New Fallout 3 Info

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-10-06T14:17:11.000Z

Oh I’ve got it set to 30/page, I didn’t realize that could be changed.

Balsamic · 2008-10-06T15:01:12.000Z

Sarkus:

Yeah, I was wondering how they reviewed it already. You know, sometimes I think the “journalists” in gaming intentionally come up with or go along with obviously shady stuff just because they think we are too stupid to care.

This may be a valid review, but the methods of obtaining it are worse than the justifiably criticized “exclusive” reviews.

Canard PC == PC Jeux?

Are there any sources besides Draikin that verify that those are, in fact, the conditions of the reviews coming out?

Killzig · 2008-10-06T15:49:43.000Z

This review says they didn’t finish the game. I don’t really see how many reviewers could finish these type of huge open world games though.

Desslock · 2008-10-06T21:49:40.000Z

Balsamic:

Are there any sources besides Draikin that verify that those are, in fact, the conditions of the reviews coming out?

Not all of them.

Draikin · 2008-10-06T23:44:04.000Z

Balsamic:

Canard PC == PC Jeux?

Are there any sources besides Draikin that verify that those are, in fact, the conditions of the reviews coming out?

CanardPC wont review the game because of that. All the major french publication were there exept PCJeux who got an exclusive review disc. Source is the CanardPC editor:

PCJeux n’était pas présent à la séance de “test” à laquelle j’ai assisté. Ils ont dû récupéré une version test en échange de la couv’.

D’ailleurs, je ne testerais pas le jeu dans le prochain numéro : ça sera une preview “très orientée”.

Vous voulez savoir pourquoi ? Le studio voulait “valider” les screenshots que j’avais pris… Et de toutes manières, deux fois neuf heures de jeu, c’est suffisant pour se prononcer, certes, mais je préfère rien rater.

Sans parler de la dose astronomique de bugs.

Tankero · 2008-10-07T00:09:48.000Z

So their concern is having a torrent of FO3 appear, and not so much the circumstances under which the game is reviewed? That is, unless they sent the PCJeux CD wrapped in a purpose-built PC.

Sebmojo · 2008-10-07T01:26:42.000Z

To their credit, NMA are actually being reasonably sane in this thread - talking about the Crispy Gamer preview.

Omniscia · 2008-10-07T07:17:49.000Z

La dose astronomique de bugs? Sacrebleu!

salwon · 2008-10-07T07:24:50.000Z

PCJeux n’était pas présent à la séance de “test” à laquelle j’ai assisté. Ils ont dû récupéré une version test en échange de la couv’.

D’ailleurs, je ne testerais pas le jeu dans le prochain numéro : ça sera une preview “très orientée”.

Vous voulez savoir pourquoi ? Le studio voulait “valider” les screenshots que j’avais pris… Et de toutes manières, deux fois neuf heures de jeu, c’est suffisant pour se prononcer, certes, mais je préfère rien rater.

Sans parler de la dose astronomique de bugs.

Foux de fafa.

Prodigy · 2008-10-07T08:05:31.000Z

Draikin:

On a side note, CanardPC didn’t get the review disc. They only had a “review” session with Bethesda and they didn’t let them take their own screenshots.

This is nothing new. Halo 3, GTA IV, MGS4, etc. Yawn.

Desslock · 2008-10-07T08:27:56.000Z

Killzig snipped article:

…Cinematographic references… are gone

That’s not true at all.

Killzig · 2008-10-07T08:31:36.000Z

Isn’t one quest straight out of National Treasure?

Zylon · 2008-10-07T08:42:03.000Z

I’d really like to know if the feel of the game when you’re just walking around in the countryside, looting ruins, occasionally defending yourself from wild animals, is anything like STALKER. Because that, to me, is the gold postapocalyptic standard.

Staff_Sergeant · 2008-10-07T08:44:48.000Z

Killzig:

Isn’t one quest straight out of National Treasure?

Intellectual theft is the new black.

zengonzo · 2008-10-07T08:50:03.000Z

Can anything from National Treasure be associated with intellectual?

Desslock · 2008-10-07T08:55:14.000Z

Killzig:

Isn’t one quest straight out of National Treasure?

Same goal at least, yes. There’re also clear references to Them, Omega Man, etc., although they’re not played for laughs.

Killzig · 2008-10-07T09:17:29.000Z

That Them reference has been pretty well covered in all the previews, I’m surprised they missed it.

Someone at the BGS forums made a little character mapper thing: http://www.mxsp.se/

No perks in yet but kind of neat to tinker around with. I forgot that tagging a skill no longer grants you double points.

Kunikos · 2008-10-07T12:55:10.000Z

Sarkus:

Yeah, I was wondering how they reviewed it already. You know, sometimes I think the “journalists” in gaming intentionally come up with or go along with obviously shady stuff just because they think we are too stupid to care.

You’re under some strange impression that they’re in this for anything except for money. Getting page views from having an exclusive first review makes them fistfuls of Euro, so I’m not surprised at all. It’s not that they are stupid, it’s the exact opposite in fact.

Kunikos · 2008-10-07T13:08:21.000Z

Killzig:

Someone at the BGS forums made a little character mapper thing: http://www.mxsp.se/

No perks in yet but kind of neat to tinker around with. I forgot that tagging a skill no longer grants you double points.

Makes me anticipate the game even more; I just want to see all the awesome perks.

Draikin · 2008-10-07T13:58:50.000Z

Sebmojo:

To their credit, NMA are actually being reasonably sane in this thread - talking about the Crispy Gamer preview.

There are many new members on NMA, they all like Fallout3 - but not too much - and they love spamming the first comments page. I can’t help but suspect Bethesda of viral marketting. A real person who likes Bethesda games wouldn’t post on NMA.