quote Zero and X

I think it's pretty overrated imo, it's not a bad game, but there are some aspects of it that hold it back, like the level scaling.

I absolutely agree.

There are also other aspects that were good when the game released, but have not aged well.

I still found the game incredibly fun, don't get me wrong. It's just that, when looking back, I don't really see why I found it so much fun.

From what I experienced when I played it recently, the graphics weren't very good, the animations were laughable, the voice-overs were repetitive/poor, leveling (a critical part of an RPG) was counterproductive, the entire world stopped when you talked to NPCs, third person view was a bit of a joke, companions were shit, you could kill a man in Reno just to watch him die and every guard in the world would know about it instantly, and I found the controls to feel odd and sort of clunky.

Somehow, though, I got about 150 hours of pure bliss out of the game . For all it's flaws, I still found it a lot of fun, mostly because there's so much content, but it hasn't aged well in my opinion. I played it recently, and I felt like I was playing a different game than what I was playing 4-5 years ago.

I'm ready for Skyrim.

*flame-shield up*

Yeah man I hear you on that, best not to let the hype get to you, I always say that's the downfall of most games, the inability to live up to the hype.