the HUD is fugly. man, why did they do that?

Gutek

@Ulquiorra Schiffer:

Clearly he's not the only one because I felt exactly the same about Obliv. The game was ok and you could really get immersed in that huge world if you allowed yourself... but to me the visual quality was WAY over hyped and the combat system was mediocre.

Thankfully, there are mods. :p

angryoaf

Oblivion almost cost me my girlfriend (seriously), so I'm carefull about this one. If it's any better than Oblivion, it will turn out to be an instant girlfriendeliminator for me I guess

Phoe-hie!

Ah well, I'll find me a good AI in Fallout in that case

MishaNL

Too bad the site is slow

SpiritBoy

@QualityJeverage:

You weren't the only one disappointed... it was the first game I bought after building my new comp... big letdown.

Harfold

Pwahahahah. Respecting an NDA in Taiwan is like NOT being a redneck in Mississippi, amirite?

No, in all seriousness, no offense to Mississippians.

Jayge

@Improbable: Hells yah! Sweet hat, I think I'll take it.

art_zombie

@QualityJeverage: I didn't like Oblivion even though I poured hours of time in it, I never got any satisfaction from playing it. I have higher hopes for this though, I think the subject matter will be much more interesting and this seems more first person shooter heavy than Oblivion.

SiN13

@Improbable: Gee, being in a post apocalyptic environment like that with the ability to load a quicksave when I die, choosing over taking what I want or helping other people.......will prove difficult to me.

Candlejack

@QualityJeverage: I feel i need to explain myself more thoroughly in my defense of Oblivion. Go back and look at what was being done at that time. Nothing comes close to the scale oblivion had. Sure, they fell a little short, but that's part of what makes Bethesda so awesome. They always shoot for the stars, even if it does usually end in a lot of funny little glitches they have to fix later. And Oblivion was not in the least bit clunky, empty or boring. Having played it more than in other game in existence i can say it never gets old, there are always new and different things to do. Now, you have to take what i say with a grain of salt because i AM the biggest Oblivion fanboy ever. Anway, to each his own i guess. :)

Ulquiorra Schiffer

@QualityJeverage: well, i respect that opinion.

Me on the other hand thinks that oblivion is on par with diablo. Call me stupid but thats how much i liked oblivion. So yeah, im looking forward to this game. I guess everybodys tastes never coincide too much

Fauxe

@Alucrid: Dipshit, it just worked. They look AMAZING!

Alucrid

Gah! Is the link not working for anyone else? I really, REALLY want to see the other 144 screen shots...

Alucrid

Screenshot 123: Corpses Eaten 0

Yay!

Spilt_Milk

OMG this looks awesome I love how the character models are improved!! I HATED Oblivion's characters for their ugliness

rlgnsto

@Aye Mak Sicur: According to the Bethesda official blog, you can totally kill that guy and take and wear that hat. Apparently that's one of the dev's favorite ways to start out the game.

Improbable

This will be a day 1 buy, provided they don't do anything stupid to the PS3 version. Please don't.

Narsil

@QualityJeverage:

Ah, the standard "but Oblivion sucked" post. Oblivion was a great step up from Morrowind, and Fallout 3, hopefully, looks to one-up Oblivion.

Rage and Fallout 3 are the two games I'm most looking foward to right now.

Strangelove

I hope you can actually wear the hat.

Aye Mak Sicur

@QualityJeverage: Yes, you were the only one. In the world.

Ulquiorra Schiffer

That is a cool hat, to be fair.

Lightguy

NEED, that is the word for it. I need this game. Not the same way i need air and water, but the way i need to achieve greatness, the way i need to kill civilians in GTA4 even though (contrary to Fox news) you don't get "points" for it. I need this game because Bethesda always rocks my socks off, because this series is a mandatory part of anyone's collection. I need it because i want it and want it because i need it.

Ulquiorra Schiffer

This game looks great, but I'm not convinced, after I was so disappointed by Oblivion. The same green hills for 14 square miles, ugly character models, awful AI, mediocre combat. Was I the only one who didn't like it?

Either way, Bethesda lost me with Oblivion, so my anticipation of Fallout 3 can only be described as cautious optimism.

QualityJeverage

It's time to die, asshole.

Haha. Sweet. I'm looking forward to it, although I'm not a big fan of Bethesda.

Candlejack

That last screen is great. Can't wait. :D

ShaggE

holy crap! this is the only game im pumped up for this year

gh0ul

I could never get into Oblivion, but I've got high hopes for this. Looks much more interesting.

SolidEyeSystem

@angryoaf:
Coincedentally i've just given Oblivion another go, and i was a bit shocked with some of the textures and graphics.
For the time it was top-notch, but now pales in comparison to some of the newer releases.

Luckily, as you've said, there's mods. Loads of mods.
I've installed about 30 now, getting me new spells, graphics, physics, twice the amount of monsters, a new leveling system, a dragon to fly on, improved stealth, ability to decapitate.....and the list goes on.

I encourage anyone who's willing to try oblivion again to take a look at those mods, they make the game brilliant.

Hopefully Bethesda has given some of them a look, as there's much to learn from many of them, such as the combat system adaptations.

leon01

His hat is mine!

screenfan

@QualityJeverage: I disagree about Oblivion because I really enjoyed the game. However I am not in the least bit excited about Fallout 3, it has failed to impress me. People are claiming the graphics are great on it but in my opinion they are rather mediocre. Gameplay looks a bit choppy too. Here's hoping for a new Elder Scrolls.

Eon.

does anyone know if this one has enemies leveling with the player, like in oblivion?

Gutek

i am on the fence with this game, i am very slightly leaning towards buying it though, will depend on whether i will have money or time by the time this comes out.....LBP will eat up my life, so not much space for anything else.

The Medicine Seller

@QualityJeverage:
I'm in a similar boat too, it just struck me as a case of "too much to do, too little reason to do it". Not to mention the repetitious dialogue and horrid character designs really didn't help.

However, the expansion pack fixed some of the problems I had...I just don't know though, I don't completely trust the game to be anything more than "Oblivion with guns", and neither part of that statement appeals to me.

I'm gonna rent it though, since my roommate REALLY wants to play it.

Archaotic

i loved oblivion so i dont doubt bethesta on this one.

darktorns

Awesome. #1 game to buy for me this year.

Utmu

These screenshots (especially the hat one) Made me decide to preorder

acrana

Fallout is nothing like Elder Scroll games have ever been...well ok they just share same similarities all western rpgs have. And on the topic about Oblivion I find it the worse of all elder scroll games even though yes I probably played it more than the others

acrana

I do have to admit, that's a bitchin' hat. :)

My gaming schedule is a bit full for the rest of the year, but I think I can squeeze one more title in.

Pezdispenser

My preorder is continually justified ;]

imaria

I liked Oblivion but over time I realised it really wasn't that great. Still, I enjoyed it.

Its hard to not look at these screens and think this looks extremely like it. I never played the past Fallouts so I wouldn't know if they were similar to Oblivion in the first place, but this definitely reminds me of it. Looks great though. Can't wait to see how it plays.

Refused

I want that hat. Haha. I hope all the dialogue will be as funny.

nikolajz1

@Ulquiorra Schiffer: But that's the thing, I don't consider Oblivion's "scale" to be any major accomplishment. On a whole, it was one small set of content, copy+pasted several times so that it could fill several square miles of game world. The dungeons all looked the same, the environments were all identical save for a little snow in the north.

Size of a gameworld means nothing when every part of that world is populated by the same thing. All Bethesda did was make enough content for one area, and multiplied it until it filled a larger space.

Even that small amount of content that they had, to me, felt broken and unpolished. Other games at the time may not have been as large as Oblivion, but what they did have was polished and functional and fun to play.

I'd rather have 10 hours of solid, coherent gameplay than 100 hours of copy+pasted quests and broken combat.

QualityJeverage

@QualityJeverage: I couldn't stand it. I am not really into action RPG games though and the combat was terrible.

Fallout 3 does look a shade bit different and I am definately going to give it a shot.

JustJake

as if i needed anything else to crave after that game...

how many people keep watching the kotaku rss by the minute anyway? the news just came out and the site is crowded already.

jtraveller

I... I really, really, really want that hat too.

How 'bout THAT as a pre-order bonus, eh? Eh?

2NinjasTapedTogether

@Gutek:

Yes, it's been changed

gstaff

Ah fallout fallout... At least for me, fallout 1 was the best game ever, and fallout 2 was the second best game ever, here just hoping fallout 3 lives up to it's old pals.

goliathvv

I loved Oblivion, over 100 hours into that. So I hope this will continue my bethesda love. Who knows.

rexor0717

this is just a space filler until diablo III

bradlvy

I'm pretty sure that's Chinese and not Japanese.

DarkGildon

@Fauxe:

Thats CRAZY talk.

Oblivion had a horrible magic system not to mention the horrible level up system for everything. Combat got repetitive. I thought the game was great but it could have been a whole lot better.

I spent 100 hours with that game.

Majpain007

@QualityJeverage:

I personally couldn't get into Oblivion myself, maybe it's because I was playing CoH/V hardcore at the time and couldn't bring myself to devote the time to it. Maybe it was the setting, I can't get into the whole Medieval thing.

Though Fallout 3 looks like it'll be a blast, I kinda like the Sci-Finess of it.

Also, do you have to attack the "Bloodfly" on it's weak point for massive damage?

jello44

i hope there's enough clothing options to wear different outfits without much of a stat hit.

it would suck to have to take a massive stat hit in order to wear a cowboy hat.

BallPtPenTheif

Why do people hate on certain games? It's like everything - your taste defines what you enjoy, if you don't like it it's not anyone's fault, just your taste.

Move onto something you like instead ;)

edhe (xbl)

This and Fable 2 make for one great month.

Muisee

When can we stop calling these releases "leaks"?

Sarlac

Sweetness. The more that I see of this game the more I'm praying for October to come sooner. It just seems like a great fusion of two of my favorite games of all time. I am so taking that dudes hat.

drifter13

This game looks like it's just kind of Oblivion but with guns. Also, that targeting system looks rather boring. I hope it's good but it doesn't look too promising.

BillyTheRatKing

I need to go pre-order this because I want that bottle opener and that mans hat.

Grahamunculus

@Narsil: Well, if by doing something stupid to the PS3 version you mean something like giving the 360 & PC exclusive content, but not giving the PS3 any exclusive content, too late.

CelticMutt

@QualityJeverage: Agreed. Oblivion at times felt like an MMORPG without the extra players.

unfathomablej

@QualityJeverage: Well, see that comment makes me think i'm not the only one biased towards the game. If you think all the terrain is the same except for the northern areas, then you really didn't play that much. And if you think all the dungeons were the same, you didn't visit that many of them. I admit the combat was a little repetitive, but the as for the actual scale and layout of the game area, i found it very detailed and diverse, if in a more subtle way than most games where the world is split up into chaotically different areas that look like they shouldn't even be on the same planet. But, I digress, saying it could have been better but is still the best game in terms of scope that i have ever played (and i've playes A LOT).

Ulquiorra Schiffer

Console Crap!!

Major_Higgins

@Major_Higgins: uhm, it's multiplatform, including PC?

yugge_swe

I'll be happy so long as I can steal that Mister Burke's suit. Stylin'.

Yenzilla

@Scuba Steve: I've heard others say the same...any word from the other provinces?

Ulquiorra Schiffer

Looking good, but... doing the text and HUD in green would really do it for me!

Cray-Z5200

"I hear the fighter's guild is always looking for help.."

//Sorry, had to say it.

Scuba Steve

I so can't wait to for Fallout 3!

Salen

2008 is the year of Fallout, period.

Shadowlayer

Owen: Chinese is not Japanese. And last I checked, Taiwan was not part of Japan.

ハリセンボン

@edhe (xbl): NO! Your logic has no place here!!

aniline

The guy doing the showing is Japanese. The show took place in Taiwan, and that is a Mongolian website. French people speak German.

Get your facts straight, people!

SolInvictus

all i must say is i simply cannot wait for this game. I'm such a fan of Bethesda Studios.

Plus whenever games are based around where i live, it always gives it that extra little touch of awesomeness (even if the area i live in has become a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the game lol).

DarthMetalHope

@QualityJeverage: Im guessing you played the console version of them game or never used mods on the PC version. The PC version with mods running is a fantastic game, like all console versions of games with PC counterparts, yeah, it sucked. I just hope Fallout 3 is as moddable as Oblivion was and will get the same kind of people that made major mods in Oblivion to work on it.

Rajolae

@Ulquiorra Schiffer: Nothing I'd like to talk about.

Nate128

With mods, Oblivion's one of the best games they've ever played.

... Don't like bethesda though. If it weren't for the community the games would all be miserable.

If this follows the gameplay of fallout 1&2 with more FPS added in, it will be great.

RBNuke

This breaks all the embargo on game info, Bethsoft won't be pleased. This was first featured on No Mutants Allowed, what I found curious is how better most of these shacky cam screenshots are comparing to most of the pictures officially released.

[www.nma-fallout.com]

Briosafreak

I'm not really following the hype but if the game is as good as everyone says it's gong to be, I'll probably pick it up.

@Jayge: Because you've been to Taiwan and understand the culture and people who live there?

everybest

I am liking the actual mature aspect of this game. No more "n'wah" or "fetcher" stuff even though I love that too. I am glad to see Bethesda didn't take the safe side and not have any mature themes in the game. That makes it harder for me to play at home... but more enjoyable by myself.

"There's a new sheriff in town, time to die, asshole!"

SubKamran

Hell, They had me at Fallout.

I'm buying the special edition so I can take my lunch to work in the valt boy lunchbox.

gains

I commend Bethesda on their unique ability to take a franchise like Fallout and make it as dull, drab, cliche, and witless as possible, sucking the life and spark right out of it. How boring does this look? The people who claimed this would be nothing more than "Oblivion with guns" weren't kidding, except Oblivion was at least pleasing to the eye. Bethesda needs a whole new art department and some real writers on board. Ugh.

burko

So will the PC version have all of the content as the 360 version and what about achievements? I ask this because I just spent allot of money upgrading my computer and want to put it to good use :)

hotcarbon

This 'race' stuff is bullshit.Asian, caucasian, african-american? That just promotes social segregation. Superb move, Bethesda. Um, waitaminute, isn't this game going to be bought by prepubescent kids who barely know right from wrong? Way to force the fact that non white skin-colored people aren't american. And the black dude is african-american? WTF? Millions of africans are white (and have been, for like, forever). They should use a term like 'heritage'. A dude who's great-great-grandparents were from China isn't asian, he's fuc---- american.

tldr: bethesda are rednecks

mistamal

@everybest: I think his slam against Taiwanese attitudes toward intellectual property is perfectly justified, given that the country has a long history of problems on this front. A reflexive defensive response accusing him of cultural ignorance, however, is not. I don't need to have visited China or immersed myself in Chinese culture, for example, to be able to justly criticize the Chinese predilection for piracy.

AtomicPlayboy

@AtomicPlayboy: I think your subtle lumping together of China and Taiwan is a good expression of that lack of culture immersion :P.

What does piracy have to do with violating terms of NDA? Certainly they are both serious copyright infringements, but the latter offense is usually only accomplished by journalists (in general), whereas any consumer can pirate. There shouldn't be an assumed relationship between these leaked pictures, and the 65 TWD DVD you bought in the night market.

Although there is a sharp difference between the enforcement of IPR law (as opposed to the law itself, which is fairly consistent in implementation in WTO countries) from the developed to underdeveloped parts of the world, it is not a logical deduction to compare this case and the lax enforcement. After all, plenty of journalists in America have violated terms of NDA, yet IP regulations haven't yet been thrown out the window.

unfathomablej

@gains: Stop tempting me.

CatfishMaw

@Briosafreak: I guess it's like spending ages planning a surprise and then someone just goes and tells them. I'm not surprised if they're not happy - I wouldn't be very happy either. :(

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed in Kotaku for running this story. I'm as much a fan of gossip and speculation as the next person, but I've never liked leaks because of the underhandedness involved. It's a total betrayal. I guess you just can't trust people. :(

princess_stomper

I'm so hard right now.

chenry