Fallout 3

[[AK]Squidly]

Trailer...

I preordered it today. First time I've preordered anything.

Another Vid.

I did it for the bottle opener.

[[AK]The Beast]

I'm all over this game. Love, love, LOVE Fallout. I still have Fallout 2 installed on my computer.

[[AK]Bribo]

The simultaneous console release worries me. I hope they have not dumbed down the interface for the console users. Awaiting reviews before I buy.

[[AK]Squidly]

It could totally suck and I'll still buy it. It's Fallout.

That said, my greatest fear, ahead of consolitis, is that they'll carry over the insane, idiotic, asinine scaling enemy scheme of Oblivion. I've heard rumblings which aren't making me happy.

For the uninitiated, Oblivion scaled the difficulty of enemies you faced. This meant you could pretty much go anywhere and expect to be able to fight with a reasonable expectation of success. Further, when you returned to starter areas, remaining foes would be 'scaled up' to match your current ability. Push-over foes would actually be buffed studs of melee wearing top armor and wielding enchanted weapons.

This destroyed the fun of that game for me. Combined with the ability to insta-travel anywhere, and there was no reason to even play the game.

New age, touchy-feely everybody wins jackassery at it's finest. I'd like to get my hands on the neck of the punks that thought of, greenlighted, then implemented this steaming turd of a scheme.

[[AK]Hylander]

The pre-orders at ebgames include a poster and a CD with soundtrack. Just an FYI. I'm picking this one up. Wish it were on Steam though.

[[AK]Squidly]

Wish it were on Steam though.

That would fit with the "Steaming Turd" theme.

Although I do like Steam.

Just sayin'.

[[AK]StitchJones]

The simultaneous console release worries me. I hope they have not dumbed down the interface for the console users. Awaiting reviews before I buy.

The interface is dumbed down, or at least for you PC game lovers it is. Fallout along with the past two Elder Scrolls games have been designed on a gaming console as the main target audience. Because of this the menus from a PC side seem a bit annoying. However with a controller in hand it's just plain awesome. So Bribo it might be a good idea to upgrade yourself from level suck and join the console fanboys :-) heheheheh

[[AK]Squidly]

However with a controller in hand it's just plain awesome.

Yeah, because a lack of fluid, accurate, and responsive control is always totally awesome.

[Slaughter]

360 ftw, unless its an mmo.

[[AK]Squidly]

Or a FPS.

[Slaughter]

Theres some FPS that are good on console, but they definetly are better when they come out for PC.

[Erthafein]

Never played any of these before. Hell, I've never heard of them before. (Told you guys I wasn't an FPS person)

It looks interesting, but the gameplay looks odd. The whole pausing and lining up shots seems weird.

[[AK]Clay]

Never played any of these before. Hell, I've never heard of them before. (Told you guys I wasn't an FPS person)

It looks interesting, but the gameplay looks odd. The whole pausing and lining up shots seems weird.

Normally I play and dump. With a precious few, I save the boxed game forever. Fallout, Fallout II, Fallout Tactics I still have. I'm totally getting Fallout III. My avatar is from Fallout (Google Pipboy - look familiar? ). One of the best game franchises ever.

[[AK]Camelwalk]

Never played any fallouts, but yall never steered me wrong before......well Tribes V sucked......ill let that one go! Ill pick it up at release!

[[AK]Squidly]

Never played any fallouts, but yall never steered me wrong before......well Tribes V sucked......ill let that one go! Ill pick it up at release!

Fallout 1 and 2 were awesome. No telling yet how Fallout 3 will be, but the franchise has earned an "automatic purchase" from some of us.