Nope, it isn't. The world, as visually impressive as it is, is mostly filled with boring, unmemorable and emotionless characters. I am OK with the fact it's an FPSRPG, I'm OK with the fact you can't kill kids (there are morals about that), I'm OK with the fact the AI is gimped and that it game is really just Oblivion with guns, I'm NOT OK with them adding their brand of witless, uninspiring and for intent and purpose, "Bethesda" humor. It's terrible writing. The game, as a whole, is enjoyable, but if your coming in and hoping that it's a successor to Fallout 1 and 2, you'll end up being several disappointed. You'd think with it's freeform sandbox gameplay it would hold true to the original Fallouts, but terrible writing hold it all back. Just plain laziness on Bethesda's part to make a complete game with all the bells and whistles of the originals. I do give props to the Inon Zur, most of the music is good. We just need the god damn SDK to come out so people like me can completely flock up the world. If what you say is true my only playing it for a few hours kinda pisses me off. I was expecting it to be very much like the original. I will still buy ot but maybe I will wait till its around 40 bucks. I loved the older games and liked watching my friends play the pen and paper versions of it. guess I will get guitar hero this week than:P