Now Bethesda's Todd Howard has appeared in the latest OXM podcast, saying that the game now has more than 200 different endings as of last week. 200 endings? That doesn't even seem like a real number, does it? Considering he's also saying the game is twice as long as they initially estimated (40 hours with side quests), I am pretty sure you could play the game forever.
"Following up the astounding Oblivion is going to be hard work for the Bethesda Softworks crew, but after getting our hands on Fallout 3 we're convinced that the dev's science fiction fuelled follow-up and third in the seminal series is going to blow Oblivion clear out of the water. It's that bloody good."
Bethesda is hiring Quality Assurance (QA) testers for the upcoming Fallout 3. As an added incentive, Bethesda's Ashley Cheng notes that top testers usually get pulled to be interns for the company.
Several more websites have listed Fallout 3 as one of their most anticipated games of 2008, including WRAL, San Francisco Chronical, Kotaku, and Gamers With Jobs. And in their Questions for 2008, Gaming Nexus tackles the question "How awesome will Fallout 3 be?".
If you go to the URL, there are links to the 5 different articles.
I agree, Bioshock was released only on the Xbox360 and PS3 yet it it still is having a hard time reaching 2 million on the Xbox360. Fallout 3 is being released on the PC, Xbox360 and PS3, so I would think that sales on the Xbox360 would be lower than Bioshock's to account for this.
How much is this franchise still in the collective conscious of the gaming public today? Are we overestimating how many people still respect and keep awareness of this series?
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