Fallout 3 Full E3 Trailer
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randir14 said:
Actually, the Dragon Age: Origins trailers were very specifically marked as cinematic trailers.
These are gameplay trailers.
Big difference.`
astupidretard
First time out of the vault
Brother None said:
Hi BN,
I actually dug (a fair bit, not tons) the live-action segment of the trailer too, but the shitty Flash-style animation coupled with it it dulled my burgeoning grin immediately. Nobody at Bethesda has bothered to watch "Bert the Turtle," or stylized 1950's UPA animation, obviously - or, alternatively, they just weren't good enough to try something like it themselves. And of course, there's the matter of PipBoy being used in a Vault advertisement, which reminds me of the ongoing "VaultBoy" confusion/ignorance displayed by Beth devs/PR in the past.
Gameplay still reminds me of Serious Sam. But, yeah, I agree somewhat with you, in that I think the ad had some good elements. It could've been a bit more aware of itself, though, in terms of being ironic; the dialogue was uninspired. But whatever, it's such a petty quibble at this point...
Anyway, thanks again for the coverage throughout FO3's development.
shihonage
Made in USSR
I liked the live-action intro, didn't mind the cartoon terribly, but the gameplay looks like an FPS.
What is shown in this video is not a Fallout game by any stretch of imagination. And my imagination can stretch pretty far.
What is shown in this video is not a Fallout game by any stretch of imagination. And my imagination can stretch pretty far.
astupidretard said:
Actually that is Vault Boy. Perfectly logical to put him in a VaultTec ad. What's not so logical is the fact that he's also used for the PipBoy.
I'm not sure what's up with the animations either. I think they need to ring up Leonard Boyarsky and T-Ray Isaac and ask them for a few pro-tips.
13pm
Water Chip? Been There, Done That
their redrawings of vault boy were wrong from the beginning actually. so it's no surprise that animation sucksBrother None said:
well, this one is significantly better then what i saw fo far (there are still lots of thing i didnt like, but still - an improvement)
shadow thing is alarming now, all that crap they sold us about technology, 10 years, bla bla, .... and what? o_O
BIG FAIL on immersion thing they soooo advertised (not that i care for it, just saying they kinda fail to delivier things they highlighted ...)
imo: their promotion of this frigging game should start with this trailer released 1 year ago ...
shadow thing is alarming now, all that crap they sold us about technology, 10 years, bla bla, .... and what? o_O
BIG FAIL on immersion thing they soooo advertised (not that i care for it, just saying they kinda fail to delivier things they highlighted ...)
imo: their promotion of this frigging game should start with this trailer released 1 year ago ...
astupidretard
First time out of the vault
Brother None said:
Makes me the stupid one rather than them (in this instance anyway) then - thanks for calling me on that. Argh, can't believe I did that. I may lurk until the next sequel now.
Tornadium said:
I'm not putting words in your mouth...
either way you look at it
if we are comparing it to fallout 2 then it should be a sequel and as such it throws the baby and keeps the bathwater
if we are not comparing it to fallout 2 its NOT looking any better as the mechanics, AI, graphics, weapons and enemy design in combat are at least from my point uncovingcing ...
astupidretard
First time out of the vault
Black said:
Well, I guess my point about the live-action is that the 1950's glib-about-doom vibe goes beyond the conventions that Bethesda employed here, and that they could've done a bit more to poke fun at it. I will agree that I got a smile out of seeing them try for it, but if you watch "Atomic Cafe" or a lot of the 1950's stuff from the Prelinger Archives, I don't know - it just seems, again, like there's a lot of room for more ideas, more satire, more irony, without changing the pace, length or content of the scenes in the ad. Ren and Stimpy did a better job of satirizing 1950's ads than Beth did with this clip, I think.
But again, none of that really matters in the face of all the more substantial flaws that BN mentioned (Cthulhu critters, etc.) I actually liked the beasties in FO1/2 as they were quite unique - they didn't strike me as Geigeresque or Cthulhu-like or as being derivative of anything in particular, unlike the Beth-baddies which seem to come from Japanese horror-survival games.
Tornadium said:
Eh? People have been bitching about them (the aliens) from the release of Fallout 2 until now. It's one of the game's most derided elements.
astupidretard said:
But it's not supposed to be satire. It's simply supposed to approximate, which it does pretty well.
They almost edged into PoS territory with that procreation joke, but for the most part it's well done.
I really like aspects of the graphics as shown here (Megaton explosion, environment in general), but then I'm an Altair 8800 guy who doesn't keep with the times. Also I agree with PV that it doesn't say "Fallout". We see combat, combat, combat, so they can hardly be trying to get us interested in an RPG. Nice generic shooter.
Did that Mr Handy start up a circle saw behind the guy's back? Because if so it's pretty funny in a bizarre way.
Did that Mr Handy start up a circle saw behind the guy's back? Because if so it's pretty funny in a bizarre way.