One thing you have to admit about Bethesda’s hotly anticipated and much debated Fallout 3 is that it looks absolutely fantastic. And I don’t mean this in a purely technical way either. The atmosphere of the original games seems to have been brilliantly captured, the attention to detail is impressive and the quality of the artwork is simply stunning. I mean, just look at those brand new screenshots; so evocative and beautiful. Heck, even the Brotherhood of Steel soldier (the shooting bloke in the 3rd picture, yes, he’s one of them) looks properly tacky and retro-futuristic.

As for the game itself, things couldn’t be more promising, despite the fact that it will indeed be a fully 3D, mostly first person and not particularly turn-based based affair. Bethesda, you see, not only managed to provide us with the impressive Oblivion RPG, but seem to have pulled all stops when it came to developing Fallout 3. We can expect over 500 (!) different endings, a huge and incredibly detailed post-apocalyptic world, a new character creation system, multiple gameplay styles and the very very handy new version of Pip-Boy. Oh, and Liam Neeson will be playing the lead role.

Now, for the poor souls that don’t know what Fallout and Fallout 2 are all about (let alone Fallout Tactics), well, instead of explaining the intricacies of their gameplay mechanics or ranting about their excellent stories, I’ll just point you to the brilliant and happily budget priced Fallout Collection.

Posted on April 12th, 2008 by konstantinos