Game News Fallout 3: Prepare For The Future

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

If you've already decided that Fallout 3 will suck, why still watch videos and read interviews and crap?

If you think the game will suck - shut the fuck up. It's not for you.
If you've already played it and you think it sucks - it means you haven't played it enough.

Or you're lying and in reality love it.

 

[gc051360]

Geeez... Fatman explosion is really NEXT-GEN - looks slightly better than exploding barrels from Doom. I mean - the nearest objects should be vapourized or at least torn into very small pieces... not to mention the enviroment is invulnerable ('cept cars)...

+1

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

Watch the video again Einstein.

Yeah. He fired 3 nukes at those enclave guys.

One nuke making 3 mushroom clouds would just be silly.

But firing 3 nukes because there are 3 enemies is totally not silly.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

If you've already decided that Fallout 3 will suck, why still watch videos and read interviews and crap?

If you think the game will suck - shut the fuck up. It's not for you.
If you've already played it and you think it sucks - it means you haven't played it enough.
If you played it more then 200h and got ever possible achievements it couldn't be bad.

Or you're lying and in reality love it.

fix

 

[deshields538]

Hmmm... Firefox keeps on crashing while it's buffering.

*sigh*

EDIT: Got it working thorugh IE and I definitely agree that is site is very well done indeed. Beth will definitely reel a lot of people in with this.

 

[Mech]

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

Watch the video again Einstein.

Right, my bad, one of the mushrooms was from a nukular car. That's considerably better and not at all idiotic.

There ya go champ. In the future, if you're going to complain, at least try to not look like a retard in the process. It really helps support your case ya know.

 

[elander_]

But firing 3 nukes because there are 3 enemies is totally not silly.

There's nothing Bethesda can't dumb down, not even the atom.

 

[bozia2012]

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

If you've already decided that Fallout 3 will suck, why still watch videos and read interviews and crap?

If you think the game will suck - shut the fuck up. It's not for you.
If you've already played it and you think it sucks - it means you haven't played it enough.
If you played it more then 200h and got ever possible achievements it couldn't be bad.

Or you're lying and in reality love it.

fix

I knew I've missed something. (DUH! - the rule of the three)

 

[fastpunk]

There ya go champ. In the future, if you're going to complain, at least try to not look like a retard in the process. It really helps support your case ya know.

Yes, I'll be sure to keep that in mind your smugness.

 

[Shannow]

There ya go champ. In the future, if you're going to complain, at least try to not look like a retard in the process. It really helps support your case ya know.

Able to give good advice without adhering to it yourself... Not really interesting but I'm borded.

 

[Jesus of Nazareth]

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

Watch the video again Einstein.

Right, my bad, one of the mushrooms was from a nukular car. That's considerably better and not at all idiotic.

There ya go champ. In the future, if you're going to complain, at least try to not look like a retard in the process. It really helps support your case ya know.

You realize he was being sarcastic, yes? No, of course you wouldn't because you're a fucking dumbass. Bethesda fanboys, lol.

In the future, if you're going to troll, at least try to not look like a retard in the process and end up trolling yourself.

 

[Futile Rhetoric]

Speaking of teh Phatman, did anyone notice that in the E3 demo, when Toddler blows up those two enclave guys, he shoots one fatman but the blast creates two nuclear mushrooms, one for every opponent. I wonder how they figured that.

Watch the video again Einstein.

Right, my bad, one of the mushrooms was from a nukular car. That's considerably better and not at all idiotic.

There ya go champ. In the future, if you're going to complain, at least try to not look like a retard in the process. It really helps support your case ya know.

You realize he was being sarcastic, yes?

Wait, you mean to say Mech wasn't?

 

[Ion Flux]

So anyway, back on topic. The site is very slick and looks great. The Fat Man catapult has always been completely retarded. That doesn't really matter that much if the game is fun.

Anyone want to put money on whether this game will be fun?

 

[MisterStone]

A few things confirmed by the footage:

1) Supermutants are basically stupid orcs with guns now.

2) The "fat man" is really just a grenade launcher which the devs decided to call a "nuclear catapult" in a weak attempt at aping the "humor" and "atmosphere" of the original games. I mean, its a nuclear catapult, so if you blast a brainbot or centaur with it, why does it just bounce 10 feet or so in more or less one piece? What is the fucking point in having this ridiculous over-the-top "nuclear" weapon that isn't even as good as a real life RPG?

In any case, most of the weapons from FO1 and FO2 were fairly realistic. Bethesda keeps falling on the goofy 1950s satire stuff as a crutch to mask that poor grasp on the setting of the first two games, but they use it for the wrong things.

3) VATS is lame. If every shot blows a limb off at the knee or elbow, does it really matter what you aim at? Also, those ragdoll death animations look like ass... pretty much the same visuals as HL2. In the first two games, aimed shots were a major tactical element that went along well with the other elements in turn-based combat. Here they are only there to produce second-rate slow-mo mids as youtube fodder... just like the dumbass vids people made of the adoring fan falling down a cliff in Oblivion. Pointless drivel for ADD kids to point and giggle at.

So, in conclusion, I have to concur that...

Fallout 3 will still be shit though

 

[inwoker]

I don't realy have to elaborate but I want to state some known points again.

Fallout 3 will still be shit though

fixed

 

[Durwyn]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/912/912255p1.html
I just wonder... did I ever saw a kill with VATS that didn't had stupid gory limbs exploding action

 

[entertainer]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/912/912255p1.html

After reading this im offical more excited about this game then Gears of War 2. I'm assuming here but after reading all the previews and have yet to come across a negative comment on the game I'm going to say its gonna live up to the hype.

 

[Nedrah]

Most likely the best teaser site I've ever seen. I whish they got their game designers from the same factory that their PR guys come from.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/912/912255p1.html

After reading this im offical more excited about this game then Gears of War 2. I'm assuming here but after reading all the previews and have yet to come across a negative comment on the game I'm going to say its gonna live up to the hype.

I wonder why is that...

Most likely the best teaser site I've ever seen. I whish they got their game designers from the same factory that their PR guys come from.

Now, if those PR people had been pimping Black Isle's/Troika's/Obsidian's games...

 

[quasimodo]

Most likely the best teaser site I've ever seen. I whish they got their game designers from the same factory that their PR guys come from.

Yeah. I wouldn't be suprised if this is the best part of the game.

 

[J1M]

 

[xuerebx]

The mirelurk are great, they actually fit the 50s crab men setting.

 

[entertainer]

no shit

 

[Grifman]

Some people like to keep stating their opinions, to bore others.

There, fixed that for you.

 

[xuerebx]

Makes sense.

 

[Mister Arkham]

the 50s crab men setting.

Clearly some sub-genre of early science fiction film to which I have never been introduced...



The site is, I must admit, quite well done, and it shows off some aspects of the game quite nicely. I also agree with the sentiment that Bethesda needs to give it's PR guys dev. training.

I'll also agree that the gore is ridiculous looking and that VATS looks like shit... and in the vein of MisterStone's question statement about it (limb loss seems like a given, and there's no tactical element to the use of VATS) I"d also like to throw out the observation that in all of the videos I've seen, not once has VATS use ended in anything but an Insta-Kill.

So what's the fucking point of it?

Shit, wait, never mind, it's a Bethesda game.

Also, I know that this is fairly nitpicky, but I have a problem with it on the grounds that the game is intended to be played from the first person perspective: The shotgun that's used in almost all of the VATS videos is pretty clearly designed to be pump-action (despite the fact that the drum is located at the front of the pump), but there doesn't appear to be an animation for it. How goddamn lazy can you get, Bethesda?