Fallout 3 E3 Preview

The guys at Voodoo Extreme are churning out all of their E3 coverage this weekend which inevitably means turning the spotlight on Bethesda’s Fallout 3.

The demo started with us leaving the Vault; we just had to press a little button and off we went. As you might imagine, being an underground dweller for most of our life, the glare at first was overwhelming. After we rubbed the bloom from our eyes, we ventured forth into the wasteland to see what sort of trouble we could get into. We only had 30-minutes, so there was a limit to what havoc we could create, but I managed to explore the surrounding area a bit, enter a town, talks to a bunch of NPCs, collect a few new weapons and other items of interest, get a couple quests and of course, kill a bunch of radioactive critters.

Eye candy-wise, I thought the game looked super. Keeping in mind that we were about a foot or two away from a ginormous plasma HDTV playing, there was some jaggies and other nasties popping out, but unless your gaming platform of choice is hooked up to a 52-inch display and is two feet away from your desk or couch, you won’t see that sort stuff. Other than that, the environment looked very bleak (in a good way) and realistic. I live in Arizona so I know all about Wastelands.