New Fallout 3 Info

Wheelkick · 2008-09-26T01:56:55.000Z

usedpilot:

new video

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/882301/fallout-3/videos/fallout3weapons_092208.html

about weapons

…their faces are really red. Like the light from the video camera makes their skin react.
I think they have been locked away in the dungeon a bit too long.

Roy_Ziegler · 2008-09-26T03:12:07.000Z

there’s been a couple more IGN articles:

IGN

Fallout 3 Week: Bad to the Bone - IGN

Being evil has its merits.

about evil playthroughs

IGN

Fallout 3 Week: Skills and Perks - IGN

Fallout 3's slick presentation might have a few people confused into thinking that Bethesda is reimagining the series into a straight-up action title. But at the heart of every good RPG are the mechanisms for crafting a powerful and unique character...

skills and perks

IGN

Fallout 3 Week: Gathering Good Karma - IGN

Most games have very clear delineations between good and evil. The bad guys wear black, and the hero fights for the virginal princess on behalf of all that is right and just. The difference in Fallout 3 is that the world has already gone to hell....

and good playthroughs

I figured Draikin would come and post these and say how awful the perks are or something. I guess he… gave up? Is moving on with his life?

gasp

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-26T04:59:14.000Z

Shhh! Thou must not speaketh the unholy name, or he shall be summoned forth to this thread to spew further vitriol and propaganda, and there shall be great sorrow.

wigglestick · 2008-09-26T08:32:27.000Z

Yeah, so there was that whole flap about Vault Boy having angry facial expressions in illustrations for the new game, and how that isn’t in the spirit of the game or something. Was that just a hyperbolic joke or a troll or something? Because I bought Fallout from GoG and the game has a ton of illustrations of the perks that have Vault Boy with an evil grin or an angry face.

Or am I just wasting clock cycles thinking about this?

zengonzo · 2008-09-26T08:44:18.000Z

Probably wasting clock cycles. But let me join you in that …

There might’ve been some who made the issue an insurmountable flaw, but as for myself I just felt that it looked too ‘hardcore douchebag’ and not as much ‘eerie manic 50s violence-abstraction’.

It’s one of those little things - not game-breaking, not something to stress over - but I enjoy it more the other way.

Zylon · 2008-09-26T08:51:21.000Z

wigglestick:

Yeah, so there was that whole flap about Vault Boy having angry facial expressions in illustrations for the new game, and how that isn’t in the spirit of the game or something.

That was a serious complaint. A serious, and very, very, very, VERY, VERY minor complaint.

And it’s not even so much an issue of getting the precious mood wrong. The real problem (as such) is that “smile-frown” isn’t a human facial expression. Go on, try putting a big cheerful grin on your face, and while holding that, furrow your eyebrows in an angry glare.

Kunikos · 2008-09-26T09:11:50.000Z

Zylon:

That was a serious complaint. A serious, and very, very, very, VERY, VERY minor complaint.

And it’s not even so much an issue of getting the precious mood wrong. The real problem (as such) is that “smile-frown” isn’t a human facial expression. Go on, try putting a big cheerful grin on your face, and while holding that, furrow your eyebrows in an angry glare.

Maybe you have too much botox?

Zylon · 2008-09-26T09:26:53.000Z

Kunikos:

Maybe you have too much botox?

That’s not a big cheerful grin, that’s a big evil grin. Besides which, of course anyone who’s sufficiently rubber-faced can do it, but my point is that it’s not a natural expression.

Balsamic · 2008-09-26T10:23:25.000Z

Has anyone noticed how vault boy only has four fingers? What an absolute load of bullshit.

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-26T10:38:57.000Z

Yeah, and now that you mention it, his proportions are all out of wack. I was really pumped for this game, but that is a deal breaker for sure.

Bahimiron · 2008-09-26T10:40:00.000Z

I like the fact that in some of those pictures he has a laser gun.

Hey, Fallout Programmer People! Here’s a protop! There are no such things as laser guns!

wigglestick · 2008-09-26T10:42:27.000Z

bahimiron:

<snip> protop! <snip>

A++ would read again

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-09-26T10:44:00.000Z

Protip: there’s no such thing as a protop. Also, who the hell cares, there’s no such thing as ghouls either.

EDIT: And they are plasma guns.

EDITEDIT: Damn you wigglestick.

zengonzo · 2008-09-26T11:04:54.000Z

Well, at least you guys caught the point about it not being a big deal …

wigglestick · 2008-09-26T11:09:14.000Z

Dude I was being totally serious. That shit makes me giggle every time I look at it.

zengonzo · 2008-09-26T11:11:42.000Z

Who did what?

wigglestick · 2008-09-26T11:13:43.000Z

Col. Mustard, Parlor, Candlestick.

Bahimiron · 2008-09-26T11:42:17.000Z

I’ve heard rumors that L4D will run well if you happen to have one of those 3.2 gHz tri-core Xenon systems. So I’m in luck!

Bahimiron · 2008-09-26T11:43:21.000Z

Protip: dont be mean guys ok thats totally not cool :( :(

wigglestick · 2008-09-26T12:00:58.000Z

Hey I can’t speak for anyone else but I was so totally not being mean.

<3 for everyone!