Fallout 3 - More E3 Coverage

After more showing off of the V.A.T.S and much more exploding Super Mutant heads, we finally saw the light as we made it back to the surface where a skirmish between a group of Super Mutants and members of the Brotherhood of Steel was taking place. These Super Mutants seemed substantially more powerful than the ones that we fought in the sewers, so we looked for another method of taking out a large group of baddies all at once.

We found our answer in the form of an abandoned car that a group of Super Mutants were foolishly using for cover. Because the Fallout world does take place in the future, all cars were powered by nuclear fuel, which means when you blow them up, you essentially get a mini nuclear explosion. Knowing this, our character shot at the car until flames started to rise, and then quickly ran inside a personal radiation shelter to shield himself from the upcoming nuclear explosion.

StrategyCore has both a preview and an interview, with some questions apparently given to them by NMA to take to E3.  Here are two snips:

Some fans who loved Fallout 1 and 2 will find a number of features which will piss them off. The 20 foot tall Super Mutant was something out of Lord of the Rings and fit poorly with the earlier Fallout universe. It would have been more in keeping to have created an all-new Super Monster rather than including a giant Super Mutant. After all, the Super Mutants could have used the mutagenic virus on a Deathclaw or some other wasteland creature. Maybe the reason for the giant was explained in the storyline, but it was out of place from what I saw. Regarding the VATS combat system, I couldn't tell how well it will work. After killing a hundred giant ants, Super Mutants or whatever, the slo mo cinematic playback may become tiresome. VATS does stop the game from becoming a twitch fest, but turn-based combat could have achieved the same result.

SC: So is the DC Brotherhood of Steel the same Brotherhood of Steel that was on the West Coast? Is it nationwide?
EP: You’re the only person that asked me that question. I'm surprised that no one else has. Let me just say that its come up a lot that "How did the Super Mutants and the Brotherhood of Steel get on the East Coast?". We answer those questions in the game and there's a reason why they're there. They are somehow connected to the other Brotherhood of Steel but we cover those bases within the game. (Note: it appears that the Brotherhood of Steel in Fallout 3 is not the West Coast one but an offshoot that was mentioned in Fallout: Tactics. In that game, a blimp expedition from the West Coast was sent over the Rockies to follow the retreating Super Mutants. The lead blimp crashes near Chicago and the survivors set up their own version of the Brotherhood of Steel. It may be that BOS that is battling the Super Mutants in DC, or maybe another one created by the blimps that did not crash in Chicago but continued eastward. Just an educated guess...)