Interplay Plans $75 Million Fallout MMO

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75 million it better be good
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  • RevlicRevlic Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58367Members
    edited December 2006
    ######. holy skulk.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    edited December 2006
    zomg, fallout ftw.

    if they can incorporate the feel and the comedy of the fallout games into an MMO like blizzard did with warcraft, they could have a major success on their hands.

    "launch date of July 2010" - so far away <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" /> we'll be living in a real nuclear wasteland before the game comes out
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  • tigersmithtigersmith Join Date: 2004-11-11 Member: 32749Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter
    interplay needs another Descent to get released
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  • RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
    Maybe if they get Obsidian to develop it, but otherwise I'm not holding out hope.
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  • ScrapScrap Join Date: 2005-01-06 Member: 32953Members
    this is music to my ears. Loved the fallout game and thank god the series hasnt died out. Pipeboy 2000 ftw! (or whatever he was called)
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    ###### RAWK.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    Sorry to burst your bubble but this (and F3 IIRC) dosn't have any of the former devs with them. It's just a plan to suck money out of the Fallout license.
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    while you do raise a point, I think that if the dev team is dedicated enough (With 75 million under me, I'd be dedicated as all ######.) they could pull it off rather sexily.
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  • wnnwnn Zombie Panic modeller Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16960Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1588106:date=Dec 13 2006, 10:41 PM:name=Svenpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Svenpa @ Dec 13 2006, 10:41 PM) [snapback]1588106[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Sorry to burst your bubble but this (and F3 IIRC) dosn't have any of the former devs with them. It's just a plan to suck money out of the Fallout license.
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    This? Yes. But Fallout3 has Bethesda behind it, (creators of Oblivion) and they said they're gonna create the game in the genre they can do best - First person.
    It's also good to know they're all dedicated fans of Fallout1&2 so it's probably gonna be good.
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  • Fall0utFall0ut Join Date: 2003-09-18 Member: 20988Members, Constellation
    Someone say my name? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    Wow, that is old news... read it about 4 days ago <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    But it'd be nice to have this one.... lets hope it'll be good.
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  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    it will suck

    1. interplay
    2. no BIS
    3. broke so want lot of $$$
    4. no BIS
    5. interplay? mmo? ROFLCAKES
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    *general statement of skepsis*
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    Where did the interplay fallout/fallout2 team go? Troika games, and when that collapsed, where from there? Did they disintegrate?
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  • AegeriAegeri Join Date: 2003-02-13 Member: 13486Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1588167:date=Dec 13 2006, 06:37 PM:name=Necro)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Necro @ Dec 13 2006, 06:37 PM) [snapback]1588167[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    it will suck

    1. interplay
    2. no BIS
    3. broke so want lot of $$$
    4. no BIS
    5. interplay? mmo? ROFLCAKES
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    Exactly.

    All Hearve Caen has left is his rats and not a hell of a lot else.
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    I'm going to justify my restatement of so many posts above by trying to word it as Yoda might: "Fallout in a title does not a great game make."

    "Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel" is proof of this. The game was bad enough that its makers not only tried to cash in on the amazingness of Fallout 1 & 2, they even went so far as to choose a name that'd get people confused with "Fallout: Tactics, Brotherhood of Steel."

    (I recognize that Fallout Tactics was a disappointment to many Fallout 1/2 fans, but it was a far better game than BoS. And if you enjoy games like X-com, Jagged Alliance, or Silent Storm as much as I do, it was just as fun as Fallout 1 or 2, it just needed to be approached as being in a different genre.)
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    If you listen carefully you can hear a million gamers cry.
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  • SvenpaSvenpa Wait, what? Join Date: 2004-01-03 Member: 25012Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1588187:date=Dec 14 2006, 01:21 AM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thaldarin @ Dec 14 2006, 01:21 AM) [snapback]1588187[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    If you listen carefully you can hear a million gamers cry.
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    Well, it's sad that it probably isn't going to be a true follow-up but if they get that kind of budget im definetivly interested. At least it will be pretty to look at.
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  • AegeriAegeri Join Date: 2003-02-13 Member: 13486Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1588190:date=Dec 13 2006, 07:25 PM:name=Svenpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Svenpa @ Dec 13 2006, 07:25 PM) [snapback]1588190[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Well, it's sad that it probably isn't going to be a true follow-up but if they get that kind of budget im definetivly interested. At least it will be pretty to look at.
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    Where are they getting the money? This is ineptplay remember, Harve Caen doesn't have enough organs to sell for capital anymore.

    He's only got two kidneys, one liver and such. It can't go very far.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    So, when are we going to remember money != good. Let's just take a look at the masterpiece called Star Wars Ep1 and it's budget <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1588212:date=Dec 14 2006, 02:51 AM:name=Comprox)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Comprox @ Dec 14 2006, 02:51 AM) [snapback]1588212[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    So, when are we going to remember money != good. Let's just take a look at the masterpiece called Star Wars Ep1 and it's budget <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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    Ruining the fun for everyone again?

    I bet you destroyed castles made out of sand or shot balls over fences on purpose when you were younger, didn't you ? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    No, I destroyed whole worlds! Im holding out hope here, just trying to keep the 4 year hype in check <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • PerfectionsFlawPerfectionsFlaw Join Date: 2003-02-14 Member: 13555Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1588176:date=Dec 13 2006, 06:50 PM:name=emperor_awesome)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(emperor_awesome @ Dec 13 2006, 06:50 PM) [snapback]1588176[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Where did the interplay fallout/fallout2 team go? Troika games, and when that collapsed, where from there? Did they disintegrate?
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    The key developers were BIS 'Black Isle Studios' and 'Interplay'. Every last man on BIS was laid off prior to the release of 'Brotherhood of Steel'.

    I don't hold out much hope for this game, I didn't even touch the last one. That P.O.S. 3d hack-n-slash. I dunno, maybe since the first pair was good and the second pair sucked, the fifth might be decent? If it's an MMO, I trust in it to fail, miserably. The best bet to restore the franchise is a GTA clone, that or an allout BF2 clone.
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  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    BIS split into two groups Troika and Obsidian
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