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Nov 2001
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I'll second that, Having to repeat/backtrack in games multiple times is teh suck. That being said, fast travel is an option, you did not have to use it in oblivion.
Likewise, most of the stuff they used in oblivion was good IMO, I spent 120 hours playing that one, did have issues though, big ones, but nothing since has stolen that much time.
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I like the idea of fast travel, but they did a much better job of blending it in in Morrowind. In Oblivion it felt like a last minute "Oh yeah, guys the world is ****ing huge and we took out the teleport spells. The guy that modeled the silt striders quit, so lets just make it so people can go wherever."
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True... at some level, having 3 or 4 followers plus Dogmeat got silly. With powered armor, you were basically like a God.
What I really hope is that the story is as good as Fallout 1 and 2 and it keeps similar level of humor.
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Emperor
in exile
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Jul 1999
time: 10:52
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Wait so is it like a FPS now?
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Emperor
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Aug 2001
time: 23:52
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Originally posted by El_Cid
 do you know what - I find a fundamental chrisitan the same as a fundamental muslim. It makes baby jesus and baby mohamed cry.
Is it the christian lobby in australia that got fallout3 banned? or just the 'normal' classification body?
I haven't been keeping up with Australian culture shifts for the last 12 years or so, but i sure hope they aren't going the american route to fundamental damnation 
As long as they keep the option not to fast travel in Fallout 3, that will be better than a poke in the eye. I just don't have a good feeling about the game, spider sense is tingling! It has, of course, been known to be wrong.....from time to time. |
John Howard enjoys blowing Bush. The government follow, the Australian religious leaders follow, the nuts follow. The rest of Austrailia say fukitol and go surfing.
Btw, no Isometric view, and I am even more skeptical about this game than before. The game itself looks stupid, the cool stuff here and there (ads, post-apocalyptic world setting) put a veil over that.
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King
Australia
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Dec 1999
time: 01:52
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No matter how many times I try to explain this, Americans just don't seem to get it, but I'll try again.
"Refused classification" is not the same as "Banned".
We can still buy this and other games by mail order from other countries and they will not be stopped by customs.
When literature, movies, games or whatever is "banned", it becomes "Illegal" and subject to criminal procedings if found in possession of said materials.
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President of the OT
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Nov 1999
time: 10:52
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/thu...going-to-be-big
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Our time with Fallout 3: this is going to be big
By Ben Kuchera | Published: July 16, 2008 - 10:21AM CT
Sometimes this job is great. For instance: Upon visiting Bethesda today, I was promptly placed in front of a nice high-definition television, told not to share any plot points in my write-up, handed headphones, and then set free to explore Fallout 3 at my own pace. We were supposed to only have a half an hour of time with the title, but after my thirty minutes were up and no one kicked me off, I decided to be somewhat rotten and continued to play. All in all, I put about fifty minutes into the game, and it's safe to say that gamers are going to be happy with the newest entry in this classic series.
My time with the game began when my character stepped outside his vault, and into the wasteland. The scope of environment was impressive, as were the graphics: this is a game that gives you the sense of a very specific time and place. That time and place, of course, happens after a lot of radiation, but let's not let that detract from the great design work done on the title.
I knew I wouldn't have time to build a rounded character, so all my points and perks went into my small-arms skills, and I started hunting scavengers and mutant creatures with my handgun. I looked around and saw other writers taking a more cerebral approach with social skills and speaking to some NPCs, but I wanted to try the combat. It's worth pointing that even with only a limited time to play the game, everyone attacked the experience in a different way, with different results in found weapons, armor, and skills. After our play time was over, the characters looked different, with different experiences in the game world.
The Vault-tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.) was one of the things that stood out, and members of the development team were ready to make sure you understood how it worked. Whenever you entered into combat, you could hit the right bumper button on the 360 controller, and that caused the view to zoom in on the targeted enemy. You then could target specific portions of your target, such as the torso or right arm, with the UI showing you your chances of hitting each section. Cripple the arm, and they will drop their weapon. Take out a leg, and they can't walk. Put a few rounds through their head and... well, they die. After you choose your attacks based on how many action points you have, you lock them in and the game creates a few cool slow-motion animations showing the results of your actions. The real-time combat uses the same stats as V.A.T.S., the difference being that you have to actually aim at the head of your target instead of simply selecting it. Which style you choose is up to you, but V.A.T.S leads to some very cinematic—and grizzly—kills and maimings.
By the end of my time I had a sweet gas mask, some spiked armor, and I had taken to wielding a sledge-hammer instead of my gun. I killed all the scavengers inside a very creepy school, got into some extended combat against super-mutants, and was ready to keep playing by the time I was forced to leave. The game play feels solid, the graphics are very impressive, and the whole thing just feels right. While all plot details and spoilers from the loading screens are verboten to discuss, the experience was a grand. This is going to be a very popular game. |
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time: 15:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Asher
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thu...going-to-be-big
quote:
Our time with Fallout 3: this is going to be big
By Ben Kuchera | Published: July 16, 2008 - 10:21AM CT
Sometimes this job is great. For instance: Upon visiting Bethesda today, I was promptly placed in front of a nice high-definition television, told not to share any plot points in my write-up, handed headphones, and then set free to explore Fallout 3 at my own pace. We were supposed to only have a half an hour of time with the title, but after my thirty minutes were up and no one kicked me off, I decided to be somewhat rotten and continued to play. All in all, I put about fifty minutes into the game, and it's safe to say that gamers are going to be happy with the newest entry in this classic series.
My time with the game began when my character stepped outside his vault, and into the wasteland. The scope of environment was impressive, as were the graphics: this is a game that gives you the sense of a very specific time and place. That time and place, of course, happens after a lot of radiation, but let's not let that detract from the great design work done on the title.
I knew I wouldn't have time to build a rounded character, so all my points and perks went into my small-arms skills, and I started hunting scavengers and mutant creatures with my handgun. I looked around and saw other writers taking a more cerebral approach with social skills and speaking to some NPCs, but I wanted to try the combat. It's worth pointing that even with only a limited time to play the game, everyone attacked the experience in a different way, with different results in found weapons, armor, and skills. After our play time was over, the characters looked different, with different experiences in the game world.
The Vault-tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.) was one of the things that stood out, and members of the development team were ready to make sure you understood how it worked. Whenever you entered into combat, you could hit the right bumper button on the 360 controller, and that caused the view to zoom in on the targeted enemy. You then could target specific portions of your target, such as the torso or right arm, with the UI showing you your chances of hitting each section. Cripple the arm, and they will drop their weapon. Take out a leg, and they can't walk. Put a few rounds through their head and... well, they die. After you choose your attacks based on how many action points you have, you lock them in and the game creates a few cool slow-motion animations showing the results of your actions. The real-time combat uses the same stats as V.A.T.S., the difference being that you have to actually aim at the head of your target instead of simply selecting it. Which style you choose is up to you, but V.A.T.S leads to some very cinematic—and grizzly—kills and maimings.
By the end of my time I had a sweet gas mask, some spiked armor, and I had taken to wielding a sledge-hammer instead of my gun. I killed all the scavengers inside a very creepy school, got into some extended combat against super-mutants, and was ready to keep playing by the time I was forced to leave. The game play feels solid, the graphics are very impressive, and the whole thing just feels right. While all plot details and spoilers from the loading screens are verboten to discuss, the experience was a grand. This is going to be a very popular game. |
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Emperor
Dallas TX
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Nov 2001
time: 09:52
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Huge preview in PC gamer and this looks to be the same story IIRC.
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Who told them the fast travel idea from Oblivion was good? Who!? 
