Posted August 17, 2012
For several months, upon getting the Fallout expansion pack from Steam and then a physical copy of the games, I could not play them due to the graphical glitches becoming so terrible that staying immersed in a world where every shadow was a multi-colored rainbow that actually hid my enemies while in plain sight a few times was troublesome at best.
Then, low and behold, I got both Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 from Good Old Games and no problems. At all. The game ran smooth, the graphics were nice and crisp, just like I'd been able to purchase the original the first time it came out.
I hope, when, maybe if, this site offers me Fallout 3 without DRM, that issues like loading, nano-pauses during gameplay giving me the feeling of picture stutter, and the loading speed of outdoor graphics will all be improved or just non-existent.
Other issues probably exist for others folks using this game, some of which never happen for me, but perhaps it's time to give the newer versions of post-nuclear wasteland living a tune-up and re-release.
Because nothing says loving like kicking DRM into the oven. ^_^
Then, low and behold, I got both Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 from Good Old Games and no problems. At all. The game ran smooth, the graphics were nice and crisp, just like I'd been able to purchase the original the first time it came out.
I hope, when, maybe if, this site offers me Fallout 3 without DRM, that issues like loading, nano-pauses during gameplay giving me the feeling of picture stutter, and the loading speed of outdoor graphics will all be improved or just non-existent.
Other issues probably exist for others folks using this game, some of which never happen for me, but perhaps it's time to give the newer versions of post-nuclear wasteland living a tune-up and re-release.
Because nothing says loving like kicking DRM into the oven. ^_^
