Game News New FO3 trailer

[crakkie]

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

I never took the Fallout 1 intro as "the TV really worked". It was more of a dream sequence that clicked off when the reality of what happened 80 years ago was completely revealed.

This trailer shows the main character looking at a working TV next to a skeleton on an untouched couch. It's like Fallout fan fiction.

 

[Ander Vinz]

The TV is powered by its own nukular reactor and thus needs no external powersource.

And it explodes with nice mushroom cloud when shot.

 

[Murk]

You would whining louder if they chose to do something radically different.

everyone already is, the entire game is radically different.

 

[Grifman]

The carnage in f01 wasn't as bad as in that though, you could almost argue that the working TV made a tiny lick of sense as being in the 0.01% of shit that didn't get blasted to bits via nuke...

Oh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense, where's the signal and power coming from? Duh!?

 

[Grifman]

Skeleton on the couch? Really?

Who cares? I don't see anyone complaining about there being a working TV in the middle of fucking nowhere playing a commercial. Oh right, cause FO1 had that too.

Alright, how about this? Fuck a tv working in the middle of fucking nowhere. And fuck Fallout for having that too. And fuck Bethesda for just reusing the exact same ideas from older games. It's not a reference, it's just outright stealing.

I thought that's what you guys wanted, a clone of Fallout.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't!

 

[Grifman]

No, that's pretty okay.

What you see here is bashing for the sake of bashing.

If Bethesda does an own trailer, they suck for not copying.
If they do a FO1 and 2-like trailer, they suck for copying.

Haha, yeah. I wonder if FO3 would 'suddenly' be announced to have isometric view, would lambs start yelling that Beth suck, 'cause they're copycats.

LOL!

 

[Grifman]

EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WkBNKa2KXZE
FO's intro. Bombed out city with a "working" TV that breaks down vs. completely flattened landscape with charred pieces of wood lying around and a charred skelleton sitting on an untouched couch next to an untouched teddy. I can't believe that people have problems with understanding that one can be accepted/believed while the other is just so incongruous that it is totally unbelievable.

How is the working TV any more believeable? There's no power, there's no signal for the TV to receive if there was power. One is as unbelieveable as the other. Only someone with an axe to grind against Bethesda would say otherwise.

They're both unrealistic compared with real life - both the original Fallout opening and this trailer. But they aren't trying to be realistic, they're trying to set a mood. If you're going to bash one you have to bash the other, or reveal yourself to be so biased as to be incapable of reasoning and logic.

 

[sqeecoo]

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

I never took the Fallout 1 intro as "the TV really worked". It was more of a dream sequence that clicked off when the reality of what happened 80 years ago was completely revealed.

This trailer shows the main character looking at a working TV next to a skeleton on an untouched couch. It's like Fallout fan fiction.

Good point!

 

[flabbyjack]

Spotted this 'tech demo' of Fallout 3 on JooTube -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ISaXxuzMo

NWN-like third person. Oblivion-esque first person. Also a giant walking robot. Doesn't look like Van Buren(Located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGptQqzhAw&NR=1), but IDK if it's actually FO3. Any comments?

 

[fastpunk]

I never took the Fallout 1 intro as "the TV really worked". It was more of a dream sequence that clicked off when the reality of what happened 80 years ago was completely revealed.

Indeed. It was not about being totally realistic but more about communicating the tone of the game. Giving you a feel of what FO is about. What Bethesda did here is just pure lack of creativity. It communicates nothing. Copy pasted elements from FO1's intro, add da Supah Dupah Mart commercial, slap on some 50s music and voila! Complaining that the TV works is completely besides the point. What matter is that this trailer just doesn't have the same vibe as the FO1 intro.

 

[Arem]

Spotted this 'tech demo' of Fallout 3 on JooTube -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ISaXxuzMo

NWN-like third person. Oblivion-esque first person. Also a giant walking robot. Doesn't look like Van Buren(Located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGptQqzhAw&NR=1), but IDK if it's actually FO3. Any comments?

It's from the postapoc Troika rpg.

 

[Murk]

The carnage in f01 wasn't as bad as in that though, you could almost argue that the working TV made a tiny lick of sense as being in the 0.01% of shit that didn't get blasted to bits via nuke...

Oh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense, where's the signal and power coming from? Duh!?

the last surge of power still trickling through the power lines?

or whatever plot device you need for that intro to make sense. the believability of it all doesn't even matter, i only chimed in because i saw some lick of in-game logic that made sense in that context, whether its realistic or not is a retarded question as the entire game is unrealistic. the question is does it make sense in the context provided? and even then that's about as relevant as how much salt is spilled on the ground.

the real problem, as i feel from this and the first teaser, is that bethesda is doing 2 things and fucking up at it both

1) trying to rekindle the fallout feel and atmosphere

2) making a revalooshunerry niue gaiem

Fallout was definitely a step ahead in its field but it was subtle in that aspect, this ... this isn't subtle

 

[NiM82]

The working TV in both games is obviously fantastical, it's meant to be a ghostly reminder of old, better times. That being said the context of the scene in Fallout 1 is a lot more believable; a surviving room corner in a ruined, but still standing, building serving as a time capsule.

Contrast that to Fallout 3's pristine TV in the middle of nowhere, that must have had an energy shield around it to protect it from the blast that ripped all the walls and roof off. Then there's the charred/rotten skeleton posed on the equally pristine couch. Some modern art prank by the survivors was it?

 

[Murk]

the skeleton is in total chillbro mode too, arms out with a 40 of olde english in his lap, he was prolly watchin pimp my ride and listenin to grandmaster flash before he got his shit wiped out

 

[Micmu]

Contrast that to Fallout 3's pristine TV in the middle of nowhere, that must have had an energy shield around it, to protect it from the blast that ripped all the walls and roof off. Then there's the charred/rotten skeleton posed on the equally pristine couch. Some modern art prank by the survivors was it?

...yes, and the power distribution network was also left intact (and shielded), apparently.

 

[Korgan]

Choose Fallout 3. Choose a background. Choose stats. Choose skills. Choose a post-apocalyptic world, choose nuclear catapults, zombie ghouls, orc supermutants, raped canon and gutted setting. Choose zero difficulty and next-gen bullshit. Choose bloom and shaders. Choose mudcrabs, Bestheda dialogs and OMG funny jokes. Choose 10+ hours of immersive gameplay, VATS and collar-grabbing ackshun. Choose sitting on a couch staring at a TV screen and controlling it all with a gamepad. Choose recieving the game for Christmas, being cooler than all the whiny nerds and paying Beth $70 to develop the inevitable sequel to Oblivion. Choose your future. Choose Fallout 3.

 

[Elhoim]

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

I never took the Fallout 1 intro as "the TV really worked". It was more of a dream sequence that clicked off when the reality of what happened 80 years ago was completely revealed.

Exactly. But some people lack the imagination to notice that.

 

[sportforredneck]

LMAO get the fuck ovwr the fact that it hevaily borrowed or 'stole' FO1's intro. It's a fuckin' teaser.

I'm annoyed with any thing that blatantly steals, not just Fallout 3. It's fucking ridiculous when no one tries to be even a little original anymore.

 

[Helton]

I'm annoyed with any thing that blatantly steals, not just Fallout 3. It's fucking ridiculous when no one tries to be even a little original anymore.

Was anything physically removed from an inventory?

 

[Dire Roach]

I wonder if Bethesda would be bold enough to avoid releasing a gameplay video until after the game has been released...

But really, is there any doubt at all that this will be anything other than Oblivion With Guns? We can see in this video that the engine remains exactly the same, with the Vault d00d doing a "draw weapon" animation.

 

[Herbert West]

What the fuck is wrong with you? OMFG FALLOUT3 IS SO UNREALISTIC THIS IS SHIT!!1

Can't you please be angry cunts that, however, do have a point , instead of circle jerking to the tune of "FALLOUT3 SUCKS BECAUSE IT SUCKS!"

 

[entertainer]

Prepare for the shitstorm after the gameplay video.

 

[Murk]

it's gonna rule just like d&d 4.0

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Prepare for the shitstorm after the gameplay video.

It will be a big one - what ever they will show.

 

[Jasede]

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

I never took the Fallout 1 intro as "the TV really worked". It was more of a dream sequence that clicked off when the reality of what happened 80 years ago was completely revealed.

Exactly. But some people lack the imagination to notice that.

The Bethesda trailer is also a dream sequence; they just don't show the clicking off yet.