Fallout 3 In Development?

easychord writes "RPGCodex are reporting that J.E. Sawyer has sneakily or accidentally leaked Fallout 3 concept art onto the Interweb. After the disappointing non RPG spin-offs in the Fallout universe and the confusion around Black Isle's Lionheart having the working title of Fallout Fantasy, is Fallout 3 becoming a vaporware holy grail?"

Comments

About damn time

[Omestes]

I really hope that they keep the same sprite graphics, that is one of the things that made the game good, was the fact that MECHANICS took precidence over graphics and flash. The main reason I bought the series is that it was a good table-top engine.

I hope that they make the NPCs controllable during combat with the Tactics system, allowing me to control where my fat guy in a wife-beater shoots his Panzor or CAWS. The AI in Fallout2 was TERRIBLE, Vic (my npc of choice) really liked to target THROUGH my head.

Also I hope they better balance the game, so just picking high perception and agility isn't a true path to winning, everytime. If you want to win Fallout2 in under 30hours, simply tag Small Guns, Steal, and Energy Weapons, have over 8 perception, and over 9 agility. Poof. You 0wn. Make melee and hth more fruitful.

Oh... And we need more dogmeat.

(aside: I'm digging the Fallout Fantasy thing, my and my freind used to wish that Square and Black Isle would join forces, and make either Final Fallout, or Fallout Fantasy... Now through some Id into the mix, and you got Final Fallout Doom)

The challenge...

[Hard_Code]

The challenge is to somehow avoid making yet another game which devolves into manic packratting...

Even though I love these series, all these games, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, the TSR Gold Box series, devolve into micro-managing inventory. Should I take the sniper rifle or the laser rifle? Let's see multiply weight by probability I won't use it by my skill, etc.... Do I want to keep 100 necklaces I picked up, one of which might be magical, or the extra 5 full plate armors I can sell in town, or this sword I pulled off this boss? Aggh!

Maybe I'm just neurotic but these games always devolve into inventory micro-management and totally take away from the game. Like another poster, I typically try to make a "uber"-character just so I can avoid managing 5 extra characters. But then I end up attaining 5 "mule" characters just to hold the junk I collect on my missions...