Preview Fallout 3: Broken Steel News Roundup

[Edward_R_Murrow]

Tags: Bethesda Softworks; Fallout 3

Bethesda's Alan Nanes did a <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6208228">short interview</a> with GameSpot regarding the third DLC package for Fallout 3, Broken Steel.<blockquote>The story revolves heavily around the Brotherhood of Steel and its pursuit of the Enclave. After its victory at the end of the original Fallout 3 story, the Brotherhood feels that it needs to strike while the iron is hot and wipe out whatever remnants of the Enclave remain. What it discovers is that the strength of the Enclave hasn't been diminished [as much as it seemed to have been], so players become an integral part of the skirmish.</blockquote>Those Enclave sure are great at surviving the annihilation of their main forces and coming back stronger than ever.<blockquote>This was perhaps one of the toughest things for us to do when creating Broken Steel. We took great pains to make certain that the actions players made at the end of Fallout 3's original story are not completely invalidated. In fact, we took what players did into careful account and wove it into some of the quests. For example, if players decided to follow President Eden's advice and spiked the water with the Modified F.E.V., that decision will affect the Capital Wasteland and how the player interacts or perceives its inhabitants. We've also added some new decisions to the original storyline that players will be able to make to add some more variety and make the transition feel right.</blockquote>Hmmm...not bad.<blockquote>We didn't want to simply crank up the statistics of the same old enemies and call it a day; we wanted to create brand-new versions of them to give players a real sense of progression. A great example is the aforementioned super mutant overlord. He's a huge brute, but we wanted to give him a powerful ranged attack as well. None of the existing weapons seemed to fit the bill, so we've created the tri-beam laser rifle, which is an <b>extremely powerful ranged laser shotgun</b>.</blockquote>Well I guess it wouldn't be Bethesda without a stupid weapon or two...
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Kotaku joins in the fray with a <a href="http://kotaku.com/5219643/fallout-3s-delivers-puppies-on-may-5">preview</a> of it's own.<blockquote>"Broken steel doesn't have an ending," he said. "There are no more endings, we got the message."
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The game also slightly tweaks the moments leading up to the ending, adding the ability to send one of several of your companions to complete the final task of the game, instead of doing it yourself.
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In Broken Steel the battle between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave still rages and you are tasked with discovering and helping to build a Tesla Canon, a new, more powerful weapon for the Brotherhood.
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The new area is packed with new enemies, including a super mutant overlord, a feral ghoul reaver and an Enclave hellfire trooper; new weapons, like the Tesla Canon and a projectile flame thrower; new achievements and even new perks. Hines only detailed one of the perks though, called Puppies! If you pick the Puppies! Perk when Dogmeat dies he gets reincarnated automatically as a puppy, which you can go to certain areas to add back to your group.</blockquote>
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And there are some <a href="http://www.vg247.com/2009/04/21/fallout-3-broken-steel-first-screens-release-date/">screenshots</a> floating around the web too. Looks like Liberty Prime is back...
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.nma-fallout.com/">No Mutants Allowed</A>

 

[Chefe]

One step forward, two steps back.

 

[Luzur]

god i hated that song, i always got it stuck in my head.

 

[Mister Arkham]

There's some interesting stuff there. Nothing's likely to come of it, but all the same...

I have to admit that I'm intrigued by the notion of partially retconning the utterly shit end of the game.

 

[Sckarecrow92]

a tri-beam laser rifle....

stupid.

edit: shotgun

 

[Twinfalls]

Sounds like the package the game should have had all along. Still, I guess it's not quite too late to fix up that disastrous ending.

 

[Tigranes]

"Broken steel doesn't have an ending," he said. "There are no more endings, we got the message."

What a great age we live in, when companies really listen to the people.

 

[Double Ogre]

"Broken steel doesn't have an ending," he said. "There are no more endings, we got the message."

If a game has no ending, then it probably doesn't have any meaningful character builds, only Jack of All Trades.

This ruins all role-playing.

 

[HanoverF]

Here's your reward for beating this awful game... you get to keep playing this awful game!!

 

[Ch1ef]

One step forward and two steps back
Nobody gets too far like that
One step forward and two steps back
This kind of dance can never last

Yeeeeehaaaaa!

 

[jiujitsu]

When does this come out?

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

When does this come out?

Oh, you'll notice.

Wolves will howl to the moon as its pale colour slowly turns into a dark red. Children will stop dead in the tracks and sit down, never to rise again. The dead will rise from their shallow graves to feast on the flesh of the depraved... And Cleveland will most likely make another thread about how awsome Fallout 3 is.

A good day, all in all.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Well, I'm looking forward to this. Just need to get Fallout 3 working properly, it keeps crashing after I move into a new cell.

 

[Mister Arkham]

When does this come out?

I believe DAC reported it as May 5th. Stereotypical Villain is probably right too, though.

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

How exactly does a laser shotgun work?

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

How exactly does a laser shotgun work?

Like a normal shotgun... but it shoots mini laser pointers!

 

[JarlFrank]

How exactly does a laser shotgun work?

Exactly what I'm wondering too. It probably involves a lot of small randomly moving mirrors in the muzzle of the gun. But then again, Bethesda would never be able to come up with that explanation since the only thing they know about lasers is that they go pew pew boom.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

But one has to wonder, what would a laser shotgun be good for to begin with? It's not like you're increasing the power or anything, you're just turning a precision tool into a crude, borderline effective, device.

If anything, i'm going to have to guess that the "laser shotgun" involves some sort of circulation chamber that spins all the time (which'd drain even more power) at the very front of the rifle. It'd probably look like somebody stuck an orange in a barrel.

Just my two cents.

 

[Luzur]

its sad that beth needs to invent fantasy weaponry just to get the "new fans" too drool.

where there something wrong with the old ordinary alternate time-line weaponry that Fallout 1-2 had?

 

[Turok]

Nice tactic have besheda now, now i can see TES:4 they will release a short game and then begin to release 20 DLC to complete the game over time, is like sell a mmo lol.

 

[Jim Cojones]

How exactly does a laser shotgun work?

I think the weapon is just a three-barrelled laser gun. It doesn't have anything in common with shotgun and this comparison must've been an invention of some retard at Bethsoft.

 

[denizsi]

We got a look at a few new enemies on the way. The Feral Ghoul Reaver is a heavily armored ghoul, with more hit points and the ability to throw grenades.

For our new DLC after Broken Steel, we will have The Feral Ghoul Reaver Extreme, which is a ghoul wearing a power armor, with triple more hitpoints and the ability to throw guided missiles. You will also find out that there are a group of scientists working on improved Ghoul series, The Feral Ghoul Reaver Extreme MKII, which will be able to jump over long distances and spit radioactive material in addition of all the previous abilities.

We are planning the addition of The Super Duper Mutants for our next DLC, a new type of Super Mutant who won't attack you on sight and will fool you into thinking that he's intelligent and peaceful, like Fawkes, by talking to you and then attack you when you least expect it; and a new threat to the Capital Wasteland, The Super Feral Mutant Ghoul Fever, which is a new and modified strain of FEV (as in FEV-er, you know) that first turns people into super mutants, and then deteriorates them into ghouls. It will be up to the player to find a cure for the loved ones.

 

[Jaesun]

Is Fallout 3 a good game? Should I buy it?

 

[Shannow]

We got a look at a few new enemies on the way. The Feral Ghoul Reaver is a heavily armored ghoul, with more hit points and the ability to throw grenades.

For our new DLC after Broken Steel, we will have The Feral Ghoul Reaver Extreme, which is a ghoul wearing a power armor, with triple more hitpoints and the ability to throw guided missiles. You will also find out that there are a group of scientists working on improved Ghoul series, The Feral Ghoul Reaver Extreme MKII, which will be able to jump over long distances and spit radioactive material in addition of all the previous abilities.

We are planning the addition of The Super Duper Mutants for our next DLC, a new type of Super Mutant who won't attack you on sight and will fool you into thinking that he's intelligent and peaceful, like Fawkes, by talking to you and then attack you when you least expect it; and a new threat to the Capital Wasteland, The Super Feral Mutant Ghoul Fever, which is a new and modified strain of FEV (as in FEV-er, you know) that first turns people into super mutants, and then deteriorates them into ghouls. It will be up to the player to find a cure for the loved ones.

And you'll get Luke Skywalker as your henchman. After you find his father (middle-aged guy with a dark cape) you get the schematics to build a deathstar remotecontrol. With that you can shoot dud-nukes onto enemies in the wasteland. If you critically hit towns will grow from that spot. Every town you create that way will grow slowly over time. You will be able to influence their development with further DLC after Vader infects you and makes you a vampire (=immortal). You can then wear Power Armor Mk "Sun Screen". Every town will have special romancable ghouls and deathclaws.
Hey, I could work for Beth...oh...

 

[Luzur]

Every town will have special romancable ghouls and deathclaws.

but it wont be a real romance, since you will just get some dialogue and ammo everytime you see your wife/husband, no sex.