Rihards Unplugged

It’s a good time to be a Fallout time, well maybe not good, as a lot of things are still uncertain, but it’s certainly an exciting time. For Bethesda, the makers of Morrowind/Oblivion and now Fallout 3, are spilling info and releasing goodies all over the place.

But what really caught my eye recently, is Kotaku’s Fallout 3 facts article. A lot of interesting things here, while most of them sound really good and exciting, there are some that I don’t really think are so nice. Namely the short gameplay time (estimated at only 40 hours including all the sidequests), and the second thing that really annoys me is the fact that there will be no vehicles in the game.

For crying out loud, even Oblivion had “vehicles” (horses), I can’t really imagine how one would travel a barren world if not by some run down buggy/car ala Mad Max style.

Excellent news today. Two sites have posted some really exciting news regarding Fallout 3. First one is Shacknews, where quite an extensive preview was posted, which includes many things that make me glad that Bethesda picked up Fallout and not some other company.

The other site is Destructoid which I have been visiting more and more lately. They have posted a preview as well, not as long and extensive as Shacknews, but with some really cool new pictures from Fallout 3, including the above one. Be sure to check out both if you are a Fallout fan, or even just an RPG fan.