Post by K on Jun 21, 2007 1:41:43 GMT 1
Hello there. I'm K or Keono, whatever you like. I've created this forum to gather people who are willing to help out creating a true Fallout sequel. Anyone who has the intention to help is welcome, even if it is to comment on ideas and other work done, as long as you're trying to help it's all good. Let's put our talents together and do some sequel-making people! \o/
The NMA post starting this forum:
First off, this: I have no programming skills, I'm no expert designer, I'm not a professional storywriter, none of that. But I am a fan of Fallout, I really love those games, though I'm not even an expert at that. So know that I'm just this, and whatever you think of that is up to you.
Now, I know that everyone here must like Fallout, what else are you doing here? Knowing that, it's very likely that not many of you are enjoying Bethesda's ways of 'handling' the Fallout franchise. I at first thought they might pull it off, sort of, because of the money and the press who always seem to back them up. Then I read some interviews and I thought they were going to mess it up badly. When the teaser came out I was actually content; they were heading in the right direction and on the way they added a pretty big dose of 'fanservice'. But with the recent article in the Game Informer, I could read between the lines and feel how they were just way off. And now I've read an interview with Bethesda... it killed my spirit. He mentioned the dialogue trees being a lot like Oblivion, which would mean your character only speaks one word and the NPC has to do all the talking to fill you in. And the worst thing I've heard is them saying that "If you are a fan who is adamantly against some significant changes to the way gameplay occurs in the Fallout series, I’m going to tell you right now and save you the disappointment: I don’t think you’ll like Fallout 3."
So that's pretty much a big FU to everyone who enjoys Fallout for everything it is. Todd just liked the atmosphere and all the originality, he thought it would be cool to rip it off and have an anal jousting match with it so he could do something of his own... with 'evolved' game mechanics, a Resident Evil mutant and a nuclear slingshot thing while trying to survive the radiation (yeah, they really thought that one through). Thanks for f*cking up my favorite franchise Todd, thanks for gutting my youth. What're you gonna kill next, Spider-man/Transformers/Star Wars/Die Hard/Sam & Max/Rambo/Double Dragon/Zelda/Swat Cats/Terminator/Sonic/The Terrible f*ckin' Thunder f*ckin' Lizzards... F*CKIN'
So where does this leave me? Well, I recently heard from someone who PM'ed me at the Bethesda forum about this topic. So now I see others who are displeased and they want to do something, they want to create a true sequel to Fallout, a sequel worthy of the name and the fans who wholeheartedly enjoyed the first two games. I hear some good ideas, but nothing is really happening. Well, I would really like that to change.
This is not meant to be something emotional, I don't mean to draw attention to my opinion or whatever crap one might think. I would like everyone who doesn't like the current progress and wants to do something about it to actually do that. Any help is welcome, as long as we're really trying to create a sequel worthy of the name 'Fallout'. What can we do? I have no idea as of yet, but I want to find out and see what we can come up with. There's got to be enough talented people out there, and even more good ideas. Let's gather 'em all and at least try something. That is all I would like.
So, if you're even remotely interested in helping out, check out this forum, register and let's discuss this. Because I don't want a crappy sequel to be the end of Fallout, I hope you do neither.
-K
The NMA post starting this forum:
First off, this: I have no programming skills, I'm no expert designer, I'm not a professional storywriter, none of that. But I am a fan of Fallout, I really love those games, though I'm not even an expert at that. So know that I'm just this, and whatever you think of that is up to you.
Now, I know that everyone here must like Fallout, what else are you doing here? Knowing that, it's very likely that not many of you are enjoying Bethesda's ways of 'handling' the Fallout franchise. I at first thought they might pull it off, sort of, because of the money and the press who always seem to back them up. Then I read some interviews and I thought they were going to mess it up badly. When the teaser came out I was actually content; they were heading in the right direction and on the way they added a pretty big dose of 'fanservice'. But with the recent article in the Game Informer, I could read between the lines and feel how they were just way off. And now I've read an interview with Bethesda... it killed my spirit. He mentioned the dialogue trees being a lot like Oblivion, which would mean your character only speaks one word and the NPC has to do all the talking to fill you in. And the worst thing I've heard is them saying that "If you are a fan who is adamantly against some significant changes to the way gameplay occurs in the Fallout series, I’m going to tell you right now and save you the disappointment: I don’t think you’ll like Fallout 3."
So that's pretty much a big FU to everyone who enjoys Fallout for everything it is. Todd just liked the atmosphere and all the originality, he thought it would be cool to rip it off and have an anal jousting match with it so he could do something of his own... with 'evolved' game mechanics, a Resident Evil mutant and a nuclear slingshot thing while trying to survive the radiation (yeah, they really thought that one through). Thanks for f*cking up my favorite franchise Todd, thanks for gutting my youth. What're you gonna kill next, Spider-man/Transformers/Star Wars/Die Hard/Sam & Max/Rambo/Double Dragon/Zelda/Swat Cats/Terminator/Sonic/The Terrible f*ckin' Thunder f*ckin' Lizzards... F*CKIN'
So where does this leave me? Well, I recently heard from someone who PM'ed me at the Bethesda forum about this topic. So now I see others who are displeased and they want to do something, they want to create a true sequel to Fallout, a sequel worthy of the name and the fans who wholeheartedly enjoyed the first two games. I hear some good ideas, but nothing is really happening. Well, I would really like that to change.
This is not meant to be something emotional, I don't mean to draw attention to my opinion or whatever crap one might think. I would like everyone who doesn't like the current progress and wants to do something about it to actually do that. Any help is welcome, as long as we're really trying to create a sequel worthy of the name 'Fallout'. What can we do? I have no idea as of yet, but I want to find out and see what we can come up with. There's got to be enough talented people out there, and even more good ideas. Let's gather 'em all and at least try something. That is all I would like.
So, if you're even remotely interested in helping out, check out this forum, register and let's discuss this. Because I don't want a crappy sequel to be the end of Fallout, I hope you do neither.
-K