Interview Pete Hines on Fallout 3

[elander_]

I can picture the first F3 screenshot just now. First person view with a minimal hud and huge letters so that console kids can read them. I could accept the game if it was only for this but i don't even want to imagine how will they simplify SPECIAL so that the console kids don't have to use their brains much with all those stats and skills. And i supose we can kiss turn-base goodby too.

 

[obediah]

I can picture the first F3 screenshot just now. First person view with a minimal hud and huge letters so that console kids can read them. I could accept the game if it was only for this but i don't even want to imagine how will they simplify SPECIAL so that the console kids don't have to use their brains much with all those stats and skills. And i supose we can kiss turn-base goodby too.

I bet the first screenshot has no HUD or text at all. The first few batches of screenshots are usually all about the wow factor, especially in FPS's.

 

[Thrawn05]

Morrowind is only setting and visuals.

Yeah, so what's your point?

 

[Chefe]

Fallout 3 is gonna be awesome.

 

[HardCode]

Another Pete Hines video interview (humour)

http://movies.lionhead.com/movie/54440

Reminds me of that Andrew Dice Clay line, "I put on a clown suit ... I mean, what would you do?"

 

[HardCode]

The Daily Squawker October 2009:

After the 7 month delayed release of Fallout 3 and being on the shelves for 4 months, ZeniMax announces the closure of their game satellite Bethesda Studios. When questioned about the filed bankruptcy, Vice President of Public Relations, Pete Hines, told The Squawker, "Trust us, the bankruptcy proceedings will be cool." Lead Designer Todd Howard told The Squawker, "When the Bankruptcy Court judge hits the gavel, I hope it shoots fireballs like a rocket launcher because they are soooo kewl man, like I hope his watch is like a quest compass so he can find the courtroom ..." Shortly after, Mr. Howard was committed to the local mental institution or observation.

 

[Balor]

Wait, it might be quite truthful.
Uber PC line is 100% truth anyway.

 

[Cimmerian Nights]

Another Pete Hines video interview (humour)

http://movies.lionhead.com/movie/54440

Reminds me of that Andrew Dice Clay line, "I put on a clown suit ... I mean, what would you do?"

She said "give me 12 inches and hurt me" so I fucked her twice and hit her in the head with a brick - Owwww

 

[Fresh]

Teh stud.

 

[Cimmerian Nights]

Fallout 3 is gonna be awesome.

We're all looking forward to the Flatout 3 comic.

 

[GhanBuriGhan]

More like "Sellout 3".

... but the problem is that when you come back to your house and there are items missing, it doesn't feel like somebody's stolen them, more like the game's broken.

Only the XBox morons who couldn't find Caius would think that. Then again, who is the target audience?

Bullshit! If you come back to your stashed loot and something is gone, you are gonna think it's a bug. In fact a bug like that existed with containers in Morrwind, I remember nobody posting about how cool the stealing in MW was. If you want to make this into a gameplay component, you have to make the stealing NPC leave traces of his activity, you have to program mechanics that allow you to play detective and find the thief. It would be a complex subgame, but not something you can just brush over.

As to Fallout; why don't you guys just wait until you have some actual information to bitch about? Ahh, but I guess this little vendetta is just too much fun, huh?

 

[FrancoTAU]

Fallout 3 is gonna be awesome.

We're all looking forward to the Flatout 3 comic.

It's just not going to be the same. The fanboys are us this time around. Sure, they'll be endless vicious and petty attacks on Beth, but no one will come here and flame us for it.

 

[Levski 1912]

Oblivion threads were a farce. Fallout 3 threads will be a tragedy.

 

[Whipporowill]

OMG! Someone set us up the bomb.

Uh, dudes... you bought that bomb, remember?

 

[Thrawn05]

Let loose the dogs of war!

 

[Whipporowill]

Let loose the dogs of war!

You know what's sad? That one's so old it's silly. I think we did that back in early 05 or something. Just waiting for the future to catch up with the present...

 

[Thrawn05]

Let loose the dogs of war!

You know what's sad? That one's so old it's silly. I think we did that back in early 05 or something. Just waiting for the future to catch up with the present...

I know, I was still a lurker (the seeds of hate were growing in me at the time). :D

 

[Araanor]

As to Fallout; why don't you guys just wait until you have some actual information to bitch about? Ahh, but I guess this little vendetta is just too much fun, huh?

No information *is* information. Oh, they've given hints. But not the right kinds of hints. If they were going for what we wanted, they could've easily appeased us. A bit, at least.

 

[Vault Dweller]

As to Fallout; why don't you guys just wait until you have some actual information to bitch about? Ahh, but I guess this little vendetta is just too much fun, huh?

I agree. I told these people many times that you can't judge a game until you've played it, and even then you can't be 100% sure, so you better wait for a professional review, but do they listen? *sigh*

 

[Baphomet]

But without impassioned, uninformed speculation there would be no Internet!

 

[Thrawn05]

But without impassioned, uninformed speculation there would be no Codex!

Fixed. :D

 

[LlamaGod]

If you want to make this into a gameplay component, you have to make the stealing NPC leave traces of his activity, you have to program mechanics that allow you to play detective and find the thief.

its pretty disappointing that an MMORPG (Ultima Online) has this, but an EPIC VAST IMMERSIVE single player game doesnt.

 

[elander_]

As to Fallout; why don't you guys just wait until you have some actual information to bitch about? Ahh, but I guess this little vendetta is just too much fun, huh?

Thats what the Elderscrolls forum is for. For people to blab and mindless salivate over a game they never played. :wink:

 

[GhanBuriGhan]

If you want to make this into a gameplay component, you have to make the stealing NPC leave traces of his activity, you have to program mechanics that allow you to play detective and find the thief.

its pretty disappointing that an MMORPG (Ultima Online) has this, but an EPIC VAST IMMERSIVE single player game doesnt.

Yeah, being flagged and turning grey for two minutes is a great gameplay feature. Plus, is there even burglary in UO? Obviously it would take a little more work than that, huh? Plus, name the cool single player RPG's with this feature?

_elander - with the codex doing the exact opposite and not being any less moronic in the course of it? Yeah, no shortage of retards on the internet, I agree.

 

[LlamaGod]

Plus, is there even burglary in UO?

Yes. You can enter people's homes and try to burglarize their stuff.

If another player has Tracking and Forensic Evaluation (I think thats what its called) skills, they can inspect the chest and get the name of the robber, and then follow their tracks and hunt them down.