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101 facts about Fallout 3

Following some time with the latest build of Fallout 3, gameplayer has written an extensive article detailing all the things they learnt about the game, from smaller details though to massive gameplay features. Essential reading for fans.

"This week we spent over three hours with the game and its executive producer Pete Hines. We saw the game's intro, the inside of Vault 101, the combat, the conversation system and we took those first steps out into the apocalyptic Washington DS of the far future. We experienced characters of different levels, from rookie biatch through to power-suit, mini-gun carrying combat God. We completed quests, betrayed whole towns and watched our faithful canine companion bite it. We saw something special. Here are more facts than you could possibly count that we gleaned from the experience."

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Swiftfox6543d ago

The origanal design of this game was like Diablo's was it not?

When they ask the developers why they changed it they said "to keep things fresh and interesting so it doesn't become stail"

However, they are using the same design for the game as Oblivion and Morrowind. The only difference is the Fallout setting. How is that doing something different?

I wasn't big into PC when the series first released, I didn't care to much for Oblivion either but I may give this a try. If only to make my own judgments on it.

SlappingOysters6543d ago

I guess the question is, if they had teh technology to make an Oblivion like world when they made the first Fallout... or if that was the typical genre of the time (as opposed to how diablo had just come out)... then would they have?

Possibly...

Swiftfox6543d ago

An excellent question. Current tech gives you more open doors than ever before. However, since this is not in conjunction with previous developers, and the current developers knowing how popular Oblivions play was, I think we are looking at a similar experience to Oblivion.

If the origanal development team had access to this and current tech we would be looking at a far different game, for better or worse.

SlappingOysters6543d ago

I wonder how an isometric view would go down with today's crowd. I mean Fallout 3 needs to appeal to more than just the veterans to be worth making in today's climate and I don't know if all the younguns weened on Halo and Oblivion would enjoy the old-school isometric view. When was the last isometric view game on a console. I can think of Killzone: Liberation of PSP...

Ninja Gaiden, would you call that Isometric or just fixed camera?

Papacharinonanadan6543d ago

I hate fixed camera anything. You have to be able to look around these awesome worlds.

Isometric is as dead as point & click

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SlappingOysters6543d ago

are you serious? Dude, you must be the poster boy for the ADD Generation

vickers5006543d ago

They have only a couple of things on each page. At the most, it should be like 4 or 5, but instead its only like a couple of facts on one page, thats 8 pages long. 8 pages is not required for 101 facts. It's as if basically the writer of the article created it like this, 1fact,2fact,3fact, skip page, 4,5,6, skip page, 7,8,9 skip page. Its really not necassary, as they had plenty of extra room to put a lot of info on one page instead of what they did which is a little bit of info on 8 pages.

I think they're just looking for advertisement dollars. And maybe part of it is because I'm lazy, but 8 is still way too many for something with that little content.

SlappingOysters6543d ago

doesn't bother me. Page lengths are always the same there. bout 600 words.

Just go to page 6 if you want the quick and nasty, it goes point form from there, but doesn't give you the detailed analysis of the earlier pages which focus on the bigger things.

dnf276543d ago

I've got nothing better to do with my time. I'm going to go through all 8 pages and then go back from 8 to 1. Seriously though, yeah, could have been a few less pages but I think the pagination is OK. I've seen a lot, lot, worse. So wish I could name names. Australian tech website, starts with Smart, ends with... I'll shut up now.

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SlappingOysters6543d ago

Bit of a toss up for me.

I thought Bethesda did a damn fine job porting the PS3 version of Oblivion over, at a time when every other developer couldn't do it to save their lives.

Could be the PS3 version of this is better and with no multiplayer (which would push me to X360)...

Papacharinonanadan6543d ago

I don't care what the old school are saying, this concept doesn't sound too bad to me!

McPerson6543d ago

This game is looking more and more like 'the balls' every time I read something about it. Come out already

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Fallout 3 Remaster Is Allegedly Planned For Release At Some Point In The Future

A remaster of Bethesda Game Studios' 2008 action role-playing game, Fallout 3, is planned for release at some point in the future.

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LucasRuinedChildhood142d ago

Would be nice if they had New Vegas ready as well, especially because of the show.

Hopefully this doesn't have the same performance issues as Oblivion Remastered.

cloganart141d ago

I haven't seen anything on these performance issues? What's been going on?

walken7140d ago

Probably the Unreal Engine issues, I skipped it for that reason.

Snookies12141d ago (Edited 141d ago )

Throw in all the DLC as well, like Oblivion and I'll definitely bite. I recall having one trophy left to unlock on the PS3 version with 100+ hours in my save. When my save file got corrupted, lol. Very sad day.

To be fair though, Bethesda was trash at Playstation ports anyway.

Michiel1989141d ago

all devs sucked at porting to ps3 for the first like 3 years because no one had experience with the cell architecture. Even 1st party took a long while to get proficient with it, the difference between uncharted 1 and 3 is massive for example.

Extermin8or3_141d ago

Oh oh oh I can do this too. GTA 7 will be made at some point in the future. Fallout 5 will enter development in the future too

jznrpg141d ago

Everyone there should know most gamers want New Vegas and Morrowind more than anything.

Christopher141d ago

Which is why we won't get them. Gotta keep floating "support this one and it might happen".

BlaqMagiq1141d ago

Can't wait. Won't have to go back to my PS3 to play this when it comes out.

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Fallout 3 remastered on the Nintendo Switch 2 is what we deserve, not the worst Fallout game

Fallout Day's disappointing news that Fallout 4 is coming to Switch 2 is a shame, as this 17-year-old entry is more deserving of a new port.

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jambola213d ago

Why exactly do you think you deserve it??

Phoenix76213d ago

Fallout 4 isn't the worst game in the franchise. It's either Fallout 76 or Fallout BOS that's the worst.

gigoran8213d ago

PC and all other modern consoles never got a remaster of 3, but obviously the switch 2 was the tipping point to make it a reality... ahuh

1nsomniac212d ago

Meh, I thought 3 was garbage. I'm not a great fan of the franchise to be fair. They're like B-Movie films, really shallow and janky. 4 was definitely one of the better ones though.

UltimateOwnage212d ago

So the article makes a snippy entitled statement and acts like that is going to encourage a publisher to give them what they want. Okay.

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Fallout 3 designer expects remaster to revise gunplay to make it closer to Fallout 4

Fallout 3 game designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the upcoming remaster should revise the game's gunplay to be more modern.

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neutralgamer1992400d ago

Give us FO3 with all the dlc remastered like ESO. Load times faster, quality of life improvements, gun play improvements

I believe it shouldn't just be graphical they should make improvements where they can to make the game better. A simple face lift isn't what's needed

ZeekQuattro400d ago

Still my favorite one. I remember getting a digital copy of FO3 when I got FO4(XBO). It was nice to finally play a stable version of the game. Then when I got a Series S it was an even better expierence. Quick resume and FPS boost made it feel like a whole new game. Updated gunplay would be very welcome though. One of the few things FO4 did better.