Fallout - BoS Welcomed By Some, Not Others

Thanks to GameSpot for their hands-on impressions of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, the PS2/Xbox action RPG that's set in the world of the seminal PC RPG series. The article comments: "Though we're still in mourning over the passing of Black Isle [and cancellation of Fallout 3 for PC], we're comforted by this new game that's playing as expected thus far." This more action-orientated console title "has the simple and basically entertaining mechanics of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance", since it "uses the same [game] engine", but Fallout fansite No Mutants Allowed are less forgiving about the cancellation of Fallout 3, ranting to GameSpot: "So you're comforted by the title that got a lot of good people sacked and a very promising title canned?", as they continue to present leaked pictures and team farewells from Fallout 3, as well at looks at obviously-influenced German PC RPG title The Fall: Last Days Of Gaia.

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what a horrendous pile of dung

[understyled]

from the gamespot preview:

At any rate, the combat is the main attraction. The game runs smoothly from an isometric perspective, and you can readily switch between several weapons in real time, such as between the pistol and the iron gloves you start out with. Ranged weapons obviously have an advantage in some respects, but have limited ammo. Random critical hits are possible, sending their victims flying backwards....

quite honestly i think that first sentence sums it up for me: get rid of all the things that made the first 2 fallouts classics, throw in some twitching action and hope the fuckin thing sells.

I for one...

[jermyjerm]

don't welcome our new Brotherhood overlords.

Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance was a decent game, but no replacement for any other BG series game, and I expect the same from this one. I'll probably wait until it drops to $20 and then convince a friend to buy it (hope it has multiplayer, like BGDA did).

Hard times call for hard decisions

[tprime]

I have been following Interplay and BlackIsle for a long time.. They are not doing well financially right now, and haven't been doing well some time. This is illustrated by BlackIsle being cut back almost to the point of completely disbanding. The company is just trying to stay alive and current trends show that console games sell much better than PC games, like it or not it is the truth. With console games, they are guaranteed to sell thousands to Movie/Video Game rental comanies. This is not including anyone who buys it on their own. What it comes down to is, with times being tight they need to find the most profitable path. This might be it.

I remember a game, similar to Fallout years ago that too had its sequal cancelled: Wasteland. It had the same kind of cult following (although the following was pre-Internet, so they were less organized and vocal). I really missed that game, but another game came out that made my heart skip, Fallout. Folks, another game will come out with the same Post-Apoc RPG Strategy theme and we will all be happy. Or, the sale of Fallout:Brotherhood of Steel will warrant the revival of "Van Buren" (Fallout3). I will miss it, but it is just a game.