New Fallout 3 Info

Sarkus · 2008-07-27T12:00:01.000Z

Gendal:

I think somebody else posted the Davy Crockett earlier, but when you consider that was made in the 1960’s and Fallout’s tech didn’t stop advancing till around 2077, what they showed in the demo hardly struck me as infeasible. Except from a survivability standpoint of course.

Fallout’s nuclear war happening in 2077 is kind of irrelevant to the issue of tech in the universe. It’s an alternate universe, so you can’t assume anything is going to be the same. Fallout’s setting is based on the question of what would the future be like if the ideas people had back in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s had come true. The whole idea is that while it is more advanced then what we have today in some areas, its less advanced in others.

Foxstab:

However, the way Todd put it things sure sound as though they’re courting the (brainless shooting section of) FPS crowd rather than the action/RPG crowd.

We’ve discussed this several times. They are promoting the FPS elements heavily right now, but the extended previews (the ones based on five hours of access rather than 30 minutes) make clear Fallout 3 is mainly an RPG. It certainly isn’t any less of an RPG than Troika’s Vampire game.

zengonzo · 2008-07-27T12:00:07.000Z

Zylon:

I see a bright future for you in the Geek Failure thread.

The world of geek is so expansive, is there any geek without sin?

zengonzo · 2008-07-27T12:07:50.000Z

Ah … It’s Ace Rimmer.

Never seen that one.

Sarkus · 2008-07-27T12:18:53.000Z

zengonzo:

Ah … It’s Ace Rimmer.

Never seen that one.

Yeah, that’s probably the best “Ace Rimmer” episode of Red Dwarf. Season seven, IIRC.

(I admit I’m a Red Dwarf geek)

schurem · 2008-07-27T12:23:52.000Z

zengonzo:

The world of geek is so expansive, is there any geek without sin?

if there is, may he cast the first xbox controller at us all :P

Zylon · 2008-07-27T12:25:25.000Z

schurem:

if there is, may he cast the first xbox controller at us all :P

Blasphemy. This is only one True Controller.

zengonzo · 2008-07-27T12:36:40.000Z

Sarkus:

Yeah, that’s probably the best “Ace Rimmer” episode of Red Dwarf. Season seven, IIRC.

I watched pretty religiously in college on PBS, but looks like season seven was still premiering around that time - so I guess I have to catch up.

Complete collection for $190 … Ouch.

Sarkus · 2008-07-27T12:39:22.000Z

zengonzo:

I watched pretty religiously in college on PBS, but looks like season seven was still premiering around that time - so I guess I have to catch up.

Complete collection for $190 … Ouch.

Yeah, they are still pricing it very high for a show with only about 50 half hour episodes.

Kalle · 2008-07-27T12:40:36.000Z

Red Dwarf jumped the shark long before season seven. But atleast it’s better than season eight.

Squee · 2008-07-27T13:51:16.000Z

Damnit. I can’t resist some Red Dwarf.

Roy_Ziegler · 2008-07-27T14:16:33.000Z

I almost pissed myself the first time I saw that scene

the little rimmers in the back doing the slow singing is so great

Sarkus · 2008-07-27T14:41:12.000Z

Kalle:

Red Dwarf jumped the shark long before season seven. But atleast it’s better than season eight.

I’m not sure what you mean by “long before,” but seven and eight were definately the low point of the series (excluding a few moments like the “Ace Rimmer” sequence the gator clip is from).

I thought it was a very good show through the sixth season. Then there was that long gap before they were able to do seven, the co-creator left, and it went down hill.

Pogo · 2008-07-27T14:42:16.000Z

Foxstab:

You win.
No, there was never a doubt.

Yes, but do you know WHY he wins?

Foxstab:

Also:
4. shatbonerz bruce! (what? IDK I felt like shoving it there)

Random does not always equal funny.

???

PROFIT!

And now you’ve made it painfully apparent that you’ve spent extensive amounts of time on the WoW forums.

Kalle · 2008-07-27T14:54:40.000Z

Sarkus:

I’m not sure what you mean by “long before,” but seven and eight were definately the low point of the series (excluding a few moments like the “Ace Rimmer” sequence the gator clip is from).

Season six was pretty much the point where I lost all hope. Giving Rimmer back his body (in effect) made him a lot less interesting as a character. He was still the same cowardly narcissist as before, but suddenly they gave him back the one thing that kept him from feeling good about his existance.

ZekeDMS · 2008-07-27T14:55:38.000Z

WoW forums, /b/, planetcrap, most of the internet, really. PROFIT! is far from an exclusive meme.

Let’s get back to the real subject. How the hell can I get one of those lifesize power-armors in my store?

Sarkus · 2008-07-27T15:07:24.000Z

Kalle:

Season six was pretty much the point where I lost all hope. Giving Rimmer back his body (in effect) made him a lot less interesting as a character. He was still the same cowardly narcissist as before, but suddenly they gave him back the one thing that kept him from feeling good about his existance.

I wouldn’t call that a “jump the shark” moment though. Besides, it simplified things in terms of the writing and in terms of special effects.

Had Red Dwarf peaked by then? Sure. But “jump the shark” is different than peaking, as it refers to the moment a show does something unbelievably stupid. Like Fonzie jumping a pool with a shark in it on Happy Days. I don’t think Red Dwarf had one of those moments until the seventh season.

Roy_Ziegler · 2008-07-27T15:22:25.000Z

“Bad” Red Dwarf is still better and more enjoyable than most comedy shows out there.

Pogo · 2008-07-27T15:26:12.000Z

ZekeDMS:

WoW forums, /b/, planetcrap, most of the internet, really. PROFIT! is far from an exclusive meme.

That doesn’t make it right!

Let’s get back to the real subject. How the hell can I get one of those lifesize power-armors in my store?

Agreed, need more info about this.

Zylon · 2008-07-27T15:26:46.000Z

This thread needs its own table of contents.

zengonzo · 2008-07-27T15:26:56.000Z

They should make a Red Dwarf FPS/RPG.