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Well-done 2D graphics are preferable to poorly-made 3D graphics.

That would be strange, considering that Bethsoft scripted the fuck out of the Oblivion NPCs for that game's demos, giving the illusion of an extreme complex and well-made AI that simply didn't exist. If anything, the AI in the final version of Fallout 3 will be even worse than what we've seen in...

The Tunnel Snakes are inhabitants of Vault 101, so if everyone has a Pipboy 3000, they'll have them, too. (Not that I think a 50s biker gang in a Vault is a very good idea, but I digress.)

All the major cities had several fast-travel locations at the beginning of the Oblivion. I'll eat my e-hat if, at the very least, Megaton isn't immediately on Fallout 3's fast-travel map.

Well then I think I have some good news! Don't worry, nothing you wrote actually constitutes as "news." Or "facts," for that matter. Or rather, "don't lose your shit when you find out you'll get exactly what you want," since most Fallout fans think that Fallout 3 should feature a movable...

I still get a chuckle out of the notion that Bethsoft is some sort of champion of change and progress in the video game industry, when in reality they are just following the market and doing what everyone expects: creating first/third person, action-heavy pseudo-RPGs with the console crowd in...

Please, I've been lurking around NMA, the Bethsoft forums and voraciously eating up Fallout 3 news since before you could pick up an Xbox 360 controller. I've read every Fallout 3 preview, I've played though every Bethsoft RPG, even the pseudo-RPG dreck that is Oblivion, and I've developed a...

Bethsoft's only quality work is at the superficial level, and even that's questionable. It's all been downhill since Battlespire.

Oblivion fans. Remember, all of Oblivion's cells reset after 72 in-game hours. So, if you went back to Fort Generic after having cleared it out three days ago, you would find that a whole new band of miscreants have settled there, restocked all the loot and reset all the traps.

"Yep. To second MSFD, we don't auto-level exactly to your level. We have all sorts of adjustments available. If we didn't the game would be boring " -- Alan Nanes, aka Slateman, on the level-scaling for Oblivion.

Considering Bethsoft's PR history, I'm inclined to think that the footage and "hands-on" material will be closed-door, pre-approved press-only. On the other hand, it is getting closer and closer to the release date, and not putting any footage out for the public would be pretty ridiculous.

It's called humor and those of us with a sense of it often use it to make points. Bethsoft is a market-driven company that makes substandard products, which reminded me of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Now here's something to blow your mind: your post about my "unconstructive" post is...

I've come to an awful conclusion: Bethsoft is a real-life Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Oblivion's and Fallout 3's "...fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws..." Dogmeat is pretty much marketed as "...your plastic [or rather, hairy] pal who's fun...

Thank Todd for that compass, otherwise I'd have no idea where the Behemoth is.

I love the fact that this preview, which actually mentions Fallout 3's blatant flaws, make me a thousand times more hopeful for this game than the legions of previews with lines like "Bethesda Softworks, a glorious pantheon of gaming gods, will be bringing us the only game anyone will ever play...

I can't help but feel a little hopeful. With this rebirth of Interplay, can Secret of Vulcan Fury be far behind? No, but a man can dream.

He's the fellow responsible for these: "I know you don't want to hear it, but you're just going to have to trust us that the dialogue is better than Morrowind's." "You can only use the map-based fast travel to go to places you've already been. So you'll HAVE to walk to each possible...

I thought that I'd mention that I'm having the same issue. However, this problem occurred without any reloading between the first and second battles. It's a nice infinite money cheat, though. :)

Well, that's... depressing. It might be fun for the first play-through, but after that it seems like it's going to be a chore.

Given what I know, my impression is that Vault 101 will function like the Imperial Sewers in Oblivion: a disappointing and boring way to integrate character generation and tutorials into the main game. I hope the "first hour" comment is something pulled from someone's nether regions. Oblivion is...