Quote Originally Posted by TinCow
One of my friends at Bethesda is annoyed with the voice-acting requirement as well, but apparently it's mandated by the publisher. From now on, all dialog must be voiced in all games, so I would expect the same in Fallout 3. He said that in Oblivion, they tried to expand the lore that was lost by doing this by increasing the number of in-game books. Perhaps something similar will be done for Fallout.
What goes around in Fallout forums is that Fallout fans (I can count myself one) want voice-acting rather than reading.

Above this, I'd never buy a Fallout without Ron Perlman's intro speech.

War...War never changes.

Man, nothing can be more spectacular. That's a masterpiece.