Batrilor

Game Engine does not equal Camera angle. They could have any angle they wanted, heck Morrowind had 2 different angles: First person and over the shoulder. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are probably right. As I mentioned in my post I don't know much about the limitation a game engine have. But they aren't familiar with the entire Isometric view, while they know alot about 1st person view. Personally I just hope that they do stay true to the old Fallout as much as they can. In terms of settings, looks, humor and such. Nothing wrong with improving it, and I don't know how the game would play if it was 1st person view. There are advantages in playing fallout in 1st person view. When you sneak up on someone you know if they can see you as soon as you can see them. We will maybe have some official word in the next couple of months.

Greetings. This is my first post on these forums. I've been eagerly awaiting Fallout 3, and I was sadden to hear that BIS have closed down and are unable to complete Van Buren. I've been trying to find all sorts of information about this game and when I heard that Bethesda bought the rights I felt betrayed. Not that Bethesda is a bad company, they have had great success with their Elederscrolls series, but what works for that series might not work for Fallout. I've read many forums on this subject and most fans of Fallout feels that Bethesda can't make Fallout justice. The interview posted in this thread do offers some light, but like most people working for gaming industries the answers are shady or not existant. Asking a 2 part question gives you the answer to one, but hardly both part. Or you get a respons that isn't related to the question in the first place. So how do I want Fallout 3 to be? 3/4 isometric view is what the other fallout games used. It worked. You had a nice overview of your character, party and foes as well as the area around your character. Will Bethesda go for this view, a view that we know works and by looking at the old Van Buren screenshots we know that BIS was going for that view again, but with 3d graphics as well as the possability to rotate the camera at 90 degree angles. So we would be able to see whats might be obstructed by a wall or something. I read what the Bethesda guy said in a interview. They are currently working on Elderscrolls Oblivion. Using a new engine, and an engine they will use for Fallout 3. Based on the screenshots I've seen of Oblivion it will look like Morrowwind. 1st person view. So if they are going to use the same engine for Fallout then it will probably be a 1st person view game. They say they are big fans of the fallout series and that they will do what they can to make it justice. But they also say that they will stick with what they know and what works. In this case it is their flagship, the Elder Scrolls series. They know how to make a 1st person view game, but they don't know much about a 3/4 ISO view game. So based on what they say, they will most likely not even try to make a 3/4 Isometric view game. How about Turnbased or Realtime combat? They know that most of the most vocal fans want turnbased combat, but they also say they will do what they think will be the most fun. Once again we look at their flagship, Elder Scrolls. Based on their sales they will probably draw the conclusion that realtime is the most fun. It is what they have been doing before and are doing in Oblivion. Since I don't work in the gaming industry I don't know how much you can twiddle with a game engine, or what limitation you might have. It is possible that the engine used for Oblivion is versitile enough to allow 3rd person view, allow isometric view and allow turnbased or pause/give order/unpause capabilities. I enjoy the Fallout series a great deal. And I can't wait to see what Bethesda will do with the franchise. I might be disapointed or I might be surprised. My initial reaction was disapointment, but my feelings have changed a little bit. Not much but a little. What I find strange is that over at Bethesda there are no Fallout 3 forum. There used to be a place where people could discuss it but it is removed. All their forums are no concentrating on their Elder Scrolls series. They won't start working on Fallout 3 until Oblivion is completed, but they are working on some of the ideas they have for the game. Still. They bought the franchise in July 2004 and it is now closing in on April 2005. And no information over at Bethesda about Fallout. Hopefully they will release more information or at least dedicate a forum to Fallout 3 when Olbivion have gone gold. Since they have a few people working on it and are stating that they will start programming and such when Oblivion is competed they should be getting close to finalizing the storyline, have some concept art or maybe even some screenshots ready. Oblivion is to be released in the summer which is between June-August. Only a few more months away. Sorry for the long post.