The AB and pulse weapons made people crumble into soot because they dealt electric damage. You'd get the same animation if you died from a forcefield, for instance.
Fallout 3 screenshots galore
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Anani Masu
Still Mildly Glowing
I think making any sort of fine detail judgements based off a poorly angled cellphone camera's(or whatever small concealable camera was used) shots of a projection screen would be a bit hasty.
Anyway didn't the alien blaster do the 50s freeze frame disintegration up once leaving a skeleton and then down once leaving nothing?
Anyway didn't the alien blaster do the 50s freeze frame disintegration up once leaving a skeleton and then down once leaving nothing?
Bodybag
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
Anani Masu said:
Haha, get a load of this guy.
It left a pile of soot, but yeah. Now that I think about it, has any FPP game bothered with gory death animations that go beyond simple gibbing and dismemberment? F.E.A.R. had the charred skeleton thingy, if that counts, but I don't think I've seen anything close to the melting flesh pile sliding from bones ala Fallout done up in 3D. It's a bullet point for me!
Xenophile
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Bodybag said:
I seem to remember a few.
The original Soldier of Fortune had intestions come out and some other death animations. Doom 3 did the disintegration thing I think. I really seem to remember some others, but can't recall specifics off the top of my head. I will say that while they certainly don't have as much character as the original Fallout deaths.. what we have seen from the "bloody mess" deaths and the laser death on the demo's for fallout 3, show more character than most FPS. I am not implying that I like the bloody mess animations, but rather a portion of the dismemberment, like just he head.. or just the arm in a normal death. I would like to see more of the non-bloody mess criticals. Also curious about the other energy weapons and what happens on a critical adbomen hit.
I do have to qualify this in saying I haven't played quite a few of the recent FPS. I like the gameplay, but have over the last few years grown a bit bored with them, looking for a little more meat.
Edit: It doesn't bother me at all.. but for some of you that are less than happy about Fallout 3, anyone else get the banner ad on the top of the site to pre-order Fallout 3?
UncannyGarlic
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
The faces look infinitely better than they did in Oblivion in those shots but that could be partly due to the crappy cameras. Do they look photoreallistic? Hell no but considering how bad Bethesda graphics look when they go for photorealism, this is much better. Ghouls still don't look like ghouls at all. Mr Burke looks like a CIA agent rather than Snidely Whiplash which is probably good. Dialogue isn't bad except for the fact that only three choices are displayed on screen at any one time (huge problem). Anyone else confused at why they placed a giant Fat Man in the middle of megaton instead of a more efficient model? Methinks Bethesda may only of one type of nuclear weapon...
All in all, it looks like a decent game, though I see nothing Fallout there, and combat and their haphazard level design (ex. excessive use of hackable computers) might be the weak links in the game. It's an improvement over Oblivion (these screenshots are the most promising I've seen) but it still doesn't look good enough to have my money.
All in all, it looks like a decent game, though I see nothing Fallout there, and combat and their haphazard level design (ex. excessive use of hackable computers) might be the weak links in the game. It's an improvement over Oblivion (these screenshots are the most promising I've seen) but it still doesn't look good enough to have my money.
Briosafreak
Lived Through the Heat Death
winterraptor said:
Oh man, hey BN any idea why this Perk shows up? From a past incident?
Bodybag said:
Non-gibbing death animations are really pretty hard to do in 3D. Fallout's death animations are easy enough in 2D, but tougher in 3D.
B said:
Bethesda already showed in Oblivion they're not above making fun of their own fans. It's pretty childish stuff, but whatever.
And yeah, it was known already, winterraptor.
Seboss
First time out of the vault
Yup, these screenshots sell the game far better than the official ones.
sai | GLYPH
First time out of the vault
The shot of that guy sitting on the bench looking up at you is just really painful to look at. I couldn't stand the way people locked eyes with you in Oblivion - so unnatural looking. Honestly... he's not gonna turn his body at all to look at me?
Is that a phone or a statue of a phone?
And those dialogue choices are practically wiki in sentence form.
The other screenshots are ok with me. I think.
Is that a phone or a statue of a phone?
And those dialogue choices are practically wiki in sentence form.
The other screenshots are ok with me. I think.
Eyenixon said:
That's your definition of anal? I imagine that not being able to see at a glance how many and which your options are, and having to press keys or click on arrows to find out in each and every conversation, would get on your nerves in about 2.63 seconds. That would just be awful design. Not saying that's how it is, but you seem to have a strange idea of what players should be ready to put up with unless they want to be branded as stupid whiners.
Per said:
That's probably only so in the big-text console versions, tho'. Since the PC version will have a smaller font, it might well lack scrolling.
Corpses Eaten?
WTF?
You can eat corpses now? And drink from toilets?
How about you can use your turds as some sort of chocolat spread to add taste to your bland nuclear sandwiches? And perhaps recycle your boogers into alternative ammo for piperifles?
This game keeps getting more and more interesting. But in a bad way. The only thing I'm quite positive about is the artwork. The illustration for the Black Widow perk blands in nicely with other perk illustrations, for instance. And the Tesla and grandma illustrations are consistent with the style as well. And that's something, I guess.
WTF?
You can eat corpses now? And drink from toilets?
How about you can use your turds as some sort of chocolat spread to add taste to your bland nuclear sandwiches? And perhaps recycle your boogers into alternative ammo for piperifles?
This game keeps getting more and more interesting. But in a bad way. The only thing I'm quite positive about is the artwork. The illustration for the Black Widow perk blands in nicely with other perk illustrations, for instance. And the Tesla and grandma illustrations are consistent with the style as well. And that's something, I guess.
sai | GLYPH
First time out of the vault
Taskeen said:I WANT THAT HAT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT
An added dialogue option courtesy of the new Dr.Seuss Perk!
I like how the face model quality now barely touches on, say, Bloodlines (I know I keep coming back to this game, but it's a good frame of reference), but I doubt the animations will.
I also like how Lucky Harith is a blatant stereotype. Well done.
I'm also not that impressed by dialogue quality, but I've seen all this dialogue before so it's nothing new to me. Let's hope those different options are meaningful.
They haven't, but officially released screenshots have usually had some polish in photoshop. It's pretty standard.
I also like how Lucky Harith is a blatant stereotype. Well done.
I'm also not that impressed by dialogue quality, but I've seen all this dialogue before so it's nothing new to me. Let's hope those different options are meaningful.
Beelzebud said:
They haven't, but officially released screenshots have usually had some polish in photoshop. It's pretty standard.
liberty rogue
It Wandered In From the Wastes
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8137/mulletanddirtstacheyn2.jpg
Looks like there are four races to choose from. African American
Looks like there are four races to choose from. African American
liberty rogue said:Looks like there are four races to choose. African American
Ahaha!
Oh man, that is fucking rich.
PS: note how it says "continue you search for dad" after you blow up Megaton?
Could Megaton be a quest you have to do for the main questline? Wouldn't surprise me.