Fallout 3 officially dated

[Petrarch]

As it seems to be the norm that games are released stateside at the start of the week whereas it's the end of the week over here, Fallout 3 will be out in the US on October 28th with the EU release following on October 31st.

Hot on the heels of Fable 2 (Oct 21st/24th) and only a week ahead of Gears of War 2 (Nov 7th) so we're in for a real treat during that period.

[Jeff]

In unrelated news, my goal is to buy a new PC to replace my less-than-awesome crash-cart by Oct 27.

[Chucara]

Holy gobblesticks, Batman! I though it wasn't due until next year!

[The SysMan]

I knew it was october, but I had no idea it would be late october.
Mmokay. I'll take that deal Means I can get the most out of my last two months of WoW subscription

[Brugdor]

Means I can get the most out of my last two months of WoW subscription

This does not compute.  :anxious:

[BlueCross]

This does not compute.  :anxious:

That does not compute.

[Bubonic]

It doesn't really matter to me because I won't be seeing it until my birthday/christmas anyway... This is what I get for living with someone who's food/mortgage:Fallout priorities are all out of whack.

Regardless, I have to smuggle it in from New Zealand because our game rating system is archaic and the legislative template required to update it appears to have been written by some tellytubby/smurf hybrid.  We have one guy in Australia who doesn't want an "R" rating for computer games.  Because he happens to be a state Attorney General, and because the decision to create such a classification needs to be unanimous amongst the AGs, we don't get to see the proper version of Fallout 3.

Talk about backwards.  And the reasoning this guy uses to justify his idiocy is absurd.  His name is Michael Atkinson and he lives in South Australia.  Everyone wish cancer on him (or a broken anus or a really painful or embarrassing pimple... whatever you're comfortable with).

I think Super Kev needs to step in and kickbox him out of office.

[The SysMan]

It doesn't really matter to me because I won't be seeing it until my birthday/christmas anyway... This is what I get for living with someone who's food/mortgage:Fallout priorities are all out of whack.

Regardless, I have to smuggle it in from New Zealand because our game rating system is archaic and the legislative template required to update it appears to have been written by some tellytubby/smurf hybrid.  We have one guy in Australia who doesn't want an "R" rating for computer games.  Because he happens to be a state Attorney General, and because the decision to create such a classification needs to be unanimous amongst the AGs, we don't get to see the proper version of Fallout 3.

Talk about backwards.  And the reasoning this guy uses to justify his idiocy is absurd.  His name is Michael Atkinson and he lives in South Australia.  Everyone wish cancer on him (or a broken anus or a really painful or embarrassing pimple... whatever you're comfortable with).

I think Super Kev needs to step in and kickbox him out of office.

"Do you have anything to declare, sir?"
"Yes, our country's idea of classification is archaic and retarded."
"I see, sir. Go through. Enjoy your purchase. Kill a super mutant for me."

[Swash]

From what I've read, the whole reason for the censorship is the use of the name morphine and the generally realistic drug delivery systems.  I don't know if more than that has been cut out in the AU release, but they were the things the press release mentioned.

[Bubonic]

Yeah, as near as I can tell, that's the only thing they changed.

My problem with the AU release is more philosophical than practical.  The refusal is stupid because there are numerous other games already on the market here that have similar drug use.  It's inconsistent.  Plus, in some matters I seem to have a purist streak that meanders well into obsessive compulsive territory.  Apparently Fallout is one of those matters.

When something this stupid happens to my beloved computer games I want to hurt the Australian games industry in the hope that at some point it will become such a serious issue for them that they will start to lobby a bit more emphatically for a change to the system.  The only real way that I can hurt the industry is to bypass aussie retailers and buy the goods from somewhere else (I'm too pretty - and gutless - to go to gaol so anything more anarchistic is out of the question).

So, in short, they changed the name of the drug "morphine".  And I'm not really very happy about it.

[Doombot]

Yeah, as near as I can tell, that's the only thing they changed.

My problem with the AU release is more philosophical than practical.  The refusal is stupid because there are numerous other games already on the market here that have similar drug use.  It's inconsistent.  Plus, in some matters I seem to have a purist streak that meanders well into obsessive compulsive territory.  Apparently Fallout is one of those matters.

When something this stupid happens to my beloved computer games I want to hurt the Australian games industry in the hope that at some point it will become such a serious issue for them that they will start to lobby a bit more emphatically for a change to the system.  The only real way that I can hurt the industry is to bypass aussie retailers and buy the goods from somewhere else (I'm too pretty - and gutless - to go to gaol so anything more anarchistic is out of the question).

So, in short, they changed the name of the drug "morphine".  And I'm not really very happy about it.

I wonder if someone will write a patch to make it closer to the American version.

[The SysMan]

Probably. Give the forumites a week and it'll be done.

[Swash]

With it being based on the Oblivion engine, I'm expecting a patch will be put out pretty quickly, as long as the toolset is released with it (or it can be tinkered with in the Oblivion toolset)

[Petrarch]

With it being based on the Oblivion engine, I'm expecting a patch will be put out pretty quickly, as long as the toolset is released with it (or it can be tinkered with in the Oblivion toolset)

Bethesda have already said they're not doing a Fallout 3 toolset for now nor does the Oblivion editor work with it.

[Night Owl]

With it being based on the Oblivion engine, I'm expecting a patch will be put out pretty quickly, as long as the toolset is released with it (or it can be tinkered with in the Oblivion toolset)

Bethesda have already said they're not doing a Fallout 3 toolset for now nor does the Oblivion editor work with it.

really??? I was going to buy the X-Box version for general gaming, but also the PC version for the ability to play user mods. No mods = no reason for me to buy the PC version, then. That's sad. Getting a spiffy new PC soon.