Someone has uploaded it here: http://www.gamingeverything.com/2010/9/fallout_new_vegas_opening
For anyone that missed it.
For anyone that missed it.
Fallout: New Vegas opening cinematic revealed
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Takashi
Chimichangas!
The "One Month Later" part definitely looks like it was edited in, but also it seems like this might be where the video actually came from, though you can only get it if you have a PS3 and pay for the service
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...yssey-to-the-west-and-qore-goes-to-las-vegas/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...yssey-to-the-west-and-qore-goes-to-las-vegas/
la19020102
First time out of the vault
The OPENING is good,the burial scene feels like Arcanum.i like it.
Faceless Stranger
Board Drifter
I gotta say, maybe the guy on the right is just dumbfounded by what's going down. I could see it as the expression of the new guy who doesn't really have any blood on his hands. Just kind of in awe at the whole thing.
Khan FurSainty
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
Don't think of them as roman slavers. Think of them as LARP slavers.
Gaspard
Kasparov
Faceless_Stranger said:
But the guy on 'our left' is as dumbfounded at times as the other one. It is just a sucky animation, no explanation's going to redeem that. The mobster's unwavering stare is bugging me too. Did he blink once ? Even if he did it looks all wrong..
Pffhh, whatever õ_o Probably I'm going to watch the intro only once before playing the game and then don't have to return to it (unlike FO1 or FO2 - those intro's are worth revisiting every once in a while. Edit: TicTacs had nice intro vids too, with the Brotherhood and the hummer etc.)
alec can't be ever satisfied. I don't recall him ever being satisfied with anything in the past seven years I've been here.
As for the intro, I like it. Not quite as universe-defining as Fallout's, not as darkly humorous as Fallout 2's... it's decent. It does a good job of introducing New Vegas and juxtaposing it with the war-torn wastelands, setting up NCR and Caesar's Legion as being at war and the Republic having a temporary technical advantage over the hordes (but not for long) and starting the story.
I, for one, like this change. Less clicking through when starting a new game.
As for the intro, I like it. Not quite as universe-defining as Fallout's, not as darkly humorous as Fallout 2's... it's decent. It does a good job of introducing New Vegas and juxtaposing it with the war-torn wastelands, setting up NCR and Caesar's Legion as being at war and the Republic having a temporary technical advantage over the hordes (but not for long) and starting the story.
I, for one, like this change. Less clicking through when starting a new game.
la19020102 said:
How is that a good thing in a Fallout game?
Tagaziel said:
That's because when I am satisfied with something, you guys immediately have to point out how poor my taste is.
terebikun said:
No, I wasn't. I was pointing out that they seem very keen on recycling old assets to pleasure the old fans. Which they are.
I think that maybe you don't really understand what 'lore' means and how it works.
alec said:
Recycle:
a. To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste).
b. To extract and reuse (useful substances found in waste).
4.
a. To use again, especially to reprocess: recycle aluminum cans; recycle old jokes.
b. To recondition and adapt to a new use or function: recycling old warehouses as condominiums
How is that not the same as using old lore?
To each his own. How do you define a true Fallout opening then?
If you guys can't reason logically, then don't bother:
my comment in this thread deals with the opening cinematic, not with the game as a whole. If you and terebikun are planning on putting words into my mouth that I have never used, I'm going to start finding that very impolite.
Fact of the matter is that if you are going to do an opening cinematic with Roman soldiers and casinos bathing in light in it no one in his right mind will think: "Oh, that's a Fallout game!" - until you put that coat of creaky 50's music on it.
It shouldn't be only the music that creates the Fallout feeling in the opening cinematic. And for me, it pretty much is.
I'm sure this is good news, wonderful news to a lot of Fallout fans, but what amazes me is that they seem to have forgotten about all the lore that has been sacrificed in this franchise so far. It's too much to name really. And they seem to read over the parts where it is pretty much explicitly mentioned how this big bulk of lore will get even more dumbed down and erased from the franchise with the coming installment. There is no excuse for this and using old lore the way they are now (we're talking about tidbits here, lazily added tidbits to save some of the Fallout feel that they obviously have completely lost all touch with), well, then excuse me for not sharing your enthusiasm.
my comment in this thread deals with the opening cinematic, not with the game as a whole. If you and terebikun are planning on putting words into my mouth that I have never used, I'm going to start finding that very impolite.
Fact of the matter is that if you are going to do an opening cinematic with Roman soldiers and casinos bathing in light in it no one in his right mind will think: "Oh, that's a Fallout game!" - until you put that coat of creaky 50's music on it.
It shouldn't be only the music that creates the Fallout feeling in the opening cinematic. And for me, it pretty much is.
Yes, they are using old lore. And ain't that just great: good ol' Marcus will be around, we'll get treated to music that is over ten years old (must be really hard to create Fallouty music), they've re-implemented the traits, ... there's some more stuff.
I'm sure this is good news, wonderful news to a lot of Fallout fans, but what amazes me is that they seem to have forgotten about all the lore that has been sacrificed in this franchise so far. It's too much to name really. And they seem to read over the parts where it is pretty much explicitly mentioned how this big bulk of lore will get even more dumbed down and erased from the franchise with the coming installment. There is no excuse for this and using old lore the way they are now (we're talking about tidbits here, lazily added tidbits to save some of the Fallout feel that they obviously have completely lost all touch with), well, then excuse me for not sharing your enthusiasm.
I can't. And I think that's the real problem here: the developers obviously seem to think they can and they fail miserably at it.cogar66 said:
Mistrz said:
I beg to differ, so let me give you an example:
Seeing the above picture I would say that the plastic surgeon who worked on this man failed miserably. But do I know how to fix it? No. Why not? Because it's not my job. That still doesn't mean I can't boldly say that this plastic surgeon failed miserably, though, does it?
Similarly when I compare the cinematic opening of Fallout to the cinematic opening of New Vegas, or when I compare Fallout to Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel or Fallout 3, I see nothing but a continuation of failure and lots of scartissue. Some might be better at hiding those scars under a thick layer of cosmetics than others, but none of them is doing the job right.
TheUnwashed
First time out of the vault
looks good to me.
Vegas looks good. Relatively lively. interesting contrast with the drunk people stumbling around while on the perimeter guards are keeping raiders (?) at bay. And caecars men preparing...
Nothing wrong with our assailants... looks more appealing than any fallout 3 scene anyway.
Lots of things happening, little things, no Liberty Primes walking about, no brotherhood heroics. I like this simple approach and intro to the game.
One month later, why would it be edited? maybe its like that, its science fiction anyway, Rather back from the grave, this way, then fresh out of mamas womb. its more fantastic, i like.
Vegas looks good. Relatively lively. interesting contrast with the drunk people stumbling around while on the perimeter guards are keeping raiders (?) at bay. And caecars men preparing...
Nothing wrong with our assailants... looks more appealing than any fallout 3 scene anyway.
Lots of things happening, little things, no Liberty Primes walking about, no brotherhood heroics. I like this simple approach and intro to the game.
One month later, why would it be edited? maybe its like that, its science fiction anyway, Rather back from the grave, this way, then fresh out of mamas womb. its more fantastic, i like.
Jesus, alec, easy up a bit. Considering what Fallout franchise has been through, Obsidian did a decent job of returning to the roots of the series. There's a lot of shitty and unfitting content, but what can you do?
Make no mistake, I consider the skirts and casinos as silly and redundant as anyone else, but I can tolerate them, since lots of previous gameplay features are back (and some expanded).
With that in mind, I hope for even more Fallout-y game in a future. Who knows, maybe Bethesda will leave the Fallout franchise to Obsidian if New Vegas will sell enough? It'd certainly make sense profit-wise.
Make no mistake, I consider the skirts and casinos as silly and redundant as anyone else, but I can tolerate them, since lots of previous gameplay features are back (and some expanded).
With that in mind, I hope for even more Fallout-y game in a future. Who knows, maybe Bethesda will leave the Fallout franchise to Obsidian if New Vegas will sell enough? It'd certainly make sense profit-wise.
Previous gameplay-features? It will still be a FPS tailored for the console crowd with some RPG elements thrown in. They talk about how much more effect the skills and traits and whatnot now have, but I will only believe that when I see it.
And that's about it...
ManWithNoName
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Whenever I read Alecs posts I'll always feel like hes depressed...its getting old.
As a matter of fact I find Alec’s posts very enjoyable, insightful and informative. 
