GameTap writes: "Grand Theft Auto III set the standard for open-world gameplay back in 2001, and managed to sell 12 million copies in the process. That was enough to send other developers jumping onto the sandbox bandwagon, with varying levels of success. Seven years later, technology is much better equipped to handle big, free-roaming environments; these are some of the open-world games you can expect to see in 2008.
Fallout 3
You shouldn't be surprised that Bethesda, with its long history of open-ended role-playing games (even the ones before The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, as buggy and imperfect as they were, were large, open-world affairs), is a part of this list. Bethesda has inherited the Fallout license, and even though not much has been shown beyond elements lifted from the opening area and first dungeon, we can already see the fusion of Elder Scrolls and Fallout gameplay--namely, the first-person perspective, the radioactive wasteland setting, real-time combat with the ability to pause (a throwback to Fallout's turn-based combat), the SPECIAL (Strength, Perception, Endurance, Intelligence, Agility, Luck) character development system, multiple solutions to quests, and the dark humor."
Fallout 3 game designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the upcoming remaster should revise the game's gunplay to be more modern.
Give us FO3 with all the dlc remastered like ESO. Load times faster, quality of life improvements, gun play improvements
I believe it shouldn't just be graphical they should make improvements where they can to make the game better. A simple face lift isn't what's needed
Still my favorite one. I remember getting a digital copy of FO3 when I got FO4(XBO). It was nice to finally play a stable version of the game. Then when I got a Series S it was an even better expierence. Quick resume and FPS boost made it feel like a whole new game. Updated gunplay would be very welcome though. One of the few things FO4 did better.
The rumoured Fallout 3 Remaster is still in development, but it will be years until fans get to play it on new platforms.
Fairly certain we all know that New Vegas isn't getting anything because it's not a Bethesda developed game.
***MS owns both devs, if they want it, a 3rd party will make it. ***
I think the issue is that it's not a Bethesda developed game, not that MS owns both. This is more about Todd.
Yep ... Todd doesn't like getting bettered within his own IP scope.
I still think of the Elder Scrolls spin-off Obsidian pitched similar to New Vegas, but Todd rejected.
Replayed NV more than FO3 ... so I appreciate the FO3 remaster more.
For NV, I'd much prefer a sequel or a spinoff from Obsidian.
It's crazy New Vegas wasn't worked on first to launch alongside Fallout Season 2.
They could have added all the cut content they had planned but didn't have enough development time to add, possibly even expand on it a little more. For example, have the Vegas strip as one big hub over being chopped into smaller sections we have to keep loading into.
The only Fallout game I’ve played, PS3 had to keep stopping every few minutes to save. Next thing I knew the credits were rolling and I never did any side quest. I never replayed the game because of all the bugs the game had.
I've played Fallout 3 more than any game. I lost count many years ago of how many times I finished it. It was my first Platinum trophy. But yeah, it was buggy on PS3 at launch before it got properly patched.
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