Tipster Jecrell not only gave us the above YouTube link to Bethesda's teaser trailer for Fallout 3, but he also directed us to Voodoo's blog, which has some extra info on it. Pete Hines, Bethesda's PR guy, says:
1) Yes, that's in-engine (in-engine means it's done with game assets in our rendering engine, but isn't done real-time. If it was done in real-time, that'd be gameplay footage. This isn't something, for example, that was sent to some house [e.g. Blue Studios] so they could build assets and render it out, and create something for us to release [e.g. Dawn of War 40K intro cinematic]).
2) Yes, that's The Ink Spots singing "I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire"
3) Yes, that's Ron Perlman [voiceover man extraordinaire of Fallout 1 and 2].
So in the end, it appears the Fallout 3 teaser really was just a teaser: despite all my wishing and hoping that it might shed some light on our most burning questions about Bethesda's first-ever Fallout title, it really only gives us a location (the east coast, as shown by the lead-up concept art screens and the Washington Monument visible in the background), a vague release date (Fall 2008), and the presence of an organization that everyone knew would be present in the game no matter what (The Brotherhood of Steel).
But what of the combat? Will it be realtime, or turn based? Will the game be first person, a la Oblivion, or stick with the top-down isometric view famous to the series? Can I recruit Dogmeat? The teaser (like all good teasers) answers none of these questions.
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12:36 PM on 06.05.2007
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GIMMEH MAH FAWLOUTZ DAMNIT! I can only play the other two so many times before I go nuts. And that teaser is making me giddy again. It's like when I heard the Halo 3 music right at the end of it's E3 Teaser, when I heard Ron perlman do the intro, I made this strange kind of noise that basically sounded like the anomopea of SWEETBABYJESUSOMFGYES!
What is UP, son!!
oh my heart~
But.... Ron Perlman....
I guess you skip over everything known to man, as advertising is hype. Fallout 2 was my favorite you shouldn't look over things because of hype, do you own the big rigs style games then ?
Hopefully Bethesda doesn't mess this game up!
...this teaser didn't really do much for me at all. It was nicely done, the music gave it a nice nostalgic feel but if I didn't know any better I would think this is just some sort of FPS set in a post apocalyptic world.
Thats just my tuppence though. Given that the game doesn't come out for another year and a half they probably aren't interested in marketing to people like me yet, and it pretty much looks like they have the Fallout fans excited so they've done something properly.
Yeah I do pass up lots of games, but usually end up playing them a couple years down the road or borrow them from friends.
Honestly though, with this it's also a bit of Bethesda animosity, namely towards their secretary who misplaced my portfolio when they were hiring for oblivion (and only accept one application per person). See, I also carry petty grudges too cause I'm that cool.
Fall '08 though. That sucks out loud.
Still, I can't wait.
I friggin love Bethesda, and Im sure they will do a great job with Fallout 3. Fall 08 is a long time, but its gonna be a great game, of that im sure
Looking forward to Fallout 3 though. I will do wtf is needed to my comp in order to play this game.
I do have one major gripe about the teaser though: who's broadcasting radio signals after the end of the world? And why are they playing "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots? Would radios even work with all that radiation around? Maybe people who played the original games know what's going on, but I'm confused.
Fallout 3 vs Stalker 2.0 . . . will be interesting :O
I've played through 1&2 a few times but it's been years.
I'm going to remove my abortion of an optical drive and kill a puppy with it.
Never did play the Fallout games, but with all the coverage it's been getting all over the internet I probably *should* check them out sometime.
War never changes.
Fallout = war
Fallout never changes?
Maybe that was Bethesda's sneaky way of reassuring us all that we have nothing to fear of first-person silliness and whatnot.
But again, like OK said, I'm a fanboy and will do anything in my power to justify what I want to hear. XD