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Temple of Trials is something like this:

• Kill Things
• Pick Door Lock
• Kill More Things
• Blast Door with Dynamite
• Kill Even More Things
• Talk to guy guarding exit, fight him, whatever. Get out.

How does sneaking work (i aways play a rogue type character)?

AFAIK, the sneaking skill only reduces the noise you make when walking (or running if you take the Silent Running perk). Once hostiles have Line of Sight to you then combat starts and they gain initiative. So you have to be careful to only sneak when their backs are turned.

Is it possible to snipe things from afar ala jagged alliance?

Enemies only see you when at a certain range and you can start combat (turn based) mode at any time, so yes, you can fire with a long range weapon. There are sniper rifles and later there's gauss rifles with have huge range. Laser rifles and hunting rifles aren't too shabby either. There's no separate "snipe" action.

Is it nescessary to have an actual party, or i can choose to play with only my little vault dweller?

Your followers have their own AI and you have no control, so most of the time they'll simply draw a bit of attention away from you, and will shoot at targets of opportunity, but you can't really micromanage them into an engine of fiery death like in Baldur's Gate, so yeah, I'd say they're optional: they help a little but they're not super useful. And since death is permanent, more often you'll find yourself reloading a game because one of the followers was stupid to run right in the middle of 50 super mutants and got flayed, killed, raped and incinerated, in that order. Also, sometimes they're assholes and spray you with bullets to kill the giant foot-long radroach that was behind you, even when asked to avoid friendly fire.

How long is the game, in hours, playing on normal difficulty and not wanting to get every single thing in the game (which i will, if i like it)?

Fallout 1 and 2 are the only games where I've only done whatever "side quests" I felt like doing, because I found about them, and not try to solve every single thing for completeness sake. It feels very organic... no need to force yourself to take every single side mission. It is a good idea 'tho to visit every locale even if you don't do every "quest".

Does my character's animation actually changes when he's sneaking (sort of a random question, but i hated how my character on baldurs gate just went semi transparent and stood there with the posture of a tango dancer while supposedly sneaking)?

No, I don't think there's any kind of visual feedback when you're sneaking. But I think a little green text that says "sneaking" pops up somewhere and it disappears if you do anything that cancels stealth mode.

You can't exactly venture into the wild in winter just with the furs you're wearing. AFAIK you can't wear furs from different animals in the same slot anymore. Try to get a full helm as soon as possible, as it provides warmth to your face, and almost no other piece of cloth does (the hood maybe). What I do in the winter is set up nets for fishing, and work on my trap fence: the trick is to get very warmed up in your fireplace, then set out to your work area, burn a tree and build 3-5 tiles of fence, repeat. You can't exactly walk far from a fire source.

Something like this:

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If you stay in any of the squares marked 'x' you'll stay in the heat of the campfire '*' and you can build any of the fences '#'.

I used to get really spooked by the original Alone in the Dark.

But those graphics just won't cut it anymore. Still, there are a few moments that might make you jumpy.

Anyway, I watched the movie. This (satirical?) review sums it up nicely:

(spoiler warning - about the first half is safe to read, the post explicitly says when the spoilers begin)
http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie

Still the movie is a lot of fun even for the reasons highlighted in the "review"

I just realized, that government guy that was panning the Autobots, he was complaining because of their misuse of the GM bailout money, right?

I watch old episodes of The Nanny every morning before work. It always cracks me up.

The worst thing are fights...

You can fly, kick in the air, do whatever you want but they NEVER seem to feel it...

You just CANT knock enemies out... 

You're sloooooooooow, everything looks sloooooow mooooootiooooonnnn 

Wow, that happens to me all the time. It's like trying to punch people underwater.

I can also always hover in my dreams. And everyone thinks it's normal. I just sort of raise my feet so they don't quite touch the floor. I can also perform really awesome parkour-like moves, but also for some reason they only work inside stairwells.