Char Ell Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 I think it's almost time to play my first Bethesda RPG. Unlike Pavlos I have never been exposed to the Fallout franchise before so I have no emotional stake established from the previous Fallout games. It's pretty much a clean slate for me on this one.
Arátoeldar Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 The Fallout 3 PC Interview: Bethesda on DRM, Censorship and Consolification
Pavlos Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Source Fallout 3 has gone gold. There's not much more to say about that is there? The eagerly awaited nuclear winter is almost here. A full decade after the release of the postapocalyptic role-playing game Fallout 2 on the PC and four years after work on the project began, Bethesda Softworks today announced that Fallout 3 has gone gold for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Fried gold.
Lantzen Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Fallout 3 got 81% from swedish PC Gamer, and also the note "It's like Oblivion with guns", and that was exactly what i didn't want it to be. For those that have missed it it the xbox version have also leaked. http://kotaku.com/5060952/fallout-3-360-compromised-by-pre+apocalyptic-pirates
stoffe Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 "It's like Oblivion with guns", and that was exactly what i didn't want it to be. "I saw some mutants by the water recently. I steered clear of them." "Disgusting creatures! I hope to never see another." That would be a bit disappointing. Morrowind and Oblivion are great and fun exploration games, but as RPGs they're somewhat lacking.
Arátoeldar Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Fallout 3 got 81% from swedish PC Gamer, and also the note "It's like Oblivion with guns", and that was exactly what i didn't want it to be. For those that have missed it it the xbox version have also leaked. http://kotaku.com/5060952/fallout-3-360-compromised-by-pre+apocalyptic-pirates From what I have read on other forums, Swedish PC Gamer isn't highly thought of by Swedish people.
Ctrl Alt Del Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 "I saw some mutants by the water recently. I steered clear of them." "Disgusting creatures! I hope to never see another." For some reason, and despite all proof against it, I still believe F3 will be something more.
Lantzen Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 From what I have read on other forums, Swedish PC Gamer isn't highly thought of by Swedish people. There forum aint atleast, happen something there so most members left ^^ But i think there reviews usaly is pretty good. I know that many many sites will give this a much higher score, but i think 81% will be what Fallout3 deserves from a RPG viewing point. Like Stoffe said, Bethseda earlier games is fun with the exploring and such, but as a RPG they lack very much. just look at the dialouges on Oblivion xD And a note, im one of those that think Oblivion is way overrated, it was fun at begining but then i started see flaws evrywhere and now i can't even bring myself to play it for another hour without mods that fixs the flaws, with them i can play it for 2 hours
jrrtoken Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Now that I've just completed my first playthrough of the original Fallout, I can say that Fallout 3 seems to be very different from the original. One, the combat system feels very different, and I'm not talking about the real-time system or the first person perspective, but that it seems that you always have to fight and kill everything. In the original Fallout, you can practically talk your way out of almost every situation. Plus, the music seems very... err.... not good. Seeing that the original Fallout soundtrack was mainly ambiance, replacing that with a radio... yeah, my guess is that they don't have a streaming radio tower in a nuclear wasteland. EDIT: Oh yes, the system requirements have also been released. Looks like my graphics card is supported... barely. System Requirements
Corinthian Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 You've got some interesting perspective on the combat given that you haven't actually played the game.
jrrtoken Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 You've got some interesting perspective on the combat given that you haven't actually played the game.Hey, that's just from the gameplay videos that I've seen. Right now, I'm just basing it on that, of course, my opinion can change when I actually get the game. Everyone else has their feelings toward the new installment, but unless if you have a time machine, then I guess you have opinions on Fallout 3 before you've actually played it as well.
Corinthian Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Gameplay videos are always going to show combat. Dialog isn't visual enough for a gameplay video.
Arátoeldar Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Gameplay videos are always going to show combat. Dialog isn't visual enough for a gameplay video. He is right though. after I have watched some streaming of the x-box leak. The game plays more like Oblivion with guns with lots of combat then Fallout. If you don't want to fight. You better have a high stealth.
Corinthian Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Okay, let me point out some logical flaws here. 1: You're assuming that just because you didn't see it, it wasn't there. 2: You couldn't talk your way past most of the random encounters in Fallout or Fallout 2.
Arátoeldar Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Okay, let me point out some logical flaws here. 1: You're assuming that just because you didn't see it, it wasn't there. 2: You couldn't talk your way past most of the random encounters in Fallout or Fallout 2. There were very few actual random encounters. Most of the combat was predetermined. From what I have seen of this game. It is Oblivion with guns built for the Console Kiddies.
Lynk Former Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 As a citizen of Australia, I would like to formally apologise to the rest of the world for our effect on Fallout 3. Because of the shortcomings of the videogame classification ratings in my country, certain small changes have been made to Fallout 3. So what is the change? Well "Morphine" has now been changed to "Med-X"... lol
Sabretooth Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 As a citizen of Australia, I would like to formally apologise to the rest of the world for our effect on Fallout 3. Because of the shortcomings of the videogame classification ratings in my country, certain small changes have been made to Fallout 3. So what is the change? Well "Morphine" has now been changed to "Med-X"... lol Yeah, because of you kangaroos we won't be getting our Drug Simulator 2009 now. ****.
Lynk Former Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Oh, if they got upitty over one drug reference in Fallout 3... imagine what they're gonna do once they see what's in GTA China Town. Full on drug dealing... that'll go down well.
Sabretooth Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 Oh, if they got upitty over one drug reference in Fallout 3... imagine what they're gonna do once they see what's in GTA China Town. Full on drug dealing... that'll go down well. Oh that's perfectly fine, so long as they don't have graphic depictions of substance abuse. Think of the children!
Char Ell Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Bethesda has released the PC system requirements for Fallout 3 Minimum System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista 1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista) 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) Recommended System Requirements: Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2 GB System RAM Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series) Supported Video Card Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 200 series NVIDIA Geforce 9800 series NVIDIA Geforce 9600 series NVIDIA Geforce 8800 series NVIDIA Geforce 8600 series NVIDIA Geforce 8500 series NVIDIA Geforce 8400 series NVIDIA Geforce 7900 series NVIDIA Geforce 7800 series NVIDIA Geforce 7600 series NVIDIA Geforce 7300 series NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series ATI HD 4800 series ATI HD 4600 series ATI HD 3800 series ATI HD 3600 series ATI HD 3400 series ATI HD 2900 series ATI HD 2600 series ATI HD 2400 series ATI X1900 series ATI X1800 series ATI X1600 series ATI X1300 series ATI X850 series Starting with Mass Effect I've noticed my PC only meets some of recommended requirements for these newer games. Hope my P4 will continue to make the grade until I can upgrade.
Q Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Oh, the amount of dread surrounding the release of this game! RPGCodex has at least a dozen threads dedicated to why this game will suck compared to the first two.
Lantzen Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 I wonder why they give they game 90% after reading these quotes:confused: http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EkkuyAAkkZLRNZgzIh.php
SpaceAlex Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I wonder why they give they game 90% after reading these quotes:confused: http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EkkuyAAkkZLRNZgzIh.php That's what I'm wondering too. Judging from the text, he wasn't that satisfied with the game at all. He even goes as far as to say that the quests are worse than those in Oblivion, which is extremely hard to believe, if you get my meaning.
Lynk Former Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Oooooooooooooh Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabre!! Rumor: Fallout 3 release on Xbox 360 canceled in India
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