The last couple of weeks RPGDot had a competition on what was the most looked forward to game that wasn't announced. The winner, which was indeed never officially announced, was Fallout 3:
<blockquote>There are lots of CRPGs out there but the reality is that many of them don't actually allow a lot of genuine role-play. With a brilliant character creation system that allows almost unlimited freedom and more importantly, a design that makes those character choices meaningful, Fallout offers true role-play. Add a unique setting and style, non-linear gameplay, turn-based tactical combat and more and it's no wonder our readers voted Fallout 3 their dream game. Would the Fallout 3 that was in development meet our expectations? I guess we'll never know.</blockquote>
The runner ups are, interestingly enough, two other (former) BIS titles: Baldur's Gate 3 and Planescape: Torment 2. Huh. Guess Interplay made the right decision in discontinuing BIS; work in this field. Even RPGDot acknowledges this:
<blockquote>It is remarkable though that the top 3 of the dream games were either in development or should have been developed by Black Isle Studios. A studio that only exists on paper now and paper doesn't create games so I'm afraid our dreams might not come true this time. </blockquote>
Thanks go to Pope_Viper for pointing this out
Link: Dreamgames 2003 on RPGDot
<blockquote>There are lots of CRPGs out there but the reality is that many of them don't actually allow a lot of genuine role-play. With a brilliant character creation system that allows almost unlimited freedom and more importantly, a design that makes those character choices meaningful, Fallout offers true role-play. Add a unique setting and style, non-linear gameplay, turn-based tactical combat and more and it's no wonder our readers voted Fallout 3 their dream game. Would the Fallout 3 that was in development meet our expectations? I guess we'll never know.</blockquote>
The runner ups are, interestingly enough, two other (former) BIS titles: Baldur's Gate 3 and Planescape: Torment 2. Huh. Guess Interplay made the right decision in discontinuing BIS; work in this field. Even RPGDot acknowledges this:
<blockquote>It is remarkable though that the top 3 of the dream games were either in development or should have been developed by Black Isle Studios. A studio that only exists on paper now and paper doesn't create games so I'm afraid our dreams might not come true this time. </blockquote>
Thanks go to Pope_Viper for pointing this out
Link: Dreamgames 2003 on RPGDot
