WorthPlaying on Fallout 3

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Gaming site WorthPlaying presents their own list of most anticipated games of 2008, and this time Fallout 3 nabs first place! Games like GTA 4, Spore, Starcraft 2 and, well, all the others, obviously, are left in the dust. The meat of the piece is a collection of personal comments from the staff, rife with quotables.<blockquote>What's not to love about postapocalyptic futures with their crumbling ruins, pervasive atomic waste and irradiated mutants in a desperate struggle for survival? From the screenshots alone, it looks like Fallout 3 oozes good looks perfectly capturing a Washington D.C. cityscape laid to waste by nuclear war. Add to the mix gigantic environments to explore, a branching plot with multiple endings, ludicrous violence and the ability to make moral choices with far-reaching consequences, and it's hard to see how Bethesda could possibly go wrong. Even if this just turned into Oblivion with guns, that wouldn't be such a bad thing, would it?

My curiosity in Fallout 3 is twofold, really: granted, I really want a steampunk RPG, but I also want to see if my dislike of Oblivion was just a one-time fluke.

From the character creation system to the various quests that will determine your character's personality, Fallout 3 is shaping up to be Mass Effect for the postapocalyptic, nuclear wasteland crowd.

On more than one occasion, the developers have stated that they won't stray too far from the original formula that made the series so great. I'm eagerly watching Fallout 3's development and keeping my fingers crossed that the next installment has the depth and quality of the originals.

Bethesda truly seems to "get" what the Fallout universe is, from the musical choices to their tedious research of the lore.</blockquote>BoS lore in particular! Many extra points for the mention of Wasteland, natch.

Spotted on Fallout 3: A Post Nuclear Blog.
 
Oh, they do do their research. Problem is once the research is done, they seem to tend to ignore the findings.
 
Fallout is my favorite steampunk game EVAR hah.

The game also doesn't seem like it'll be anything like Mass Effect... bizarre.

And what do they mean 'musical choices'.
Is the music similar to the originals, or is this person just really really high?

*edit* OH wait I get it, tunes from the 50s.

errr. yeah.
 
Why would researching the lore be tedious?

I guess that person just hates reading or something.

And how did Fallout 3 beat out Starcraft 2 and GTA 4 on this list?? That seems ridiculous.
 
Even if this just turned into Oblivion with guns, that wouldn't be such a bad thing, would it?

but I also want to see if my dislike of Oblivion was just a one-time fluke.
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This seems to be a contradiction. On the one hand he says that 'Oblivion with guns wouldn't be such a bad thing' and on the other hand he says he had a 'dislike of Oblivion'.

This guys credibility has gone out the window.
 
They're a whole bunch of people. Follow the link to read more.
 
gc051360 said:
And how did Fallout 3 beat out Starcraft 2 and GTA 4 on this list?? That seems ridiculous.
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Starcraft? what is that?

hah, this is one of your ridiculous tricks, got ya! You just made that game name up to fool us!
But you didnt count with me seeing through your vicious plans!

Nothing could ever be better than Fo3, on which all those thoughtful minds work, who worked day and night looking at Fo1 and Fo2 ressources to get their game as close as possible to these great games.
Ingenious as they are, they didn't even need to get their hands dirty playing those two games and were still able to catch the spirit and recognize and memorize all those things, that made these games two of the greatest ever created!

They devote themselves to the fanbase like noone else would possibly do and that's what we like them for!
 
Per said:
They're a whole bunch of people. Follow the link to read more.
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Ah, i see. I hereby retract my previous statement. You could have posted their names in the original post though.
 
JR Jansen said:
You could have posted their names in the original post though.
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I don't really think they're important enough to have names.

If the names in question had been Warren Spector, Tim Cain, Sid Meyer and Tim Schafer, I'd have put their names on the front page in no time.
 
Per said:
JR Jansen said:
You could have posted their names in the original post though.
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If the names in question had been Warren Spector, Tim Cain, Sid Meyer and Tim Schafer, I'd have put their names on the front page in no time.
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Sid Meier, that's his correct name. I need so much correctness if it's about such a big name ;)

he should do another alpha centauri-like game. Alpha Centauri & its addon Alien Crossfire were by far the best games of the Civ&AC series. However it's totally underrated and less known because it's not called "Civilization #24312" and more Sci-Fi.
I liked the story, the 3d terraformable ground and all that extension of the xenofungus & forests & planet against humans - stuff. Also liked the music and the whole style.

Damn, if i've once started talking i can never stop and often get totally off-topic, sorry for that.

alpha centauri rocked!
 
Kukident said:
Per said:
If the names in question had been Warren Spector, Tim Cain, Sid Meyer and Tim Schafer, I'd have put their names on the front page in no time.
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Sid Meier, that's his correct name.
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Sid Meyer was a 19th century trapper who blazed a trail between Utah and Oregon, strangled six bears with a toaster cord, and invented the gecko. I've been waiting for him to comment on Fallout 3 forever.
 
Per said:
Sid Meyer was a 19th century trapper who blazed a trail between Utah and Oregon, strangled six bears with a toaster cord, and invented the gecko. I've been waiting for him to comment on Fallout 3 forever.
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Oh yeah, that guy...

But you forgot the part where he sold poisoned milk to schoolchildren, invented Smallpox-laced blankets and called Abraham Lincoln "The world's most discreet transvestite and opium mule".
 
Mord_Sith said:
BuH?!?

That's an odd Sid, where in the nine do you guys find this stuff?!?

BTW yesh, Alpha Cen for the win! :P :D
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damn, right, you were the guy with whom i already talked about the game because of your avatar

Per said:
Kukident said:
Per said:
If the names in question had been Warren Spector, Tim Cain, Sid Meyer and Tim Schafer, I'd have put their names on the front page in no time.
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Sid Meier, that's his correct name.
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Sid Meyer was a 19th century trapper who blazed a trail between Utah and Oregon, strangled six bears with a toaster cord, and invented the gecko. I've been waiting for him to comment on Fallout 3 forever.
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and to avoid that totally emberassing mistakes in names like that could happen, i had to correct that !!!11

Sid meyer was also the first and only guy who flew 137 meters in distance by only using his arms.
 
xdarkyrex said:
Fallout is my favorite steampunk game EVAR hah.
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I want to castrate that guy, how the hell do you confuse Fallout's post-apoc and steampunk? More ignorant drivel from the gaming press.
 
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