What PC games are you all looking forward to?

[Lemur]

Any info on Fallout3? Will it be isometric or first person a la Morrowind? Any screenshots? Anything?

Here's the poster from this month's E3:

This page has consolidated info on F3, which ain't much. Given how rabid and insane most Fallout fans are, Bethesda is probably wise to keep things under wraps. As one of the makers of Fallout said, "Fallout fans are the worst fans in the world." Which made him super-duper popular with, erm, Fallout fans.

[Fragony]

I remember them being quite upset with Fallout Tactics (which I actually really liked). They better make it isometric and turn based like it should be.

[Lemur]

Don't get your hopes up, Frag.

Can we expect something similar to the work done on Morrowind, in terms of that style of game experience?
Pete Hines: Again, it's early to say, but it wouldn't be a leap of faith to say that we plan to use technologies in development otherwise. You could make some fairly safe leaps of faith that it would be similar in style. We're not going to go away from what it is that we do best. We're not going to suddenly do a top-down isometric Baldur's Gate-style game, because that's not what we do well.

If we keep talking Fallout 3, we're going to have to make a new thread. Or is that necessary? It's definitely a game we're anticipating ...

[econ21]

They better make it isometric and turn based like it should be.

Forget about it:

Pete Hines: Again, it's early to say, but it wouldn't be a leap of faith to say that we plan to use technologies in development otherwise. You could make some fairly safe leaps of faith that it would be similar in style. We're not going to go away from what it is that we do best. We're not going to suddenly do a top-down isometric Baldur's Gate-style game, because that's not what we do well.

It will be Oblivion with guns n mutants. But if they improve the voice-acting, characters and plot from Oblivion as much as they improved them from Morrowind to Obivion, it might just be a very good game.

I'll say one thing for Bethesda - they just don't do small. They should at least get the epic quality required for a Fallout. They are also capable of some of creating some of the dark, freaky qualities that Fallout requires (think of Morrowind's Daedric ruins in a sandstorm or indeed Oblivion itself).

EDIT: Lemur beat me to the punch!

[Fragony]

No doubt they can make it a compelling game, and we will sure see some amazing enviroments, but this does suck a bit. I wonder how they are going to implement your companions, if they even intent to. Sounds like cashing in on a beloved franchise if you ask me, and it would indeed be better if bioware made it because of Kotor's great combat system, much more suited for Fallout imnsvho

[Lemur]

Sounds like cashing in on a beloved franchise if you ask me.

I don't agree. The Fallout games have a huge reputation, but none of them made much money. Even Fallout 2, the biggest seller, didn't break into Civ or Sims territory, or even come close.

I think the Bethesda gang want to make F3 for the same reason any of us would -- they love the old games. But they're going to do it their way, and build it using their tools. I'm trying to think of it as the biggest fan-made homage ever created. It won't really be Fallout, but that's okay. The team that made the first two games is long gone, scattered to the four corners of the earth.

Even a KOTOR-type Fallout wouldn't "really" be Fallout. The king is dead, long live the king!