astupidretard
First time out of the vault
The thing about it that bugged me most was just how lacking it was in any sense of pacing. The view whipped around so fast that you had no time at all to take anything in, or for any kind of mood to take hold. Standard practice of the monoform, I guess.
The Fallout 1 intro had a point to it, and it took its time making those points. It explained what the vaults were, it portrayed the mentality/psychology of those who had gone into them, and it also filled us in a bit on the alternate history by showing the Canadian annexation footage. Even better, it hinted at a future NPC/enemy, the Mister Handy - this too established the "character" of the universe, showing that though 1950's sensiblities were undaunted, technology had progressed immensely.
But this thing from Bethesda had no damn point to it. Nothing was told. Nothing there could possibly foreshadow a future development. No character was established, no information was given, nothing about the story was revealed, and nothing was even done to familiarize the premise of the Fallout universe to new players. "Sugar bombs?" Just stupid.
It's an obvious example of Bethesda just regurgitating something that struck them as "cool," and doing so with their trademark lack of judgement, humor or artistry.
Maybe they're holding back their best for the actual intro on the game disc? Oh, certainly - but comparisons ought to be made in any case, because they are obviously copying a scene that was done much better the first time. There's no reason that any of the elements in this video that are being criticized couldn't have been done better, or with more care.
Was there anything memorable in this? Anything haunting? Anything original? Anything of any remarkable quality?
The song was ill-matched to the scene, anyway.
bitch, moan, whine, complain, sigh.
The Fallout 1 intro had a point to it, and it took its time making those points. It explained what the vaults were, it portrayed the mentality/psychology of those who had gone into them, and it also filled us in a bit on the alternate history by showing the Canadian annexation footage. Even better, it hinted at a future NPC/enemy, the Mister Handy - this too established the "character" of the universe, showing that though 1950's sensiblities were undaunted, technology had progressed immensely.
But this thing from Bethesda had no damn point to it. Nothing was told. Nothing there could possibly foreshadow a future development. No character was established, no information was given, nothing about the story was revealed, and nothing was even done to familiarize the premise of the Fallout universe to new players. "Sugar bombs?" Just stupid.
It's an obvious example of Bethesda just regurgitating something that struck them as "cool," and doing so with their trademark lack of judgement, humor or artistry.
Maybe they're holding back their best for the actual intro on the game disc? Oh, certainly - but comparisons ought to be made in any case, because they are obviously copying a scene that was done much better the first time. There's no reason that any of the elements in this video that are being criticized couldn't have been done better, or with more care.
Was there anything memorable in this? Anything haunting? Anything original? Anything of any remarkable quality?
The song was ill-matched to the scene, anyway.
bitch, moan, whine, complain, sigh.
