Fallout 3 begins with birth, ends any of 500 ways

by Terrence Stasse { Apr 10th 2008 at 10:30PM }

In an excellent back-and-forth style write-up over at 1up, the PC editors break down their newest look at Bethesda's Fallout 3. The prose of the piece is a good read and intersperses interesting and important pieces of Fallout news all throughout. Like the fact that the game begins with being born. Literally. You evidently get to view that moment in all its first-person glory. The words womb and sphincter were used.

On a more serious note, the game's previously noted 200 endings has now ballooned to 500. Now, upon first reading that number, fanboys everywhere are getting ready to say that with that many endings, they can't possibly be all that different! Duh, that's the point. When the number of game endings was first announced, it was around 10-15. Assuming those were all relatively different from each other, then our 500 ending are just 10-15 endings (likely more) with various gradations between them. The whole point is to (effectively) never have exactly the same ending twice. For those of you who think that's a raw deal because you can't see everything, then we have something to show you.

Tags: bethesda, fallout-3, fallout-III

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Squirrel @ Apr 10th 2008 10:34PM

1st achievement? Gain all endings??

andyface @ Apr 10th 2008 10:41PM

HAHAHA that'd suck.

I'm psyched (to use an America phrase), Maybe not so much about the who FPS birth thing, wonder how they researched that... actually forget I asked.

I really have nothing of interest to say other than WOOOO FALLOUT!

Zeus.:God @ Apr 10th 2008 10:41PM

IIIIITS OOVVEEEEERRRR NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNE THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!

DBZ- was such an awesome show...

Terrence Stasse @ Apr 10th 2008 10:42PM

YES!

I was afraid no one would get the reference.

Zeus.:God @ Apr 10th 2008 10:43PM

Wow... I seem to have gone off the edge of the post...

Whatever...

Its a reference to Vegeta (the Saiyan) from Dragon Ball Z when about to fight his brother, Goku earlier in the series...

Needless to say, Goku's energy levels were over 9000.

Zeus.:God @ Apr 10th 2008 10:44PM

Dude, I'm a total nerd- I know far too many internet memes than I care to.

Zeus.:God @ Apr 10th 2008 10:44PM

Oh, sorry for all the posts (really need to collaborate my thoughts a bit better)...

Do I win something?

mcwattersm @ Apr 10th 2008 10:56PM

I see we have some /b/tards.

DemonGSides @ Apr 10th 2008 11:06PM

whats new

Tom @ Apr 11th 2008 6:10PM

rules 1&2...just sayin'... :p
Mmm, DBZ reference--good times.

I can't wait for Fallout 3 :D

Akilles @ Apr 10th 2008 10:55PM

Vegeta isn't Goku's brother , hes just another saiyan out to get Goku for not blowing up the Earth.

Gal, everybody knows that.

I am so ashamed. :(

mcwattersm @ Apr 10th 2008 10:57PM

Raditz was his brother, no?

Akilles @ Apr 10th 2008 10:59PM

you are correct, my good man.

andyface @ Apr 10th 2008 10:56PM

The boob of the day award :D

After reading the 1up article I'm very much excited by the prospect of going back into the fallout world again and this time with a more interactive dogmeat, I loved that guy, but he was just a little too crazy and tended to get himself killed when he went gallivanting off biting supermutants with giant guns, *sniff.

andyface @ Apr 10th 2008 11:21PM

this relates to the "What do I win" comment

I've also just been Rick Rolled and subjected to some video of an ugly ass-cat (see xkcd) whilst looking for fallout 3 videos, I think I hate people!

andyface @ Apr 10th 2008 11:23PM

oh and it's nearly half 4 in the morning here, I'm waiting for a 60sec animation to render so I can hand it in tomorrow (well today actually) lunchtime (taken an hour and a half already and supposedly 2 more to go (so probably 3)).

Anyway far too much info.

ogvor @ Apr 10th 2008 11:23PM

Oh what a terrible show... funny joke though (and at least it's not another "Can I haz a..." joke)

ogvor @ Apr 10th 2008 11:23PM

Also, forgot to say, this game sounds better all the time. Loved Oblivion, can't wait for this.

ZEBRA NINER @ Apr 10th 2008 11:31PM

So... yeah, lots of comments. Good times. I'm excited for this game, and I don't know why.

Adam @ Apr 10th 2008 11:51PM

The world of game development needs to take lessons from the devs at bethesda.They are proof that massive games can fit on dvd9 and look beautiful as well.

bluray is a gimmick period.

Lewis @ Apr 10th 2008 11:52PM

Ending #1: You escape on a helicopter.

Ending #2 You escape on a boat.

Ending #3: You escpace on foot

Ending #4: You die a massively horrible death, and resurrect to life as a half human/half robot kind of thing with a sole purpose to color pictures.

The list goes on and on.

ManicBomber @ Apr 11th 2008 3:50AM

I want to live in a world where you can come back as a robot and color pictures.

decapit8 @ Apr 11th 2008 10:29AM

what? over 9000?

Liam @ Apr 10th 2008 11:59PM

VEGETA WHAT DOES THE SCOUTER SAY ABOUT HIS POWER LEVEL

Michael Solomon @ Apr 11th 2008 12:02AM

ending 499 left shoe untied
ending 500 i can haz shoe tied plz?

Jonman @ Apr 11th 2008 12:21AM

Maths is your friend.

2^9 = 512

Therefore, you only need 9 different binary variables that can be different at the end of the game to get over 500 possible endings.

To take that to it's most logical extreme, by allowing the player to select the colour of 4 of their avatars garments, with a choice of 5 colours each, you could rightfully claim over 1000 different endings, being that the avatar would be wearing a different outfit each time.

Phizzy @ Apr 11th 2008 2:32AM

Oh, you Xbox 360 Fanboys and your facepalm-inducing shoops...

Digital Limit @ Apr 11th 2008 2:33AM

I think that reference is pretty universal these days. Then again, I browse gaf, so I have no perspective.

Digital Limit @ Apr 11th 2008 2:35AM

I just noticed your gif-creating-and-then-posting skills, Terrence. Lots of 'em abound!

Nice work.

*clap*

Terrence Stasse @ Apr 11th 2008 4:47AM

Quite the opposite, I assure you.

Usually they're made when there's some lag between the finishing of the writing and the availability of an open time slot to post.

Usually I don't go with GIFs, only if there's time and it's fun. Besides, if you've got CS2 its not like making the GIF takes much more time than a regular 'shop.