I don't know about you guys, but majority of them hate Fallout: BOS (aka Piece of Shit) LOL!, but that game was nice though it crashes a lot, I've never play F1 or F2, can someone tell me on this? hmm...

Can Fallout work as 1st-person RPG shooter? wonder if they gonna scrap the S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes..

the atmosphere in Vampires Bloodlines was pretty cool. if they managed to do Fallout in the post-apocalyptic setting, then i'm sold. i've always enjoyed the hilarious conversations with the NPC's with their animated faces. Harold, Sulik, Myron... sigh

Can Fallout work as 1st-person RPG shooter? wonder if they gonna scrap the S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes..

the atmosphere in Vampires Bloodlines was pretty cool. if they managed to do Fallout in the post-apocalyptic setting, then i'm sold. i've always enjoyed the hilarious conversations with the NPC's with their animated faces. Harold, Sulik, Myron... sigh

Have you ever played Lionheart? It was this medieval fantasy RPG by Black Isle which used SPECIAL and was played in real time... Man, it proved how BAD SPECIAL would be in a real time environment (or fantasy for the matter).

Honestly speaking, I don't see them going any other way than real time if they're making it into 1st person. And if its real time, I really don't know what to expect.

Yeah, some are saying its just going to be "Oblivion with guns" but I'm still waiting on further details.

It is possible to do RPG in first person(with post apocalyptic feel) look at the upcoming titles like Hellgate and Bioshock.

yeah now that u mentioned it WAS awful. Didn't expect Black Isle to come out with turds like that. i hack hack until the end with that game..

hmm does S.t.a.l.k.e.r count? any Stalker fans here? i don't hv Alienware PC so i don't know..

Stalker is only half RPG imo. They have the mission/quest system, the inventory system and vendors all classic rpg mechanics. The rest of it is all FPS.

hmm..that could work. one thing i loved about the Fallout games were the clever dialogue & storyline. i just LOVE making those smart-ass remarks 

Don't mind the action being in real-time. Just as long as there's atmosphere and lot's of gore i'm a happy Deathclaw. 

Vampires : Bloodlines had it. Unfortunately the combat sucked big-time. and the plot kinda went downhill the second half of the game (pretty buggy too but that's a different story)

If Fallout 3 can nail that.. then suit me up with that Power Armor! 

        In a thread inquiring about the developers of Fallout 3 on Bethesda's Fallout 3 forum, Gavin "Kathode" Carter has taken the time to explain some of it. He has outlined some of the members of the Fallout 3 team, including what they do for the project.

    Hayt is a designer who works under Emil. As for me, the various production titles here can get confusing, so let me explain. Todd Howard is the Executive Producer. For all intents and purposes, he is the studio and project director, and has ultimate say over everything we do. We have a very open and collaborative atmosphere here, and Todd is always open to debate and revision, but at the end of the day, to borrow a phrase from Bush, he is the "decider"

    Ashley is our studio Production Director. His job is to coordinate all the production efforts of our internal development across all the various projects we're working on. This includes everything from the big ticket games, to smaller stuff like Oblivion downloadable content, localization issues, and making sure other cross-project people (QA for instance) know and respond to our needs. He manages how we distribute people's time across the projects, and also makes sure all projects conform to good standard methods of scheduling and tracking.

    I'm the Lead Producer on Fallout, meaning I'm the main production guy who is 100% focused solely on this project. I'm responsible for maintaining our overall schedule, setting up and communicating milestones, making sure everyone has the tools, equipment, and info they need to do their jobs, and hounding people to get stuff done on time. I've been on the project since the day we started working on it, and pretty much the day we went gold on Oblivion, I switched over to focusing completely on Fallout. I'm aided by an awesome team of four department producers who focus on either programmers, artists, or designers. Hope this helps clear it up! 
- Thanks to Briosafreak.

"We're not going to go away from what it is that we do best. We're not going to suddenly do a top-down isometric Baldur's Gate-style game, because that's not what we do well."

"There's no question that what we're interested in making is a role-playing game. In addition, our Elder Scrolls games are open-ended, offer the player lots of options to play the game as they choose... Things like that. I think those qualities are consistent with those in Fallout."

Those folks over at NMA have made a video showing some leaked scenes from the latest build of Fallout 3 while it was till being developed under Black Isle.

Aside from the fact it looked like ass (It wasn't complete, obviously) noticable differences include a somewhat real-time combat system in what looks like a limited 3D-esque environment.

I've been playing around with the Van Buren Tech demo, for something that's supposed to be released in 2003, it looks quite nice, buggy, but nice

May 8, 2007 (Rockville, MD) - Bethesda Softworks(R) is pleased to announce that highly acclaimed international actor Liam Neeson will lead the cast providing voice work in Fallout 3. Neeson will play the role of the player's father and will appear prominently throughout the game. Fallout 3 is currently under development at Bethesda Game Studios, creators of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion(R), which won numerous Game of the Year and RPG of the Year awards in 2006.

"This role was written with Liam in mind, and provides the dramatic tone for the entire game," said Todd Howard, Executive Producer of Fallout 3. "Liam is absolutely amazing to work with."

Neeson is known for starring roles in blockbuster films such as Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Batman Begins. Throughout his illustrious career, Neeson has been the recipient of numerous honors for his work in film and theater, including Academy Award, Golden Globe and Tony Award nominations.

"It's been a pleasure bringing the father to life and working with the wonderfully talented people at Bethesda on Fallout 3," said Neeson. "I hope the fans of the franchise and the game will be excited by the results."

is this game like fallout:tactic?

Well nowadays it's hard to find games that has such an impact as Fallout had on me long time ago. So you can say I don't have a lot of expectations for it. But if they're capable of making Oblivion, which is quite outstanding in it's own right, I believe they could put out another stunner with Fallout 3.

the buggin question about having it ala oblivion style is how the game can cramp soo much violence and yadda yadda without suffering the AO rating.

then again i cant play it even if its out

I just hope they really put some work into the dialog and world background, not 50 iterations of a rock or whatever. It's not Fallout without a proper speech tree, damnit.

Well... in all fairness the speech trees of FO1 and 2 weren't perfect. Talking to All the talking heads in FO1 was a pain in the backside

I'm just happy they're going to make a sequel. Come on... some changes couldn't be that bad.

Ya, at least there is a sequel (after black isle bankrupt). Better than nothing

Well there was Troika, Tim Cain's company before it kicked the bucket

what is that? can't really tell.

The pic of the White House in ruins is fantastic though.�


A Fallout game must hv a lot of easter eggs. at first i didn't quite get the references in Fallout 2.

Then i watched Monty Python. Lol'ed harder than i should

That is not the White House. It's Capitol Hill. People always confuse the 2.

Refering to the new picture its a strip mall. Probably where you go to buy parts.

I prefer the concept art of city ruin with an aircraft carrier thats beached.

is the game coming out in 2 weeks ? or only just the teaser

No! No!  Just the teaser.

Yeah! Something like Ultimate Power Armor! 

i miss shredding those mutants with my minigun too.


Say hello to my lil' friend!

Yeah! Something like Ultimate Power Armor! 

i miss shredding those mutants with my minigun too.


Say hello to my lil' friend!

That's the Vindicator Minigun right? Used energy packs? Quite crappy once you fought power armour foes.

Anyway, I'm a hardcore Bozar user. I like a multipurpose gun. Fill em with lead between the eyes or in the balls or go all spray 'n' pray on them. Even Frank Horrigan dies in 2-3 bursts from it (One if you're really lucky)

That's the Vindicator Minigun right? Used energy packs? Quite crappy once you fought power armour foes.

Anyway, I'm a hardcore Bozar user. I like a multipurpose gun. Fill em with lead between the eyes or in the balls or go all spray 'n' pray on them. Even Frank Horrigan dies in 2-3 bursts from it (One if you're really lucky)

That's the Vindicator Minigun right? Used energy packs? Quite crappy once you fought power armour foes.

Anyway, I'm a hardcore Bozar user. I like a multipurpose gun. Fill em with lead between the eyes or in the balls or go all spray 'n' pray on them. Even Frank Horrigan dies in 2-3 bursts from it (One if you're really lucky)

The German Rheinmetal AG company created the ultimate minigun. The Vindicator throws over 90,000 caseless shells per minute down its six carbon-polymer barrels. As the pinnacle of Teutonic engineering skill, it is the ultimate hand-held weapon. Min ST: 7.

The gauss rifle is good, but ammo was way to scarce. Bozar used regular .223 rounds which were as common as Nuka Cola.

I've always wondered if anyone managed to finish the game with just melee weapons? I always wanted the try, but I had this morbid fear of enemies getting a massive crit on me with some burst weapon. But, I always thought how cool it would be to punch holes in ppl. Ah well.

Urge to replay Fallout rising.

The gauss rifle is good, but ammo was way to scarce. Bozar used regular .223 rounds which were as common as Nuka Cola.

I've always wondered if anyone managed to finish the game with just melee weapons? I always wanted the try, but I had this morbid fear of enemies getting a massive crit on me with some burst weapon. But, I always thought how cool it would be to punch holes in ppl. Ah well.

Urge to replay Fallout rising.

even though the minigun is useless during the last leg of the game..
there is just that satisfaction of cutting someone in half with a minigun... the
feeling in that is priceless.... 

yeah i feel like playing fallout again 
i have fallout 2 and had fallout 1.. dont know where it went hmm...
which in the series you guys like best... fallout 1 or 2 (tactics if that counts  )

i love em all but fallout 1 has a better story line IMO.. even though tactics was just a spinoff it a nice game on its own

yeah , really sometimes , they taken too much jet or gamma gulp . i remember the " lionheart " mentioned by H@H@ , that game suxxed hard and my friend played it like it was the best game since fallout 2  ( interplay fanboyism maybe )
Fallout : Tactics consider acceptable coz it still have abit of " fallout " feel when combat ( minus the real-time AP combat ) , other than that just sucky go-there-do-that-come-back mission .

*btw , i tot Fallout : tactics was developed by another team instead of the original team ? the one who did the original series was BlackIsle , the FO:T was 14DegEast .
correct me if im wrong ...hehehe !

Tim Cain was born sometime in the 1900's and will likely die sometime in the 2000's hopefully of old age. He's best known for creating Fallout and founding Troika Games.

Oh wait, i got confused, BRIAN FARGO was the creator of wasteland and the FO series

In 2003, Fargo finally acquired the rights to Wasteland from EA

what makes Fallout " Fallout " . NPCs do mistakes like us , line of sight , missfire or friendly fire , luck rolls which make everyone in the game experience good and bad times throughout the game .

some people might argue AP is nonsense in current generation games , then tell me , what up with chess ? why need turns for every moves ? lol . even its 3D or with guns , AP maintains the fun factor and heart-pumping gameplay when u made mistakes on ur moves  .

Fallout Tactics wasn't THAT bad. Just a bit soulless.

On the other hand, the NPC's in Fallout 2 were some of the funniest characters i've encountered in gaming universe. I mean wouldn't u want to hv this guy in your team?

U Suthuu!!