Gry-Online previews Fallout 3
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iridium_ionizer
Mildly Dipped
Especially when you live in a world where the most convenient way to get from point A to point B is through the supermutant infested abandoned subway tunnels.Bodybag said:
rehevkor said:
Less opportunity for bad word of mouth to get around.
whirlingdervish
Brahmin Cavalry Commander
Imagine this if you will:
A gun... with a flashlight on it.
Wait! there's more..
imagine if one were to have a flashlight mounted on their wrist, where would it be pointed while they were holding a rifle properly in order to fire it.
A gun... with a flashlight on it.
Wait! there's more..
imagine if one were to have a flashlight mounted on their wrist, where would it be pointed while they were holding a rifle properly in order to fire it.
I for one am thankful for the ability to heal Dogmeat from conversation, after the frustration of trying to run after that damn dog so I can heal all the stupid damage he took walking through goddamn forcefields over and over again. Really love the (spoiler? for a 50-year old movie) On the Beach-style disappointing radio transmissions. Also, someone in the concept art thread mentioned the connection between the shopping cart on the supermutant's back, and the shopping cart in The Road. Maybe they're not so far off. I'll be really happy if you stumble upon an abandoned house with a locked cellar full of starving people being kept for purposes sinister.
Does anyone know why people mysteriously use bottlecaps again?
To be totally accurate, it's not actually a flashlight at all, it's just the brightness on your PipBoy turned up, which I think is pretty novel. As for the flashlight gimmick in Doom 3, I actually kind of enjoyed it for the sake of atmosphere, but I'm understandably in the minority there.
Does anyone know why people mysteriously use bottlecaps again?
Ranne said:
To be totally accurate, it's not actually a flashlight at all, it's just the brightness on your PipBoy turned up, which I think is pretty novel. As for the flashlight gimmick in Doom 3, I actually kind of enjoyed it for the sake of atmosphere, but I'm understandably in the minority there.
I am perfectly aware of the "gun with a flashlight on it" and "gun in one hand, flashlight in the other hand" concepts. Doom III, however, didn't allow the player to use both items at once. The environments often were overly dark and monsters used to pop-up "unexpectedly" in about 99% of the time (which should explain the use of the quotes in "unexpectedly")... Long story short, switching between a gun and a flashlight every couple of seconds or so was annoying as hell. What I'm saying is that it was a far worse design decision than this one.
EDIT: Oh, thanks for clarifying that, Terebikun, I didn't realize that was its actual purpose. Pretty functional and befitting, I'd say.
EDIT: Oh, thanks for clarifying that, Terebikun, I didn't realize that was its actual purpose. Pretty functional and befitting, I'd say.
Anani Masu
Still Mildly Glowing
I think the overbright mode is supposed to be more akin to the halo of light that you had in 1/2 than an actual flashlight. Or if you want to be a hater, Oblivion's torches.
Because it's the other side of the country?
Currency only has value when backed by a power. In Fallout 1, The Hub backed bottlecaps. In Fallout 2, the NCR, Vault City and New Reno backed actual coins. Apparently on the East Coast, some group decided to back bottlecaps.
Now, I may be mistaken, but doesn't radar get more blurry at greater ranges? Perhaps the idea is that somebody with higher PE would have a greater chance of distinguishing an "Incredible Hulk" blob from an "Orc" blob, or a "swamp thing" blob from a building/wall/car blob?Ranne said:
I've come to an awful conclusion: Bethsoft is a real-life Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
Oblivion's and Fallout 3's "...fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws..."
Dogmeat is pretty much marketed as "...your plastic [or rather, hairy] pal who's fun to be with."
All the NPCs of Oblivion and Fallout 3 have the equivalent of Genuine People Personalities, meaning they're all annoying and useless.
On the upside, Bethsoft is "...a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes."
Oblivion's and Fallout 3's "...fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws..."
Dogmeat is pretty much marketed as "...your plastic [or rather, hairy] pal who's fun to be with."
All the NPCs of Oblivion and Fallout 3 have the equivalent of Genuine People Personalities, meaning they're all annoying and useless.
On the upside, Bethsoft is "...a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes."
Autoduel76
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
rehevkor said:
There is going to be a video released at E3.
Autoduel76
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
Ausir said:
No. They said that journalists would get hands on at E3. There will be video footage released to the public.
shorrtybearr
First time out of the vault
Ad Astra said:
Very constructive man, very constructive
whirlingdervish
Brahmin Cavalry Commander
Autoduel76 said:
where does it say that they'll be releasing video to the public?
I haven't seen that.
Ehm, they never said that for as far as I know.Autoduel said:
It's called humor and those of us with a sense of it often use it to make points. Bethsoft is a market-driven company that makes substandard products, which reminded me of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.Shorrty Bear said:
Now here's something to blow your mind: your post about my "unconstructive" post is, itself, unconstructive. Furthermore, your post, unlike my post, isn't even related to the topics of Fallout 3 or Bethsoft.
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