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Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on May 08, 2007, 03:47:55 PM: This thread is for info concerning Bethesda's upcoming game, Fallout 3.

For those who don't know about Fallout, it is considered one of the best (if not the best) post-apocalyptic CRPG ever made! Black Isle originally created Fallout 1 & 2 using the Infinity Engine (same one used for Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale series, Baldur's Gate series, Lionheart and Temple of Elemental Evil). In fact, Fallout 3 was in development when Black Isle/Interplay went out of business.

The official web site has some kind of teaser that is counting down the days to something!

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/ (http://fallout.bethsoft.com/)

-420
Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Soul Sojourner on May 08, 2007, 07:16:29 PM: If Bethesda is behind it, or even supporting it, it's bound to be good. Just watch out for bugs and shit. They've come out with alot of kick ass games that I like, but every single one of them have had some fucked up buggy shit.
Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Talon on May 09, 2007, 06:44:37 AM: Quote
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Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on May 09, 2007, 10:08:30 AM: I loved Fallout 2 hope they do somethin decent with the third part.
Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: cuchulann on May 09, 2007, 02:44:22 PM: May be nice if it goes to real time rather than turn based, though if that happens you won't be able to stratagize like before. All I really want are two things, a tough ass mangy cur as a companion, and .223 rifle modified down into a hand gun. Boooooooom!
Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on May 09, 2007, 05:05:23 PM: Looking at the settings of the demo for the canceled Fallout 3 (Link (http://www.3dgamers.com/games/fallout3cancelled/downloads/)) it appears that you can choose turned based combat, real time or be asked which of the two modes at the beginning of each battle.

Keep in mind though that this may have very little, if any, impact on how Bethesda implements the combat system. No idea if they even plan to use the same engine.

WARNING! The canceled Fallout 3 "Demo" is super buggy so check it out at your own risk. I crashed at the start of the very first battle.

-420
Title: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on June 05, 2007, 12:50:11 PM: Well, something big seems to be going down as I can't load the Fallout 3 site. I believe there is some kind of movie posted right now.

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on April 06, 2008, 10:09:45 PM: Been pretty quiet on the Fallout 3 front but some new screenshots have just been posted.

New Fallout 3 Screenshots (http://www.pcgames.de/aid,638781/Bildergalerie/Rollenspiel/Postapokalyptische_Impressionen_aus_der_Zukunft_Bilderflut_zu_Fallout_3/)

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: cuchulann on July 27, 2008, 03:54:22 PM: Gameplay demo is now available.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/893/893437p1.html
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on July 28, 2008, 06:50:29 PM: Quote from: cuchulann on July 27, 2008, 03:54:22 PM
Gameplay demo is now available.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/893/893437p1.html

Where can we get it? Looks like it was some kind of E3 exclusive or something.

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: cuchulann on July 28, 2008, 09:50:05 PM: You mean and actual playable demo of the game? Wish I knew. It's due to be released soon so there ought to be one available soon.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Anheg on July 29, 2008, 04:27:01 AM: You should watch some of the E3 trailers, or just the one with actual gameplay. But someone at IGN has a hardon for it, as it won IGNs best of E3 award in every place it possibly could.

It looks promising, ill at least rent it.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on August 29, 2008, 09:34:59 PM: Check out the five gameplay demo videos (http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/videos.html) that Bethesda posted to YouTube. Sweet. The railroad spike gun (video 4) is my favorite so far but the lunch box mine has its charms.

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on September 04, 2008, 12:54:30 PM: The goodies just keep on coming: Fallout 3 Survival Guide (http://podcasts.aolcdn.com/joystiq/files/Fallout3SurvivalGuide.pdf)

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on October 28, 2008, 08:06:16 PM: Fallout 3 came out today and I've been playing it for the past few hours. It's a lot of fun and the starting history/tutorial is one of the most creative ways I've seen of beginning a FPS RPG.

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Anheg on October 29, 2008, 01:22:11 AM: Its so fucking nuts, all the stuff thats being released right now. There wasnt a game worth playing that was released in the last 4 months but all the sudden I have Rock Band 2, Little Big Planet, Dead Space and Fallout 3 and not enough time to try them all. But the big one is yet to come, Resistance 2 is just around the corner and its an auto-buy.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on October 30, 2008, 06:44:08 AM: I got Fallout 3 too, its looks kinda like a post-apocalyptic oblivion fused with fallout, though like in oblivion all the faces look kinda dumb and despite all the char creation options you cant make it much better, at least you dont get to see your face often :p.

I only playd through the tutorial and a bit outside the vault, where some flamethrower ants pwned me cause i took melee skill instead of firearms >_< so guess ill have to switch to firearms for starting :0.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on October 30, 2008, 12:07:58 PM: Quote from: tyrael084 on October 30, 2008, 06:44:08 AM
I got Fallout 3 too, its looks kinda like a post-apocalyptic oblivion fused with fallout, though like in oblivion all the faces look kinda dumb and despite all the char creation options you cant make it much better, at least you dont get to see your face often :p.

I only playd through the tutorial and a bit outside the vault, where some flamethrower ants pwned me cause i took melee skill instead of firearms >_< so guess ill have to switch to firearms for starting :0.
I chose the premade face 10 which looks just like Elvis and then I added massive mutton chops. I was really amazed by the level of customization you had with the faces though I didn't experiment with it too much.

As for the fire ants, I didn't encounter them until around level 4 when I was given a quest to clear them out. I'm an unarmed combat specialist (I beat a Super Mutant with a minigun to death with spiked gloves at level 3) but getting close to a fire ant is suicide. The trick is to get some frag mines and lead the ants into them. The mine will blow off their antennae which makes them go crazy and turn on their own kind.

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Sonicle on October 30, 2008, 01:33:39 PM: i guess ill have to get myself a new computer

i totally loved fallout 1 and 2 =)

oh and hi btw ^^
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on October 30, 2008, 06:06:50 PM: i started over ( i was only lvl 2 anyways) and took small guns, with that VAT thing if you head shot stuff while hidden its instakill and also their head may explode sometimes which its kinda... fun :0

I was just playing in window mode in these screens so yeah theyre kinda small but shows the point xD, the G.O.A.T. thingie waqs kinda funny aswell... " Ask your granny for a minigun instead, you dont want to miss after all".

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Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Razor Blade on October 30, 2008, 09:52:24 PM: Game is Crazy lol, loving it

Anyone been in Megaton you get a quest from a guy called burke there to blow up Megaton, I did it last night just for the kick of it, and I gotta say, OMG so fucking nice watching that big bom go BOOOM lol...
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Soul Sojourner on October 31, 2008, 12:18:09 AM: If it's out or comes out for XBOX360 I'll probably play it eventually, when I get a new 360. (money's tight, gotta wait until my next paycheck at least.) But it definitely won't be on my instant list of games to buy, I have some I still need to play the shit out of yet, and more I want to get and play the shit out of yet.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on October 31, 2008, 12:27:49 PM: Quote from: Sonicle on October 30, 2008, 01:33:39 PM

oh and hi btw ^^
Hi Sonicle, long time no see.

Quote from: Razor Blade on October 30, 2008, 09:52:24 PM

Anyone been in Megaton you get a quest from a guy called burke there to blow up Megaton, I did it last night just for the kick of it, and I gotta say, OMG so fucking nice watching that big bom go BOOOM lol...
Ooo, that can't be good for your karma.

SPOILER ALERT!
If you diffuse the bomb (explosive skill 25) you'll get a house, complete with robot butler, in Megaton that you can furnish with usable objects and "themes".

Quote from: HeLLMasteRHeLL on October 31, 2008, 12:18:09 AM

If it's out or comes out for XBOX360 I'll probably play it eventually, when I get a new 360.
Fallot 3 for Xbox 360 (http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Xbox-360/dp/B000UU3SVI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1225470176&sr=8-1)

Here is a screenshot of the first "boss" I encountered, a Super Mutant Behemoth. As you can see, he was wielding some kind of lamp post with a fire hydrant attached to the end. I took him out with the "Fat Man" mini-nuke launcher.

-420

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Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on October 31, 2008, 06:45:12 PM: Yeah, i was just gonna say that too, i got the house, that robot is pretty cool... cuts your hair, gives you drinks and you even have a place to store stuff. ^^
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Soul Sojourner on October 31, 2008, 11:27:06 PM: Oh, if I buy that shit it's gonna be from Newegg. Amazon.com pisses me off. My bills are gonna suck up the entirety of the paycheck I just deposited two days ago, so like I said, I'll be waiting till my next one at least. Might even have to wait longer... assholes don't pay good enough for hard work, I shouldn't even bother to break a sweat anymore.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Sonicle on November 01, 2008, 09:07:59 AM: Quote from: 420 on October 31, 2008, 12:27:49 PM
Hi Sonicle, long time no see.

hi 420 =)

can someone tell me if going unarmed meele is still a viable playstile in f3 ? ive always been playing melee chars in f2 and f1
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Razor Blade on November 01, 2008, 11:49:44 AM: Quote from: 420 on October 31, 2008, 12:27:49 PM
Hi Sonicle, long time no see.
Ooo, that can't be good for your karma.

SPOILER ALERT!
If you diffuse the bomb (explosive skill 25) you'll get a house, complete with robot butler, in Megaton that you can furnish with usable objects and "themes".
Fallot 3 for Xbox 360 (http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-3-Xbox-360/dp/B000UU3SVI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1225470176&sr=8-1)

Here is a screenshot of the first "boss" I encountered, a Super Mutant Behemoth. As you can see, he was wielding some kind of lamp post with a fire hydrant attached to the end. I took him out with the "Fat Man" mini-nuke launcher.

-420

Meh you get the same shit if you blow up megaton from that burke dude
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on November 01, 2008, 12:31:03 PM: Yeah i was curious about what would happen, so i made an alt with with diff skills and went all evil, i blew up megatron and you actually get a way better house (looks like an hotel suite) and 1000 caps, if you difuse it you get 100 caps and that old crappy house that looks like its crumbling.... seems like evil guys always get better stuff o_o.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Sonicle on November 02, 2008, 04:21:58 AM: evil guys always get the girls...
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Razor Blade on November 02, 2008, 05:01:53 PM: Quote from: tyrael084 on November 01, 2008, 12:31:03 PM
Yeah i was curious about what would happen, so i made an alt with with diff skills and went all evil, i blew up megatron and you actually get a way better house (looks like an hotel suite) and 1000 caps, if you difuse it you get 100 caps and that old crappy house that looks like its crumbling.... seems like evil guys always get better stuff o_o.

You can nog blow up Megaton, and help those ghouls get in Tenpenny Tower they kill everybody and destroy the tower lol....
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Soul Sojourner on November 02, 2008, 06:03:33 PM: Quote from: tyrael084 on November 01, 2008, 12:31:03 PM
megatron
Is it "Megaton" or "Megatron?" Some of you put it one way, and others put it the other way. Is it like a place or a character? I've never played Fallout so I'm not following this too well. Isn't Megatron the robo-transformer dude from Transformers?
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on November 02, 2008, 08:02:21 PM: Yeah its actually Megaton, my bad.
Its just the first town you visit, well more like a junkie town, that just happens to have an atomic bomb in the center of it.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Soul Sojourner on November 02, 2008, 09:38:26 PM: A junkie town with an atomic bomb in the middle of it... gee, now that sounds like entertainment!
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: 420 on November 03, 2008, 06:05:06 PM: Quote from: HeLLMasteRHeLL on November 02, 2008, 09:38:26 PM
A junkie town with an atomic bomb in the middle of it... gee, now that sounds like entertainment!
It's a town built right outside of Vault 101 (where your character comes from). The town is located in a crater that was made by a plane that crashed and the payload it was carrying, an atomic bomb, rests in the center of the crater. You can choose to try to disarm the bomb or rig it to explode.

The name "megaton" comes from the atomic bomb because we (still) measure the power of an atomic blast in megatons of TNT. (Which is a hopelessly outdated method of measuring explosions.)

-420
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Soul Sojourner on November 03, 2008, 06:34:41 PM: Quote from: 420 on November 03, 2008, 06:05:06 PM
(Which is a hopelessly outdated method of measuring explosions.)

-420
lol, TNT.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Tyrael on November 03, 2008, 08:46:48 PM: Yeah, i loaded a previous game, did all moira's quests then rigged the bomb to explode... the hotel suit looks way better than that junkie house :o
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Mo on November 04, 2008, 12:26:33 AM: Quote from: 420 on November 03, 2008, 06:05:06 PM
The name "megaton" comes from the atomic bomb because we (still) measure the power of an atomic blast in megatons of TNT. (Which is a hopelessly outdated method of measuring explosions.)

-420

What's outdated about measuring by amounts of equivalent TNT? The energy released by blowing up TNT and by blowing up a nuclear weapon is the same as both can be measured in Joules, which is the energy expended by the force.

1 gram of TNT releases 4.184Ãƒ?10^3 J. As you can see measuring in Joules gives pretty big numbers that aren't easily read.
1 megaton of TNT releases 1 million million times more energy than that. So it makes little sense to measure in Joules, as these number would just be ridiculous. Even megajoules wouldn't be suitable. In any case megaton is a much cooler word.

The largest nuclear weapon ever donated was the Tsar bomba (Russian), 50 megatons. A bomb big enough to waste a large city pretty easy.

But we don't hold a candle to nature.

The earthquake that caused the 2004 Tsunami released 9,560 gigatons of TNT. A couple thousand Tsar bombas.
The 6 mile wide asteroid that killed off the Dinosaurs released 100 teratones of TNT or 400 zettajoules (4Ãƒ?10^23 joules). Creating a 100 mile wide crater in the Gulf of Mexico. Way more energy than all nuclear weapons combined.
Finally, a supernova releases 10^44 Joules or ten octillion megatons of TNT. Eat that Fallout.
Title: Re: Fallout 3 Information
Post by: Sonicle on November 05, 2008, 03:59:18 PM: whippersnapper...