PAX 2008: Fallout 3 video explosion, subsequent fallout

by Randy Nelson { Aug 29th 2008 at 3:15PM }

Bethesda has dropped a ... wait for it ... megaton of Fallout 3 walkthrough footage on PAX, and, thankfully for those who can't attend, GameTrailers has upped it for your post-apocalyptic viewing pleasure. There are five (count 'em five) videos showcasing Megaton, the Wasteland, Super-Duper Mart, and more after the break.

Tags: bethesda, fallout-3, pax-2008, videos

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

brickwalker0 @ Aug 29th 2008 3:29PM

wow. i had to stop at the first video. i cant keep spoiling myself with these things. i want it to all be new to me from the get-go.

a side note, the graphics for the pistol and the hand look...dated. anyone else think that?

domgbrown @ Aug 29th 2008 3:44PM

I only watched the first video, due to your comment, to see if the hand and pistol graphics look dated. The pistol graphics look fine, but I'm with you on the hand. It doesn't look as good compared to the rest of the game. Not a big deal though, the rest of the game looks gorgeous.

GreyFox @ Aug 29th 2008 4:50PM

Spoiler alert: in the third video a guy gets his face punched off.

Delta @ Aug 30th 2008 5:59PM

I'm pretty sure that he's wearing a glove.

Aeskel @ Aug 29th 2008 3:32PM

good stuff.

x silence x @ Aug 29th 2008 3:41PM

Awesome!

I had to stop because I found that a couple videos were showing a little too much for me. I don't want to spoil this game at all.

TheKingInYellow @ Aug 29th 2008 3:51PM

This game has just moved from my 'must have' list to my 'must invent time travel and have it now' list.

scagnetti @ Aug 29th 2008 3:55PM

This game looks like an exact cross of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. & Bioshock.

GreyFox @ Aug 29th 2008 4:50PM

You haven't played Fallout before have you?

Bob @ Aug 29th 2008 7:34PM

Better than Fallout -- this seems to live up to the spirit of Wasteland, the predecessor to Fallout. I loved the Fallout games, but always felt that they were missing some what made Wasteland great(technological advances notwithstanding). The more I see of Fallout 3, the more I think my 20 years of waiting for a genuine successor to Wasteland has finally come to fruition.

Fallout 3 = happiness.

tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 29th 2008 3:55PM

The last video has somewhat of a spoiler in the end. Not that we didn't already know what was gonna happen, cause most previews told us already about the quest where you can blow up a whole town with a nuke.

Just saying if you wanted to actually see the explosion first hand in the game then don't watch the last trailer.

The game looks unreal though. I just can't wait to get my hands on it.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Aug 29th 2008 4:05PM

I'm still pretty meh about this game. I will admit it does look pretty though. Perhaps I need to play a demo of it in order to get excited about this game.

Dirty @ Aug 29th 2008 4:48PM

I doubt very much that there will be a demo... A demo probably wouldn't do a game like this justice.

syrik zero @ Aug 29th 2008 6:50PM

They said they won't release a demo I pretty sure

lobsang @ Aug 29th 2008 6:56PM

That does it. Fuck you and your meh's... don't you have anything else to say?

caserb @ Aug 29th 2008 9:12PM

They have another Two Worlds game coming out.

Bet you're creaming your pants over that, eh?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Aug 29th 2008 10:30PM

What? All I'm saying is that I'm not really excited about this game. What the hell is with the hostility?

KeenCommander @ Aug 29th 2008 4:13PM

Reminds me a bit of Half-Life 2 more than I expected, but I am totally looking forward to this one. The detail in the environments is incredible.

spence @ Aug 29th 2008 4:47PM

Oblivion with guns in the future. Sigh. Is this just me fearing change? Would I have loved Fallout 1 and 2 as much if they were done in this style? I don't know.

VATS looks cool though.

GreyFox @ Aug 29th 2008 4:56PM

You didn't watch all the videos did you? If you're really hard up for playing it ala F1 & F2 you can play it in isometric mode.

Anyway ragging on Fallout 3 because of its new play style is like saying Ocarina of Time isn't a Zelda game because its 3D or Mario64 isn't Mario because it's 3rd person. It's a stupid argument.

madphilb @ Aug 29th 2008 5:35PM

I get where you're coming from, it's hard to say though. I know that I would, I had a hard time getting into the turn-based gameplay as I've found many turn based games to be a bit fustrating, especially more western style. Having a 70% in Melee and watching "miss" "miss" "miss" "miss" "hit - for 2 points of damage" still drives me nuts.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if the PC version gets a homebrew Mod that gives the old-school mechanics back to the game.

syrik zero @ Aug 29th 2008 7:01PM

It is made by Bethesda, same people that made Oblivion. But, the game play looks much different. It is a RPG that you can play 1st or 3rd person. Past that, I think you're just being closed minded too quick to judge

AzaMcWazza @ Aug 29th 2008 4:52PM

The animation looks awful and mechanical, and every encounter looks overly scripted. Would have hoped they'd spent time trying to make the experience seamless and immersive.

Kevin949 @ Aug 29th 2008 6:07PM

how could you even say that being seeing only a few fights ONCE? You can't really judge something as being scripted or not until you play it and the battles play out the exact same way each time. So tell me, from these few videos that are only a few minutes each and show very little of the game, how can you come to the conclusion that it's NOT seamless and immersive?

marklar @ Aug 29th 2008 4:52PM

so awesome!!!!!!!! cant wait till October 28th

Jonah Falcon @ Aug 29th 2008 5:25PM

"Psychotic Prankster" achievement FTW!

WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Aug 29th 2008 6:08PM

The direction was awesome, but I felt that the humans lacked the facial charisma of the HL2 characters.

Daevrojn @ Aug 29th 2008 6:22PM

This game looks great. I can't wait. but how come there's almost no body language when people are talking to you? Maybe I've been playing too much Mass Effect.

syrik zero @ Aug 29th 2008 7:03PM

I felt that the characters in Mass Effect were too animated. I think even my girlfriend made a comment on how weird it was. But I so also agree with you. A bit more body language would be good.

Viridium @ Aug 29th 2008 6:47PM

I hope this doesn't suffer from the KOTOR voice actor syndrome. I already recognized at least two voices from Oblivion, and so they seem out of place to me in this setting.

MillRecover @ Aug 29th 2008 8:03PM

Yeah, I recognized the voices too, and it is a little weird. I kept thinking (while I watched it) that I was going to be asked to take out an Oblivion Gate or something (I say this jokingly, of course). But nonetheless, each game is its own unique thing, so I'm going to have to look at it that way.

I loved Oblivion, so I'm hoping Fallout 3 will please just as much!