Thoughts 09 Jul 2007 04:02 pm
Games
It would appear that the next single use computer I build will be for Fallout III.
The rights were purchased by Bethesda and the development seems to have been given to Todd “Nuke-apult” Howard.
According to an interview with Mr. Howard, they are still in the messing with stuff phase, so it will be difficult to determine what hardware will be required.
I did run across a reference to it being through the player’s eyes along with some sort of over the shoulder view.
This, combined with an apparent willingness to spend large sums of money, imply the possibility of graphics equal to or better than those of oblivion.
So for now I will base my hardware choices on a single high end processor, whatever video card works best in the beta tests, lots of memory and 10,000 rpm hard drives.
This should keep the cost of the project around $3k.
I’m probably going to be receiving a laptop with Fallout and Fallout II installed.
While I know that the new game will have very little to do with the old versions, this should give me a chance to get familiar with the basic feel.
Not to mention, kill every thing in site.
I’ve been told that Fallout II even has a flaming child icon, this is cool. Not because I have an urge to kill children, but because I get annoyed with unkillable npcs.