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With the recent news of Bethesda purchasing the rights to the Fallout series from Interplay, all hope for a traditional Fallout title was smushed like so many Radscorpions under the jackboot of the Brotherhood of Steel.

In response to this, and to make everyone weep a lil inside, No Mutants Allowed have compiled the above video; a compilation of footage taken from the work Black Isle Studios had completed on Van Buren (the code name for Fallout 3), before they lost the rights to work on it (and were cast out of the Garden of Eden to walk the Earth until the end of their days feasting on human flesh).

A lot of this is stuff that I had yet to see, and, honestly, it makes me sad that we will never see any of this in a completed game. While I think Bethesda can make a passable title with the IP, it certainly won't be like the game in the clips, and when you think Fallout, you want something like what you just watched, don't you? 


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zaqu's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 01:45
zaqu
fallout 3 that couldve been, may you rest easy. Good luck bethesda
JorTroN's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 01:46
JorTroN
I never got into Fallout: Tactics, but I still play the first two today. One of the best games ever, god I hope we get to see another one...
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 01:55
Mxyzptlk
I sadly have never gotten a chance to play either Fallout. I suck, I know.
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 02:04
Ignignokt01
Yes.

*sob*

The music is so appropriate. Forever missed, Black Isle, the one true CRPG developer.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 03:40
Rainbowblack
Dear god Nex, did you just phrase Sportscenter?

As if posting a video of a game I'll never play wasn't enough.

I need to close my browser, I feel a bit woozy
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 03:42
Rainbowblack
On a side note I'd like to say that that video is as gutwrenching to watch as looking at those 3-D models Square made using it's FFVI characters.
Ocelot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 04:00
Ocelot
Bastard. :) Fallout 3 is going to be enjoyable no matterwhat, but that video made me pull out my Fallout 2. I wonder if they'll make it the Fallout we want it to be, or a 3D ruination of one of the greatest rpgs of all time, imo... Either way I'm gonna play it. Looks like it would have stayed true to the game if they had finished it...
Winston Churchill's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 05:12
Winston Churchill
Oh! What could have been...

Bethesda, you have my dreams in your hands. TRead carefully.
Silverhertz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 05:27
Silverhertz
ahhhh Black Isle....the place where dreams and cheese were made in large quantities. How I loved thee *sniff*
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 05:59
Mabec
ARGH, THE CLIP WONT PLAY, WTF!!
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 06:03
Mabec
OK, now it does, stupid tube. I hate someone who didnt make this game possible.
BlackDove's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 07:44
BlackDove
Direct all your hate towards Harve Caen and his stupid brother over at Interplay.

Making wise decisions regarding marketing, with a fiscal year profit of $8 + sales of IP.

Fuckers.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 08:13
Snaileb
I think I just pooped in Nex's drawers.
Milhouse's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 08:24
Milhouse
<-- Fallout fan

Heh, that was quite sad to see this... However, I am not in the Bethesda bashing like most other die-hard fans. I trust them to do something good, while doing a game more suited for the > 2007 market. And RIP Black Isle. Planescape Torment + Fallout = these guys are gods.
Bluefusion's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 08:27
Bluefusion
Well... I think the graphics were a little off... Not as in, I need GoW graphics, but I don't think they artistically fit.

Regardless, I salivated upon seeing the character customization screen. However, I would expect a more thorough equipment setup. Still one slot for an entire armor? Why not individual pieces?
NESWizard's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 09:06
NESWizard
Where's the "Sobbing Maniacally" button? I'm depressed.

"The saddest words of mouth or pen? What might have been."
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 09:24
BahamutZero
this did not look like a step forward, it actually looked like a step sideways. why all the hate for bethesda nex? they did a great job with oblivion. I think a more up to date FPS or third person view fallout would be better than a return to the ol 3/4 view (which I personally would have dealt with but hate) was this "new" game even proper 3d or were all the BGs pre-rendered like last time. pre-rendered bgs do not cut it in 2007 unless they are really something special. let's be honest, this looked like 1997 all over again, and I trust bethesda to do something amazing with the franchise.

unless it goes all Shadowrun on us.
PiKo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 09:24
PiKo
I cried my self to sleep after seeing that video : (
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 09:26
BlindsideDork
new article time?
fearian's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 09:39
fearian
haha my mum wantered in and started humming along in the background...
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 09:42
GuitarAtomik
I love Fallout 2 and everything and I have no doubt that this version would have been awesome, but I'm going to have to echo Bahamut here. That video looked like a re-hash of Fallout 2 with 3d models. Hell, I thought it was just a mod at first.

Fallout 3 needs to be something different and I think Bethesda is probably on the right track. We'll just have to wait and see if they can pull it off while keeping the elements of Fallout that really mattered.
PwnDaddy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 10:04
PwnDaddy
Damn, I really want to play that. The 3d models gave it a quasi-Neverwinter Nights feel to it. Good luck Bethesda, they have got a lot of thinking to do to get the series right and on track after tactics and that lame ass Xbox game.
Zoex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 10:26
Zoex
But you have got to remember, the people who are fans of the game just don't care as much about the graphics. They like the over the top camera, the free roaming across a desert wasteland, and leveling their own unique character.

The only concern I have with Bethesda making FO 3 is if they do it like they did Elder Scrolls. Each new release of the Elder Scrolls series has improved graphics (by leaps and bounds I must add) and less gameplay content.
Milhouse's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 10:28
Milhouse
@Bahamut_Zero

unless it goes all Shadowrun on us.

Nooooooo!!!
yaesir's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 10:38
yaesir
They neeed to do something like that.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 11:24
Nick Chester
I did not double post this story, I did not double post this story.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 11:54
brad drac
That looks like exactly the game fallout fans want. Does make me sad to see, but I won't write bethesda off until I know more(anything) about what they're doing. Also, best music selection ever possible in the entire world.
TheRob91's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 13:58
TheRob91
If I was a girl I would probably be crying right now. I can't believe this game wasn't finished. Bethesda might release a decent game called "Fallout" 3, but I HIGHLY doubt they will capture the true essence of the first 2 ever again without having the same staff.
TheRob91's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 14:18
TheRob91
Srry for double, but I just realized that there were no unique and awesome deaths in that video. Apparently its just a tech demo, but if they were really not going to have crazy animations then I almost support the game "poofing" like a duped Diablo II item, almost. And if Bethesda doesn't have awesome and hilarious death animations(for example, a guy running around on fire after a fatal flamethrower attack) then I am going to have to kill someone...or maybe a cat. Those smug little bastards.
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 19:45
Ignignokt01
I take it Bahamut_Zero isn't a fallout 1+2 fan...
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/01/2007 19:45
Ignignokt01
Zoex has it right.
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