Cover Art

In doing a little research, I found out that the cover art for Fallout New Vegas was just released. I'm kind of interested in the image people look at every time they open the box and what has changed from game to game (and subsequently, what hasn't).

Let's start from the beginning. Fallout 1

Here we see the tradmark Fallout logo in the upper right corner, which is pretty consistent through most of the cover art for the "series" And the large figure is a member of the "Brotherhood of Steel". The "BoS" is basically derived from the American military in their tactics and are in search for old technology and then they try preserve it so it can be used for later use. They aren't really much of your enemy, but just don't give them a reason to be...

Fallout 2:

Here we see a similar set up, with the Fallout logo in the upper right corner. The colors are quite different. And the figure is from the Enclave Troops. The Enclave is the militaristic organization descending from the pre-war U.S. government.

*Fallout: Van Buren was only produced a tech demo. No cover art is available.

Fallout: 3

Here we see the updated armor of a member in the "Brotherhood of Steel" that you come in contact with during the game and actually fight alongside with during a couple missions.

*I could not find a bigger version of the Fallout: New Vegas. But here is the site where you can view the cover art: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas

And since there is no information on the characters in the game, I can not say what exactly the person is/what they do on the cover.

But all of these covers fulfill the ominous feeling that goes along with their post-apocalyptic settings. Personally, I feel the colors are (somewhat) not as important as the characters and the position of them. In all of the covers, one is confronted with an almost alien/robot figure or something as far from human as possible. Most of which show a figure made mostly of metal, thus furthering the feeling something powerful and incapable of emotion.

But most important, is the lack of representation of the figures eyes. A person can connect a lot with another largely because due to eye contact. In all of these covers, the viewer is looking into dark slats where, presumably, the figures eyes are. This continues the offsetting feeling.

All of this really connects to the setting of the game. A cold, hard, hostile world.

6 Most Controversial Games

Fallout 3 made it in the #4 spot! Still really checking this as a source, but we'll see

Source:

http://www.worldinterestingfacts.com/game/6-most-controversial-games.html

Interesting Fallout 3 Facts

Found this nice compilation of facts from nerdballoon.com not only about the game itself but facts about the developer. Check out the link at the bottom of this post!

Here are a couple facts that I found interesting:

• In the world of Fallout, the bombs fell on October 23rd. Bethesda tried to coincide the release of Fallout 3 to that.
• The sound that plays when you enter VATS is the combat turn sound from Fallout 1.
• The dog in Fallout 3, Dogmeat, also appeared in Fallout and Fallout 2
• The very first piece of Fallout 3 art was created by Lead Artist Istvan Pely in 2004. It was the power armor image that became the game's cover.
• The Fat Man is based on an actual nuke launcher, the M-388 Davy Crockett Tactical Nuclear Recoilless Rifle which was made in the 1950s.
• The cars in Fallout 3 are based on the Ford Nucleon, a concept car built to run on a nuclear generator in the 1950s.
• The downtown DC area in Fallout 3 was twice the size at one point and the team decided it was too large and confusing and cut half the space out. Though the wasteland area was half the size, and the team felt it was too small, so the wasteland doubled.
• At one point, Fallout 3 featured a surgery minigame, where you had to cauterize your own wounds while watching your character scream in pain. The team felt it slowed down the game's pace to just heal your limbs.
• If you sneak up and activate a Brahmin, your character will tip it over.

Source:

http://www.nerdballoon.com/andrew-blog/things-you-didnt-know-about-fallout-3

Bloggin' about a Blog

Yup. The title says it all. I'm blogging about a blog. I was just looking at the Official Fallout Site and came across a link to the Bethesda blog. It's actually a little easier to get more information about the Fallout games (particularly New Vegas).

I really like that they are using Facebook and Twitter to encourage people to ask questions about New Vegas. Here is a link to the blog post I'm talking about.

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/05/12/send-us-your-new-vegas-questions-on-facebook-twitter/

That's some, good, cheap, PR right thurrr.

Fallout New Vegas Screenshots

Haven't found the concept art for New Vegas, but I did find some of screenshots from theOriginal Fallout Website. The link previously mentioned will take you directly to the screenshots.

Fallout New Vegas

Alright. I told myself that I wouldn't talk about Fallout New Vegas. But alas, it is the end of the year and I'm running out of information to post about the other Fallout games.

Although the game has yet to be released, it is currently topping the pre-order charts. And I'm sure all the video game shows/websites are going to be talking about it when it is released in the fall of 2010. Even though it isn't a direct sequel, it will have the same style as Fallout 3 (along with the same developers, Black Isle Studios). This is really assuring, to me at least, that the game will have that awesome quality that Fallout 3 did!

Here is the trailer for the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epFupigyIN8

Sorry- it wouldn't let me embed the video :(

Fallout 3 Concept Art

I was just browsing the Official Fallout 3 website and came across the concept art that helped inspire the look of the game! It's some pretty awesome work. The link above will take you directly to all of the Fallout 3 concept art. But here is some of the pictures from that page: