Black Isle Studios Fallout 3 : Fallout Series Discussion

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:29 pm

came across some Fallout 3 videos when Black Isle Studios was still the dev house for it and felt like sharing the links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54EtddYFOy4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuDKrY7eW0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEgYy-AsV20&feature=related

this is coming from a person that has played Fallout 1 and 2, but the Black Isle Studios version does look dated. guess I don't have strong nostalgic feelings when watching the vids

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:06 pm

Bear in mind that it was supposed to come out in the early 2000s.

And there's a topic like this nearly every week, it seems. The game would have been awesome had it been finished, but alas, Black Isle shut down.

At least Bethesda's Fallout 3 is a worthy successor, in my eyes.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:55 am

came across some Fallout 3 videos when Black Isle Studios was still the dev house for it and felt like sharing the links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54EtddYFOy4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuDKrY7eW0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEgYy-AsV20&feature=related

this is coming from a person that has played Fallout 1 and 2, but the Black Isle Studios version does look dated. guess I don't have strong nostalgic feelings when watching the vids

yeah, and you can download the tech demo http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php?action=file&file_id=892.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:58 pm

I played the tech demo, and to be honest the 3d engine bit put me off. I'd have preferred the good old sprites any day, just higher rez.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:47 am

It's really too bad we'll never see this game completed. Somewhere out there, in an alternate reality, there's some really lucky gamers. Pity they're all doomed to a nuclear apocalypse 69 years from now.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:52 am

At least Bethesda's Fallout 3 is a worthy successor, in my eyes.

I agree.

Well, mostly. Every time I try to type "it's a worthy succes-RRRARGH" the memories of the ending come back to me and my hands start rebelling against the brain's authority.

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:59 pm

Black Isle Studios...aren't they prettymuch "Sequels 'R' Us"?

KOTOR2, NWN 2 etc?

I liked KOTOR 2, but eck.......can't stand NWN2, I'm a big fan of NWN, but I uninstalled NWN2, haven't bought the expansion,
or the one that's coming out in a couple of weeks either....I just hate it

Can't say I'm sorry to see them go.....

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:26 pm

Black Isle Studios...aren't they prettymuch "Sequels 'R' Us"?

KOTOR2, NWN 2 etc?

I liked KOTOR 2, but eck.......can't stand NWN2, I'm a big fan of NWN, but I uninstalled NWN2, haven't bought the expansion,
or the one that's coming out in a couple of weeks either....I just hate it

Can't say I'm sorry to see them go.....

Hah, wow.

You do realize you're talking about Bioware, and not Black Isle, right?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:12 pm

Hah, wow.

You do realize you're talking about Bioware, and not Black Isle, right?

Bioware did the ORIGINALS....I'm talking about the sequels

Bleh...it was Obsidian not Black Isle that did the Sequels....so NO, I wasn't talking about Bioware

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:21 am

Bioware did the ORIGINALS....I'm talking about the sequels

No, you're still talking about Bioware (and Obsidian for NWN2).

Black Isle was shut down in 2003.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:30 pm

Black Isle Studios...aren't they prettymuch "Sequels 'R' Us"?

KOTOR2, NWN 2 etc?

I liked KOTOR 2, but eck.......can't stand NWN2, I'm a big fan of NWN, but I uninstalled NWN2, haven't bought the expansion,
or the one that's coming out in a couple of weeks either....I just hate it

Can't say I'm sorry to see them go.....

I think you might be thinking of Bioware...

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:51 am

Wait Obsidian IS Bioware?

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:42 am

came across some Fallout 3 videos when Black Isle Studios was still the dev house for it and felt like sharing the links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54EtddYFOy4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuDKrY7eW0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEgYy-AsV20&feature=related

this is coming from a person that has played Fallout 1 and 2, but the Black Isle Studios version does look dated. guess I don't have strong nostalgic feelings when watching the vids

A lot of this is floating here around for years now (well not in that length but most of it is known)

Just shows me again that "iso metric" or "pseudo isometric" are NOT impossible with 3D.

Wait Obsidian IS Bioware?

No
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment, founded in 2003 after the disestablishment of Interplay Productions' Black Isle Studios, is a video game developer for PC and console systems. Obsidian continues to operate under management by its founding officers: Feargus Urquhart, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, Chris Avellone and Chris Jones. In July 2005 they hired Josh Sawyer of Icewind Dale fame. In May 2007 composer Alexander Brandon was hired to head the Audio Department. The company has around 135 employees as of 2008.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:15 am

Yeah, KOTOR2 and NWN2 are still Bioware products I'm afraid

Rush to completion and all.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:16 pm

Wait Obsidian IS Bioware?

No, they're not, but I just caught on to your point. You were only referring to Kotor 2 and NWN 2 mainly, so yeah, Obsidian.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:24 pm

Yeah, KOTOR2 and NWN2 are still Bioware products I'm afraid

Rush to completion and all.

Then who the heck is Obsidian?

Yea...I LOVE Bioware.....they poop GOLD AFAIK....

It's when their babies get passed off to someone else, they suffer

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:31 pm

Wait Obsidian IS Bioware?

Oh wait, you're right, Obsidian did the sequel. Still Obsidian isn't Black Isle

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:55 pm

Then who the heck is Obsidian?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_Entertainment

You were half right before. The company does include former members of Black Isle.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:02 pm

Can't say I'm sorry to see them go.....

I'm not that surprised, considering you don't seem to know who Black Isle were in the first place.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:16 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_Entertainment

You were half right before. The company does include former members of Black Isle.

Aaah....OK, I knew there was at least some small stupid link to BlackIsle.....

Stupid Facts 'n' Stuff getting in the way of my rants!

I'm not that surprised, considering you don't seem to know who Black Isle were in the first place.

And YOU are.......?
Important somehow?

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:56 pm

Though to give Obsidian some credit, the primary problem with KOTOR2 wasn't a developer problem, it was the guys with the suits who made them rush it to completion. The net result being huge chunks of content cut from the game (endings, an entire planet, the droid factory, interactions between the HK-47 and T3). Personally I think if those guys over at team-gizka complete their restoration, and someone picks up restoring the droid planet, it may become a damn good game, instead of a decent game with a half finished feel.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:22 pm

Wait Obsidian IS Bioware?

Obsidian is a company that ruins all the good things Bioware did.

But EA owns Bioware now so you can expect crap from them too.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:16 pm

Obsidian is a company that ruins all the good things Bioware did.

But EA owns Bioware now so you can expect crap from them too.

I believe you

Is Bethesda the last bastion of game developers who haven't been bought up by EA?

It's obvious that EA is all about money.....I'm sure we all know the SPORE debacle among others.........

Cripes, I remember buying EA stuff back on the C64 when the Logo was the essential 3 primitives.....Sphere, Cube, and Cone....not in that order....
Who would've thought, back in the early 80's that EA would turn out to be such a juggernaut of prickdom, who's only concern
is getting their CEO's their 7 million dollar a year salary

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:58 pm

I'm glad a topic on Black Isle's canceled F3 got started. I still feel it had a much superior storyline than the Fallout 3 we have today. You start off as a prisoner in a cryo-prison or something and venture out into the wasteland from there. Even the endings were far superior. The endgame played out on a space station loaded with nuclear missiles and you get the choice of rigging the nukes to target specific locations you visited in the game.

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:34 pm

Black Isle Studios' Baldur's Gate series is probably the best RPGs ever made. I can't say the same thing about their version of Fallout 3 though because it was never completed. And no offence but NWN series just felt like a poor man's Baldur's Gate... ( voice acting is still excellent though :bigsmile:

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