Fallout 3 at E3 - GWN

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Brother None

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GWN has done a preview of Fallout 3 that's another good step-by-step of the demo. Here's the bit on combat:<blockquote>After activating the bomb, we headed out of what would soon become “Boomtown” and started traveling towards the designated meeting spot that our new friend set for us. This path unfortunately led us through the Super Mutant infested sewers. Our first Super Mutant was met with several shots that entered into its right arm. This didn’t slow it down any though so our demonstrator decided to let the V.A.T.S do all the work.

By clicking the left bumper again, the camera zoomed in on the enemy and highlighted all of the available targets, including the Super Mutant’s weapon itself. On closer inspection we saw that the shots that we put into Super Mutant actually did have an effect as you could see the agony on his face as he clutched his right arm with his left hand. While we could have put him down with a couple of more shots aimed at his already weakened right arm, headshots are always more fun to watch, so we queued up three shots to the head.

After inputting our commands, the action started in dramatic slow mo as we saw the first bullet find its target and cause the Super Mutant’s head to explode causing all kinds of bloody chunks to go flying around the room. Todd even made the character walking around and looking on the floor saying, “There’s one of his eyes. There are pieces of brain. More brain. And there’s the other eye.” Fallout 3 is definitely not one for the kiddies.</blockquote>Link: Fallout 3 game preview on GWN.

Thanks Stephen Miletello.
 
From page 2:
Conversations in Fallout 3 will play out exactly like they would in Oblivion.
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page 3:
As I mentioned before, conversing with people in Fallout 3 is pretty much exactly like it would be in Oblivion.
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page 4, on the nukapult
Luckily Todd was on the same page as he scrounged around for a Fat Man, which would equate to Fallout 3’s version of the BFG.
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A tired subject? Yes, but at least a previewer wrote it out explicitly.
 
Brother None said:
Fallout 3 is definitely not one for the kiddies.
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I object, Sir.

After inputting our commands, the action started in dramatic slow mo as we saw the first bullet find its target and cause the Super Mutant’s head to explode causing all kinds of bloody chunks to go flying around the room.
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Sounds like exploding super mutants' heads has been made a little too easy. They always seem to have exploding heads after the first bullet hits them.

Edit: And yay! Dialogue EXACTLY like Oblivion's! I knew you would pull through Bethesda, you old dog you.
 
I'm going to assume that we're not going to get any additional information for at least 3-4 months?
 
I like when heads explode when a powerful enough bullet hits them. One of the things I loathed about Fallout was hitting someone squarely in the head (hit probability of 95%) and having them survive and probably kill my character.
 
...and cause the Super Mutant’s head to explode causing all kinds of bloody chunks to go flying around the room. Todd even made the character walking around and looking on the floor saying, “There’s one of his eyes. There are pieces of brain. More brain. And there’s the other eye.” Fallout 3 is definitely not one for the kiddies.
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Sadism galore.
 
I love the way they've implemented the survival element. Just set off a mini-nuclear explosion? It's okay, there's a personal fallout shelter right there to hide in. See a super-mutant behemoth? scrounge around for a few seconds until you find a FatMan. Are these handy things just lying around for precisely these situations? But you still don't have enough fucking clean drinking water in your canteen. Lame.
 
pnutz said:
From page 2:
Conversations in Fallout 3 will play out exactly like they would in Oblivion.
Click to expand...
page 3:
As I mentioned before, conversing with people in Fallout 3 is pretty much exactly like it would be in Oblivion.
Click to expand...
page 4, on the nukapult
Luckily Todd was on the same page as he scrounged around for a Fat Man, which would equate to Fallout 3’s version of the BFG.
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A tired subject? Yes, but at least a previewer wrote it out explicitly.
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Big donkey balls!!we all love Oblivion's dialogue guys..right..whos with me!!Balls!
 
Just for the guy commenting about the heads exploding: Bethesda cranked up all the hit numbers and critical %'s for the demonstration. Even then they got surprised if a head blew up after one or two shots, though.
 
Brendon said:
Just for the guy commenting about the heads exploding: Bethesda cranked up all the hit numbers and critical %'s for the demonstration. Even then they got surprised if a head blew up after one or two shots, though.
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Why wouldn't they demonstrate the game the way it's really supposed to be played? Oh yeah, because it will be clunky, annoying, and most of all - TWITCHY!

It stinks of a FPS, up and down.
 
Because if they didn't crank up the percentages and showcase heads exploding people wouldn't go, "WOW THIS GAME IS AWESOME! LOOK! A JAWBONE!"

It's just basic marketing. Showcase the coolest looking parts of the game early on, and once tons of people are excited about it (such as anyone who hasn't played a Fallout game before and wanted something cool and better than Oblivion) start pleasing the smaller crowds.
 
Now that's some funny violence!

It sounds like they might be overdoing the death scenes. In FO, it was a semi rare occurance unless you had that one trait selected, which was a fun easter egg as much as anythign else.

And I still miss the tactical elements of blinding someone - could have made combat more interesting, but seems they've removed that.
 
Brendon said:
Because if they didn't crank up the percentages and showcase heads exploding people wouldn't go, "WOW THIS GAME IS AWESOME! LOOK! A JAWBONE!"

It's just basic marketing. Showcase the coolest looking parts of the game early on, and once tons of people are excited about it (such as anyone who hasn't played a Fallout game before and wanted something cool and better than Oblivion) start pleasing the smaller crowds.
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please tell me what type of gore there is F3 because from what I see from the single picture released with a explodong head, there is a blood splotch and something that resembles an eye in flight. Is that all?


When you make a critical to the head (or other part) can you see head chuncks flying through the air because of the impact?
can you see half of the head that remains attached to the neck with the bone and muscles and skin hanging out?

or when you hit a critical in the chest, can you see part of the rib cage that remains in place and the internal organs ready to burst out?



if in F3 when you hit a critical in the head the head just explodes and then you can see on the ground the eyes and some piece of brain, thats not gore. Not even to the levels of the previous Fallouts.
 
Brendon said:
Because if they didn't crank up the percentages and showcase heads exploding people wouldn't go, "WOW THIS GAME IS AWESOME! LOOK! A JAWBONE!"

It's just basic marketing. Showcase the coolest looking parts of the game early on, and once tons of people are excited about it (such as anyone who hasn't played a Fallout game before and wanted something cool and better than Oblivion) start pleasing the smaller crowds.
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I wrote a decent sized post about how I was unimpressed with Fallout3 but impressed with Bioshock because they show actual gameplay, not just useless features and immature gore. I've decided to condense it down to a few lines:

In that case, 'basic marketing' is nothing but a sham. It's pointless to show a product in any other way than in the condition the consumer will receive it. If exploding orc heads and nuclear catapults are the "coolest" things Todd can think of, I hope he enjoys butchering the Fallout license.

The next preview you go to, do me a favor. Say that this is the biggest disgrace to video gaming in history. I'm sure some other previewers will covertly agree with you.
 
Makagulfazel said:
The next preview you go to, do me a favor. Say that this is the biggest disgrace to video gaming in history. I'm sure some other previewers will covertly agree with you.
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I thought for a moment that I live in an universe parallel to yours.

Impossible.
 
lisac2k said:
Makagulfazel said:
The next preview you go to, do me a favor. Say that this is the biggest disgrace to video gaming in history. I'm sure some other previewers will covertly agree with you.
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I thought for a moment that I live in an universe parallel to yours.

Impossible.
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Heh, yeah. If that actually happened, my head might just explode.
 
That exploding head is pretty pathetic when compared to Fallout death animations or the Frank Miller's Hard Boiled comic.
 
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