In the list of large previews, add Twitch Guru:<blockquote> After showing off the environments, Howard then demonstrated Fallout 3’s new combat gameplay system. If there was one flaw with the original Fallout, it was the somewhat clunky combat system, which could slow down gameplay. The new combat system blends a first-person shooter style with elements of the original attack mode. For example, Howard encountered some very large mutant ants and began taking aim at them with a rifle in FPS mode. Later, Howard engaged some Super Mutants lurking in the tunnels of the city’s Metro subway (yet another amazing and disturbingly realistic map) and switched to a targeting HUD mode called V.A.T.S. (Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System). The V.A.T.S. mode freezes game time and displays the various body parts of the enemy - head, torso, arms and legs - with percentages of “attack success.”
Howard took aim at a Super Mutant’s head, which had an artificially high percentage of 66 percent for the purposes of the demo. He press a button on the Xbox 360 controller, and exited the HUD mode, which returned the game to a slow motion mode that follow the bullet as it ripped through the Super Mutant’s head, which caused it to explode.
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There was a quite a big of action in the demo, but it's not as if Bethesda has dumbed down Fallout for FPS fans. In fact, much of the gameplay involves player choices. Howard said the central them for Fallout 3 is "sacrifice and survive," and that players will be forced to make ethical decisions that will affect the course of the game as well as the development of your character. What will you do in order to find adequate food and water supplies, for example? During the demo Howard took us the nearby location of Megaton, which looks like a cross between an Old West camp and Bartertown from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome." Megaton was actually built in a crater with an un-detonated nuke buried in the middle, and the town represents another amazing-looking map for Fallout 3.
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In summary, Fallout 3 looks like it has the makings of both an RPG hit and a worthy addition to the Fallout series. The snappy dialogue, black humor, juicy RPG capabilities and unique vision of the future are all back for the new sequel. And Bethesda has added a keen new combat system, first-person shooter quality action, stunning graphics and advanced character/environment interaction features to the mix. While some of the new additions may turn off fans of the original game, I for one am glad to see Bethesda is trying something different and updating the franchise for next-generation platforms. We already have Fallout and Fallout 2, so why not go in a different direction? And that's exactly what Bethesda is doing, and I can't wait for more.</blockquote>Link: Fallout 3 at E3 on Twitch Guru.
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Howard took aim at a Super Mutant’s head, which had an artificially high percentage of 66 percent for the purposes of the demo. He press a button on the Xbox 360 controller, and exited the HUD mode, which returned the game to a slow motion mode that follow the bullet as it ripped through the Super Mutant’s head, which caused it to explode.
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There was a quite a big of action in the demo, but it's not as if Bethesda has dumbed down Fallout for FPS fans. In fact, much of the gameplay involves player choices. Howard said the central them for Fallout 3 is "sacrifice and survive," and that players will be forced to make ethical decisions that will affect the course of the game as well as the development of your character. What will you do in order to find adequate food and water supplies, for example? During the demo Howard took us the nearby location of Megaton, which looks like a cross between an Old West camp and Bartertown from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome." Megaton was actually built in a crater with an un-detonated nuke buried in the middle, and the town represents another amazing-looking map for Fallout 3.
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In summary, Fallout 3 looks like it has the makings of both an RPG hit and a worthy addition to the Fallout series. The snappy dialogue, black humor, juicy RPG capabilities and unique vision of the future are all back for the new sequel. And Bethesda has added a keen new combat system, first-person shooter quality action, stunning graphics and advanced character/environment interaction features to the mix. While some of the new additions may turn off fans of the original game, I for one am glad to see Bethesda is trying something different and updating the franchise for next-generation platforms. We already have Fallout and Fallout 2, so why not go in a different direction? And that's exactly what Bethesda is doing, and I can't wait for more.</blockquote>Link: Fallout 3 at E3 on Twitch Guru.
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