Fallout 3 Previews Galore!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:27 pm

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There are a ton of Fallout 3 previews out today (July 1), as I had predicted yesterday. When posting quotes from the previews, I've ignored most rehashed stuff. For the sake of organization, I have consolidated all of the previews into this one central newspost, which I've made the "Top Story." I'll update this post as more previews come in, so keep checking. Now read on!

I have added much higher resolution screenshots and concept art to DAC's gallery. Unfortunately, there are no new screenshots.

IGN previews Fallout 3. This is the most comprehensive of the previews.
IGN interviews Todd Howard. Even Todd thinks VATS is risky.
Gamespot previews Fallout 3. Interesting stuff on Paradise Falls.
Voodoo Extreme previews Fallout 3. Cool pic of a "Bloody Mess" cake.
Worthplaying previews Fallout 3. Lunchbox and toaster weapons!
Next-Gen previews Fallout 3. The teaser is apparently the game's intro.
Joystiq previews Fallout 3. Interesting stuff on the tech aspects of the environment.
Joystiq's bullet-points article on Fallout 3. Lots of cool points.
Eurogamer previews Fallout 3. NPCs and children.
Destructoid previews Fallout 3. Vacuum weapons or something?
Critical Hits previews Fallout 3. Isometric? And cake.
Part One of the Fallout 3 Q&A from the press event. TONS of info here.
Part Two of the Fallout 3 Q&A from the press event. Gotta love information.
GameTrailer.com does a video preview with Gavin Carter. Blowing up Megaton is NOT the end of that quest series afterall. New location revealed: Ten Penny Tower
1Up previews Fallout 3. No heavy metal music!
GameDaily previews Fallout 3. More on weapons and upgrades.
Kotaku chronicles the press event and posts their reactions. Nice photo gallery there too.
Kotaku's list of facts from the demo. Nicely organized.
Shacknews previews Fallout 3. Info on the Vault jumpsuit and called shots to the groin are out.
Gamespy previews Fallout 3. The Behemoth is apparently 20 feet tall.
PC Gamer UK previews Fallout 3. Cool cover shot.
Major Nelson interviews Pete Hines. Xbox is the main development platform.
Indirect Critical Hits Q&A. Elaborates on some things.
Eurogamer interview Emil and Kathode. Great interview.

Duck and Cover is reporting on the discovery of of two previously unknown locations in Fallout 3: Springvale and Ten Penny Tower!

In addition, I've put up a new poll on the main page that asks: Now that we've seen all these previews of Fallout 3, are you feeling better about the game?

Also, be sure to check out our Fallout 3 FAQ!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:39 pm

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Thanks Bethesda, now i can skip the beginning.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:17 pm

No.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:43 pm

Aint really seen anything yet. Good stuff on the previews seems like they aint really flushing it down the toilet. I find the ideas of the minigames stupid, a waste of time. But yeah maybe this has improved my standing on the game.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:47 pm

Wouldn't all the previews be pretty much the same but written by someone else?

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:52 pm

You'd think that...

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:53 pm

The essence of ~~mediocre~~ contemporary 'journalism'. Games or otherwise. icon_drunk

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:59 pm

In good journalist habit, they all left a useless facet for different people to discuss. Gamelength of 40 hours, unkillable children, unkillable RPGs, toaster-weapons, VATS really just being RTwP, FP being the primary view. You name it, they'll suck it.

The press is diving into this even easier than I expected. Still, maybe the early attempts at hype'll mean that it breaks up at some point.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:59 pm

joystiq's bullet points has some info that the other's don't, it's prolly the best one.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:16 pm

CLEARLY Todd Howard masturbates with the tears of Fallout fans as his lube.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:41 pm

nicely put salute

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:34 pm

Christ! Where did all of these news posts come from?I've never had to scroll down that far on the DAC main page unless I've been away for a year.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:48 pm

I actually am a little heartened by some of the stuff I've read today. Isometric seems possible from what we've heard, for instance.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:57 pm

It's like politicians repeating their talking points...soulless tools.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:17 pm

If mutants and the Brotherhood aren't as rampant(as in both being very scarce) as they made them seem before, and they make the mutants look more like mutants, we're getting somewhere.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:59 pm

It looks like the Brotherhood is only one platoon, which sounds good, but their main missions seems to be killing mutants, which sounds worse.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:59 pm

The way that quote is phrased bothers me.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:01 pm

I could deal with one small platoon, something like the size of those little outposts in Fallout 2. But yeah, them just killing the shit out of everything doesn't sound great.

Also they need to remove the nuke-a-pult.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:04 pm

This is funny as well. What does Radiant AI have to do with that? Wasn't this "innovative system" in Fallout 1 and 2 already?

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:37 pm

I am not amused. icon_paper