New Fallout 3 Screenshots Released

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  Neither. It's an RPG that can be played in either first- or third-person. Granted, there's quite a bit ... : Arcanum
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    I understand it is a RPG, and I'm looking forward to giving it a try as long as I can play in FPS persp... : Fluffy_Bunny
    • Yeah you should be good to go then. : Schnapple
    • Like Oblivion it's probably meant to be played in first person. However they said they put a lot more at... : phinn
  • They sure are marketing it as a shooter, even though you are right. Almost all of the videos have basical... : phate81
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  It's the same as Oblivion, an RPG you can play in either 1st or 3rd person, the choice is yours : fleimur
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    That said, 3rd person is supposed to've been dramatically improved over Oblivion's implementation. : Arcanum
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      3rd person in Oblivion was so bad I wish they just disabled it. : Sturm08
      • but you could see your purdy armor! : Goblin au
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      Thats what they said about Oblivion : phate81
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        what? : humbleone
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          I think he's pretty clear. They're saying that 3rd person in Fallout 3 is radically improved over Obli... : poindexter1985
          • When looking at it like I can see what he meant yep. I just wish the Morrowind word was included for refe... : humbleone
• It's an action/RPG but can be played like a shooter. The game works well with iron sights/zoom in both f... : finger
• Yep, you can play from either perspective with a press of a button. In third person, the default cam is ... : Gstaff
• Gamer Card revocation: Pending.... Fallout 1 & 2 were done in the 3rd person overhead isometric view, ... : carbontree
• Thanks to everyone answered my question. I will be adding this to my wish list forsure now. : Fluffy_Bunny

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  By a dodgy RPG with some witty dialogue and a bit of freedom of choice? IMPOSSIBLY HIGH : zooolander
  • That's unfair actually, I did enjoy F1 and 2 when I played them recently. But they're not groundbreaking ... : zooolander
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    I was late getting on the Fallout train, but putting aside horrendous interface and controls, they were r... : Dr_Tran
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      Wasn't arcanum made by Troika? Of Vampire: Bloodlines fame? I should definitely check it out. : zooolander
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        Yep. Trokia where... oh shit, are those tears in my eyes? Fuck I hate how all the good dev's are gone.... : rougeknife
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          My eyes started to do something similar when I saw the name 'Troika'. Took me a moment to notice it too :... : Goblin au
          • I'll always remember Troika too. Hey, at least Leonard Boyarsky is working on Diablo 3. I think a goo... : Dr_Tran
• As far as I can tell from the countless of comments I've read related to this series - it seems like many... : humbleone
• Looks like they're trying to make a fallout 3 and succeeding. : not work safe
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  Graphically, I think Fallout 3 is looking good. I'm surprised at how well they're recreating a Fallout-i... : poindexter1985
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    Your last paragraph isn't entirely true. The Dark Brotherhood quests in Oblivion were quite good. I've ... : Arcanum
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      The Thieves Guild line of quests was nothing of particular interest. The Dark Brotherhood quests were OK... : poindexter1985
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        The Witcher's current English incarnation is frankly shit. Large sections of the dialogue isn't even coh... : Arcanum
        • Even The Witcher's weak English translation is a marked improvement over anything from Bethesda. I wasn'... : poindexter1985
      • I liked a few of the Thieves' Guild quests because they did focus mostly on thieving, even inside the ver... : finger
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        or arcanum : duncandun
        • That game sucked. : Legion116
• I think it's too detailed. That's a good thing in its own right but it doesn't lend well to memories of ... : r_picmip 5

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  There is no weather system :( : Turin Turambar
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    none? no rain or thunder or lightning anything? man, what a fucking static world. that's like a hype kill... : packav
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      and Sniper Elite, and one level from Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear : packav
      • Was that the Kosovo mission? God that game was awesome. : aznboysix
      • OMG Sniper Elite... That game seriously has some problems though, like the enemies being able to indiv... : MercFox1
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      IIRC, it kinda sucked in STALKER, since you always got rainstorms at the same time, every single day. : Arcanum
      • Oh? I never noticed. THANKS FOR RUINING MY LIFE : packav
      • There were mods that changed the weather system for the better. More random and more varied. Regardles... : carbontree
  • Is there at least a day/night cycle? : Dr Van Nostrand
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    Weird. Oblivion has weather. Maybe the bombs destroyed the weather. : nudel
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      Did it have really dynamic weather, or were certain areas just always rainy, or snowy, or sunny, or whate... : Arcanum
      • It had dynamic weather and the weather was even dependent on where you were in the world. So it would sn... : timmie

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• Oh thats cool. I want one! : aznboysix

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• cut and paste of course : crunkfunk
• Wow how did you even notice that? Seems like it would be a lot of work to make a bunch of "destroyed ... : aznboysix

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• even the stop sign! : fr0ggie
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  True. I prefer purple dirt, myself. In my mind, when everything is covered in dirt and rust, it should ... : poindexter1985
  • I thought radioactive dirt was green. No, wait... that is Doom's graphics I'm thinking of. : Goblin au
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  what color does post-apocalyptic earth look like then? i'd say it looks pretty fitting. : eeeealmo
  • Purple! Brown dirt is so passé. : poindexter1985
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    http://gmd.shackspace.com/FO3_Shacknews_Edition.JPG : gmd
    • Even a rainbow - nice. : fffortune
• Surely it couldn't be because Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics have a very similar color pallet, a... : CoreContingency
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17436651#itemanchor_17436651 : shirif
• Well, if they put colors in there you'd have an internet petition about it not being GRITTY enough. ... : yAak

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  they were destroyed by nuclear war : Klebold
  • thank you for my LOL fix today. : Goblin au
• Ah that's what it is missing : packav
• I noticed that a few weeks ago and it has bothered me ever since. Where ARE the shadows? Turned off? : spyrext

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• hmm, not quite, more like: "lets see.. August, September, October - stupid inevitable delay to appease... : Tech T