What? People didn't use companions in Fallout 3? Unless you were playing evil, why in the shit would you not use Fawkes?

I hope it maintains that sort-of-total-broken-ness Fallout 3 had. It added an unintentional layer of fun to an already very fun game.

sounds awesome
maybe the old fallout 1 and 2 fans wont be as butthurt about this game

Fallout 3 is one of my favourite games of this generation, so I'm definitely looking forward to this.
Hardcore mode sounds like how I was trying to play F3. I never used quick travel, so when i was low on health, and needed to trek across the wasteland, there was a serious sense of danger. This new mode will add to that, and I can't wait!

Well- 
As a guy who played through fallout 3 once vanilla, then 4 more times with 250 mods running, I can safely say I'm pretty stoked.  Especially about being in the same engine.  Yeah, Fallout 3 was buggy as hell.  But this means the modding community will have less work to do in learning the ropes with a new engine.  Fook 2 and FWE anyone? 
 
Sounds like Fallout 3 plus some major improvements in a new setting.

I cannot wait for this game to be released I'm going to start from Fallout 1 and work my way up now and S-rank them all. 
Also on another note is there anyone else out their on the GB community who played Fallout tactics and liked it?

More Fallout 3, I just hope that they fix the game, Fallout 3 was really buggy. 

I think the main reason I want to play Hardcore mode is because of the ammo limitation. In fallout 3 you could just find so much ammo half way through the game that you never had to worry about running out, and you could carry virtually an unlimited amount of it. And the challenge was diminished greatly once you reached that point. 
 
Also at a certain point you just have a billion stimpacks and never had to worry about dying. Hopefully the dehydration and broken limbs add a little more challenge to that point of the game as well.

Will the game actually look good in third-person? By that, I mean, "Will my character have a 'walk diagonally' animation?"

I just hope they don't mess it up some how. It looked good from what i saw, but why do they have to tell you how the game starts. It's not really bad, but i just don't  like to not know about all the places and mission outlines in it before I play the game. Overall I think it will be good just not as new feeling as Fallout 3 felt.

Depressing... I was hoping they'd try to change things up a little more. Hopefully they will.

I don't see the Sin City.

I loved Fallout 3. Then I played Mass Effect. Then I was like "Bethesda doesn't know what the hell they're doing". Also, the lack of shadows disturbs me.

So if the game sucks, people can't say "Well Obsidian would've done it better" or "Obsidian should've done it" because they did, and that company is composed of a bunch of people who worked on the original 2 games.

You guys really need to make the "First!" quest not impossible to get. I'm not going to F5 the homepage for hours just to complete the dumb thing. :S

I'm so excited for New Vegas.  I bought Fallout 3 mostly for the ambiance and I was quite satisfied.  I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with Fallout 3 and New Vegas will hopefully deliver the goods as well.

Yeah, I can't wait for this.  I like the new companion stuff.

Will the game be less Janky? Will the combat be less terrible? If either of those is yes, then count me on board.

It sounds like they're taking the open world goodness of Fallout 3, adding in a bit of Bioware style character interaction, and some better writing and a darker sense of humor. Pretty much exactly what I would want from an RPG. Fallout 3 was good, but after Dragon Age I've had a hard time going back, because the story and characterization just don't seem up to par anymore.

Part of me feels like I'm not even done with Fallout 3.
The rest of me can't wait, and having Obsidian at the helm just makes it that much more interesting.

Brad should really lose some weight, it's always a shame when handsome guys are fat.

WOOOOOOO hope they DLC this up like fallout 3, will have to get watever hardcore achievement there is drinking water and managing a thirst like in deadly prem seems cool it could be cooler in the fallout world . NCR FOREVER!

Must have! Must have! Must have! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I'm so crazy for this game. Cannooooot wait.

FUCK YEAH! Hardcore difficulty sounds like it will really make the wasteland a much more interesting place. I hope sleep and hunger play a much more significant role as well. Bring it on.

yes we can, b/c the base game was made and they just built around it

Hope it has more depth to the chars/NPCs/Story.  Bethesda always has a pretty good (if buggy) engine and atmosphere for their games, but it all still comes off rather mechanical.  Their games could REALLY be something special if they brought the world to life.

god the graphics look EXACTLY the same, fallout 3 has not aged well in any case. whether it be graphics or gameplay. also i hope it isn't as easy to completely break quests like you could in fallout 3

Awesome info, Brad.

The big question remains: will they have fixed the broken engine that is GameBryo?

I'm not impressed. I want the old fallout back.  Not oblivianwithguns: new vegas.  Fallout 3 was okay, but thats about it. I have a feeling that most of the true fallout fans will be disappointed by this.     
 
I guess we'll just have to wait and see....

This makes me want to go play more Fallout 3.

 I loves me some Fallout 3. Good to hear this is that, but better.

I'm looking forward to this. The hardcore mode sounds interesting and I like the ability to toggle it off or on.

The mech´s in the pics look just like big clap-traps from Borderlands

" Will the game be less Janky? Will the combat be less terrible? If either of those is yes, then count me on board. "

Wow, that was a nice interview. 
I'm looking forward to this even more now.

I'm going to be playing this game on hardcore mode. 
 
Looking forward to it!

Looks like Fallout 3's gameplay with Fallout 1 and 2's style. Which is fucking amazing.

I find it sad that you consider yourself a gameophile without playing the original Fallout games, Brad. What a sheltered childhood you must have had.

where is my quick look? >_>

badass!

Damn i can't wait for this!!!

Hardcore more is definitely where I will be from Day 1. It just means more value and interesting nonscripted events for me. Although I wish it had more survival features. Ammo conservation or something? I dont know.

I just hope they're no achievements/trophies associated with Hardcore Mode.

At first, I was excited - the series made a full circle, and the creative minds behind the originals are finally doing a follow-up.

Then I've realised that those guys are in Obsidian. Obsidian has yet to make a game with a brilliant story and concept that isn't half-assed, unfinished and bugged.

Also, I find it funny that the utterly ridiculous concept of curing broken bones with stimpacks and resting for an hour mid-battle isn't fixed. Yeah, I know, the F1 & 2 method is back in Hardcore mode, but it's very ironic, given the fact that these guys made it an integral part of the gameplay in the first two games and now it's an optional feature.

Also, how old is Brad? He never played Fallout 1 and 2, never seen Twin Peaks, etc. Nothing bad in it, but he sounds at points like the main character from Bones - she's borderline Asperger, she hears rap the first time when she's 30+ and gets excited every time she gets a fucking obvious and 10 years old pop-culture reference.