Fallout 3

[Lurdusami]

i vi neki fanovi a nemate instalirane falloute :)

2. How about I just pull my .45 and shoot your legs 'till you tell me? :D

(imam sve instalirano, ali nemam vremena :( )

Edited June 19, 2007 by Lurdusami

[De1Rekt0n]

Cinjenica jeste od kad je Black Isle prso nema vise kvalitetnih RPGova :(

[[BMF]Psycho]

Cinjenica jeste od kad je Black Isle prso nema vise kvalitetnih RPGova :(

word.

[voodoo_]

Once again, ako KotOR nije kvalitetan rpg, onda ne znam. Doduše sad će možda da dođe Frubi i da prokomentariše još neku igru koju nije igrao.

[G!!!]

kao i ti shto dajesh slobodu sebi da komentarishesh fallout? :)

ajmo ljudi ekskulirajte

[grdja]

KOTOR koliko god dobar bio je taaaako linearan. Redosled radjenja planeta nije bitan, uvek se svodi na isto, jedina grananja su za pojedinacne kvestove da li ces ih uraditi LS ili DS, nadaleko previse pure combat situacija. Mada ima genijalnih momenata koje niko ne dovodi u pitanje, Koriban je najbolji primer toga. Ali ipak, previse klanja, premalo misljenja, dobar je, cak Tormentu i Falloutu moze da nosi vodu i pljune pod prozor, ali vise od toga ne. I ukupno je slabiji i od BG serijala naravno.

[G!!!]

pa, sa danashnje perspektive KOTOR je josh solidan rpg :|

a to je tuzno

[Myst]

KOTOR jeste prosječan RPG ali igranje na DS je fenomenalno odrađeno. Svi dialozi i postupci PC-a, od početka, a pogotovo posle dialoga sa Bastilom i odlaska na Starforge imaju smisla i odlično je uklopljeno u glavnu priču. Cut-scene na Starforgeu su genijalno odrađene i uz one iz Starcrafta i Warcrafta možda i najbolje ikada napravljne. Stvarno imaš onaj osjećaj ''ja sam Revan, gospodar Sitha i sad ste najebali''.

[Lex]

KOTOR je druga najbolja avantura uradjena kroz RPG sistem.

Prva je, naravno, Anachronox. :)

[Wulfgar]

Once again, ako KotOR nije kvalitetan rpg, onda ne znam. Doduše sad će možda da dođe Frubi i da prokomentariše još neku igru koju nije igrao.

Takodje once again, poshto je pad foruma pojeo nashu prethodnu razmenu - ako KotoR i jeste RPG (a teshko da moze da prodje kao takav*), onda je to jedan od najbednijih izgovora za RPG koji je ikada postojao.

*Korriban malo vadi situaciju, ali em ni on nije bez mana, em je daaaaaaleko od toga da vredi igrati celu igru samo zbog jedne oblasti koja ne smrdi kao ostatak igre.

Preemptive strike:

KotoR 2 = story-drive RPG pokushaj... koji je opasno fejlovao. Molim vas, nemojte i njega pominjati. :(

[voodoo_]

Jeste, sve živo je fejlovalo osim Fallouta. Ceo PC gejming bi u stvari trebalo preimenovati u Fallout gejming, a ostale igre ne spominjati.

Jer opšte je poznato da niko normalan ne ceni kvalitetan scenario sa početkom i krajem, već isključivo open-ended nelinearne zajebancije bez smisla i povoda, gde u simulaciji beznađa igrači mogu da iskale svoje frustracije pogađajući neprijatelje u različite organe i ekstremitete. Oh joy, to su prave igre. Jes da se mogu izbrojati na prste jedne ruke, ali sve ostalo je debelo sranje!

A onima koji to igraju treba prepustiti svetsku vlast, jer takva intelektualna elita, koja je u osmobitnim pikselizovanim sprajtovima pronašla nirvanu, ne zaslužuje da korača po istom tlu kao oni glupaci koji troše vreme na zabavne, debilne igre.

Now, that's a sarcasm!

[voodoo_]

U stvari smorila je ova rasprava. Evo priznajem, Fallout je mama, Oblivion je sranje, Bethesda su pederi, pobedili ste :)

Odo da nađem život, ktnxbye :)

[Kole]

nenene fallout je tata, Torment je mama!...ali da, sve ostalo je tacno =o)

[support]

U stvari smorila je ova rasprava. Evo priznajem, Fallout je mama, Oblivion je sranje, Bethesda su pederi, pobedili ste :)

Odo da nađem život, ktnxbye :)

Ode Vudi da pronadje zivot u Fallout-u.

Edited June 20, 2007 by support

[G!!!]

You may remember Game Informer had offered readers to ask Matt Miller questions about Fallout 3. Well, the answers were released in this month's Unlimited. For obvious reasons, we're not revealing all of them, but here's some choice quotes:

Q: Is this another Oblivion but with a Fallout theme?

A: In short: no. Sure, Fallout 3 plays primarily from a first-person perspective like Oblivion, and conversations with NPCs use a similar style of dialogue tree, but combat, questing, character creation and most importantly the tone and style of the gameplay shares more in common with Fallout 1 and 2 than Oblivion.

Q: Is the game turn based or real time?

AND

How’s the V.A.T.S. combat system work again?

A: I talk about this a good bit in the July magazine article, but to be clear, Fallout 3 plays in both real time and a paused tactical combat mode. It’s not really turn based, however. Instead, you can pause the real-time action in order to make aimed ranged or melee attacks on your opponents, smashing their legs to slow them down, or perhaps shooting an arm to hurt their weapon aim. Like in the original Fallout games, doing these aimed shots take action points, but since there are no turns, those AP recharge over time after unpausing the game. You can shoot in real time, but that will then slow your recharge rate. In practice, this means players have the option to play the game very much like an RPG, but with a good bit more action than traditional RPGs. Are there other details to the way this system works? Almost definitely, yes. Do we know all the answers to how V.A.T.S. works after seeing it in one demo? No. We’re waiting just like you to find out more.

Q: Will porting the game to consoles hurt the PC version?

A: Hmm... Well, the game’s not really being ported anywhere. It’s being built from the ground up for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. [...]

Q: Is the game first or third person? Isometric?

A: It’s both first and third–a point I mention in the article. It does not use the isometric view of the original games. It is possible to pan the third person camera pretty far back, but it definitely isn’t meant to be played in a view that is anything like the original. However, almost half of the questions we received were about the camera view, so I thought I should address it here. To clarify, unlike in Oblivion, with its wonky third-person camera, a big focus has been placed on making Fallout 3 fun and playable in both first and third person. [...]

Q: Can you play the game without doing any combat?

A: I never got a hard and fast answer on this point, though I did ask the development team about it. On a general level, they did say that they’re trying to build multiple solutions into almost any quest or situation you encounter, and that using stealth and diplomacy were very useable routes to overcome different obstacles. Whether you’ll be able to play through the whole game without committing any violence is a point they’re still hammering out, to my memory.

Q: What is your overall impression of the game?

A: To be clear, I was and continue to be a big fan of the original Fallout games. Believe it or not, so are the guys over at Bethesda. From my perspective as someone who loved the originals, I have to say that my feeling of the direction that Bethesda is taking the franchise is very strongly positive. If you are a fan who is adamantly against some significant changes to the way gameplay occurs in the Fallout series, I’m going to tell you right now and save you the disappointment: I don’t think you’ll like Fallout 3. However, if you’re a fan of the Fallout universe, of the unique look of the world, of the moral ambiguity, of the dark and often violent humor, and the invigorating branching story paths, then everything about what I’ve seen of Fallout 3 should please you.

Nail in the coffin.Nail in the coffin I say

[Lurdusami]

E. A samo me zanima o čemu je većina ljudi pričala i šta je na kraju ispalo.

Alo.

players have the option to play the game very much like an RPG

O čemu mi pričamo? Ko sada može da maže oči bilo kome?

I was and continue to be a big fan of the original Fallout games. Believe it or not, so are the guys over at Bethesda.

A pošto je jedan od devova na forumu priznao da su ga fanovi naterali da kupi originalne FO i odigra ih.

Ma daj, bre. Što reče Gručo Marks, ako hoda kao maloumnik, priča kao maloumnik i ponaša se kao maloumnik, ne zavaravaj se - on je zaista malouman. Fallout RPG by Bethesda - ma naravno.

[support]

Click

[[BMF]Psycho]

poenta? vrati mi 2 minuta zivota plx

[Frubi]

Posto sam prozvan za kotor, kec sem dobre price i one zavrzlame na kraju nema nista dobro. Presao sam ga za 25-30h sa sve kvestovima, previse lagan i suvise linearan, dvojku sam stigao skoro do kraja al tolko me zanimalo da je nisam ukljucio jedno 3meseca... sem toga sve je super :)hahaha.

Sto se tice artikla, stigao sam dovde:

Is this another Oblivion but with a Fallout theme?

A: In short: no. Sure, Fallout 3 plays primarily from a first-person perspective like Oblivion,

i prestao da citam...

JEBEM IM MATER !

Ispravka morao sam da citam dalje :

but since there are no turns

o cemu mi onda ovde pricamo vise ?!??!? ALOO BREEE ???????????????

[AWM] [shock2] [:(!]

ovime u oko ove majmune :

[sniper]

fallout

Edited June 20, 2007 by Frubi

[G!!!]

teh devil himself

kakvo PR proseravanje vrhunskog nivoa

[Frubi]

Poslusao sam pt.1 do onog dela but now with next gen. console.... dosta ne zelim da cujem dalje... tipa sve je to super sto je fallout bio najbolja igrica svih vremena, ali nove konzole... gasi budalu .

[Frubi]

Da li je neko naleteo na ovaj fajl mozda:

This archive contains some of the original design documents for the cancelled Fallout 3 game, codename "Van Buren", that was being developed by the now defunct Black Isle Studios ("Fallout", "Planescape: Torment", "Icewind Dale") up until late 2003.

The files are Microsoft Word Documents which describe, for the major playable areas of the game, the level layout, the general style, the different NPC and quests available in said area. You have original designs by writers/designers such as Chris Avellone ("Planescape: Torment") and John Deiley (basically all the BIS games).

I estimate, from dates and interviews, that these documents represent the main game content/story at between 50%-75% completion. Note however that actual dialogue is not a principal part of these documents.

If you're into Fallout, or just generally into game design, this is a unique resource; a behind-the-scenes look into the creative minds of people who have brought us some of the best CRPGs ever designed.

They still have the "Interplay: Confidential" stamp all over them, but I think it's okay... :-)

Don't forget to comment.

Evo sta ima u provj stranici :

F3 LOCATION TEMPLATE 1

TASK LIST 4

INTRODUCTION 4

LAYOUT 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

OVERVIEW 4

EXAMPLE: MAP FLOWCHART FOR RAIDER CAVES 7

AREA BACKGROUND 8

ART REQUIREMENTS 8

EXAMPLE: RADSCORPION NEST MAP 9

LOCATIONS 9

EXAMPLE: BAK ENTRANZE SUMMARY 10

CAST OF CHARACTERS 10

GENERIC NPCs 10

COMPANIONS! 10

SCRIPTING 10

GENERAL 11

TOWN-SPECIFIC 11

DUNGEON-SPECIFIC 11

MONSTER ROSTER 11

COOL SHIT 12

QUESTS 13

MAIN QUESTS 13

MERCHANT QUESTS 14

FLOATING QUESTS 14

TASK LIST 15

SOUND REQUIREMENTS 15

MUSIC 15

BASIC SFX 15

"WALLA" SFX 16

MAP AND MAP KEY 17

EXAMPLE: VIRGIN STREET MAP 18

EXAMPLE: VIRGIN STREET MAP KEY 18

LOCATION CHECKLIST 19

EXAMPLE: PODUNK, COLORADO: INBRED MINING CAMP 21

END MOVIES 28

EXAMPLE: NEW RENO END MOVIES 28

35mb-a je

A MAJKO MOJO :

OVERVIEW

Tibbets is a cold, sterile, steel-walled automated prison facility, run by technology so ancient it dates back to the years before the Great War - nearly two hundred years ago. It is a facility designed to hold and protect some of the world's most dangerous criminals (military and otherwise) before the war, and now the players are trapped deep inside its cell blocks, desperate to get out. They'll have to fight damaged and crazed robots inside and out, as well as deal with the split-personality machine intelligence within the prison, ULYSSES.

Not only is Tibbets where the players start Fallout 3, they will find themselves returning here over the course of the game, slowly unlocking more and more sections of the prison. As a result, the experience point totals and the strength of the opponents the players face will vary depending on when and where they leave or enter the prison.

Tibbets consists of the following maps (note that because the cell blocks are very much the same, it is quite easy to duplicate maps - once you've done one, you can do 15+ others):

The goal of this area is initially to escape.

The secondary goal of this area, once you've escaped, is to fight your way back in.

The third goal of this area, once you've fought your way back in, is to make your way to the computer core and confront or destroy ULYSSES. When this occurs, the players will have finished two thirds of the game, and be ready to travel to the next third of the game.

The monsters to be fought in this area are robots in various stages of disrepair (during the initial escape, the players will fight damaged robots - when they return, many of the robots will be repaired and much tougher). Also, the player will find himself interacting with (and no doubt fighting) some of the escaped prisoners as well, who are either hardcore criminals or simply driven mad by confinement.

The playtime in the prison is an estimated 4 to 5 hours, total. It is intended the player spend no more than an hour escaping (for demo purposes), then when they return, they can explore more and more of the prison, slowly unlocking Tibbets's secrets.

AAAA JA CU SAMO OVO PROCITATI I BICE MI ZA UTEHU !!!!

Znaci ja ovo ne mogu da verujem sta sam nasao ... znaci place mi se ... ima otprilike 75% igrice sve opisano do detalja, sa svim questovima, karakterima, pricom itd.

TUGA BOZIJA ...

POSEREM TI SE NA SHITSHEDU .

JA OVO MORAM DA PODELIM SA VAMA :

"Boulder Dome is a scientific research facility designed to withstand a nuclear attack. All around it is the blasted remains of the city of Boulder, poisoned by radiation and toxic waste. Inside the dome is a desperate team of scientists infected with a strange disease and trying to keep their ZAX unit from cannibalizing it memory to such an extent that it stops working. Beset by glowing ghouls and a large pack of cannibal primitives, the dome faces extinction."

OVo je neki grad Boulder Dome, znaci ovo je tako ... kako bih rekao , ah da -FOLAUTOVSKI ! :)

Ja se izvinjavam ako ste vec sve ovo citali, ali ja nisam znao da ovaj dokument negde postoji. Znaci ovo je bukvalno skinuto sa kompova dizajnera :))), ali onda nastupam ja- SHITSHEDA ...

ZNACI KAKVA GENIJALNOST :

"The north end of town where the glowbugs tend to show up. There are several dead glowing ghouls here, all shot with bullets. One of them looks somewhat eaten. Some are in rags, some are jackals, one is an NCR soldier. They have gear, but it's radioactive. All are full of bullet holes. There's a quest to bury them in cement or move them elsewhere so they won't contaminate stuff."

:))

Jebo mater... kako citam redom kopirao bih ceo tekst ovde ... :))

Znaci u ovim dokumentima je opisan svaki grad , i sve ostalo .... jao majko moja .... :((((((

ps. i ovo znate verovatno :

tako je trebal oda bude...

ali onda game preview f3-a :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wohyg88Vc4Q

Edited June 22, 2007 by Frubi

[lakosta]

Sve si nam rekao osim gde da skinemo taj fajl?

[G!!!]

IRST OF ALL- there is grist for the mill for everyone involved on both sides of every fence in here. I will go ahead and spoil the summation right off, because it is telling.

Q: What is your overall impression of the game?

A: To be clear, I was and continue to be a big fan of the original Fallout games. Believe it or not, so are the guys over at Bethesda. From my perspective as someone who loved the originals, I have to say that my feeling of the direction that Bethesda is taking the franchise is very strongly positive. If you are a fan who is adamantly against some significant changes to the way gameplay occurs in the Fallout series, I’m going to tell you right now and save you the disappointment: I don’t think you’ll like Fallout 3. However, if you’re a fan of the Fallout universe, of the unique look of the world, of the moral ambiguity, of the dark and often violent humor, and the invigorating branching story paths, then everything about what I’ve seen of Fallout 3 should please you.

Either way (drum roll please) here comes the rest of the story...

Q: Is this another Oblivion but with a Fallout theme?

A: In short: no. Sure, Fallout 3 plays primarily from a first-person perspective like Oblivion, and conversations with NPCs use a similar style of dialogue tree, but combat, questing, character creation and most importantly the tone and style of the gameplay shares more in common with Fallout 1 and 2 than Oblivion.

Q: Is the game turn based or real time?

AND

How’s the V.A.T.S. combat system work again?

A: I talk about this a good bit in the July magazine article, but to be clear, Fallout 3 plays in both real time and a paused tactical combat mode. It’s not really turn based, however. Instead, you can pause the real-time action in order to make aimed ranged or melee attacks on your opponents, smashing their legs to slow them down, or perhaps shooting an arm to hurt their weapon aim. Like in the original Fallout games, doing these aimed shots take action points, but since there are no turns, those AP recharge over time after unpausing the game. You can shoot in real time, but that will then slow your recharge rate. In practice, this means players have the option to play the game very much like an RPG, but with a good bit more action than traditional RPGs. Are there other details to the way this system works? Almost definitely, yes. Do we know all the answers to how V.A.T.S. works after seeing it in one demo? No. We’re waiting just like you to find out more.

Q: Are there changes being made to the SPECIAL system?

A: Bethesda hadn’t hammered out all the details of what perks, skills and traits you’d be able to have and choose between in the game, or if they had, they didn’t show us those details. With that said, I’d be surprised if every skill, perk or trait is exactly the same as before. In my humble opinion, (which I’m sure many of you will disagree with), the original skill system was at times a little misbalanced anyway, so it’s my hope that Bethesda does do some tweaking to the system before releasing it in a new game.

Q: Are there vehicles in the game?

A: There’s plenty of vehicles visible in the game world, but it doesn’t look like you’ll be driving any of them.

Q: Will the game be M-rated?

A: The ESRB doesn’t set a rating on a game until just prior to release, and that’s over a year away. With that said, I think I can say with a great deal of conviction that there’s no way that a game with this level of violence and other adult content is going to get anything but a Mature rating. Just my opinion.

Q: Will Fallout 3 be as open-ended as Oblivion?

A: In many ways, Fallout 3 is being designed to be more open-ended than Oblivion, offering choices to players that alter the course of the game world in dramatic ways. In Oblivion, for instance, you either do the Dark Brotherhood missions or not. But imagine if you had the choice to either become the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, or infiltrate it and bring it down from the inside. Alternately, pretend you had an unstable nuclear bomb, and you put it outside the Dark Brotherhood hideaway and blew it up. That’s the level of open-endedness they’re shooting for with Fallout 3.

Q: What’s the humor like in Fallout 3?

A: Dark humor was a big part of Fallout 1 and 2, and that same dark humor is present here, on display through everything from quirky dialogue spoken by a malfunctioning robot to darkly comedic moments of death and violence. A few of you asked if the humorous situations had more in common with the first or second game, and I’m afraid I really haven’t seen enough of the game yet to compare it to the times I’ve played through Fallout 1 or 2.

Q: How will Fallout 3 be connected story-wise to the other Fallout games?

A: I’m sure there are elements of the connections that Bethesda hasn’t revealed yet, but they very definitely said that it was its own game and story, largely unconnected to the individual events of the earlier games in the series. They implied that they were approaching this aspect of things much like they always have with the Elder Scrolls–every aspect of the continuity and the universe of the game remains consistent between the different titles, but Fallout 3 will start a fresh story in a new location–in this case, Washington D.C. and its environs.

Q: Will porting the game to consoles hurt the PC version?

A: Hmm... Well, the game’s not really being ported anywhere. It’s being built from the ground up for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Without a doubt, there are a lot of folks out there who are probably ticked off this game is coming to consoles at all. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I might throw my two cents in. With the larger market and potential sales that are possible with a console release, a developer is often able to make a bigger, better game than they would if only making for the PC. Admittedly, this sometimes means the game isn’t optimized just for the PC, but just keep in mind there are pluses and minuses on both sides to keeping something exclusive to a particular platform.

Q: How is the art style? Does it maintain the feel of the original games?

A: I’ll answer this with an example. In the opening minutes of the demo, I saw, the character is in a lab inside Vault 101. On a table beside him I spied a stimpak. This tiny object in the world was the first of many times in the game that I felt tiny twinges of nostalgia for how they’ve carried over individual objects and ideas from the original in the artistic presentation of the game. The post-WWII, Cold War feel of the franchise is very much intact, but Bethesda definitely has its own unique take on the art style. One big part of this art style is a focus on making everything in the game world have a purpose–when designing a new gun, the art team spends a lot of time making sure that if there is some weird knob on the weapon that there is a reason for it to be there. They’re hoping to bring a certain level of authenticity to the game world in this way.

Q: Is the game first or third person? Isometric?

A: It’s both first and third–a point I mention in the article. It does not use the isometric view of the original games. It is possible to pan the third person camera pretty far back, but it definitely isn’t meant to be played in a view that is anything like the original. However, almost half of the questions we received were about the camera view, so I thought I should address it here. To clarify, unlike in Oblivion, with its wonky third-person camera, a big focus has been placed on making Fallout 3 fun and playable in both first and third person. The third person camera, when panned close, is very much like the over-the-shoulder view of a game like Gears of War or Resident Evil 4. The first person camera is very much like any other first person camera, but the game definitely does not play like a first-person shooter, at least in the demo I saw.

Q: Can you play the game without doing any combat?

A: I never got a hard and fast answer on this point, though I did ask the development team about it. On a general level, they did say that they’re trying to build multiple solutions into almost any quest or situation you encounter, and that using stealth and diplomacy were very useable routes to overcome different obstacles. Whether you’ll be able to play through the whole game without committing any violence is a point they’re still hammering out, to my memory.

Q: How is the story going to work, how many quests are there, how much branching is there, etc?

A: I received a bunch of questions from you all on this point, and it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that I don’t really have the answers. With over a year of development ahead, I’m sure even Bethesda doesn’t know all the details about exactly how many quests will be in the final version. However, you can certainly look at the story elements that were included in the magazine article and draw a few conclusions. In the demo that was narrated throughout the article, the character chose to arm and detonate a nuclear bomb in the town of Megaton. This choice effectively closed off a whole slew of events and quests that could only be found in Megaton. Go back to that town afterwards for the rest of the game and all the people, homes, and shops will be gone, replaced by a big irradiated hole in the ground. However, having blown up Megaton, a previously unfriendly settlement that your employer is affiliated with might open up, and new quests, (probably some pretty evil ones) might become available. Had the character not blown up Megaton, there are all sorts of quests there that would open up in Megaton, but that other town and its quests might never become an option. You might be asking yourself: “Well, wouldn’t that mean I could have a dramatically different playthrough the second time through?” That’s sort of the idea, I think, at least if Bethesda manages to successfully implement this idea.

Q: Given the first-person treatment, is Bethesda going to maintain the level of violence from the original games?

A: Yes. If anything, I would say that some more squeamish players may not like how extremely gory and violent Fallout 3 turns out to be.

Q: What is the map system for the game like?

A: Sorry, they didn’t show the map system, but they did say that the game was of a comparable land size with Oblivion (maybe a little smaller) and that the area included D.C. and the area around it.

Q: Does the game take place after Fallout 1 and 2?

A: Yes. If I recall, the game is set in 2277, 200 years after the civilization ending war.

Q: Can you pick different races for your character?

A: No. You’ll always play as a human, but there are lots of customization options, from gender, to ethnicity, to physique, to facial shape–not to mention the dozens of options in terms of setting up your abilities, skills, perks, and traits.

Q: Are drugs included in the game?

A: Yes. Many of the same drugs you dealt with in the earlier games are present here.

Q: Are there more voice actors than in Oblivion?

A: According to Bethesda, yes. There should be a lot more.

Q: Will there be martial arts in the game?

A: I’m not sure, but there is definitely melee combat, so I suspect there will be some form of unarmed combat as well.

Q: Is there enemy scaling like in Oblivion?

A: No. If you go someplace you aren’t ready for, the difficult creatures there will tear you up.

Q: Will there be cooperative play or any other multiplayer?

A: Not that they told me about. Bethesda told me that Fallout 3 would be a one-player game.

Q: How much can you really explore in a game world based on the real world?

A: Interesting question. Here’s the thing. According to Bethesda, the history of the Fallout world starts to be slightly different from our own after World War II. From that point until the war in 2077, the world went down a slightly different path, and thus, the game world will be slightly different than the Washington D.C. of our world. With that said, many of the familiar landmarks are present and accounted for.

Q: I’ve never played a Fallout game. Will I be able to enjoy Fallout 3?

A: I don’t know, but I do know that Bethesda sure hopes you will. While there are certainly a lot of big Fallout fans out there in the world, there are plenty of gamers who have never had the chance to play the old PC classic. While staying true to the game universe, Bethesda seemed to indicate to me that they are trying very hard to create a game that new and old fans alike will be able to enjoy.

Q: I’ve never played Fallout. What can you tell me about the history of the franchise?

A: Well, there are plenty of places online that can help you learn more about both the story of the game world and the making of those games. For a quick overview, you might be interested in the two-page article we did on this subject just a few months ago in our Classic GI section of the magazine, (May issue, #169, Grand Theft Auto IV on the cover).

Q: Will there be a Collector’s Edition or any special goodies that ship with the game?

A: Wow. You got me on this one. I have no idea. That ship date of fall 2008 is a long way off–I’m pretty sure they’re still working on the exact details of the release.

Q: Will the game occur only in Washington D.C., or can you visit other locales, perhaps locations from the first game?

A: There are definitely parts of the game inside Washington D.C., and there are parts outside of it, both underground and above ground. I’m not making the game, but it sure didn’t sound like there were any plans to take players to the far distant West coast locations of the original game.

Q: I love Oblivion, and am hoping that Fallout 3 is just like that. Is it just like Oblivion?

A: No. There are definitely things it has in common with the game you like, but Fallout 3 is its own game, independent of previous releases by Bethesda or any other studio.

Q: I love Fallout 1 and 2, and am hoping that Fallout 3 is just like those. Is it just like Fallout 1 and 2?

A: Please see above answer. I kid you not. I received multiple e-mails of both questions.

Q: What is your overall impression of the game?

A: To be clear, I was and continue to be a big fan of the original Fallout games. Believe it or not, so are the guys over at Bethesda. From my perspective as someone who loved the originals, I have to say that my feeling of the direction that Bethesda is taking the franchise is very strongly positive. If you are a fan who is adamantly against some significant changes to the way gameplay occurs in the Fallout series, I’m going to tell you right now and save you the disappointment: I don’t think you’ll like Fallout 3. However, if you’re a fan of the Fallout universe, of the unique look of the world, of the moral ambiguity, of the dark and often violent humor, and the invigorating branching story paths, then everything about what I’ve seen of Fallout 3 should please you.

THAT'S THE END OF IT.

I have to be honest- I am disappointed about the combat. It is DEFINITELY NOT a turn-based game by any stretch. But it does sound like it could be an interesting game- a good game. But it won't be an old-school Fallout game.

Of course, the cynical side of me says that the best-sounding parts of this are all based on what Bethesda is SAYING, not on what Miller saw. And I am terrified that this will turn into the big crapload that was the pre-Oblivion PR.

Either way, here's the new truths, y'all.

[[BMF]Psycho]

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