[The Great Hairy]

Originally Posted by Sinclair

I wouldn't count my chickens if BIS was still making it, after all, there were 4 Fallout games: 2 were golden and I wish I could forget them so I could play them again, 1 was an adequate tactical shooter pockmarked with flaws that was disappointing to everyone, and 1 was a completely worthless console game that I shouldn't have spent money on.

Note that BIS was owned by Interplay, who made that console game. Absolutely no guarantee that if BIS was making F3, they'd make a "good" version.

Originally Posted by Sinclair

I wouldn't count my chickens if Troika was making it, as they have a tendency to make games that are great, but unfinished. Arcanum, for instance, is fabulous, but there are all sorts of flaws (combat f'rinstance) that drag it down. Temple of Elemental Evil may have been one of the buggiest games ever.

And if Trokia was making it - it would probably use the Half Life 2 engine, as Vampire Bloodlines did. And thus would be a First person style game. Anyway, Trokia is rumoured to be working on a post-apocalypse game for their next release, so that may fulfil the F3 requirements.

Originally Posted by Sinclair

But that's "it's-gonna-be-good" chicken-counting. When it comes to "why-are-they-doing-this" chicken-counting, I will bet that Fallout 3 will be poisoned by Bethesda. Even if the people responsible for Morrowind don't make the game, it will still reportedly be using a first-person engine. WHY? WHY? WHY GODDAMMIT? What is the point of handing off something that could be glorious to people who will most likely make it anything but?

We don't know if it is going to be bad. We don't know if it is going to be good. Morrowind, whilst not your cup of tea, is played and loved by a lot of people. Bethesda may not produce the F3 you are hoping for, but they may produce a F3 which is bought by hundreds of thousands of people.

My feelings at the moment are that it's not worth getting worked up over. Eventually more details will come to light, and we can make an informed judgement on the game. With the derth of information we currently have, there is no point in declaring "it's gunna be bad!" or visa versa.

Yes, Bethesda is making it. So? We don't know who the writer is. Who the designers are. What system they are using (SPECIAL/d20/whatever). What engine. What structure. We know almost nothing about the development! Until we have more info, there is no point in making judgement calls.

Cheers,
TGHO