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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| Interview with JE Sawyer @ NMA |
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No Mutants Allowed has <a href="http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10573#10573" target="_blank">interviewed</a> JE Sawyer, Lead Designer at Black Isle Studios on their unannounced Van Buren project (which is likely to be Fallout 3). In part 1, they discuss the engine and a little about the setting:
<br><blockquote><em><b>Its no secret Van Buren will be a hybrid between Turn Based and Real Time, can you clarify for all the thousands of Black Isle Studio fans reading this, the reason for making it a hybrid as opposed to one or the other?</b>
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<br>TB is a niche that most publishers are unwilling to mine with what is supposed to be a "Triple A" title. Publishers generally cannot be convinced that it will sell well enough to justify the money put towards the project.
<br>Publishers almost always want RT in games. If a developer tells them, "Well, we can only do one or the other," RT is the option they will pick. Given the choice between having a RT and TB component at 80-90% of their potential or RT at 100% without any TB component, we'd rather have the former.</em></blockquote> |
Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:02 pm |
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Briosafreak
Village Dweller
Joined: 15 Jun 2003
Posts: 20
Location: Portugal |
The second part of the interview made by NCR_Ranger to J.E. Sawyer will be up later today at NMA, the unnoficial Van Buren FAQ, that sparkled this interview will be online in soon, also on http://www.nma-fallout.com. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:06 pm |
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Halsy
Village Leader
Joined: 18 May 2003
Posts: 84
Location: Toronto |
That's insane. I'll take TB over RT anyday. I think most other people would as well.
They had a poll up at Interplay about that and TB won with over 90% of people voting for and that was several thousands players voting.
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Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:35 pm |
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Briosafreak
Village Dweller
Joined: 15 Jun 2003
Posts: 20
Location: Portugal |
The part 2 is up now. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:11 pm |
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