News Recap

Post by **King of Creation** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:50 pm

[ Game -> Preview ] - More info on <a href="#Fallout 3">Game: Fallout 3</a>

Since I was away for the last week, I missed posting all of the crazy amount of news that happened. Here's a recap, graciously supplied by Briosafreak and his <a href="http://fallout3.wordpress.com/2008/04/1 ... he-future/" target="_self">Post Nuclear Blog</a>.<blockquote>While there seems to have been a massive explosion of
information over the last couple of days the overwhelming majority of
it has simply been a repeat of what we have read in the past. Here is
the NEW information from all of the recent press coverage. This thread
is to discuss what we didn’t already know before, as listed chaotically
below.
<a target="_blank" href="http://kotaku.com/378147/growing-up-wit ... -3">Kotaku </a>
“The Pip-Boy 3000 has many of uses for interacting with your
character as well as emitting light for use in those darker areas of
which there are many.”
“If things get too dangerous, you can always have him (Dogmeat) wait
nearby or send him back to Vault 101 where his safety will be assured.”
(Vault 101 = Safe?)
<a target="_blank" href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/865/865 ... a>
“This is when you get to actually choose your character’s look, picking from either preset selections
or creating a custom look by mixing and matching different attributes.
There are plenty of options to choose from, some quite colorful, like
the “gunslinger” option for facial hair.”
“It’s during your toddler phase where dad also introduces you to a
quote that will apparently play an important role in the game (We won’t
print it here for spoiler reasons, but if you’re curious and don’t mind
a spoiler, it’s taken from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Look
for Chapter 21, Verse 6)”
“…the idea with Dogmeat is that you can converse with him (he’ll
answer in barks, whimpers, and other appropriate canine noises), and
he’ll be knowledgeable about the surrounding area.”
“There are even grenades to help clear out rooms.”
“Throughout this battle the demonstrator switched between weapons using the Pip-Boy 3000.”
“The supermutants carried everything from sledgehammers to rocket launchers.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/10/joyst ... a>
“…but Hines expects more than Oblivion, with roughly 50 to 60 different character voices.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gameshark.com/previews/3308/ ... a>
“You’re given a final opportunity
to make any desired changes to your character–confirm sex, name,
attributes, perks, etc–and then it’s off into what remains of the
post-modern world.” - Looks like you can pull the sewer gate trick
instead of redoing the tutorial, but will skipping it altogether be an
option?
“Once a popular tourist spot (mall of Washington D.C.) it has
degraded into a war zone, ravaged by battles between the Brotherhood of
Steel and legion of super mutant that have annexed the Capitol Rotunda as their headquarters.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3 ... a>
“However, I was a bit bummed when Hines said we won’t be able to become mutants.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticl ... >Shacknews </a>
“But while the general background is the same, none of the
characters or locales from the original two games will make an
appearance.”
“It may not be a lonely world out there–what with super mutants, the mercenaries of the Talon Company, and the cult-like Brotherhood of Steel all marauding across the landscape–and it sure isn’t a friendly one, either.”
“Abandoned vaults and bombed-out buildings are to Fallout 3 what the generic caves and decrepit Elven ruins were to Oblivion.”
“…though an interesting touch to each glowing one you encounter is a
very brief (think blink-and-you’ll-miss-it) flashback scene showing
what that ghoul’s life was like before it mutated into a hellish husk.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fal ... ">Gamespot </a>
“You’ll even get to take on a few rudimentary quests at your party
or just watch the many-armed robot of the future, Mr. Handy, mangle
your birthday cake with one of its buzz saw-arm extensions.” -
confirmation that “many-armed” device in birthday screenshot is Mr.
Handy?
“…you can’t have any meaningful conversations with him (Dogmeat) or
have him carry a ton of inventory.” - While you do interact with
Dogmeat through the same conversation mechanism as other NPC dialog,
thankfully the options are limited to commands. It is also mentioned
that scolding and/or praising Dogmeat will not affect Karma.
“Feral ghouls are extremely swift and vicious, leaping at you with tremendous speed.”
“…coupled with the weapon’s (minigun) startup delay…” - A nice touch of realism for the minigun
“…you’ll receive most of your alerts, such as new quests, as brief
text messages that fade away, similar to friends notifications on Xbox
Live.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1 ... /p1/">Team Xbox</a>
“…we were already impressed by little touches, such as how the
loading screen offers a selection of statistics and your level progress
taken directly from your gameplay.”
“when ‘Dogmeat’ joins you on your trek, it isn’t something that’ll
happen in the game at the same point if you play it three times in a
row.” - confirmation that Dogmeat is part of a random encounter as
suggested in earlier previews
<a target="_blank" href="http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/fal ... a>
“Vault 101’s overseer presents you with your very own Pip-Boy 3000,
which will serve as your quest log, map, and radio receiver throughout
your wasteland jaunt, sporting a handsome cathode ray tube display that doubles as a flashlight when clicked on its highest setting.”
- More on the Pipboy “flashlight”. Confirmation that instead of a
flashlight setting the players turns up the brightness on the display
for a light halo similar to previous Fallouts (sorry if this is boring
but I had been wondering about that for ages)
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/fallo ... 096">Games Radar </a>
“We also toured a mall of Washington D.C., where we saw the
Washington Monument. In the future, it’s full of holes, but still
standing, and the elevator will still goes to the top.” - Confirmation
(?) that the Washington Monument from the official trailer is in fact a
playable area.
“After watching the fight, we got too close and one of the
mercenaries fired a few shots at us. Then he really surprised us by
running over to a dead mutant, picking up his mini-gun and using it
against us.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gametap.com/articles/gamepre ... a>
“One interesting side detail: A Bethesda representative was
demonstrating the combat and had power armor equipped. While he was
basically a nigh-impenetrable tank, his visibility was cut down, so the
perception stat had a significant penalty–one that made VATS nearly
impossible to use, which was just one example of the hard tactical
decisions you’ll need to make.”
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.destructoid.com/pew-pew-prev ... a>
“now 500 plus endings”
“In this instance, Pete had loaded his player with a tank-strength
Brotherhood of Steel armor suit. The suit, while intimidating and
defensive, limited his range of motion and visual perception, as it was
clunky and heavy to move around in.”
So there you go, all the new info from the latest previews
consolodated into one quick to read thread. Hopefully that will save a
few people some time and frustration. </blockquote>Again, many, many thanks to <a href="http://fallout3.wordpress.com/" target="_self">Briosafreak</a>.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:48 pm

I should bookmark this page for times when I want to get aggravated.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:22 pm

Dude! That's my post! Briosa got it from the Bethforums but I posted it here as well. Whats the deal?

VasikkA wrote:I should bookmark this page for times when I want to get aggravated.

At least you didn't have to read through all that shit to get those tiny ass nuggets of info. That shit was AWFUL.

Anyways, all gripes aside we finally got confirmation that the robot in the corner of the birthday pic was Mr. Handy as well as some other little gems.

Briosafreak · Post by **Briosafreak** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:42 am

Aonaran wrote:Dude! That's my post! Briosa got it from the Bethforums but I posted it here as well. Whats the deal?

KoC should make you a newsposter. And the credit is on the blog post:

Last week was crazy, after so long without any info about the game we got preview after preview.

So my friend Aonaran made a quick recap of the new info, with the help of people from the Bethesda Games Fallout 3 forum:

You rock, and also don't smell funny like poop

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:57 am

tl;dr

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:59 pm

Frater Perdurabo wrote:tl;dr

well thanks for the insight anyway. i'm sure all of us have been thinking all week, "will frater think this is too long to read? i sure hope he tells us asap!"

Nooke · Post by **Nooke** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:05 pm

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:56 pm

wrote:â€œâ€¦we were already impressed by little touches, such as how the loading screen offers a selection of statistics and your level progress taken directly from your gameplay.â€�

Thank God, I would have been sooo sad if that hadn't been in.