Bethesda Dev Steve Meister (MrSmileyFaceDude in the forums) dropped by the NMA forums and bolstered the Fallout community's morale:
Fallout 3 will be very, very different from Oblivion (or any other TES
game). It won't be "Morrowind with guns". It won't even be "Oblivion
with guns".
This is probably the best news we've heard in a long time. My confidence in Bethesda keeps growing and growing. Now how about some concept art?