Wizard Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 DOGMEAT IS IN ! That is all. Actually, because I read a new impression I found on Joystiq while mindlessly looking for spiffy mods to make Oblivion not suck. I found this impression quiet, interesting to say the least. In a hotel conference room, Bethesda's Pete Hines recently demoed the latest version of the Fallout 3. He trudged through a collapsed building, firing a machine gun at ambling, radiated mutants. The gore made me wince a little, with blood gurgling from zombie limbs. Earlier, he shot the head off another enemy, and blood arced straight out of the neck, as if it was trying to reach the brain one last time. Only minutes earlier, he'd shown me how the player's character grows up in an underground bunker, with those moments acting partly as tutorial and partly as a character creator. Your father, for example, stays hidden in the shadows after your birth until he checks out how the infant will look grown up. Players use a medical gadget to see (read: design) their appearance, then he emerges with roughly similar, paternal features. We've covered the game a few times before, so in addition to my general impressions, I talked with Hines about some recently revealed features. The number of Fallout endings has been a talking point. "We're up to over 500 now," Hines noted. I asked further about what that means. "That's the big thing. 'What does it mean?' It's not 500 completely different things that happen at the end of the game." Fallout 3 follows the spirit of the prior two games by mixing together a slurry of possible cut-scenes and story elements. "For folks who played the original games, this isn't news. It's what the original Fallouts did, where you know, did you do this or did you do this? And which one of those you did plays that part of the cut scene." As Hines moved around dark corners, he showed off the system that lets gamers choose to play as a real-time or turn-based shooter. Basically, you hit a button to activate turn-based mode, pausing the scene, and queuing up specific attacks to enemies. After running out of your attack slots -- these are based on the firing rate and clip size of a weapon -- the action plays out in a brief movie-like sequence. Other times, he lobbed grenades around corners in real time, giggling once when a random zombie arm flung back across our field of view. Above ground, he showed off some of the Washington D.C. landmarks, saying that the city makes up about a fourth of the game. Fallout 3's entire area is smaller than Oblivion, but Hines says it's denser, with more to do and less traveling. I asked if downloadable content would follow in that game's path. Hines answered, "[Downloadable expansions are] certainly something -- given the popularity of the ones we did for Oblivion -- that we'll be looking into. Until we get through the content creation part on the [full] game, it's all theoretical." He showed off a few voiced characters, including your father played by Liam Neeson, but most of the dialogue was still placeholder. Bethesda is working on finishing the rest of the game before the company can go back and add final lines, but Hines expects more than Oblivion, with roughly 50 to 60 different character voices. As far as the total time of recorded lines, he worked me through the math, saying, "I don't know how many hours it is, but I bet it's a lot. 'Cause we're talking about having like three sound studios running 24 hours-a-day for the better part of a month just to get through everything we've got to record, then process and output. There's a lot ... more voice actors than we used [in Oblivion.]" At the end of the hour-long demo, I especially learned that Fallout 3 will take days and weeks to ease into. From wry touches at the beginning -- the A button calls out "Da-da" -- to a helpful dog that understands your commands to bring back food and useful items, Fallout is full of depth. I'm looking forward to seeing the game's other layers with its worldwide, simultaneous release for 360, PC, and PS3 in Fall, 2008. You know, while it is coming to be a great looking game, it still isn't Fallout. Assaignment for you kiddies, go grab Fallout 1 and 2, play the crap out of them, then post in this thread. Since Interplay doesn't really have the rights to redistribute the Fallout games anymore, they should technically be free game right? Right? Guys? (It deserves a buy, you can possibly find it in some bargin bins at game shops and crap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I've bought Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics for like 5$ all of 'em. Totally worth it, although the manuals were in Romanian (which is fail). I've yet to play them tho. No time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 loved the first 2, never played tactics but I'm not big on "tactics" games. I'm looking forward to this one. IMO Bethesda has the best handle on the "western RPG" and yes I even enjoyed Oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skythe Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 This game will be the ultimate win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 It better be, it's got a hell of a title to live up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Or they could just spit out World of Fallout to make it the ultimate life-eating fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 You do know there has been a Fallout MMO in the works since 2005 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 You do know there has been a Fallout MMO in the works since 2005 right?Only 2005? I thought it had been longer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Only 2005? I thought it had been longer than that.Interplay still exists through the funds they got through Beth from Fallout IP sale, but I believe Interplay still owns the rights to the MMO however, it has until 2016 to get developed I believe before U.S. Govt goes lol no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Bumping. Fallout 3 crap off Gametrailers, waiting on Knight to embed em if he wants http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36197.html - 5 Minute gameplay vid http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36201.html - Much better teaser. What's there to say? I'm disappointed and this completely reinforces my statement. Fallout in Name Only This my friends is not Fallout 3, this is Fall Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 No problem. I thought it was changed so Ultra's could embed though at some point. Gameplay Trailer Perfect Life Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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