Bethesda’s Peter Hines gives the low-down on Fallout 3

Gamers of old have many fond memories of the Fallout series. Finally, after years of waiting, news of the third installment have been escalating everyone’s anticipation.

In an interview with Bethesda VP of Public Relations Pete Hines, he talked about the difficulties of continuing the Fallout legacy while putting in their own spin to the series. Hines said that Bethesda didn’t want to go half-baked on any developments they may reveal about Fallout 3, no matter how much they wanted to.

The transition to the FPS-type of perspective that the Elder Scrolls series is known for will also be something that the old gamers will have to get used to. However the overall tone of the game will still stick to the canon of the Fallout universe.

Pete Hines had this to say when asked what made them decide to work on Fallout:

It had this great 1950s vibe and sensibility, but set in a post-nuclear world where things were blown to hell and people were doing anything to survive – but they still cared about their hairstyles.

It just that dark comedy and humor. Also, it was a really violent game, and it’s nice to be able to do something that is a complete break from the Elder Scrolls. We can’t do another fantasy game, because then it’s just going to be too similar to Oblivion. 

Hines also talked about the Achievement system that was going to be implemented for the game. Basing itself as a sort of alignment or reputation system that a character goes through, it will affect his or her status towards the other characters in the game as well as affect how they can steer the game towards one of it’s various endings (up to twelve endings, supposedly).

Both old timers and those new to the series alike will have to wait until its release in Autumn of 2008. Fallout 3 is slated to come out for the PC, Xbox 360 and the PS3. Until then, we’ll just have to wait for more updates in the months to come.

Via Eurogamer

Gamers of old have many fond memories of the Fallout series. Finally, after years of waiting, news of the third installment have been escalating everyone’s anticipation.

In an interview with Bethesda VP of Public Relations Pete Hines, he talked about the difficulties of continuing the Fallout legacy while putting in their own spin to the series. Hines said that Bethesda didn’t want to go half-baked on any developments they may reveal about Fallout 3, no matter how much they wanted to.

The transition to the FPS-type of perspective that the Elder Scrolls series is known for will also be something that the old gamers will have to get used to. However the overall tone of the game will still stick to the canon of the Fallout universe.

Pete Hines had this to say when asked what made them decide to work on Fallout:

It had this great 1950s vibe and sensibility, but set in a post-nuclear world where things were blown to hell and people were doing anything to survive – but they still cared about their hairstyles.

It just that dark comedy and humor. Also, it was a really violent game, and it’s nice to be able to do something that is a complete break from the Elder Scrolls. We can’t do another fantasy game, because then it’s just going to be too similar to Oblivion. 

Hines also talked about the Achievement system that was going to be implemented for the game. Basing itself as a sort of alignment or reputation system that a character goes through, it will affect his or her status towards the other characters in the game as well as affect how they can steer the game towards one of it’s various endings (up to twelve endings, supposedly).

Both old timers and those new to the series alike will have to wait until its release in Autumn of 2008. Fallout 3 is slated to come out for the PC, Xbox 360 and the PS3. Until then, we’ll just have to wait for more updates in the months to come.

Via Eurogamer