Sander said:
For all I know you were tricked into believing he was a Beth dev, or he was just fucking around.
The former is impossible (too many reasons), the latter is possible, but
another developer said pretty much the same thing last week. An overly elaborate joke? Everything's possible. I'm sure these practical jokers would even release a RT FP game just to mess with us.
But regardless, I've taken the stance that I'm not drawing any conclusion until I see something that is actually conclusive. And hey, this isn't all that conclusive.
Fair enough. What about these:
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GameSpy: Finally, will Fallout 3 be from a first- or third-person perspective like the Morrowind series, or isometric, like its predecessors?
Pete Hines: Too early to say, but I imagine it'll probably lean towards using technology that we're developing. (Note that the question was about the view, not tech - VD)
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IGNPC: Can we expect something similar to the work done on Morrowind, in terms of that
style of game experience?
Pete Hines: Again, it's early to say, but it wouldn't be a leap of faith to say that we plan to use technologies in development otherwise. You could make some fairly safe leaps of faith that it would be
similar in style. We're not going to go away from what it is that we do best.
We're not going to suddenly do a top-down isometric Baldur's Gate-style game, because that's not what we do well.
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Rob: Oh and Fallout Tactics was my favorite out of the bunch. I know they don't directly tie in but I loved Fallout 1 and 2 because of the story. I absolutely hated the combat because real-time was a little too frantic and turn-based was a little too slow.
Tactics took the worst part of Fallout (to me anyway) and turned it into a really great experience and a great game to play.
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Todd: I'd say the impact the original had in its day was about so
much more then the angle you viewed it at, or how combat was executed.
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Executive Producer Todd Howard wouldn’t confirm whether the franchise’s traditional isometric view and turn-based combat will be abandoned, but he did point out that the strategy spin-off Fallout Tactics retained those elements and still didn’t resonate with series fans.
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This game however, will be decidedly darker. Imagine a survival horror-esque version of the Fallout world, with all the things you expect out of the series still intact, but with deeper, more immersive gameplay.
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Todd Howard claims that Fallout 3 will be one of the most original and violent titles ever and will be set in a familiar US city.
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And here is another quote to deal with all the "nothing has been decided yet" bs:
Pete: We've got a lot of folks working on that game now, and
what I've seen of it so far is looking really good and has me very excited - I'm a big fan.
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). I posted a comment. Take it as you will. 
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