PS3 Fallout 3 post-campaign play unlikely News

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?

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.

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.

I still haven't completed the main quest.

/shame

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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

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.

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

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. :-(

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!

@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.

"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.

LOL @ muppetblade

@Mkorkia

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

no regrets either.

@ 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.

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...

@ 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.

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.

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

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.

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

@Doctor_What

Good post.

@ paulf

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


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

That Ghettomurph, plus the new Jesper Xboxes are superquiet. Run a game from HDD and it's WAY quieter than my (launch)model PS3, which seems to be making much more racket than it used to do.

Tossers.

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 :)

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.

Birdwatching? Trainspotting?

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).

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.

I have. I am playing it on my PC, as it was meant to be.

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.

Indeed my launchmodel is VERY loud when the console gets hot (the fans start rotating heavier and it seems like an extra fan kicks in). And the console gets really hot wihtin a few minutes that you can't barely touch the outlet vents. You see, there was a reason why the launchmodel was discontinued so soon. I guess this was one the reasons. But PS3owner knows it all, doesn't he? Not having a Jesper Xbox OR a launch model PS3 which I do have. Oh no..ps3fanboy.

And I have both Xbox and PS3 hooked via HDMI to my 7.1 AV YAMAHA receiver with 7x200W output and the infamous 7.1 Focal Chorus speaker set, so I wouldn't worry too much about the noise level of both consoles ps3owner, but I WOULD worry why the PS3 still can't manage to deliver what was promised and WHY DLC seems to pass the PS3 by constantly. GTA4? Fallout 3? I'm glad I bought the 360 version of the coolest game of the year 2008 for me...

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

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

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.

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!

@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

I own 2 Elites, ps3owner. I'm 37, have a masters degree in science, am married, have two kids, a high income and can afford what I like. You see, I haven't saved two years for a console to find out it's kind-a-not-whats-promised and then have to defend hand and tooth that it WAS a good investment, like so many of you here. The PS3 was my worst investment in console history since I bought my first one in 1982; the MSX, driven by - you guessed it - a Microsoft OS. I'm not a fanboy, I'm just disappointed in the PS3, that's all. Inferior complex? You could try the opposite though, that's closer to the truth...