I kind of hope they start moving to droid. Android based phones are getting more aesthetically pleasing and, at least if Sony's next phone works out, pretty damn cool all around. Really, I like tactile feedback and some of those 'droid phones offer that.
Hell, some of them have those little touch pads on the QWERTY slide outs that could operate as a right analog with good ol WASD movement. #fallout
Doom and Wolf3D both have great controls for iPhone FPSes. Of course, that's not saying much, but honestly, the only issue I have is that my hands are too big for the device. Otherwise, not an issue. #fallout
I hate those iPhone virtual analog sticks developers try to do. On the other hand, I liked the controls on Doom Ressurection a lot.. it's good to see that Carmack is still trying to improve controls on the iPhone. I'm curious to see what he's solution for Quake will be. #fallout
Not at all. Interplay had been sitting on the rights to the Fallout IP for years and not doing anything with it. Bethseda bought the rights fair and square, release Fallout 3 to critical and commercial fame and now Interplay suddenly wants to sell Fallout games like its the thing to do (and that I bought on Steam, thanks!)? Interplay you FAIL! What happened to them? They owned the '90's on the PC and now they're just scrapping by.
Bethseda will win this case and I'm actually sincerely sad to say that this will be the end of Interplay...unless they drop a killer new version of Clayfighter or something? I kid.
Bethesda is so fucking full of shit, Fallout 1 & 2 is infinitely better than the shitty fallout 3. I only wish Bethesda the worst of luck for the future.
Interplay has all my support, independently of what they did in the past !
@OverGod: are you insane? Fallout 1 and 2 better than Fallout 3? Well everyone is entitled to their opinion. Don't get me wrong, I bought Fallout Triology from Steam the second I saw it as I did play through those games back in the day. Great games to be sure but Fallout 3 was a work of straight genius and one of the best games released in the last 10 years or so.
@Givafuk: Fallout 1 and 2 were much better than Fallout 3 in all but production values. The writing was miles beyond Fallout 3, the combat system required careful thought, there were more quests and items and you could have a much bigger impact on the game world. As RPGs go, FO1 and 2 are superior.
Not to say that Fallout 3 is a bad game. Quite the contrary. However, the writing was extremely poor (par for the course with Bethesda, unfortunately), the voice acting that wasn't Malcolm McDowell, Liam Neeson or Erik Dellums was total cack (even though there was more of it) and the combat was nothing special.
I think you guys are missing the big picture here. Interplay is asserting that Fallout Tactics be considered on equal ground as Fallout 1 and 2. We as gamers can not let this stand!
All I have to say is: screw the money and companies, it's not my business. But, can you imagine the size of this gaming sin if it were to remove the older Fallout games from the market?
I suppose all the hardcore players will already own them or have bought the rereleases, but it always sucks when classic stuff gets tied up in legal action never to see the light of day again.
@Mr. Parker: It's a shame, Interplay are already having a bad time financially, I could see this being the finishing blow. I hope they get Earthworm Jim 4 done before they go under...
@Uhyve:
I guess Interplay is saying: we'd rather go out of business than see another swiftly developed atrocity like Fallout 3 published with the Fallout theme and name.
Seriously, though - if Bethesda wanted to make their own post- apocalyptic MMO brand, no one is stopping them. The game would suck, of course - but no one is holding them back from making it.
@nipsen: If you think that Fallout 3 was slapdash, you haven't played it very far. You don't have to like it, but your reasons should probably be related to the game itself rather than something that you made up.
@The Curse of Millhaven: I dislike it, but I agree taht it's really not a quick cash in or anything like that. How many years was it in development?....
I think he was probably referring to the amount of bugs, which is inexcusable.
@Koztah: But they only released the 'collection' as the 'trilogy' 4/23/2009. I'm not saying it's a bad buisness move. You'll see Harry Potter DVD collections and special editions released the same time whatever new movie is out on shelf.
But it's pretty obvious Interplay is trying to grab some of Bethesda's recent success.
I've been tempted to grab the 'Trilogy' in stores thinking.. "SWEET. 1, 2 and 3!" Luckily I looked a little closer and found out it was only Tactics that was included in the bundle :(
@corme: Yes.. Interplay is skimming off Bethesda's success. Of course.
@The Curse of Millhaven: Um, no, I've forced my way through the game and all the locations, and played loads of hours with different types of characters - in the hope of finding something to justify buying it. Sadly, I haven't found it yet.
But if you can explain to me where all the story- telling is hidden away, I'm not going to irrationally hold on to my opinion.
@nipsen: I am not saying that it has deep storytelling, but as a hybrid of fps and rpg I think it does fine. It was certainly atmospheric. Also, when the ghoul tower quest went bad after all my efforts, I felt genuinely shocked. I had been trying to play good, but I just felt like executing every last ghoul.
@The Curse of Millhaven:
..uh. Ok. ..I suppose I was disappointed with how there's actually no choices in the quest. There's a difficult speech check for making the Ghouls go away. And there's a series of difficult speech checks to let the Ghouls in. Failing either of those, there's a different method for getting the Ghouls in.
In other words - if you want to advance the plot a little bit, there's about.. one choice.
@nipsen: You mean besides the choices to support Tenpenny or to support the Ghouls and the decision of whether to just do it by violence or try to talk people through?
@The Curse of Millhaven:
Yes, but.. they're going to fight. You can't see from the characters, or influence the characters to change their opinions, or use any diplomacy between the parties.
Instead, it's just about what way you're going to attack the problem - that can't really be solved except by sending the ghouls away..
@SigmundTheSeaMonster: Oh man, a battlechess MMO would be suh-weet! Evil/hot queen, doddering old king, rook monsters... someone get on this now please.
This doesn't come down to the game, it comes down to the company behind the game. I'm sure the development team is full of nice people who respect the franchise... but what about the business people who work above them and their lawyers? There's a huge difference.
@DustbinK:
..honestly, though - it really matters very little to me how much people respect the franchise, if the game is a horrible rush- job without story- telling, or much writing at all.
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Kthx. #fallout
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For the record, if Fallout came out for iPhone, I'd buy it in a second. #fallout
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Hell, some of them have those little touch pads on the QWERTY slide outs that could operate as a right analog with good ol WASD movement. #fallout
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(and I'm actually serious about this, it'd be fun) #fallout
09/12/09
Bethseda will win this case and I'm actually sincerely sad to say that this will be the end of Interplay...unless they drop a killer new version of Clayfighter or something? I kid.
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Interplay has all my support, independently of what they did in the past !
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Not to say that Fallout 3 is a bad game. Quite the contrary. However, the writing was extremely poor (par for the course with Bethesda, unfortunately), the voice acting that wasn't Malcolm McDowell, Liam Neeson or Erik Dellums was total cack (even though there was more of it) and the combat was nothing special.
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I suppose all the hardcore players will already own them or have bought the rereleases, but it always sucks when classic stuff gets tied up in legal action never to see the light of day again.
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I guess Interplay is saying: we'd rather go out of business than see another swiftly developed atrocity like Fallout 3 published with the Fallout theme and name.
Seriously, though - if Bethesda wanted to make their own post- apocalyptic MMO brand, no one is stopping them. The game would suck, of course - but no one is holding them back from making it.
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I think he was probably referring to the amount of bugs, which is inexcusable.
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But it's pretty obvious Interplay is trying to grab some of Bethesda's recent success.
I've been tempted to grab the 'Trilogy' in stores thinking.. "SWEET. 1, 2 and 3!" Luckily I looked a little closer and found out it was only Tactics that was included in the bundle :(
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@The Curse of Millhaven: Um, no, I've forced my way through the game and all the locations, and played loads of hours with different types of characters - in the hope of finding something to justify buying it. Sadly, I haven't found it yet.
But if you can explain to me where all the story- telling is hidden away, I'm not going to irrationally hold on to my opinion.
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..uh. Ok. ..I suppose I was disappointed with how there's actually no choices in the quest. There's a difficult speech check for making the Ghouls go away. And there's a series of difficult speech checks to let the Ghouls in. Failing either of those, there's a different method for getting the Ghouls in.
In other words - if you want to advance the plot a little bit, there's about.. one choice.
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Yes, but.. they're going to fight. You can't see from the characters, or influence the characters to change their opinions, or use any diplomacy between the parties.
Instead, it's just about what way you're going to attack the problem - that can't really be solved except by sending the ghouls away..
I guess I see your point, though.
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Someone is having a falling out?
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..honestly, though - it really matters very little to me how much people respect the franchise, if the game is a horrible rush- job without story- telling, or much writing at all.