Originally Posted by CJMPinger
Personally, I think Fallout 3 was actually fairly faithful in its transition to 3D Action RPG.
I mentioned it less to how it adapted systems into FPS, but how it is fundamentally different type of RPG then fallout 1&2 - in terms of appeal, structure, pacing, tone. Fallout3 was "Oblivion in Fallout universe" rather then "First Person Fallout game".