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Preview If you thought that the nuclear catapult was bad...

Vault Dweller

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Tags: Bethesda Softworks; Fallout 3

Another Fallout 3 preview, courtesy of <a href=http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=44075>Worthplaying</a>:
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<blockquote>Fallout 3 features both new and old robots, including the handyman. It will also boast many new weapons, like the "Rock-It-Launcher," which is basically a <u>toaster which can fire numerous items at your enemies</u>. Fallout 3 also includes the ability to create your own items using a crafting system, as well as combine two weapons to make one stronger or more durable. <u>Another cool new weapon is the "Lunch Box Explosive"</u>, which consists of a simple lunchbox from the pre-war days that is loaded up with explosives and can send your enemies soaring. Oh, and no, there are no drivable vehicles here — just explodable ones.</blockquote>A toaster that fires numerous items at your enemies... I actually had to read the line several times to understand this "innovative and exciting" concept.
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<blockquote>...your father, one of the most important people in Vault 101...</blockquote>*sigh*
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<blockquote>You have the option of triggering a detonator on the bomb and evaporating Megaton and the people living there, or reporting the shady guy to the sheriff and letting the law take care of the matter.</blockquote>Finally, someone posted what the other option is.
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<blockquote>As for the combat system, Fallout 3 will utilize the SPECIAL stat system employed by its predecessors: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck. You initially travel through the game in a real-time first-person mode, aiming your weapons like a first-person shooter and blasting away your opponents, but the cool thing about any title in the Fallout series is VATS (Vault-tec Assisted Targeting System). ... It is an innovative and exciting system to use in such a beautifully rendered 3D world.</blockquote>What does "beautifully rendered 3D world" have to do with game mechanics?
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From the <a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/01/joystiq-first-look-fallout-3/>Joystiq preview</a>:
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<blockquote>The demo showed off a few highly imaginative weapons, from the Suck-o-Tron, which lets you chuck useless items at enemies, to the Fatman personal miniature nuclear bomb catapult.</blockquote>It does get better and better, doesn't it?
 

JrK

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"Bethesda is trying to bring the "Bethesda feel" to the Fallout series and is working to create a game world that is expansive and open-ended."

Ouch....

It just keeps amazing me that it appears more and more that Bethesda didn't even try to make anything else from Oblivion with guns.

ADD: Those screens look just as ugly as Oblivion. Everything is just so vague and unclear.
 

X_805

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Is Todd a small child with a propensity for violence or is that just some kind of role he's trying to play?
 

Makagor

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"the Suck-o-Tron, which lets you chuck useless items at enemies"

That sounds suspiciously like the Half Life 2 gravity gun.
 

Vault Dweller

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"All those pointless rocks and Barbie heads you find on the ground can be loaded into a makeshift Rock-It Launcher and put to good use."

So, you can't kill things with nuclear explosions, but a well placed Barbie head shot can do the trick.
 

NiM82

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What the hell are they smoking there?

Tthe lunchbox sounds vaguely plausible, if it works like a satchel charge/pipebomb, but if you go around throwing them.... jesus.

x2 on the Suck-a-tron sounding like HL2's gravity gun. Guess someone read the memo that all FPS games now need them.
 

Section8

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You have the option of triggering a detonator on the bomb and evaporating Megaton and the people living there, or reporting the shady guy to the sheriff and letting the law take care of the matter.

My god these people just prove themselves hacks over and over again. Here's a thought - what if the "good" option of disarming the bomb was opposed by the residents of the town based on their ideology? The fact that the bomb is active but undetonated stands as testament to their faith. removing that would be a violation of that faith.

So in that respect, a logical and positive step is opposed by the very people it would benefit most. That's a much better moral situation to be a part of, and it's something pretty much anyone could come up with. The "Bethesda version" is pretty special in the respect that most people wouldn't come up with anything that retarded. Thumbs up, guys!
 

Volourn

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Why are people bashingt he graphics? Looks great.

I might buy this game just to spite the Codex - then again, everyone knows 75% of Copdexers have already preordered it.

You are all a bunch of Viscerises. L0L


Game looks like, as hyped, has some strengths and has some weaknesses.

R00fles!
 
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Volourn said:
Why are people bashingt he graphics? Looks great.

I might buy this game just to spite the Codex - then again, everyone knows 75% of Copdexers have already preordered it.

You are all a bunch of Viscerises. L0L


Game looks like, as hyped, has some strengths and has some weaknesses.

R00fles!

Nope. I for one am going to be Jack Bauer in Space and grab some collars instead. EXTREME!
 

fastpunk

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Despite the unique humor, Fallout was a pretty serious game. The world looked plausible considering its circumstances: a world after a nuclear war. But what do these fuckers from Bethesda do? They're turning everything into a joke! And all those suckup journalists are constantly kissing their asses... why? Are people that ignorant and stupid to NOT realize what the consequences of a nuclear war would be? This is just totally idiotic! All FO3 needs now is an online deathmatch mode so you can put it up there with serious games like Serious Sam.
 

Section8

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That whole "we think violence done well is fucking hilarious" quote would certainly ruffle the feathers of reactionaries like Jack Thompson, but I don't the the political pressure they'd exert upon Bethesda would be worth the "Buy Fallout 3 to spite Jack Thompson" campaign that would stem forth from Something Awful and the like.
 

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