UGO writes: "Last week when I was eagerly running through the post-nuclear DC in Fallout 3, I took a moment to chat with Bethesda's Pete Hines about the project as they're heading into the final stretch. We cover a broad range of topics, from their initial ideas about the project to some of his favorite bits of the Fallout universe. Click on through full the complete interview.
UGO: When originally approaching Fallout 3, was there a core element of the design that you had in place before starting work on the game?
Pete Hines: At a high level--a 10,000 ft perspective--we knew we wanted to try and make a game that had as much of the elements of Fallout 1 and 2 as possible, but at the same time we were looking at doing things differently than they had been done in the past. One of the first decisions was that we did want to do it in first and third person. Full 3D, as opposed to isometric, y'know we just felt that it would make it that much more immersive. Beyond that, it's a fluid process. We didn't instantly say that it had to be set in DC for sure--there was some discussion. I think originally it wasn't going to be set in DC, it was going to be somewhere else. It think it was Emil [Pagliarulo, the lead designer] that said, "It has to be set in DC and here's why."
All along it's a process where we don't sort of say that by writing things down on paper, they can't change. It doesn't have to be anything. You go through the process of trying to make the best game that you can, and putting things in as fast as you can, so you can play 'em and see what works and what doesn't. What originally sounds like a good idea doesn't always pan out."
A remaster of Bethesda Game Studios' 2008 action role-playing game, Fallout 3, is planned for release at some point in the future.
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.
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.
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.
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
Everyone there should know most gamers want New Vegas and Morrowind more than anything.
Which is why we won't get them. Gotta keep floating "support this one and it might happen".
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.
Fallout 4 isn't the worst game in the franchise. It's either Fallout 76 or Fallout BOS that's the worst.
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
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.
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.
Fallout 3 game designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the upcoming remaster should revise the game's gunplay to be more modern.
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
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.
