Official PlayStation Magazine UK article

Brother None

Brother None

This ghoul has seen it all
Orderite
The Fallout 3 article in the OPM UK is available in scans. It contains no new screenshots or info, but it's worth posting for some of the most unintentionally hilarious text I've ever read, from referring to a BoS paladin as "this steampunk knight" to this:<blockquote>Any argument about the best videogame weapon end here. Fallout 3's Fat Man is awe-inspiringly, brilliantly, destructive - an instant classic. It's basically a spring-loaded catapult that lobs football-sized nukes at enemies. The results are magnificent, beautiful and terrifying. There's a muted "wumf!" a shimmering blast of heat and a blinding flash, all of which are immediately eclipsed by a blossoming mushroom cloud that expands, slowly, to the size of a terraced house.
When the smoke eventually clears the only things that remain are an assortment of pulpy bad-guy nuggets and the gently insistent click of your Geiger counter. It's probably best not to stand downwind of the blast. For about 10,000 years. But when you're lost in a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with irradiated ants the size of Volvos and psychotic mutants, you need to pack some serious heat.</blockquote>Oh, come on...

You're not going to sit there with a straight face and tell me this isn't a bad joke.

Link: OPM UK scans.

Thanks Mr Lizard.
 
NMA whiners. Why don't you all go play Fallout 2 again?

Yay for steampunk knights!

I'm looking at you Destructoid, you bunch of cretins.

:EDIT:
Why do gaming mags look so ugly these days? :\
 
They're not as big as Volvos.

In fact, almost none of that text seems to have any basis in what Bethesda is showing of the game, especially "When the smoke eventually clears the only things that remain are an assortment of pulpy bad-guy nuggets and the gently insistent click of your Geiger counter"

Either OPM has seen a second demo or, in good journalist fashion, they're making shit up.
 
well, brilliant, sure. i mean, the flash was full of bloom, so he's right.
 
Must be classical 'making shit up'. It' too poorly hyped for a new, exclusive (badly treated) info.

Anyway, ants & Volvos = great train of thoughts. It should be really written up somewhere (presumably in a NMA sarcastic corner).
 
Any argument about the best videogame weapon end here. Fallout 3's Fat Man is awe-inspiringly, brilliantly, destructive - an instant classic. It's basically a spring-loaded catapult that lobs football-sized nukes at enemies. The results are magnificent, beautiful and terrifying. There's a muted "wumf!" a shimmering blast of heat and a blinding flash, all of which are immediately eclipsed by a blossoming mushroom cloud that expands, slowly, to the size of a terraced house.
Click to expand...

I want him to describe in detail the workings of a turd, next. :D
 
The results are magnificent, beautiful and terrifying. There's a muted "wumf!" a shimmering blast of heat and a blinding flash, all of which are immediately eclipsed by a blossoming mushroom cloud that expands, slowly, to the size of a terraced house.
When the smoke eventually clears the only things that remain are an assortment of pulpy bad-guy nuggets
Click to expand...

bfg.jpg


:roll:
 
Dammit, the scans are no longer online.

As regarding the description of the Fatman's munition yield. I guess its not such a powerful weapon after all, seeing as still bits of the opponent probably standing at ground zero remain.
 
NMA whiners. Why don't you all go play Fallout 2 again?
Click to expand...

I think i try to play Fallout 2 and Fallout 1 at least 4 times a year. I think allot of people forget that us NMA fans are the die hard fans that will never stop loving the isometric, freedom, dark humor, and dark 50's setting of Fallout, so we will never stop playing Fallout because theres nothing else like it in the universe. So quicha bichen Morbus!

BTW this spring loaded nuke luncher sounds Ridiculous. Thats all I'll say about that.
 
Yea.... I certainly hope Vault Boy does realize that, when reading a comment like that from a NMA site official, it's supposed to be a joke. It's a very funny one too, considering the near-constant stream of "All you want is a Fallout 2 clone" trolls we get here.

And the nuk-a-pult....yep, worst idea for Beth's Fallout so far. Which is impressive, considering how many things there are to complain about with this GAME OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO EVERYONE!

How dare we? Boy have we got some nerve. What do we know of their infinitely wise and intelligent vision? Were we there when they made Fallout?

....Yea, it's been an unpleasant experience for NMA dealing with a lot of Bethsoft's people. Though it seems like that Grandstaff fellow can be level-headed on occassion.
 
Vault Boy said:
So quicha bichen Morbus!
Click to expand...
Shoo shoo... Go fix you sarcasm detector VB!

Moving Target said:
It's a very funny one too, considering the near-constant stream of "All you want is a Fallout 2 clone" trolls we get here.
Click to expand...
Even more when most of us would prefer a Fallout 1 clone rather that a FO2 one. Not that we want (I don't) a clone, of course.
 
Not really surprising. I've suspected for a while now that most people are viewing this game as some sort of "Pew pew run around and frag the <S>strogg</S> <S>orcs</S> <S>zombies</s> muties" type of game with a few RPG elements sprinkled about. To them the Fatman is just the Fallout version of a BFG.
 
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Still, I maintain hope that all this is Bethsoft's PR machine catering to whoever happens to be interviewing them. There are good thigns I've read about the game too (albiet, never in much detail).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top