UPDATED: New Fallout Coming From Original Fallout Devs
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Wow, this was unexpected, it'll be odd having the series in the hands of two seperate developers, here's hoping it'll be good.
That said, I adore Fallout 3 and Bethesda had better continue the series in that style aswell.
That said, I adore Fallout 3 and Bethesda had better continue the series in that style aswell.
Interesting development. Although they'll have to work on something good for the now and present, not the days gone by. I reserve judgement, especially given the shit post-sale support given to Fallout 1/2 ("you want bugs fixed? Bah! You don't want invisible talking/theiving children because we're too lazy to properly fix the European version? Bah-bah!")
Bethesda currently owns the rights to Fallout. Hines wouldn't give many details, but it's safe to assume Obsidian is developing the game as a licensor of the IP and that it will be published by Bethesda Softworks. Fallout 3 was also published by Bethesda Softworks, but was developed by Bethesda Game Studios.B0BX said:
I just finished playing Fallout 3 after a four-hour late night session beginning at Lamplight Caverns and ending at the Jefferson Memorial, and my verdict: Fallout FTW. That game controlled my spare time for the last month, as I roamed the entirety of the Capital Wasteland, killed anyone who got on my nerves and plundered the wealth of the wastes. I racked up achievements, roamed across the D.C. mall and just generally enjoyed the hell out of it.
I was especially impressed because I went into it very skeptical - a huge fan of the original two games I was worried the new gang cracked its head on a beam and forgot that it wasn't Half-Life 2 or Gears of War, but that wasn't the case. It mixed (for me) the perfect combination of cheerful pre-war mentality and Mad Max-esque gritty realism, the barter-based economy that uses murder to replenish funds, reappearance of Harold and Dogmeat and a surprisingly entertaining V.A.T.S. system. Add in the ability to compile MacGuyver-style weapons, an interesting main narrative and rendition of post-apocalyptic Washington and you've got a very immersive and enjoyable game.
Some qualms were there (after level 20 it just turns into a shooter, you get far too much loot if you raid everyone you fight, the game is just too big to experience on one play but too big to work up enthusiasm for doing a second run right away) but all of them were squashed by the sheer enjoyment of strolling the wastes and being able to blow the head off a raider from 200 feet away.
So, in a nutshell, I'll back any and all Fallout games, and if the original developers have their hands back in it I can't see that as a bad thing.
I was especially impressed because I went into it very skeptical - a huge fan of the original two games I was worried the new gang cracked its head on a beam and forgot that it wasn't Half-Life 2 or Gears of War, but that wasn't the case. It mixed (for me) the perfect combination of cheerful pre-war mentality and Mad Max-esque gritty realism, the barter-based economy that uses murder to replenish funds, reappearance of Harold and Dogmeat and a surprisingly entertaining V.A.T.S. system. Add in the ability to compile MacGuyver-style weapons, an interesting main narrative and rendition of post-apocalyptic Washington and you've got a very immersive and enjoyable game.
Some qualms were there (after level 20 it just turns into a shooter, you get far too much loot if you raid everyone you fight, the game is just too big to experience on one play but too big to work up enthusiasm for doing a second run right away) but all of them were squashed by the sheer enjoyment of strolling the wastes and being able to blow the head off a raider from 200 feet away.
So, in a nutshell, I'll back any and all Fallout games, and if the original developers have their hands back in it I can't see that as a bad thing.
Well Fallout 2 had New Reno, I'm guessing they wanted to go with something similar, yet not exactly the same, to give them some freedom story-wise.Slycne said:
Agreed - "Resident Evil: Extinction" was the first thought that popped into my head when setting was described. We should also note that the casino arc was already done in Fallout 2's New Reno setting.Slycne said:
Fallout in Dubai would be pretty interesting - absurdly huge towers that have collapsed to ruins, seas of abandoned cars, more desert-oriented monsters and a Bedouin feel to it.
A Prince of Persia post-apocalyptic playground perhaps?
The only issue i had with fallout 3 was how crushingly dull it was it`s the only fallout i`ve yet to complete and i`ve no desire to play it again , it`s strange as i just loved meandering around cyrrodill (yeah i know) but the DC wastelands judt bored me shitless
I'd like to see a game with the length, humour and depth of the original Fallouts in a Fallout 3 style first-person shooter viewpoint :-D
I really enjoyed playing Fallout 1 and 2, but I enjoyed Fallout 3 more because I felt like I was more in the action and actually was the character, not just some deity floating above telling them what to do... Also turn based combat generally pisses me off something chronic, give me real time combat any day!
I really enjoyed playing Fallout 1 and 2, but I enjoyed Fallout 3 more because I felt like I was more in the action and actually was the character, not just some deity floating above telling them what to do... Also turn based combat generally pisses me off something chronic, give me real time combat any day!
hmm; Through personal experience I don't really like Bethesda... (the only game I enjoyed while playing, was Terminator: Future Shock from around 1996 (?)) the others I played...
Until the first footage shows up, I'm sceptical
Until the first footage shows up, I'm sceptical
Reviewers jump onto anything nowadays. No game is perfect (unlike what these reviewers believe) and giving fallout 3 anythning over an 8 or 80% is near criminal.GyroCaptain said:
The game features constricted combat, okay graphics, its lost the complete humour of the original games, made the weapons of old a lot crapper (eg. gauss rife, minigun) and after you reach the 6th level the game becomes so repetitive with nothing new introduced just super mutant after super mutant. Theirs only 2 towns with anything friendly and remotely worthwhile!
The game starts well then falls flat on its face!
It'd be really cool if it was in the same perspective as the first three Fallouts (if we count Tactics), but I think it would be a hard sell to gamers who have already experienced Fallout 3. They wouldn't want to go back in time to an older type of gameplay. Granted, I'd still buy it, and I assume a lot of you would too because you aren't as superficial as others can be but it's still probably a pretty big worry.
Also, I hope they don't take the pre-alpha version of Van Burren. If they want to use the little bit of story they already had they should redo it from scratch. It pretty much sucked, so I'm sort of relieved that we never got that game.
Also, I hope they don't take the pre-alpha version of Van Burren. If they want to use the little bit of story they already had they should redo it from scratch. It pretty much sucked, so I'm sort of relieved that we never got that game.