Bethesda Softworks has a lot to prove with Fallout 3. Not to regular hardcore gamers like you and me, of course, nor the millions of fans who have enjoyed the company's previous work with the Elder Scrolls series.
So if they aren't trying to please the original Fallout fans, or heven forbid the elder scroll fans, then who are they trying to impress? It seems pointless to try and find a new audience with a game that already has one doesn't it? Atlus at least tried to gain a new audience with Digital devil saga, but bethesda is trying to impress nobody.
But the Maryland-based developer took on a whole new challenge when it wrested the hallowed Fallout license from Interplay's cold, deathly grip a few years ago.
Hey, that "deathly" company brought us Earthworm Jim and MDK, so show a lil respect fuckwod.
Fallout 3 sticks close to the franchise's basic mythos: a nuclear holocaust sent survivors underground, froze the era's 1950s-style pop culture right in the middle of its wide-eyed optimism, and populated the landscape with bloodthirsty mutants. Generations later, you're one of the lucky few born among all the rubble and ash.
That's half of the presentation dillweed. Fallout's main goal was to provide RPG fans a little something new from the dungeon crawlers...heck, even dungeon crawlers are practicaly dead. I hope Etrian Odyssey brings it back.
Early in the game, you'll find a courageous dog named Dogmeat and his master under attack, and when the master meets his inevitable end, Dogmeat will quickly become your loyal companion. When and where this happens will be randomized, so it should fit seamlessly into the flow of the game.
You know what? I'm getting pretty sick of hearing about this piece of shit dog, and this is coming from somebody who adores animals. Reason being is because they keep talking about him, and making him the spotlight on allies. When I play RPGs, I sometimes like a little company, so try and mix it up a little Bethesda...why bother even posting, I know they'll just ignore me.
Abandoned vaults and bombed-out buildings are to Fallout 3 what the generic caves and decrepit Elven ruins were to Oblivion, which is to say you'll want to do a lot of exploring to find some choice gear to equip.
Ohh great, from the sound of it, it'll be all dungeon crawling, and rare trips to towns. What I enjoyed about mostly in Fallout, was that the towns were a huge focus in the game, and there were only a few times you raided caves, labs, and vaults. But from what I've heard from douchy MC doucherson, it'll be the other way around.
Hines cites the rocky nature of making games early on the 360 and PS3--consoles which at the time were themselves still in development--as the primary culprit for Oblivion's lengthy production cycle. Now the team at Bethesda has plenty of experience on all the available hardware,
It's nice to hear that console kiddies are getting a say so before the almighty PC gaming race. Goes to show where there hearts truly lie.
