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You can make a pretty convincing argument that Bethesda third Fallout 3 expansion, “Broken Steel,” should have been the first. It expands the original story line, allowing you to travel the Wastelands beyond the silly conclusion. It also increases the level cap from 20 to 30, successfully giving you a reason to keep playing and exploring.

Wouldn’t “Project: Anchorage” and “The Pitt” rocked much harder if you were gaining something in the process of playing? Meaningful experience points rock.

Anyway, Bethesda dropped some new screenshots of Broken Steel earlier this morning. They don’t show anything jaw dropping, but they’re pretty to look at and serve as a good reminder that the expansion hits Xbox Live Marketplace and PC on May 5. It’ll be nice to return to the Wastelands and get something out of it.

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linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 12:48
linuxguy
to bethesda from a ps3 owner : F@CK you
what no end game patch for us?
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 12:55
PhazonYoshi
Beth made it clear that there wouldn't be DLC for PC, there's no point whining about it.
J03yyz's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 12:55
J03yyz
to a ps3 owner from a 360 owner: LOL
lubczyk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 12:58
lubczyk
More brown environments with guns. It was novel at first, now you're bleeding the cow dry!!!
kavorka's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 12:59
kavorka
PhazonYoshi: Did you mean PS3?

Anyway, I'm with linuxguy. Playstation owners should be allowed to be Fallout3 fanatics as well. F@ck you, Bethesda.
Josh Tolentino's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:02
Josh Tolentino
@PhazonYoshi

Don't you mean PS3?

Also, in light of this and The Pitt I've decided to wipe my savegames and restart clean. I've installed so many mods and custom texture packs that after this long into the game I can't remember which version is which.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:02
Char Aznable
I seriously do not understand the logic in putting this out last. What possible reason is there for delaying the increased level cap?
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:06
Qraze
just wait for the goty edition fallout, we ps3 owners can't get "dlc" but it don't say a thing about a disc based expansion in the form of the goty edition fallout. be patient and just watch, i'm willing to bet the ps3 will eventually get it, just on disc.
Nickeh88's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:15
Nickeh88
I got to level 20 and now I've just left it- I loved exploring the wasteland but now I'm waiting to carry on with a higher level cap. So it's great to hear that it's only about two weeks away- will probably get all the DLC at once then.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:16
PhazonYoshi
...Yes I did.

Anyway, yes, it's a bitch, but it wasn't exactly a secret, plus GOTY is likely.

@lub, you mean this entire generation?
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:19
akathatoneguy
May 5? Sweet!

I haven't actually been too bothered by the level cap yet. My first character got to 19 and I simply started playing with an evil character, knowing that the cap will be raised soon.

Of course, eventually we'll all reach 30 and I'm sure there will still be things to do in the game at that point.

I realize this is all off-topic in what is essentially the 1,132nd "PS3 doesn't get Fallout 3 DLC!" discussion, though.
Josh Tolentino's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:21
Josh Tolentino
@char

Probably because of the content level. All things considered all three DLC packs roughly equal Shivering Isles.
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:25
linuxguy
just to set things straight I'm not angry about the DLC exclusivity it's the fact that they won't release a patch to let the ps3 version continue after ending the main quest that angers me.
what our money isn't good enough for you bethesda?
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:32
wanderingpixel
Looks really good. I do not understand why everybody complains about bugs and glitches, I've run into them, but thy never spoiled the game for me.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:32
wanderingpixel
Looks really good. I do not understand why everybody complains about bugs and glitches, I've run into them, but thy never spoiled the game for me.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:32
PhazonYoshi
It's not a patch, it's a DLC. We can see now that the MQ ended so that Beth can continue the story later, after additional dev time. As additional content, you can't exactly say Fallout 3 wasn't packed with content by itself, can you?
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 13:48
gamadaya
Broken Steel? That's the most appropriately named DLC ever, because guess what state it will inevitably arrive in?

@wanderingpixel:
Not everyone has the same problems. The majority of people don't suffer from game breaking glitches, but a large number still do. If that number is more than 1%, you have made a broken game which was not fit to ship in the first place. For me personally, the game is unplayable. I spent about twice as much time trying to fix it than I did playing it. Then after the first "patch" came out and ruined my saves and added 2 major glitches, I just gave up all hope. Maybe one day someone will re-work the source code like they did with Morrowind, which also shipped in an unplayable state.
de BLOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:08
de BLOO
May 5....



yeah I'll be busy. :]
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:25
SephirothX
I just dont like that the content is exclusive but you still have to pay for it. Like I always say, isnt that part of what the $50 XBL fee is for?
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:27
Chronic Logic
Is that the Iron Giant I see?!
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:35
Syn
Yep, I give Beth the one finger salute as I fuck them out of my money that they seemingly didn't want anyway for these DLC's which I normally would be fucked out of.

It adds new perks too right?
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:35
BattyAdroit
Write to Bethesda Softworks, and tell them how you feel about the lack of downloadable content on the PS3. That's what I did.
de BLOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:37
de BLOO
@seph

$50 yearly is for the bandwith and the servers....I think.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:54
loki d20
I might get the PC version, but I'm not buying the 360 version just for the DLC. At least with PC version I can play around with the mods.

I wish they had the DLC for the PS3, but if they do it they'll do it with a GotY version at the end of this year and most likely won't work with my current save files.
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 15:12
SephirothX
@ de BLOO
Then what are they doing with all of the money they're getting from the advertisements littered all over XBL?

Also... does that header pic just scream "DONT CROSS THE STREAMS" to anyone besides me?
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 15:15
Char Aznable
Hey everyone, did you see what Detox did there? He called it, get this...the SHITbox! See, 'cause it's really called the Xbox, but he put his own hilarious spin on it. Whew boy!

I hear that replacing "MS" with "M$" is also a hoot.
CJSchmidt's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 15:19
CJSchmidt
I'd like to see Beth drop some Oblivion into a Fallout DLC. Maybe something like the Postman. Visit the Pacific NW where people are few and far between, but everything isn't brown and dirty.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 15:19
Char Aznable
SephirothX, now that you mention it, I'm totally seeing Ghostbusters in that header pic. They'd better be prepared for total protonic reversal.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 15:22
loki d20
Hey everyone, did you see what Detox did there?

Made a post talking about the article at hand rather than just a single word in someone's comment?
buzski's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 15:45
buzski
I hate bethesda, from a ps3 owner
Chastain86's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 16:14
Chastain86
Fallout 3 comments inevitably fall into two categories -- well-thought out responses to the topic at hand, and PS3 owners butthurt about the lack of DLC and/or pissed at Bethesda for some kind of slight.

If we could somehow refine internet whining into a sustainable fuel source, PS3 owners complaining about Fallout and Bethesda could power Nevada. Maybe one of you smarter folks can start working on that.
TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 16:18
TheDreadHawk
I am so excited for this. Looks cool.

@Loki

Char commented earlier. Don't get your panties in a bundle.
D-Nez's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 17:15
D-Nez
It was never a secret that the DLC would be exclusive. The inevitable Got Y edition will correct that so can we move on. I agree the, it would have made more sense to make this the first DLC. Regardless, I havnt been disappointed by Bethesda yet (ok a little by anchorage) so I'm looking forward to more Fallout. To bad most games can't offer this much gameplay for $60 - and they're an indepedent developers. Studio's releasing 6 hour games for $60 could learn a thing or two from Bethesda.
stanfy86's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 17:18
stanfy86
if anyone is getting bored with fallout 3, i recomend installing the fallout overhaul kit, totally changes the feel of the game :D
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 21:01
loki d20
Char commented earlier. Don't get your panties in a bundle.

Doesn't make his post any more worthwhile... and seriously, do you think I take anything on the Internets serious enough that I would let it affect how I wear my panties?

P.S. Please don't tell the wife about my panty wearing issue.
KingofHearts's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 21:15
KingofHearts
I would get this but damn I don't have any money
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/22/2009 05:44
ChaosTeaCup
I don't know why Ps3 owners are surprised. Bethesda made it clear whilst the game was in developement that the 360 was the LEAD platform, and the other versions would be ports. It makes sense to put your eggs in the basket that is most likely to sell in numbers. Seeing as Sony is now the prefferred platform for Japanese games, maybe they assumed that the take-up for a Westewrn RPG would be slower (I'd like to see the sales figures for the different platforms). Add to that, Bethesda were a PC dev house first and foremost, and Microsoft's obvious clout with PC devs, is something the 360 has that the PS3 does not. Afterall, was that not the Xbox's mission statement - to give the PC devs a console to work with, that could give them the tools that they used for PC games? I feel for the PS3 guys, because they are clearly losing out, not just here, but in many other instances also.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/22/2009 08:41
loki d20
@ChaosTeaCup: I think it's two groups. Those of us who aren't surprised but want to support third-party titles on the PS3 no matter how much money MS throws at the companies and still wish for the DLC or GotY just because we like the game that much and those who own only a PS3 or prefer to play on their PS3 and didn't know that the DLC would be exclusive and now that they've seen that there will be DLC voice their dislike for the decision loudly as if it might change policy.
andycadaver's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/22/2009 23:35
andycadaver
Comment about the actual article, rather than a reply to someone else's stupid comment:

Very cool. I loved the first two, even though the Pitt had me stressed out for about a day after launch because of all the problems, but it was nothing really. Waiting doesn't matter, and I didn't lose money.

Anyway, I found them pretty fun, but I too was a little confused as to why they didn't bump up the level cap earlier, like in just a patch or something, then start releasing non-linear quests in the DLC, rather than largely predetermined pathing systems. Operation: Anchorage (yes, that's the name- not 'Project: Anchorage,' silly) was guilty of this, as was the Pitt in a way, except that the Pitt was much better written in my opinion.

I look forward to this, for sure.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2009 18:25
Holyetheline
YES I can't wait to play this and actually have an increased levelcap.
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