Of Deathclaws & Radscorpions: A Fallout Thread

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=755135

Are you not afraid that introducing a father figure limits the freedom to imagine your avatar and imposes motivation on the player that may not be in keeping with the avatar he imagines?

ah hell, somebody let the NMA-fallout guys start asking questions

If it weren't phrased so assholishly I'd almost agree... I don't feel good about Fallout 3 anymore. I TRIED SO HARD TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT THOUGH

http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=154

Chris Avellone(of Kotor 2/black isle/obsidian) gives an illustrated monologue to writing dialogue.

http://community.lionhead.com/forums/2/2883417/ShowThread.aspx

Turns out that you will have a dog companion. Dorks on the Fable 2 boards are calling foul.

Good. One of hte things I really liked about Oblivion was the addition you could have to get a pet. Stomping thru dungeon with a dog made things better.

Someone should tell Fable 2 fans bout a little game called Fallout 1 that came out in, like, 1979. With a dog companion.

http://kotaku.com/378937/gamestop-details-fallout-3-collectors-edition

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/fallout3/fallout3_details.jpg

available 7 oct 2008, or so they claim

im looking forward to this a bunch.

just the bobblehead, i mean. not interested in the game.

I'll buy the special edition and sell you the bobblehead for ten bucks.

Then all I gotta do is sell the game off cos i REALLY want that lunch pail.

I kid, I kid... I can't wait for moar fallout.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uncertain-world/2053942/SITE%27s-embarrassment-as-Islamist-%27Washington-apocalypse%27-image-turns-out-to-be-from-Fallout-3-game.html

lolz.

ha!

http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Amazon-com-Exclusive-Survival/dp/B0017QFX30/ref=br_lf_m_1000233051_1_9_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=videogames&pf_rd_p=405465401&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000233051&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1SE02ACGE05BNKS636SK

the extra special Amazon-only version has your own pipboy digital clock.

a $50 plastic clock

The $50 includes the lunch pail and the bobblehead and the art book and the soundtrack in addition to the clock, yo.

i'm paying for a $50 lunch pail, personally.

The $70 Collector's Edition includes all that.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36039.html

Fuck, man, they're really playing it close to the vest. I want gameplay vid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3#Film_festival

they're starting to ramp up the promo events.

here's your gameplay vid...
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36197.html

almost put me to sleep :(

holy smokes; all anticipation I had for that just went out the window

looks AWFUL

fallout 2 on lots and lots of downers?

sorry I meant half-life 2, duhh

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36238.html

This one looks a bit better.

More of a proper trailer, i guess: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36238.html

Also probably some of the opening cutscene, if history is to judge.

http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/fallout-3/preview/fallout-3-hands-on/a-20080714133932662026/g-20070327151320531089

Somebody on SA pointed out that pretty much all of the promo footage we've seen is just combat, which is only part of the actual(full? proper?) experience, but is a damn good way to get your casual xbox fratboys interested in the title.

Check the vid here:

http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/videos/26939/Hands_On_Fallout_3.html

You hear the mouthbreater contingent in the studio audience agape over the slo-mo gore.

Hopefully there'll be more substantive vid coming up, that actually shows the dialogue bits and other parts of the game. Yeah, that's a full-on visually entralling part of gameplay(look, kids! you can CLICK DIALOGUE CHOICES!) and doesn't do shit for an attract-mode, but whatever. I play rpgs for the narrative bits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9t7uXkLyA

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/hands-on-fallou.html#more

ruh roh

shit. Oh well, we'll see.

Jeeez. I'm so far out of the loop (I have a Wii, but an out-of-date mac and a lack of friends with a PS3, Xbox 360 or powerful PC) that trailer that put everyone else to sleep looks pretty good to me.

-Luddite

http://www.destructoid.com/e3-08-fallout-3-hands-on-95691.phtml

Not sure how to react to this one

I am still as apprehensive as I was the day I heard Bethesda was taking it. So far no surprises. :(

Destructoid with terrible writing and lack of genuine insight... not too surprising. Pretty much the reaction of that hollering G4 audience.

Not that Bloody Mess wasn't pretty amusing when I was a teenager myself, but, yeah, I wouldn't put too much stock in that foaming review. But man, it would be nice if one of these previews actually talked about dialogue choices, world changing effects and reputations, non-violent and alternative solution paths, that kind of thing that Fallout is ALSO known for, you know...

Yeah that destructoid preview is absolutely fucking terrible. "I shot some old ladies!!! I love this game!!!" Ladies and gentlemen, videogames blogger.

Probably worth watching...
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/20175

They cover a lot of the same ground as in the microsoft press conference, but since they're talking through it and taking their time, I thought it seemed more interesting. It does look like it might be a world with spending some time in. I'd like to see some character dialog interaction still, however

Okay, that one's much better, even going over (literally) the same ground. There's far less mouthbreather bro yelling over the gore.

Yeah that destructoid preview is absolutely fucking terrible. "I shot some old ladies!!! I love this game!!!" Ladies and gentlemen, videogames blogger.

-- El Tomboto, Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

seriously. "I. SHOT. A. WOMAN." wtfffff

and to think he's not even the worst journo on that site

see one jim sterling

Maybe this has been answered before, but I can't search through the whole thread...

So I never played any of these games before, but now I finally want to (plus only six dollars each on gog). Should I start with the original Fallout, or should I just skip to Fallout 2? Are they basically the same, or is there some kind of ongoing story? I assume the games are fairly long and I never have tons of time for long games (so I worry I won't have time for both)...

Start with the originally Fallout. They aren't that different and once you play one you'll want to play both.

And they do have loose thematic connections.

Yeah, a lot of references in the second game are lost on you when oyu havewn't played ther first (and it spoils the story of the first completely). Plus the first is much shorter, so you cna beat it quicker and move on to 2.

Thanks - I'm downloading the first one. 47 minutes to go!

Awesome. Savor it! You're probably going to want to play through it more than once.

i remembering downloading my err backup copy of fallout in 98 or so. it was like 500 mb and took like an entire week, lol slow.

I was almost killed by rats before I could figure out how combat works...

if i were you, i'd call an exterminator before i got around to playing an old rpg.

does the GOG stuff work on Mac? I have a pre-boot camp ibook...

I am probably down with doing this too once I finish playing through bioshock... twice. So you know, maybe November? Is it worth it Jeff?

I played a bit more tonight. I guess I have to find a rope? So I wandered around looking for it through the deserts and mountians, barely escaping a gang of rowdies who wanted to "party," but ended up being killed by three giant scorpions a short while later. Where dat rope?

I guess I'm into it, mostly because so far it's slow, weird, and unlike the games I usually play. I've yet to advance very far though

It's not that linear, Jeff (ie: Find the rope, go into the well, get the thing, solve the puzzle). In fact, I only remember one "quest" in the game that actually requires a rope to complete.