Gragt
Arcane
POOPOO MCBUMFACE said:What other games since have managed to surpass the design of the original Fallouts?
Not many, but it's not like it's an issue. Not everything reaches greatness, nor does it have to, but it happens once in a while. And some of the great stuff will influence what comes next. Yes, a lot of shit CRPG came out these last years, but we do get good ones once in a while and those are the ones that are remembered.
Anyway my point was that NV doesn't put the first two Fallout to shame, as you said, because the former is simply the consequence of the latter. What it does put to shame is recent mediocrities like Fallout 3.
Clockwork Knight said:If it was just a stepping stone you expected to be surpassed in some years, you would probably be revising your personal Holy Trinity at the same intervals.
Meh, I didn't talk of the technological side at all. And yes, things evolve and we build from what came before. Look at our history and you'll see that this is what happened. I used this exemple a few times before but it is still relevant: just like Shakespeare surpassed those who came before him, he was later surpassed by those who came after him, like Ibsen, Shaw, or Beckett, but this wouldn't have been possible without his legacy. Fallout is great, improved on what came before, and we can only expect it to be surpassed later because of what it left. As I said, it's not like everything that comes after will be as good, and we certainly see it now, but it left its mark, and we can see it too.