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[gregor7777]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3167330&p=1.

Jeff Green: I've played a lot of games in my life, and a lot of weird games, and a lot of weird games that have had weird beginnings. But I don't know if I've ever played a game that started with me emerging from my mother's womb.

Shawn Elliot: Prey's sphincters are as close as I've come, but sure, Fallout 3's "opening" moments are more than a perineum away. I'm sorry. I really wrote that. Seriously, though, the cunning way that Bethesda takes the thinking behind traditional tutorials and character creation interfaces and naturally integrates these game conventions into the game's narrative is impressive. You crawl around a playpen in first-person perspective; you press a button to cry and call for daddy; you learn about strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, and other RPG traits by browsing children's books -- has any game truly attempted to tell the story of a life from birth to death?

Awesome.

 

[eznark]

IGN?

 

[gregor7777]

IGN?

oops

 

[Doc Evils]

peter molyneux am cry.

 

[Prime crotch]

Still prefer the Alien vs Predator 2 opening but that's a great idea.

 

[Wollan]

Fallout 3 will be terrific.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Thats fucking awesome.

 

[Dabanton]

Wow sounds interesting. Thread title is superb.:lol

 

[Dabanton]

I guess your character does literally 'Fallout'

 

[Y2Kev]

When is this out? Sounds amazing.

 

[nib95]

That's just awesome. This game is going to be amazing.

 

[Creamium]

Really well written preview. Jeff and Shawn are the best man... they did it.

Have you guys watched the battle system vid at the end? Wow.

 

[Link Man]

Sounds boring...

 

[gregor7777]

Really well written preview. Jeff and Shawn are the best man... they did it.

Have you guys watched the battle system vid at the end? Wow.

Their transition has started with a bang, for sure.

Good for them.

 

[KTallguy]

The video at the end is so awesome.

 

[Davidion]

The game actually sounds really interesting. Might be one to keep an eye on after all.

 

[FoneBone]

Still prefer the Alien vs Predator 2 opening but that's a great idea.

that's not the opening.

 

[Dalauz]

holy shit @ akimbos in that video

 

[Prime crotch]

that's not the opening.

eh you know what I mean didn't want to spoil it too much for anyone who want's to check it

 

[kenta]

Holy crap Eli is my hero

 

[Mash]

The dialogue format works well Brodeo guys, it really makes it easier to read than a large piece of prose.

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

ill finally see what a vagina looks like

 

[Spoit]

holy shit @ akimbos in that video

umm.. what?

 

[gregor7777]

Jeff seems to share the opinion of most that the 500 endings we've been hearing about is mostly small permutations in a few core endings based on your actions.

Jeff: ...And to be clear, when they say "500 endings," I think we are talking about granularity mostly. Like, there are probably just a few real endings on the big plot points, but you'll hear anecdotes in voice-overs, and/or maybe with art montages, saying what happened to this person, or that town, depending on your actions throughout the game. Or maybe I'm just making all that up. And I keep wanting to type now that your idea of the player becoming a mutant is a stupid one, except, unfortunately, the more I think about it, the cooler that sounds.

 

[zaidr]

VATS = Eli-roll?

 

[FrankT]

Thought it was 200, now they've upped it to 5?

 

[Doc Evils]

ill finally see what a vagina looks like

a

Spoiler

tranny

surprise.

 

[JonAmikar]

The number of endings keeps changing. One interview they say 300, next is 500? :lol

 

[thetrin]

Sounds boring...

Not enough explosions and maimed bodies for you?

 

[Elbrain]

Their transition has started with a bang, for sure.

Good for them.

Agreed hopefully they will follow it with their previews and articles.

 

[Gigglepoo]

peter molyneux am cry.

Does Fable 2 start from childhood?

 

[raYne]

ill finally see what a vagina looks like

Finally?

 

[Zedsdeadbaby]

That sounds awesome. Fallout 3 really does have some great concepts and ideas going behind it. I hope the gameplay will be good.

 

[Fragamemnon]

Fun format for a preview, I liked it.

 

[BobTheFork]

Still prefer the Alien vs Predator 2 opening but that's a great idea.

I was just about to say this, that was a great opening to a game.

 

[Spoit]

Does Fable 2 start from childhood?

Even if it does, it'd need to start within the womb to top it

 

[Servbot #42]

The link video was a lie, i feel disappointed., damn you 1UP!.

 

[gstaff]

When is this out? Sounds amazing.

We're still tracking for Fall.

 

[Draft]

What platform did they play it on. That's all that matters.

 

[Spoit]

What platform did they play it on. That's all that matters.

From the way they're talking about it, it kind of seems like Betheda just sat a whole bunch of journalists in front of a screen and showed it to them, no actual hands on play

 

[Dartastic]

The link video was a lie, i feel disappointed., damn you 1UP!.

Whatever man, that battle system's the bess.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

What platform did they play it on. That's all that matters.

N-Gage

 

[gstaff]

I saw Jeff Green posting in another thread saying it was 360.

N-Gage

Sidetalking...sidetalking never changes.

 

[Bloodwake]

Wow, I'm even more excited about this one now.

Is there a release date for this?

 

[gregor7777]

We're still tracking for Fall.

Is it true that the game is mostly finished?

 

[Bidermaier]

I find 1up format a pain to read The text is not dark enough to me. This firefox extension may come handy. It allows to change the text format.

 

[TheGrue]

has any game truly attempted to tell the story of a life from birth to death?

Spoiler about how the game ends?

 

[Demonracer999]

Thought it was 200, now they've upped it to 5?

It's like 200 overall variations from 5 completely different endings... to my understanding.

Tons of minor story points will differ.

 

[FrankT]

I saw Jeff Green posting in another thread saying it was 360.



Sidetalking...sidetalking never changes.

Ahh, thank you. TXB as well.

It's like 200 overall variations from 5 completely different endings... to my understanding.

Tons of minor story points will differ.

k

 

[Draft]

Sidetalking...sidetalking never changes.

:lol:

I'd forgotten about sidetalking.