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

[SubRosa]

I came across the some other things that remind me of FO3.

People turning into piles of ash when you kill them (I did not realize Scylla had a Plasma Axe).

The cages that vampires have in their lairs look a lot like those the raiders used in FO3.

Wandering Stormcloak patrols = Outcast patrols. At least the Stormcloaks are not insulting though.

Skyrim seems to have random encounters much like FO3 had. I just met the Old Orc who wants you to kill him (exactly like Umbra in Morrowind). When I looked it up, I found that he can pop up anywhere in Skyrim.

The hunters you can meet while exploring are like the hunters you could meet while exploring the Capital Wasteland.

The wandering Khajiit Caravan is basically the same as the 4 traveling merchants in FO3.

Still waiting to meet the Brotherhood of Steel though...

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jan 31 2012, 06:04 AM