PS3 Fallout 3 post-campaign play unlikely

By Robert Purchese Published 26 January, 2009

Bethesda not emulating PC/360 DLC effect.

Bethesda has no plans to let PS3 owners play Fallout 3 past the conclusion of the main quest.

All versions of the post-apocalyptic RPG currently end at this point. However, PC and Xbox 360 fans will be able to continue their adventures with downloadable content Broken Steel in March.

But when asked by MTV Multiplayer whether a PS3 patch re-opening the content might be offered, Bethesda's Todd Howard was clear: "Not at this time, no."

Broken Steel will be the third lump of extra content for PC and Xbox 360. The first batch, Operation: Anchorage, goes live tomorrow for 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).

This transports adventures back to a pre-apocalypse Alaska through a military simulator designed to teach soldiers how do deal with Chinese invaders.

As such, the battle of Anchorage will be the setting and there will be strict simulation rules to abide by, such as a pre-determined set of equipment. But, as a reward, there will be unique weapons and items to collect and keep, plus a fancy perk to perk you up.

Look out for our thoughts on Operation: Anchorage this week.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • UncleLou #1 3 years ago

    So, how do I handle this? Load a save with my level 20 character, shortly before the game's end, and play it from there? In which case new perks will be useless. Or go even further back, to an older save? That seems a bit random.

    Or wait till the DLC is out that let's me play after the campaign? Probably the best idea, no?

  • YobRenoops #2 3 years ago

    This'll just end up being a Timed Exclusive for Microsoft (note he says "Not at this time";). There'll be a Game of the Year edition nearer Xmas for both consoles with all the DLC in. Same as Oblivion.

  • avatarirl #3 3 years ago

    If they fix the aliasing somehow, I'd defo buy it all over again. so much love for Fallout III, just feel a teensy bit peeved about the quality of the PS3.

  • LowEnergyCycle #4 3 years ago

    I still haven't completed the main quest.

    /shame

  • m0thr4 #5 3 years ago

    I didn't think the quality of the PS3 version was anywhere near as bad as Eurogamer made out. If the frame rate was worse than the 360 version, it still wasn't bad enough to affect the game IMO.

    However, as above, I haven't finished the main quest... been playing too much Little Big Planet recently.
    Edited by 1 at 26/01/09 @ 10:38

  • YobRenoops #6 3 years ago

    I'm just finishing up on Fallout 3 and to be honest I've not really been wowed by it. I appreciate the attention to detail and how much work went into it but once you hit Lvl 20 there's very little impetus to keep going. I'm just pickin up all the trophies and then I'll finish the final quest. I'm not getting any feel of achievement from it, its just a bit of a slog. I'll probably enjoy it more 2nd time round.

  • DanWhitehead #7 3 years ago

    Or wait till the DLC is out that let's me play after the campaign? Probably the best idea, no?

    It would seem to make more sense to release the DLC that lets you continue after the main quest first, rather than forcing people to use older saves until March.

  • muscleblade #8 3 years ago

    "I didn't think the quality of the PS3 version was anywhere near as bad as Eurogamer made out"

    You dont know what youre talking about if you havent seen the difference for yourself. Its kind of huge. It shouldnt be. You wont notice the difference if you dont know how the 360 version performs of course. Better for you that way. I know it would have ruined it for me if i knew the game i played was superior on another console though.

  • Steroyd #9 3 years ago

    This would bother me if i could be bothered with the main quest... which I'm not.

  • PlugMonkey #10 3 years ago

    I haven't bothered with the main quest since I found out I can't keep playing afterwards. Doing something I then have to un-do to keep playing the rest of the game seems a bit pointless.

  • Widge #11 3 years ago

    still.... higher detail level on the ps3 eh muscle?

  • beckyh #12 3 years ago

    So if I understand that correctly, the download pack tomorrow is not a new set of missions, but is one set battle? No wonder it is only 800 points. :-(

  • Doctor_What #13 3 years ago

    I decided to plump for the higher detail and lower framerate of the PS3 over the reverse on the 360 and have been perfectly happy with the performance - the 'problems' have not impacted my experience at all, so I'm not bothered, and it's lovely to see all the details in the world.

    The lack of the DLC for the PS3 is a real kicker though. I'm getting pretty narked with MS for this. I don't blame them for doing it, but I do blame them for making such a bloody noisy machine that I always prefer PS3 versions!

  • MKorkia #14 3 years ago

    @Doctor_What

    I don't blame them for doing it, but I do blame them for making such a bloody noisy machine that I always prefer PS3 versions!

    Install X360 games on hard disk, that way it is more silent than PS3.

  • Les #15 3 years ago

    "The lack of the DLC for the PS3 is a real kicker though. I'm getting pretty narked with MS for this. I don't blame them for doing it"

    Would probably have done the same thing if I was MS but I'm not sure whether exclusive DLC is such a good thing for video games in general. Sure, the people that visit sites like this frequently will know but we're a minority. There's plenty of less informed people buying games like this and GTA IV for example. Don't think this contributes to the accessibility of gaming.

  • tomnol #16 3 years ago

    LOL @ muppetblade

  • paulf #17 3 years ago

    @Mkorkia

    my ps3 is quieter than my 360 even when I run games off the hdd

  • Marshall2008 #18 3 years ago

    How is this news? Even before FO3 was released they stated that the DLC was PC & 360 only.

  • chessboxer #19 3 years ago

    The only time I've ever heard a 360 being quieter than a PS3 was when it was turned off.

  • Widge #20 3 years ago

    It can be recycled as news until the end of time unless somebody at Bethesda uses the word 'NEVER' rather than 'at this time'. Then it becomes final. Of course the day someone like that does come out with a statement like that is snow time in hell.

  • Rash' #21 3 years ago

    les, we'll soon learn the importance of all that investment in exclusive DLC when MS post profits from the this and the Lost and Damned. i personally think their money could have been better invested in first party studios. keeping studios like Bungie and Ensemble while locking down Bioware and Bizarre would have meant more exclusive games to talk about.

  • threepy #22 3 years ago

    I hate DLC, it's a waste. When I play it I just get the feeling it's a rip off. You know Microsoft approached Bethesda about this, and Bethesda agreed. Instead of making anything new, they just took something off of the game and edited it a little :)
    Well, probably not but that's what I think anyway. There's no need for it, and it's just a way for developers to get more money off of us for something that we have already purchased.

    One of the few times I've not felt like this is with LBP. Costumes are ridiculous of course but at least the MGS one added completely different gameplay, not just a couple of more levels and stickers.

  • thesombrerokid #23 3 years ago

    paid for DLC = addon pack cheaper and quicker to release if the content is equal to an add on pack you've nothing to gripe about, it's when they try and flog horse armour that it gets ridiculous

  • Rash' #24 3 years ago

    threepy, i felt that way about cos' DLC, but in the end couldn't resist the SF and MGS packs.

    no regrets either.

  • Doctor_What #25 3 years ago

    @ MKorkia: yep, I agree with the others above. The HDD install is a very significant improvement on the 360's system volume, but it's still a considerable degree louder than the PS3.

    I feel mean saying that - the HDD install feature was desperately needed and really improves the gameplay experience of 360 titles, but it is still a fair degree louder than the PS3, so much so that it's a big factor in my choice for multi-platform releases.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #26 3 years ago

    But when asked by MTV Multiplayer whether a PS3 patch re-opening the content might be offered, Bethesda's Todd Howard was clear: "Not at this time, no."

    Look! Look! Holes!

    Look forward to your Game-of-the-year edition bundle with all the extra DLC at Christmas, PS3 users...

  • Doctor_What #27 3 years ago

    @ Threepy: "[DLC is] just a way for developers to get more money off of us for something that we have already purchased."

    More precisely, it's a way for developers to get any money from you for the game you've already purchased. Most people buy a lot of their games second hand, with some titles going through shops six or more times in their lifespan. The developer gets nothing for that so I can't blame them for wanting to try and get some money somehow. DLC is a way of doing that and it'll help support the games developers rather than the shops that are profiting from their hard work.

    I'm not saying that I think DLC is brilliant - I don't - but I do think that it's becoming a necessary part of the business model to ensure that production costs can be met. If you want to have your AAA titles then DLC (and other evils like in-game advertising) are currently the best way of ensuring this continues. Just look at how many companies have folded in the UK over the last five years and you'll see how important it is for the production and distribution model to change.

  • Dizzy #28 3 years ago

    Games have always had expansion packs. What is all the fuzz about? Basically if you like the game you can get more of it if you want. Bethesda brought me Shivering Isles and that was great. They have my attention when creating DLC.

  • Mr-Bozzey #29 3 years ago

    psst plain lazyness from the devs on this 1 it sickens me.

  • menage #30 3 years ago

    Well, I agree with Muscleblade on this one. I bought both GTA4 and Sc4 for my PS3 because the difference was neglible. It's quiter/ doesn't break. But Fallout 3 is a disgrace. I'd rather have some more noise than all those jaggies and framerate crap (even inside freaking Vault 101, which is just 4 freaking walls all the time). Anyone who says it isn't so is just flat out lying or blind as fuck.





    Edited by 2 at 26/01/09 @ 13:30

  • Widge #31 3 years ago

    The only framerate issue I've ever encountered has been in Rivet City Marketplace.

  • kangarootoo #32 3 years ago

    @Doctor_What

    Good post.

  • Ghettomurph #33 3 years ago

    @ paulf

    My PS3 is quieter than my 360 as well...


    ...mainly because it never gets switched on unless i watch a Blu Ray

  • Ozal #34 3 years ago

    Tossers.

  • Fab4 #35 3 years ago

    I'm 16 hours (real time) into the game and I havent even progressed the main quest line from Megaton yet. I've been too busy exploring the wasteland. I might be ready for the DLC in about a years time :)

  • ronuds #36 3 years ago

    Why's everyone have a bug up their ass about DLC? Expansions have been around for a looooooong time now - and it's how devs can make some extra $$'s on a game. And then, OMG, they can make more and better games with that money!!! Stop being so bitter or find a hobby in which nobody's out to make a dollar.

  • menage #37 3 years ago

    Birdwatching? Trainspotting?

  • ps3owner #38 3 years ago

    Hey xXBrombeerXx I can't hear my PS3 at all, if your Xbox is "WAY" more quite then the PS3 then it must be excellent, no question about it. Oh and Ghettomurph, I am sure whenever you do watch a bluray you appreciate the dead silence of the PS3, don't you. You should all be glad that the Xbox360 doesn't come build in with a bluray player... I for one wouldn't want to piss my neighbours off because of the sound level of my TV (you have to cancel the xbox turbine sound out somehow).

  • menage #39 3 years ago

    The way this is going it's either. Play an inferior product on a seemingly superior machine or play a superior product on an seemingly inferior machine.Take your pick.

    And fuck the neigbours I say in this case.

  • ps3owner #40 3 years ago

    I have. I am playing it on my PC, as it was meant to be.
    Edited by 2 at 26/01/09 @ 16:05

  • ronuds #41 3 years ago

    You guys are funny, but the 360 ain't THAT loud - and I have a launch model. I suppose if I were playing it in complete silence, but usually the sound coming from the TV is enough to drown any sound the DVD is making.

    Let's get a grip here. I'm not saying it's quiet by any means, but it certainly doesn't "ruin my experience" as some of you are claiming. I suppose since RRoD isn't making much of a name for itself, this is the new way PS3 fanboys can take shots at the 360? Kinda looks that way seeing as somehow an article about DL content for F03 on the PS3 turned into a discussion on why people won't play FO3 on their 360 because of the noise. lol

    To address someone elses comment, the launch 60gb PS3's are said to be loud as hell (which I've heard, as my bro-in-law has one), but the new models aren't so much.

  • Widge #42 3 years ago

    Yeah, all those horrible fanboy posts by these evil dual format posters

  • mrmonkey1980 #43 3 years ago

    And there goes whatever tiny chance there was of me buying a PS3 ever.

  • ps3owner #44 3 years ago

    hey xXBrombeerXx, how would you know which model of the PS3 I have? Did I mention it anywhere? Oh and regarding the article, I don't mind if it's not being released for the PS3, since as I mentioned before... I am playing it on my PC. (again, as it was meant to be). Btw, in my defence, if I may say so, I think it was Doctor_What who brought up the noise level. The fantarts just picked up on it and I responded to the bait. How else can you keep this discussion going unless there is some controversy going on (even if it's childish)

    I do think that xXBrombeerXx has some sort of inferior complex though, maybe it's related to owning an Xbox360.

  • GamesConnoisseur #45 3 years ago

    I am one of the saddest fucker around, especially as I bought and played through and completed 100 percent of both PS3 and X360 FO3 (my 1st plantium trophy to boot). Both version are excellent but more noticeable jaggies on PS3 but very slight better visual in some place with losses of some long distance features (bus stop not visible on PS3 but on X360 etc).

    X360 do have some tearings, but only visible a few times. The reason I got PS3 was that the collector edition was heavily discounted and even worse, much far cheaper than the plain old bog standard FO3 for X360 in the local Game Store (a sign of PS3 games not selling as well?).

    People are just quibbling which is the better game but the DLC is a big news for those looking for continuation of the FO3 addiction, I am smug in the knowledge I will be able to take my X360 charcter up to level 30 with 10 plus perks (extra perk in other DLC too) and would be able to destroy utterly my PS3 level 20 capped character!
    Edited by 1 at 26/01/09 @ 21:15

  • Spekingur #46 3 years ago

    @menage: They need to release a computer game on birdwatching. And trainspotting! YES! WITH DLC!

    @ps3owner: Well, at least with an inferior machine I don't have to worry about it 'delivering its full power in a couple of years time' or 'living up to its expectations'. Right? :D

  • ps3owner #47 3 years ago

    Hey Brombeer, if you are 37 you really should know better than to bite on everything that's being said/written here... hence my remark regarding the inferior complex. There is no point, in my opinion, to go into too much detail regarding your personal life. It's just a game and just a console.

    However you don't seem to be very happy with your current situation considering that you have to defend your console choice with such vigor. Btw, did you purchase 2 just in case one breaks? I know it's highly unlikely that the Xbox breaks... but you never know right, better be save than sorry.

  • Machiavellian #48 3 years ago

    Well I want to chime in on the noise issue because I have the original 60gb model. I always wondered why people continued to stated the PS3 was quite when my PS3 sounds almost as bad as the 360. The 60gb PS3 definitely doesn't sound quiter than a 360 (original) playing from the hard drive. I would be hard press to hear anything from the 360 when playing for the HDD. On the other hand, when the PS3 heats up, it doesn't even matter if the console is not playing anything, the fans can get pretty loud.

    With that said, You have to admit that if MS continue to buy DLC for top AAA games, it will make the dual format people pause before they purchase the PS3 version. Hell it might even sell more 360 though I feel it would be very limited. What could happen is that MS might create an environment where it's almost expected that they will purchase the DLC and thus try to gain the minds of gamers that if they want the experience to continue, then you need to get the 30 version

  • ronuds #49 3 years ago

    @ Machiavellian

    "Well I want to chime in on the noise issue because I have the original 60gb model. I always wondered why people continued to stated the PS3 was quite when my PS3 sounds almost as bad as the 360."

    It's all an exaggeration because it's the only thing PS3 fanboys have left. The 360 is most certainly far from silent, but people claiming it "ruins their experience" or any other such nonsense are fooling themselves. How can millions upon millions of 360 owners possibly tolerate using the 360 if it were THAT loud? The answer: it's not! Hell, you'd think that if it were that loud it would be impossible to communicate over XBL because you'd never hear each other over the headsets.

    Don't believe the hype! It's a bunch of bullshit. Even if the new PS3 models were only half as loud as the 60gb, that's still a lot more noise than people here would have you believe.
    Edited by 1 at 26/01/09 @ 21:28

  • aphexstwin #50 3 years ago

    as i saw someone say before, this exclusive/timed dlc shit is nothing because so few know about it outside of the hardcore crowd. gta4 had no tv adverts stating exclusive dlc for the 360, it sold better due to a larger install base. but precisely because its niche is maybe why and how sony or ms get away with it, afaik its against uk law to force an unfair advantage in a competitive environment. but please set me right on this!

  • bad09 #51 3 years ago

    As time goes on and we move further into DLC I'm kind of resenting it TBH.

    Costumes, characters and extra modes etc. are no longer unlocked, they are bought (not all the time but it's increasing). Hell EA have even turn "cheats" into DLC with super suits on Dead Space (Scorpion suit pack - I'm guilty I'm sorry EG readers but I LOVE that f**king game and like the pretty red!).

    Add to that countless RB/GH/LBP/Lips/Singstar/Buzz "we can sell this crap forever" bollocks.

    Finally, insult after injury, this absurd exclusive content thing rather than exclusive games. I don't really care myself because if I know DLC is exclusive I make sure I've got the version I want, and like some have already said these thing are normally timed exclusives if you're lucky anyway, but I can't help but feel uneasy about it.

    I don't see a problem in encouraging people to buy a different console with exclusive titles, in fact it adds spice to gaming and always has, but knocking out the same game and saying "only you lot can have this extra stuff" is...well...a bit unfair to me.

  • Ghettomurph #52 3 years ago

    "Btw, did you purchase 2 just in case one breaks? I know it's highly unlikely that the Xbox breaks... but you never know right, better be save than sorry."

    Highly original ps3owner...well done.

    I know there's a reason why I've got about 40 games for the 360 and only 5 for the PS3, can't think off the top of my head why though.......


    On the subject of DLC, i dont see why people are so against it all of a sudden. Especially when its a sizeable chunk of new gaming (horse armour-alikes are shit) to be had. PC games have had expansions for years. The first expansion pack i remember was American Revolt for Syndicate and that was the early 90's.

    It's not like its something new thats just sprung up all of a sudden.

  • ps3owner #53 3 years ago

    hey xXBrombeerXx, your Xbox is still performing worse than your PS3.

  • ps3owner #54 3 years ago

    I am talking about your comments here, not which place Sony's at overall. But you are correct, sony's last.

  • zedzee #55 3 years ago

    Is this a sign of the 'deliberately difficult to code for' statement that Kaz was on about?

    Well, he's definitely right then, because it's a good way to p*ss off and alienate PS3 owners, when it comes to such extra content.

    Will the PS3 remain underwhelmed for the rest of its life or will developers bother to push their code on it further than they're clearly doing now?

    I'm sure this is how it was for the likes of Saturn and Dreamcast; greatly superior hardware than the then leading console but still not getting all the attention they deserved from the dev community. So will the PS3 end up in the same way?
    Edited by 1 at 27/01/09 @ 17:20

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