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Talking to VG247 today, Bethesda’s Peter Hines said the firm’s “pretty pleased” with the press reaction to Fallout 3 from E3, and that many journalists we shocked they could actually play the game.
“I think we’re pretty pleased,” said Hines. “A lot of folks that came to the booth were surprised they were getting to play the game and outside of a few things (perks, achievements, main quest) could go and do whatever they wanted in the time they had. We sort of feel like that’s what our games do well, let people do things on their own without forcing them.
“So I’d be walking around and people would be in completely different parts of the world. Some just exploring, some talking to everyone in Megaton, or trying a quest, and so on. So I thought that went well and the game showed well and the feedback seems to be pretty good from the articles and previews I’ve been reading.
“Obviously it’s more important what guys like you thought of the game than what I thought.”
Fallout 3 took a headline slot in the Microsoft E3 press conference, following a lead performance from Gears of War 2.
The game releases on October 7 in the US, with no fixed date yet given in Europe.
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Blerk said:
Obviously he’s not read the EG preview yet.
patlike said:
I got these quotes back this morning.
Blerk said:
I guess they’ve got reason to be pleased. 99% of the previews I’ve seen were very positive. And even I liked the look of it. That’s almost unheard of.
patlike said:
From what I saw in London in the spring, it was impressive. I didn’t play it, though, although that’s going to be fixed very soon.
I dunno. Opinion’s opinion, I guess. I was shown a very structured demo, but the combat, etc, looked great.
mightyhokie said:
Looked like a lot of fun to me. If it is as good as Oblivion (not an easy thing to do) then I’ll be happy as hell.
Psychotext said:
I just scanned a Blerk post containing no negativity. TELL ME IT AINT SO!
deanimate said:
i think it looks awesome. and from reading the comments on various posts about fallout 3 on nma-fallout.com i do believe the glittering gems of hatred are starting to thaw slightly. some of the excuses and nit picking coming from some people are now getting so ridiculous that it must mean they’re warming to the game.
or maybe they want me dead.
hmm.
wz said:
Oblivion with a bit more “life” in it -> Epic win!