Play.tm previews Fallout 3

[Brother None]

Apparently Bethesda is still touring its demo of Fallout 3, as play.tm saw it in a theatre in London.<blockquote>This is not Oblivion, however, and Bethesda will stand no more comparisons. Likewise, those likening the game to a first-person shooter will be forcibly removed, I'm almost warned entering the theatre. Though it has to be said that, purely from an aesthetic stand-point, Fallout 3 isn't dissimilar to an FPS, even if no one will thank me for noting it. Similarities are thankfully little more than superficial, and even the combat - which can be tackled FPS style - is more intelligently approached using the pseudo turn-based VATS combat system - which allows you to pause the action and select parts of an enemy to hit, with your timing and shooting ability effecting how likely you are to succeed with that tricky head-shot, or the disabling leg-shot. Likewise, enemies will lose percentages from every part of their body - meaning that you can save ammo and take fewer risks by concentrating on a foe's weak spots via the combat system. FPS fans may of course prefer to engage in more 'traditional fire-fights', which can still be impacted by a player's strength, skill, and various environmental factors (radiation from exploded atom-powered cars and the like).</blockquote>From the description, it's the same build I've seen, which is, by now, 6 months old. I'm a bit surprised they're still renting theatres to show it, considering its age.

Link: play.tm Fallout 3 preview.

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[Witchlock]

Well, if the gaming press is still dumb enough to be giving them previews off of it, why bother changing it?

(Besides the obvious advantage of more feedback)

 

[Black]

pseudo turn-based VATS combat system

Ok gaming journalists who have no idea what turn-based combat is- come out. I know there are lots of you there.
It's not turn-based. It's not pseudo turn-based. It's not half turn-based. It's real-time with pause. It's like saying that cats are pseudo dogs
I like how he says all this stuff how it'll be awesome fps, how it can be treated like fps and how much fps players will like it but no words for rpg fans.
Word 'fps' in this preview appears 4 times
Word 'rpg' appears 1 time

lol woot

 

[SuAside]

i wonder why he's so frantic about it not being an FPS... the game has more than a few FPS elements, and even if stats come into play, talk to many people in different ways and you can do quite a bit of character development, it remains an FPS for a large part, as so many FPRPGs before it? what's the use denying it? it's not as if anyone except the oldskool Fallout fans will resent it for being just that?

 

[ivpiter]

Fallout 3 isn't dissimilar to an FPS, even if no one will thank me for noting it.

Thank you for noting it. Good to see some honesty.

 

[Briosafreak]

That guy is a nice guy, very professional, always open to ear both sides of the story. I didn't knew he had moved to Play, I'll never forget that he stood by us on the BIS/Interplay drama, when many were buying what Herve was telling them.

 

[quietfanatic]

A better, more balanced preview, although I don't see why the pseudo-turn based comment comes up in spite of his presumably following Fallout.

I wonder if Pete is destined to do the same demo presentation for many more months due to the lack of a comparable alternative?

 

[Morbus]

That guy is a nice guy, very professional, always open to ear both sides of the story. I didn't knew he had moved to Play, I'll never forget that he stood by us on the BIS/Interplay drama, when many were buying what Herve was telling them.

That's nice of him, but it doesn't erase the fact that he said VATS is semi-turn based...

 

[Wooz]

Pseudo turn-based. Difference.