Fallout 3 Preview

The guys at Ten Ton Hammer have tossed up their own preview of Fallout 3, after checking out the game firsthand at this year’s Leipzig Games Convention.

n your initial travels throughout Vault 101, it’s fairly obvious that Bethesda is working hard to produce a world that feels at least as (alive) as their other recently famous RPG, Oblivion. Truth be told, Bethesda is using an upgrading version of the Radiant AI component used in Oblivion to breathe life into these characters. With all the voiceover work that the team is doing, they’re trying to incorporate the use of names when various NPCs are randomly talking to each other in towns. As the character, you’ll hear them converse with each other as you play, hopefully calling each other by name.

Although there are plenty of specific quests available in Vault 101 anything from the moral dilemma of how to treat your friends to the needs of old service robots eventually you’ll be instructed by your father to take your Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test (G.O.A.T). After this is done, your character will be fairly complete on the creation side of things, and all that’s left is to advance your character throughout the game.