Am I The Only One Who Wonders If They Are Playing Fallout 3? Options

[SubRosa]

I have been playing Skyrim for two days now, and I keep seeing so many things from Fallout 3. I keep wondering if a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin is going to step around the corner toting a gatling laser.

The drumroll and screen text for quests is a straight copy, with nothing at all changed in the slightest.

The whole system of Perks is clearly FO3 inspired (I just wish they had an Animal Friend perk, to keep those Spriggans from attacking)

Eating food heals damage (though thankfully none of it is radioactive in Skyrim).

The lockpicking mini-game is exactly the same, just different graphics. They removed the option to force it open though.

The Thalmor/Dark Brotherhood/Thugs attacking you at random, and you find a contract on them for your murder, is a straight copy of the Talon Company.

On top of these obvious things, there has been a less direct feeling I have been getting as I play that again takes me back to the Capital Wasteland. It is not something I can directly point to. It might be the voice acting (I have not checked, but some sound the same), it might be the artwork of the NPCs faces.

I think a lot of is to do with the general mood and atmosphere the game generates. I think there is a grittiness that Skyrim shares with FO3, which Oblivion lacks. I know that when I go through bandit and vampire lairs, I am getting strong flashes of FO3's raider bases. The Skyrim baddies just seem much eviler then the Oblivion ones.

So is it just me, or do other people get this feeling too?

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jan 31 2012, 02:52 PM