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Preview A Frog's-eye view of Fallout 3

DarkUnderlord

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<a href="http://www.gamekult.com/articles/A0000068217/">French gaming website Gamekult have put up their perspective on Fallout 3</a>. I can't read French so here's some translations courtesy of <a href="http://www.nma-fallout.com">NMA</a> and Seboss:
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<blockquote>But the problem is that V.A.T.S seemed to be too efficient in the build we have played, in which one could easily defeat entire groups of enemies by using these "aimed shots" while the first person view condemned the player to a certain death. This impression partly comes from the lack of precision and agility of the FPS gameplay, which looks rather dull when compared to recent games of the same genre which have invaded the console market during the end of the last year. One can imagine that raising certain skills might improve that feeling while you shoot, but the heaviness of the character will certainly make us choose the slow motion carnage, despite the fact that it soon becomes very repetitive.
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"The gigantic world promised by Bethesda Softworks looked actually quite narrow, with ceaseless and pretty long loadings once you get out of the vault, when you enter a town or when you enter a building. Even though the outside world we have had the opportunity to explore looked rather open at first sight, you get around the idea quickly without discovering anything really worth of interest. When you finally come across a derelict building that looks a bit interesting, you have to endure a long minute of loading before being able to eradicate its aggressive inhabitants. One might also want to notice that a pacific approach of the game was almost impossible during that fist hour of hands-on since we were a lot more the attacked than the aggressor."
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Interactions with the local populace are very limited and are ripped right from the dialog system of Oblivion. Despite their total lack of expression and the robotic feel of their animation, the voice overs of the inhabitants of the local town are more convincing than the latest Elder Scrolls, a nice touch for player immersion. On the other hand, we'll note the near total disappearance of the unique art déco design that could be found in the previous Fallouts, to the profit of Mad Max like or Waterworld like design.</blockquote>
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Insert witty cynicism here and cue 3 pages of complaints!
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Thanks <b>Seboss</b>!
 

Shoelip

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Rawr! Hate and Rage! Well, not really, more like resignment.
 

Spectacle

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Whatever else it's nice to see a professional gaming website that isn't constantly sucking Bethesda's cock. I guess ZeniMax' bribe budged wasn't enough to cover the non-english sites.
 

Azael

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True, it doesn't matter at all. The game will sell like hotcakes and the Codex will be invaded by Bethesda morons who wonder why we don't like the game and the downward spiral of the Codex will continue.[/doom & gloom]
 

Jeff Graw

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Azael said:
True, it doesn't matter at all. The game will sell like hotcakes and the Codex will be invaded by Bethesda morons who wonder why we don't like the game and the downward spiral of the Codex will continue.[/doom & gloom]

No. We will be invaded by Oblivion fans who resent Fallout 3 because it was "dumbed down from Oblivion". Same thing happened when Oblivion came out and the Moronwinders fled here.
 

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Jeff Graw said:
No. We will be invaded by Oblivion fans who resent Fallout 3 because it was "dumbed down from Oblivion". Same thing happened when Oblivion came out and the Moronwinders fled here.

Would it even be possible to make a game dumber than Oblivion without creating a black hole of stupidity that consumes the world?

It doesn't really bother me that millions of people like Oblivion. People also like Nascar, WWE, romance novels and daytime soaps. But in other forms of culture there is a clear recognition of what is quality and what is trash, while the gaming media has declared that Oblivion is an undisputed classic, completely ignoring the large number of people who find it completely unsatisfying. It's as if Danielle Steele or Tom Clancy were suddenly awarded the Nobel price in literature.
 

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Spectacle said:
Jeff Graw said:
No. We will be invaded by Oblivion fans who resent Fallout 3 because it was "dumbed down from Oblivion". Same thing happened when Oblivion came out and the Moronwinders fled here.

Would it even be possible to make a game dumber than Oblivion without creating a black hole of stupidity that consumes the world?

It doesn't really bother me that millions of people like Oblivion. People also like Nascar, WWE, romance novels and daytime soaps. But in other forms of culture there is a clear recognition of what is quality and what is trash, while the gaming media has declared that Oblivion is an undisputed classic, completely ignoring the large number of people who find it completely unsatisfying. It's as if Danielle Steele or Tom Clancy were suddenly awarded the Nobel price in literature.

Oh look it thinks games have culture. :)
 

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Spectacle said:
Would it even be possible to make a game dumber than Oblivion without creating a black hole of stupidity that consumes the world?

Well in Oblivion you sure don't have stuffed toys ripping limbs from the enemies.

Spectacle said:
It doesn't really bother me that millions of people like Oblivion. People also like Nascar, WWE, romance novels and daytime soaps. But in other forms of culture there is a clear recognition of what is quality and what is trash, while the gaming media has declared that Oblivion is an undisputed classic, completely ignoring the large number of people who find it completely unsatisfying. It's as if Danielle Steele or Tom Clancy were suddenly awarded the Nobel price in literature.

This is a very good analogy.
 

Texas Red

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Jeff Graw said:
Azael said:
True, it doesn't matter at all. The game will sell like hotcakes and the Codex will be invaded by Bethesda morons who wonder why we don't like the game and the downward spiral of the Codex will continue.[/doom & gloom]

No. We will be invaded by Oblivion fans who resent Fallout 3 because it was "dumbed down from Oblivion". Same thing happened when Oblivion came out and the Moronwinders fled here.

You joined after Oblivion was released yourself. You don't have the right to whine.
 

Seboss

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I heard that inXile Entertainment (Brian Fargo) bought the rights to Wasteland from EA a while ago, but now Tim Cain is making it? That's a new one.
 

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Brother None said:
SimpleComplexity said:
No, he is working on some MMO. (oh the irony)

Yeah.

He's working here.

Carbine Studios is currently working on an unannounced project that promises to break new ground in massively multiplayer gaming. The studio, comprised of 17 former Blizzard employees including lead and senior developers from the World of Warcraft team, is led by industry veterans Kevin Beardslee, Tim Cain and Jeremy Gaffney. Kevin Beardslee, Carbine’s vice president of design, was a lead developer on Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft. Tim Cain, Carbine’s programming director, was the producer, lead programmer and designer on the award winning Fallout, and co-founder of Troika Games. Carbine’s Executive Producer Jeremy Gaffney previously worked as executive producer on NCsoft’s City of Heroes®, and established the product development group at NCsoft’s Austin headquarters as VP of development. He was also a co-founder of Turbine, Inc., where he spearheaded development on Asheron’s Call.

Interesting...
 

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If the Blizzard guys are those who left a little bit before the end of the beta, that could be interesting.
 

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