Fallout 3 Previews

Nothing new in 2 new previews of Fallout 3, based on the same showing as the recent dozen. GameTap.

The wasteland is a dangerous place. Watch out, for there are creatures like radscorpions and deathclaws about. Beyond those, there are quite a few supermutants–slobbering freaks that wander around and kill people for the heck of it. There’s also the supermutant behemoth, a gargantuan mutant that runs around swinging a lamp post as a club. Ghouls also make a return from previous games, but now there are three different types: ones that can still think and talk (like Harold from previous titles), feral ghouls that simply act on an instinct to kill or eat you, and “glowing ones.” The last type is heavily irradiated to the point that their presence can make you sick and heal any other ghoul nearby.

WorthPlaying.

All the really interesting visuals from the demo took place outside, though. Post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C., is a battlefield, with the Brotherhood of Steel defending what’s left of humanity against a race of superhuman mutants. The area around the base of the Washington Monument looks like the setting of a World War I game, with chaingun-wielding paladins engaged in trench warfare against rocket-chucking steroid cases.

A lot could still change about Fallout 3, and probably will. It’s a solid project with a good pedigree from a proven developer, though, so it’s almost certainly a sure bet. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it at this year’s E3.

VG Visionary also has a short blurb, promising us that, as it was with the previous wave, a European wave will follow shortly on this American one.