With the first hands-on sessions with the highly controversial Fallout 3 confirmed for this weekend's Penny Arcade Expo, gameplayer has written an interesting article in preparation. They've done an extensive analysis of the flaws of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - the previous game by developer Bethesda - an exposed how they will be inexcusable in the third release in the cult Fallout series. Essential reading for those wary of the resurrection of the Fallout series in the hands of a new developer.
"When you're stepping up to the plate to make a sequel to a game that constantly finds itself in Top 100 games lists all over the globe, you want to make damn sure that you've got big enough balls for the job. In a perfect world we'd just give the job to the original developers, but unfortunately bankruptcy swallowed up Interplay Entertainment and Black Isle Studios - the developers of both Fallout games - several years ago. With the studio left in disarray, the Fallout name was put up to the highest bidder, resulting in a million dollar deal with Bethesda Softworks for the licence."
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.
IGN : How does the new The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, released in 2025 for Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, and PS5, compare to the original 2006 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion released on Xbox 360, played via Xbox Series X/S Backwards Compatibility?
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.
Oblivion will still be king when all is said and done.
94 on Metacritic.Fat chance Fallout
But Morrowwind still is king to me.
what about Daggerfall? :)
Fallout 1 and 2.
Screw it up Bethesda and die
The author pointed out the most glaring flaws in Oblivion such as reusing textures, repetitive gameplay, and poor AI. Bethesda will most likely fix those flaws in Fallout 3 but I'd be surprised if they can pull it all off with only 7GB of space. Regardless, I'll still be buying the game when it comes out.