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Fallout 3 Trailer Available Online
Voodoo Extreme and 1up are both hosting the long anticipated Fallout 3 Trailer. Looks like we'll be seeing the game in stores Fall of 2008. Says Bethesda's Pete Hines, Bethesda's PR point man: "Yes, that's in-engine (in-engine means it's done with game assets in our rendering engine, but isn't done real-time. If it was done in real-time, that'd be gameplay footage. This isn't something, for example, that was sent to some house [e.g. Blue Studios] so they could build assets and render it out, and create something for us to release [e.g. Dawn of War 40K intro cinematic]). Yes, that's The Ink Spots singing "I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire" Yes, that's Ron Perlman [voiceover man extraordinaire of Fallout 1 and 2]." The official site doesn't have a lot more in the way of detail than that.
...the in-game currency is bottle caps. Awesome trailer!
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Oh man, I've been waiting for this for years
I'm just not into those damn MMORPGs so it has been a bad few years for me. However, with the announcement of Starcraft 2 and now Fallout 3 being imminent, I'm quite excited.
Am I the only person in the world who likes single player games anymore? Seriously all I hear about are MMO games.
"It's a tarp!" -- Dyslexic Admiral Ackbar
"War...War never changes." Thank God neither does Ron Perlman's voice.
VitrosChemistryAnaly, I strongly suggest you look into Bioshock, it's a first person RPG/Shooter/Survival horror hybrid by much of the team that did System Shock (which you should also look into if you haven't played them). I have very high hopes for this game (shipping August this year on PC/XBOX360) on the basis of the history of the team. I really hope they can get some success this time, they really deserve it. System Shock 2 got killed by the release of the original Half-Life. The original by the release of Doom II. The same company also created the Thief series. Also, I don't work for them, I'm just a fan.
And I hope they have caved into restricting the player in what they can or cannot do for moral choices.
One of the big sticking points with me is that the FO series allowed you to be good or evil. It gave you total freedom and even some in between.
But this entailed of course stealing from anyone, doing drugs, killing children, having sex with prostitutes, being a porn star, and basically killing everything that moves, but you would have some repreccusions such as encounters with bounty hunters or various other groups who were mad at you.
But at the same time you could also be a saint or follow the path of good.
Personally, I joined the brother hood and spent my time being a vigilante cleansing places like New Reno with healthy dose of burst fire.
And it still allowed you to beat the game without firing a single shot.
Without the freedom to be truly evil or good... It won't be Fallout.
That is what I am worried about.
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-Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
"I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire" by The Ink Spots. It was supposed to be a title track for Fallout 1, but Black Isle couldn't get the license.
No, me to. I enjoy not having to deal with people sometimes. I'm somehow always reminded that I'm connected to the Internet, and therefore, at the mercy of the whims of others, when playing an MMORPG. Single player games allow me to fall into that private, inner world if you will, rather like reading a good book. STALKER really reminded me of fallout. If it's like STALKER except more refined and with a better, conical plot, I'll be super happy.
Great, yet another hype video that shows the "engine" - whatever that means. Let's see some gameplay! Given the lovely engine that they have, I guess that we won't have the isometric view as per Fallout 1 & 2 - or will we?
Fallout had some nice graphics for its time, but it was the gameplay, story, and amazing art direction that made it a standout. This preview shows nothing, other than a 3D engine that could be swapped out for ID's or Epic's - hell, it could be Duke Nukem reborn for all we know. Yeah, it looks cool, but there is really nothing here.
Yawn.
Or as expressed in English: one common starting point, multiple avenues of plot advancement. The first two games were renowned for the fact that you could become.. a bare-knuckled kung fu master that slaughters every child they come across and is reviled by all... Or a pistolero do-gooder working to 'thwart the evils' of the world and fight organized crime in all forms... (etc) Yet at the end of the game accomplish the same 'scripted' goals.
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It's actually pretty boring. At least it is short...I supposed they could have just panned out for another 15 minutes.
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It's 2007, it's a sequel to a series that's built on a psuedo-3D graphical style (isometric) from a time when 3D graphics weren't good enough to give users what interplay wanted... no shit it's going to be 3D. Probably the best route would be sorta like FF12s camera, but even higher up and farther back... basically the same view as the original three Fallout games, but that could be swivelled around the player and possibly "realed in" to being fairly close behind, when need be. 3D != First Person. Heck, most 3D games aren't first person. Why is everyone jumping to conclusions?
Multiplayer Gaming (defined): Sitting around, discussing single-player games with my friends, at the bar.
Gee, I guess you wanted it to have a myriad of explosions and maybe some tits, and perhaps a few heads being blown off.
:)
It's atmospheric, it hits all the buttons to make fans of the original games excited again (the period music, the old world war posters, the things from the world that was left lying there...
And the game engine looks pretty darn nice.
I have to say I had no idea that Ron Perlman did the voice overs of the last two games, I guess it would be because I didn't know who he was when I played them... but Hellboy as voice over guy... nice
It can have all the style and charm of the first two games, but if they fiddle with the combat mechanics and move to a twitchy, real-time mode of gameplay... this will make Vault Boy shed radioactive tears.
I've always felt that turn-based combat is what's really lacking in most modern games that disappoint... there are people that play tennis, and there are people that play chess; both great games, but the people who are drawn to crpgs tend to be looking for something a little more like chess, imo.
I play these games to relax and escape... being able to sit and think about my next move, is a luxury unavailable in real-life most of the time.
Here's hoping for turn-based combat remaining in the game.
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Years later, a doctor will tell me that I have an I.Q. of 48, and am what some people call "mentally retarded".
Considering the company that's making it, I would definitely say that limited freedom should be the least of your worries.
I know what you mean. It's obvious that the sole purpose of the trailer was to say, 'Look, we get it, we know what Fallout is supposed to be.' And they convinced me. And I truly did almost shed a tear of happiness.
I'm a little uncomfortable with the realization that it means that much to me, but it does. I wouldn't say that either Fallout 1 or 2 is my favorite game ever, but there is absolutely no series that I would be sadder to see messed up. (Tactics wasn't a super-great game, but I didn't feel like it 'corrupted' the series in any way. Just a sub-par entry.)
IIRC, "Radiation King" was the brand of the TV in the Fallout 1 opening video. In fact, all sorts of fallouty things are in there: Vault Boy in the correct context; a super toolkit right next to a bottle of rotgut; the Ink Spots song that was supposed to be the original music used in Fallout 1; american 50s style propaganda; using retro tube sci-fi to depict technology; RON FUCKING PERLMAN; a poster with a car advertisement with the correct car style (is it the highwayman? not sure tho).
The power armor was different... but it was still ok. why it's different (i.e. creative direction or a different model) is still a mystery.
_ S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
_ Tomb Raider 10th anniversary edition
_ hex09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0 Wow, that "hex" game sounds intriguing!
Remember that we're not talking about just some game and its gameplay here. We're talking Fallout, which is a game where style and atmosphere is vital. Lots of people were afraid that Bethesda wouldn't be able to get that across, and this trailer lets them show that they "get it". For just some random action game, trailers and pretty movies are meaningless, but in this case and at this moment, a stylish trailer to show the atmosphere is a great idea. Because that's what Fallout is about.