Mr. Q said:
OK, at this point, we may have to kidnap a Bethesda employee or two and sweat the truth out of them. Last thing I want to see is more heartbreak from the fans after what that joker pulled with the viral marketing.
Maybe people could stop getting so psyched up for every leak around. Now, the hoax site I understand, because someone put a lot of work into it. But maybe that should be a hint not to get so sucked in this time.
That beng said, I want more games in the Boston area. I would prefer modern-day, a la GTA, but I could live with post-apocalypse setting.
But I'm not counting on it just because of the 635th leak on an anticipated title this month.
suitepee7 said:
at first, super fucking excited...
but then, the player says "war never changes"... unless i get to play as ron-motherfucking-perlman himself and he delivers every single one of my lines, i'm pissed.
Within an hour, someone will use this to confirm that we play as Ron Pearlman.
Spectrum_Prez said:
Wait a second, three things:
1. If this leak were to be real, this would be the first game where the player in a BGS game is voiced. That's already a huge change from prior practice.
2. Does this mean you can't set the player character's gender? Of course, they could be hiring two voice-actors like Mass Effect.
3. Based on the first point above and how big a change it would be, I'm now less certain this is genuine and more inclined that Kotaku is pulling our leg. Everything about the article smells fishy. The author claims the authenticity was confirmed as real, but then said BethSoft declined to comment. So how did you ascertain it was real?
Neither is really surprising, though. Games. Games have changed. Remember not too long ago, when Fallout 3 was a FPS and it was a change?
Now, remember, I'm one of the skeptics, so I'm not saying that means it's confirmed or anything. In fact, I still doubt it. But voiceovers? And one per gender choice? Not exactly what I call earth shattering, even if it's new to Fallout.
But I'll believe it when I see the first footage of a bug-laden playthrough.