[Galaga Bee]

If you don't think your CPU can handle the 3D graphics now, and you think that it won't be released until 2008, then you better start saving cause it definitely won't be able to handle 2008 graphics if it gets released when you say it will. My suggestion: do what I did with Oblivion and buy a console once they announce what systems it will be available on. They're cheaper, they hold their resale value better, and you're guaranteed (edit: well, almost guaranteed) that it will be able to run whatever games you play in their "full glory".

I still don't see what would cause Fallout 3 to lose it's identity by going to 3D. I defy anyone to name something that was included in the previous games that can't either be updated into the new version using the 3D engine or simply replaced by something better. I would also put forth the suggestion that if something from the previous games gets the axe, maybe there's a reason behind it, and we're all better off without it?

Example: the "bloody mess" option in the original games allowed you to scale up the violence so that whenever someone died, they did so in the most violent way possible. I loved this option, yet I don't see how a 3D graphics system would benefit from this option, therefore it seems likely to me that they would choose not to include it. However, with the improved 3D graphics, it's a safe bet to think that they will have even more spectacular death scenes in Fallout 3, and therefore if I have to choose between a scalable 2D death scene and an always pumped-up 3D version, I'm willing to make the sacrifice in order to satisfy my bloodlust. In fact, when someone chooses not to go with the "bloody mess" option in the previous games, you can look at that as having "scaled-down" violence, rather than looking at someone who chooses the "bloody mess" option as having "scaled-up" violence. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? Depends on your viewpoint, but with 3D graphics you can have a completely full glass, therefore it seems like a moot point.

Anyways, the point is that sometimes, change is better, especially since otherwise you will experience entropy (don't know what entropy means? look it up), just like all systems do when they fail to experience change. Therefore, I say, embrace the changes, and enjoy the game for what it is, not for what you wish it was.