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Yeah, they're obviously selling something, in this case to PS3 fans, using Oblivion as a frame of reference. I'm beginning to notice a trend: To Console Gamers: "It's going to be exactly like Oblivion! Except without the stuff you didn't like!" To PC Gamers: "The perspective has changed...

The hostile ghouls in Necropolis behave exactly like hostile (unarmed) humans. They swagger in for a bit of fisticuffs. They don't flail around like something out of a George Romero film. They've also got a bit more meat on them. That thing looks more like a wight than a zombie. Also, what...

It's probably the name of the dude. Incidentally, I bet he has the same voice as all the Redguards in Oblivion, and shares it with Sheriff The Simms. [edit] Heh, you know what else would be funny? A player character with an ethnicity that isn't Irish. ;) [edit2] Confirmed: Jericho is the...

Even making the assumption that 99% of content produced by the gaming media is filled with idiocy, that article managed to offend me into a rare "tl;dr" state by about the fourth paragraph.

That excuse makes me wonder. FOV trickery that results in big heads/tiny feet becomes more pronounced the higher the FOV angle. The higher the angle, the more depth seems biased. Since the player camera is typically mounted at eye level, the head is always a bit closer than the body, and...

Since I'm not in the same timezone as most of you folks, has the deadline passed? What's the ETA on judgment?

That's just crazy talk. I'd think if you're considering a Lead Designer for that list, you'd consider them on their merits as a designer. Fallout 3 may indeed become another landmark title for Bethesda, but more credit is due to the Zenimax crew that wrangled the license deal, and to the PR...

I guess it would have to be "Interplay Store History". You would have been able to pre-order it just about everywhere else, but that's really the retailers concern and I can't see a way (or a reason) for Interplay to get those figures. Duh, if you dare question something, you hate it. Or so...

It was the most preordered Interplay game at the time, and probably stayed that way unless Throne of Bhalls beat it. That's unlikely though, since Fallout Tactics outdid Shadows of Amn. ...and it was canned because Interplay were well and truly fucked by mid 2001. They canned Torn, got taken...

My biggest issue is that I see a journey across the continent to be an epic saga, a colossal undertaking like no other in the Fallout world. And in that respect I think I'd enjoy a narrative based on the journey more than a narrative where a bunch of subpar mutants have "infested" the capitol...

Sorry, but I just wanted to jump on this one: I can't stand to see this sort of thing bandied around by the Fallout 3 defenders, let alone one of the good guys. Grand Theft Auto 3 isn't a major departure from the first two. Yes the perspective changes, and the narrative elements are...

That list seems a bit iffy. No Mario Galaxy? No Smash Bros? He mentions that Wii sales will be strong, but somehow forgets its flagship titles. If Starcraft 2 or the next WoW expansion hit this year, they'll be fucking huge. Gran Turismo 5 may only be for PS3, but you can guarantee it will sell...

Guh. It has to change to fit a completely different gameplay style. Try again. Why do I get the feeling this is going to wind up being Bioware's retarded black and white morality? No, they aren't alternatives because they both taint one another with undesirable elements. It's like being...

Actually, Fallout stands as irrevocable proof that you can have a deep roleplaying game and include mass-market friendly production values to keep both camps happy. Shame nobody seems to have learned that lesson in their quest to cheapen the whole RPG genre. As for VATS, I think they're...

Real men wear spandex Vault 13 jumpsuits.

What odds would anyone give me on there being heavily armed robots of differing vocations just about everywhere to "justify" hax0ring as a legitimate skill, a la KOTOR? Secondly, what odds would anyone give me on Bethesda including just a single original feature among their hodgepodge of...

No, it would have been an Indiana Jones reference if the robot said "NO TICKET!" after blasting a mutant. As it is, Kevin Smith already put a better reference of the same scene in Dogma eight years ago. Good to know Bethesda are keeping up.

Am I the only one playing this? I haven't seen too many familiar names in the lobby.

Just to clarify, this clown had nothing to do with the development of Fallout Tactics. He was (apparently) a PR monkey somewhere in the works, and must've really taken offense to the fact that Fallout fans are a hard-sell. Boo-fucking-hoo.

Good to know there are some kinfolk sharing my concerns. Nice article, Brother, a great set of well supported arguments. I hope when people read my own, the answers they come up with are not unlike your own.