I'll be honest if you think Skyrim will be too much then fallout 3 may be too much. Bethesda makes amazing games but also huge RPGs. Fallout 3 is basically Skyrim to post apocalyptic. Don't get me wrong Skyrim is a much much bigger game and deeper involved but fallout3 still is an rpg. I was never into RPGs until I played fallout, it changed me forever. I'd play it because after your done your gonna want skyrim. Do not miss out on fallout 3 goty edition. I'll say one thing that will probably sell you on it, you can blow up and entire town at one point, or not, best thing is its your choice. Fallout 3 is not a first person shooter. It's in 1st view but you can't even zoom on your weapon sights. It uses a system called vats, at first i didn't get into it and I almost put it down because like you I really couldn't stand those type of games. I gave it a few more mission and next thing you know I had played over a 100 hrs and only did 4 main mission, I just spent hours roaming the wasteland collecting items and doing side missions. Whatever you do don't let anyone convince you to play fallout new Vegas first, fallout 3 needs not to be missed. I'm curious to hear from you after you start playing it. In a lot of ways it's what rage should have been. Rage was great but whatever was lacking fallout had. I picked it up on ps3 goty editon for 8 bucks at GameStop, so you can't really beat te price.
Anyway now that I see your interested in fallout 3 I think you should 100% go with that. Just give it a few hours and it won't let you down. People still call it their favorite game 3 years later. I would have no interest for skyrim if it wasnt for fallout. I'll say it once more go for fallout 3! Lol. You can't miss out.
yeah, my friend told me its an action rpg, I told him my fave game (apart from BF:BC2) was B-lands. He said I had to try Fallout then, same setting but much deeper game. U might be right in it being like Skyrim but I'm just not that into wizards, dragons and ghouls, lol. I wanna use guns, rockets, etc so I youtube Fallout 3 and it looked cool. I guess I explained it wrong, if the game is fun, I guess I will be willing to put in the 60+ hours that my friend said it took him to beat it. but he did say that you could easily put in more than that like u did if u wanted to. U guys got me excited now, if I wasnt into Rage or picking up BF3 tomorrow, Id get it ASAP. I think I'll just order it and have it sit waiting for me to be played in about a month or so b/c I have a feeling BF3 is gonna own my life the next few weeks. The MP mode in dat looks like its gonna take months to unlock all those weapons. for now, Im just gonna concentrtate on the assault and engi classes, they were the main classes I used in BF:BC2. but ur right, I have heard good things bout FO3, more than Vegas but just that the past 2 years, BC2 MP and B-lands kept me busy enuff....