Comments on: Making Babies in the Vault and Making Corpses Outside: Fallout 3 Interview with Pete Hines

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:58:21 +0000

Also check out “Wasteland” too. A precursor to Fallout.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:54:31 +0000

Obviously in 3-D there should be references to sex for money but going to far with it in 3-d could be hard. Yet I hope that focus remains not just on action but on talking your way out of things and using traits and perks to manipulate people.
Plus, I hope you can become head of security or gangs like in Fallout 2.

By: Jonathan Zungre

Jonathan Zungre — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:02:44 +0000

a destroyed civilization with robust film industry? i see what your saying but, i’m thinking it was just a thematic choice too, wanting to narrow the focus of the game to get a more visceral experience.

By: radek

radek — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:55:58 +0000

but in a violent world being an adult film star has very much sense. Everyone need money, so they do what they could. Fallout is not only about surviving with gun it’s more about what people can do to survive i any possible way in destroyed world….

By: Jonathan Zungre

Jonathan Zungre — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:26:49 +0000

no prob, Honk, it was a pleasure to do the interview. Glad i could share some of the excitement with you.

I think what Hines is referring to when he’s talking about the nature of the whackity-schmackity is Fallout 2’s tendency to get a little over top humorous. like really reaching for a joke, instead of getting more organic laughs from the violence.

I remember when i played through Fallout 2 i found a secret area that had a Tinman looking guy who was frozen and asking for “oil…oil…” and i eventually found a BB gun that caused as much damage as a high powered rifle. It’s just little jokey-pants stuff like that that i think they wanted to get away from and put focus back on violent survival. And when your barely surviving, you don’t have time to be a porn star or give a tin man oil.

but that being said, i can understand how you think the nuke launcher is a bit over the top.

By: Honk

Honk — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:57:55 +0000

“It doesn’t get any more not-whackity-schmackity than the nuke launcher…”
That was sarcasm, right? This and teddy bears is highly ‘whackity-schmackity’ in my book. Not from the Fallout universe, more fitted for Serious Sam.

Passage about the guy not liking Monty Python references, but rolling on the floor at nicely drawn violence made me cringe my teeth, but ok, whatever floats one’s boat, i guess.

But overall, i agree with one of the posters above – this interview does raise hopes and excite quite a bit. And after all those depressing “Look, we still have violence, cuz thats what fallout is all about, right?” official gameplay videos and Todd’s dodgy interviews…
What i’m saying is my excitement needed some fuel to keep hoping and waiting and i got it.

Thank you for the interview.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:56:51 +0000

Great interview Jon.

By: Jonathan Zungre

Jonathan Zungre — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:39:10 +0000

it plays like all the best parts of Fallout and Oblivion meshed.

By: Someone

Someone — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:59:15 +0000

I am excited for this game to come out… ive never played a fallout game before but FPS and RPGs are my favorite… in my opinion i think this game looks great

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:16:42 +0000

AGREED! IN ALL CAPS!!! WITH MULTIPLE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!

P.S. Fuck all you with your thumbs downs. Too much negativity here.

By: John Landis

John Landis — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:12:56 +0000

Finally, some stuff that moves my want to play-o-meter swing away from “undecided.” I’m a huge fallout fan, so I’m still a little worried, but this interview makes me feel a whole lot better about who is taking the reigns.

By: Maindudw

Maindudw — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:44:58 +0000

no mention about PS3 Trophies??? Dam! Epic Fail!