http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3#Film_festival
they're starting to ramp up the promo events.
― kingfish, Sunday, 13 July 2008 08:30 (sixteen years ago) link
here's your gameplay vid... http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36197.html
almost put me to sleep :(
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 14 July 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
holy smokes; all anticipation I had for that just went out the window
looks AWFUL
― czn, Monday, 14 July 2008 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
fallout 2 on lots and lots of downers?
― El Tomboto, Monday, 14 July 2008 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry I meant half-life 2, duhh
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36238.html
This one looks a bit better.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
More of a proper trailer, i guess: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36238.html
Also probably some of the opening cutscene, if history is to judge.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/fallout-3/preview/fallout-3-hands-on/a-20080714133932662026/g-20070327151320531089
Somebody on SA pointed out that pretty much all of the promo footage we've seen is just combat, which is only part of the actual(full? proper?) experience, but is a damn good way to get your casual xbox fratboys interested in the title.
Check the vid here:
http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/videos/26939/Hands_On_Fallout_3.html
You hear the mouthbreater contingent in the studio audience agape over the slo-mo gore.
Hopefully there'll be more substantive vid coming up, that actually shows the dialogue bits and other parts of the game. Yeah, that's a full-on visually entralling part of gameplay(look, kids! you can CLICK DIALOGUE CHOICES!) and doesn't do shit for an attract-mode, but whatever. I play rpgs for the narrative bits.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 08:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9t7uXkLyA
― hyggeligt, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/hands-on-fallou.html#more
ruh roh
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link
shit. Oh well, we'll see.
― kingfish, Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Jeeez. I'm so far out of the loop (I have a Wii, but an out-of-date mac and a lack of friends with a PS3, Xbox 360 or powerful PC) that trailer that put everyone else to sleep looks pretty good to me.
-Luddite
― Z S, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-08-fallout-3-hands-on-95691.phtml
Not sure how to react to this one
― kingfish, Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I am still as apprehensive as I was the day I heard Bethesda was taking it. So far no surprises. :(
― Will M., Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Destructoid with terrible writing and lack of genuine insight... not too surprising. Pretty much the reaction of that hollering G4 audience.
Not that Bloody Mess wasn't pretty amusing when I was a teenager myself, but, yeah, I wouldn't put too much stock in that foaming review. But man, it would be nice if one of these previews actually talked about dialogue choices, world changing effects and reputations, non-violent and alternative solution paths, that kind of thing that Fallout is ALSO known for, you know...
― Nhex, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah that destructoid preview is absolutely fucking terrible. "I shot some old ladies!!! I love this game!!!" Ladies and gentlemen, videogames blogger.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Probably worth watching... http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/20175
They cover a lot of the same ground as in the microsoft press conference, but since they're talking through it and taking their time, I thought it seemed more interesting. It does look like it might be a world with spending some time in. I'd like to see some character dialog interaction still, however
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 18 July 2008 05:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay, that one's much better, even going over (literally) the same ground. There's far less mouthbreather bro yelling over the gore.
― kingfish, Friday, 18 July 2008 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
-- El Tomboto, Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
seriously. "I. SHOT. A. WOMAN." wtfffff
― s1ocki, Friday, 18 July 2008 12:27 (sixteen years ago) link
and to think he's not even the worst journo on that site
see one jim sterling
― Will M., Friday, 18 July 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe this has been answered before, but I can't search through the whole thread...
So I never played any of these games before, but now I finally want to (plus only six dollars each on gog). Should I start with the original Fallout, or should I just skip to Fallout 2? Are they basically the same, or is there some kind of ongoing story? I assume the games are fairly long and I never have tons of time for long games (so I worry I won't have time for both)...
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 19 September 2008 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Start with the originally Fallout. They aren't that different and once you play one you'll want to play both.
― Mordy, Friday, 19 September 2008 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
And they do have loose thematic connections.
Yeah, a lot of references in the second game are lost on you when oyu havewn't played ther first (and it spoils the story of the first completely). Plus the first is much shorter, so you cna beat it quicker and move on to 2.
― THERE IS NO VULCAN DEATH GRIP (Will M.), Friday, 19 September 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks - I'm downloading the first one. 47 minutes to go!
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 19 September 2008 03:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Awesome. Savor it! You're probably going to want to play through it more than once.
― Nhex, Friday, 19 September 2008 04:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i remembering downloading my err backup copy of fallout in 98 or so. it was like 500 mb and took like an entire week, lol slow.
― bnw, Friday, 19 September 2008 04:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I was almost killed by rats before I could figure out how combat works...
― Jeff LeVine, Friday, 19 September 2008 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
if i were you, i'd call an exterminator before i got around to playing an old rpg.
― s1ocki, Friday, 19 September 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
does the GOG stuff work on Mac? I have a pre-boot camp ibook...
― THERE IS NO VULCAN DEATH GRIP (Will M.), Friday, 19 September 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I am probably down with doing this too once I finish playing through bioshock... twice. So you know, maybe November? Is it worth it Jeff?
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I played a bit more tonight. I guess I have to find a rope? So I wandered around looking for it through the deserts and mountians, barely escaping a gang of rowdies who wanted to "party," but ended up being killed by three giant scorpions a short while later. Where dat rope?
I guess I'm into it, mostly because so far it's slow, weird, and unlike the games I usually play. I've yet to advance very far though
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 07:02 (fifteen years ago) link
It's not that linear, Jeff (ie: Find the rope, go into the well, get the thing, solve the puzzle). In fact, I only remember one "quest" in the game that actually requires a rope to complete.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 07:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Ooh, look:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=243314
― JimD, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Fallout would be perfectly complemented by... hmm. What's an album that's like... doom metal slow but route-66-westerny music feel? If that exists, that's Fallout basically.
― THERE IS NO VULCAN DEATH GRIP (Will M.), Wednesday, 24 September 2008 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
White Zombie?
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Friends of Dean Martinez/Calexico
― Pizza Dalek in the Cult of Sbarro (kingfish), Wednesday, 24 September 2008 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a rope in the town between the vaults, hidden in a bookshelf or drawer. can't remember what house. although the game doesn't have to be played in order, this quest can be done right from the start of the game, and it can give you the location of another town.
― abanana, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Rope
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://jl13.com/images/fallout_billboard.jpg
As I rounded the corner from Amoeba Records in Hollywood, I didn't expect to see that.
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 13 October 2008 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously!! they have a certified printers in hollywood!?!
― s1ocki, Monday, 13 October 2008 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL
― cankles, Monday, 13 October 2008 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Metro Center station, the big downtown hub of dc, has basically had every available space for ads bought up to promote this. It's even weirder than the usual clean coal/military contractor ads we get.
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 23 October 2008 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Been seeing a lot of TV ads for this... during Sons of Anarchy tonight I saw one of those longer commericials with Todd Howard (?) talking over game footage. I'm surprised, because I don't remember any of the Elder Scrolls games (let alone previous Fallout games) getting this level of advertising dollars.
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 October 2008 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i really hope that this is good. been patiently waiting for a sequel for years.
― circa1916, Thursday, 23 October 2008 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
GOG.com opened its public beta today, so you can get FO1, 2 or Tactics for $6 if you so choose.
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 October 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
real talk, everyone: fallout 2 isn't half as good as fallout 1
imho
― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Thursday, 23 October 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always preferred the original too. Second definitely a case of more not necessarily meaning better. Still a great game tho.
― circa1916, Friday, 24 October 2008 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link
it felt like a halfassed expansion pack to the original
― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Friday, 24 October 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
It was essentially Fallout 1.5, but the original formula was good enough that I didn't really care.
― circa1916, Friday, 24 October 2008 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link