Fallout 3 Concept Art?

From the “I can only dream” department …

Slashdot recently linked to some rather intriguing concept artwork, as well as pictures of the same artwork (allegedly) on a wall at Black Isle HQ. Although given some hope by the unofficial FAQ, I’ll believe that Fallout 3 is in development roughly the same time hell freezes over.

I hold Fallout directly accountable for my GPA falling 2 points in my last semester of uni. If, by some quirk of fate, Fallout 3 ever makes it past the concept stage, I reckon Black Isle owe me a job.

posted by allie · at 2:39 am · filed under News

 

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If you book them, they will come…

Fallout 3 will arrive, one day.. probably before Duke Nukem Forever.

Yeah, but they have to make it, and then not make it suck. Big call.

The FAQ seems to suggest that if it does get made it will most likely feature a similar combat system to the "real-time-turn-based" model used in Baldur’s Gate. I’m probably the only person on the planet who really gets into turn based combat, but it was a large part of why the original game appealed to me, and I really really hate the way combat is dealt with in BG. Fully real time combat would be a better option, but then how do you deal with action points?

Actually, scratch that …

"A Fallout sequel would almost assuredly have a turn-based mode and a real-time with pause mode, toggled outside of combat."

Hmmm, wouldn’t like the job of balancing that one tho.

I think they are talking about a system like Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel used.

The real-time and the turn-based modes both functioned the same way technically. In real-time mode, your characters and the enemies had action points, which determined how far you could move over time, how frequently you could shoot or take extra actions (like ducking, going prone etc). Real-time mode was just like turn-based, but the game automatically hit "End-Turn" every few seconds =).

I started out in turn-based mode when I played it, but after trying real-time mode, I found it was more fun and went with that. If they put a similar system in for FO3, I think it’ll be ok =).

After reading the FAQs, it seems like FO3 is definitely going to be made (and is, in fact, in production), but we’re looking at a release date a couple years from now at least.

I think the turn based mode for fall out would be a good idea because it is more challenging have to think how many step you take to aviod a shot but i have never played tactics.

any way thought some one would like to know what i think

i hope that they do make fo3 and if they do it they should keep it turn based if they put it as real time i think it would spoil the game.

all yo ppl who dont like fallout or think it isnt in development den yoall can go o hell

 Almighty-Pipboy 4 years, 10 months ago

Am I the only one that heard about Black Isle being closed?

Fallout 3 was being made…. but then interplay laid off all the members of black isle so it was "shelved" half done. fallout 3 will not be coming out….. unless another company takes over the game but i dont think that will happen any time soon

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