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Well, the thing is, it wasn't displayed in the Pip-boy. Yeah, it was there only for gameplay purposes, just like the stats screen and skilldex, but the Pip-boy was very much designed to be an in-game device. So, while realism might not be the actual gripe here, I certainly get that it bothers...

I'm not too crazy about this whole "family" thing, but I believe this to be the first concrete good news about quests yet. This was a great improvement from the original to Fallout 2 in my opinion, with quests being less town-based, such as the whole Bishop-raiders-Vault City-NCR plot, and at...

Quite the examples you picked there, Todd. The Halo series, which you seem so fond of judging from how often you mention it as an inspiration, has never seen anything close to the overhaul you're making with Fallout 3 - hell, in the three installments it had so far, changes were pretty minimal...

There's actually quite a few sites out there throwing the "game of the year" line around already, and some from even before E3. I really can't tell how credible this piece from Wired is, but at the very least all these people gushing about the game are just as bad. The funny thing is, the...

Ok, so maybe both Fallouts had some way of getting your hands on Power Armor early on. The thing is, I can't bring myself to see this as a huge design flaw, since it's so damn hard to do - you have to know exactly where to go, who to talk to, what to do, and still get through some pretty...

On Fallout 1, rushing to the Power Armor? Really? Because it seems to me that you would have been absolutely unable to get it by repairing the one in the Brotherhood, much less by rescuing their member on the Hub, at a low level. I would very much like to know how he accomplished such a feat...

No, he's killable alright. So much for breathing wrong and being fucking ended.

It was just a joke about retro games, not an actual comparison. Don't get me wrong, I loved Capcom's idea for its nostalgia value (it still cracks me up to see that trailer, and I'll have to get a new console if only to play this thing), but I certainly did not mean it like "every game should be...

If it gets much more retro, it just might end up like Mega Man 9. But yeah, no good arguments there at all. What really can be said of this little gem here: They didn't have to give NODS to the classics while making an installment in the franchise, with that 3 in the title? If so, why spend...

And I agree wholeheartedly, what is important here is consistency with the setting. Which brings us, once again, to the age-old question of why exactly they bought the franchise, claiming to love the setting while implementing many mechanics that contradict it. More than once did people...

I think the crux of the whole radiation argument is that, while both Fallout's and Bethesda's approaches were indeed "entirely unscientific and unrealistic", they are very different from one another. Fallout's world has been ravaged by radiation, and so it is presented as a very awe-inspiring...

More importantly, according to the Fallout Bible timeline, the major nuclear attacks were launched in October 23, 2077. Fallout 1 took place in 2161. That's roughly half the time elapsed from Fallout 3, so one would expect radiation to be less prominent this time around. Maybe it's all those...

They kept Swift Learner, Strong Back, added their horrible Lead Belly, and now we know Mysterious Stranger is in. Perks sure aren't looking good so far.

That was... beautiful :clap: Tie me up and dip me in the vats, I'm sold for this Unity.

Yes, I do remember that. It was also, as far as I know, a pre-war ad, and not a single robot was used in this fashion in-game, except maybe by Dorothy, the mechanic in NCR, with her robobrain Toto. Then again, the NCR was in way better shape than the towns in FO3 appear to be. I'm not saying...

Robot butlers, PA vampires (perhaps an I Am Legend ripoff)... yep, sure sound like they nailed it alright. I wonder what Fallout game exactly mr Stapleton has been playing.

Hmm? Come again, mr Howard, I can't hear you over the sound of how much of a douchebag you are. I seem to vaguely recall when Is that what passes as hardcore in the wonderful land of Bethesda? Plus, I didn't see any damn wobbling in that demo of yours, not even when you pulled out energy...

Well, I'm speechless. Looking at this brings a whole lot of games to mind, but wouldn't, no, shouldn't one expect Fallout to be a little bit higher on that influence list seeing as this is supposedly a sequel? All that remains from the originals are a couple of sound effects and the odd...

Wow, that sucked. Though I really liked the first teaser, they're stretching this "borrowing" from Fallout's intro VERY thin by now. Plus, Super Duper Market? Is that a nod to FO2's Super Duper Mutants? Way to take the wrong cue there, Beth.

Only if we made them in FP and RT :). Amen to that. People seem to forget that things in video games simply aren't real, and that there's not even the slightest hint of real-world morality involved in these virtual actions. The killing of virtual children speaks volumes about your...