagine yourself and your loved ones in the fallout Universe, constantly running from the Enclave, Raiders and Supermutants. Constantly on the look for food, water and a safe place to sleep, Everyone is looking out for themselves, there is Little to no law enforcement. I'm not really surprised that the author took breaks because he was depressed from events in the game, infact i find it to be a normal human thing to do. --DarkestStrife 07:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

--- I don't disagree with him. Certain things make me sad as well, things happening in the Jefferson Memorial Rotunda for instance. First time I checked a walkthrough was the first time, with your dad. Was thinking, this can't be right... But it was. And in the ending, right before the credits come up - when you see the picture frame of you and your dad with the nursery music, it's very schmoopy. Dcruze 07:51, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

dont think me a softy of this but i just think the picture of when you shot the roach in the nursery is touching and effective also the companion dialog in the end of the game with dogmeat which is along the lines of ''well, i guess this is it boy its time to say our goodbyes. take good care of yourself okay old buddy?'' at that point dogmeat whines, is well its hard to say but it makes me sad the game is i dont know but say killing some innocent guy made me feel guilty for his family and such. Mr snip 09:20, 31 January 2009 (UTC)