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I'm calling it now...the guy leaning over the crib is the protagonist...or a very slim chance that it's the infant grown up...but the crib flashback definitely hold significance.
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But yes there is some significance with the child, its likely to be the Protagonist or it's Macguffin.
Unverified, but interesting:
Apparently this was leaked in 2013,
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Okay, so after sperging about this for a few minutes here my apartment, I picked through the trailer. Here's what I noticed:
1) The first song you hear is the Ink Spots' - It's All over But The Crying.
As you all know, the Ink Spots, were also used in the Fallout 3 reveal trailer, making them the band that brings forth the nuclear Armageddon.
2) Interesting how at the beginning of the trailer they cut back and forth before and after the nuclear strikes. Maybe it's just to help establish the mood, or possibly it means a little more? Would the protagonist be a survivor of the war? A ghoul? Or maybe an AI of some kind? This could explain the static cuts. Or I'm reading too much into it.
3) :059 seconds - I want that Mr. Handy box as a poster.
4) 1:22 - Another curious thing. I'm assuming this trailer is running in-engine. If so, the character models... don't look that much changed from the last few Fallout games. Which is good and bad. Good become it brings back some of that familiarity. Bad because as they all kinda emoted like mannequins.
5) 1:22 again - First appearance of a Vertibird...
6) 1:25 - more people running for shelter in the Vault-tec bunker (FUCK I am stoked to explore more of these). Also noticing some people to the side. Seriously wondering if this is going to be a part of the game, meaning you are playing as a character that lived through the Fallout.
7) 1:28 - First appearance of the power Armor the BOS uses.
1:30 - "War never Changes" Hi Ron Perlman... or at least a very similar voiced voiceover guy. I'm hoping it's Ron though.
9) 1:39 - Rocket powered USS Constitution confirmed.
10) 1:40 - Few things in this shot. One looks like Bethesda has learned to make some places not all brown and gray like in F3. To the left there is a place called "Memory Den." Seriously wondering now if your character isn't some kind of AI now.
Also wishful thinking, but the guy in blue... the Mysterious Stranger??
11) 1:44 - Blink and you'll miss it scene. Brotherhood of Steel solider walking around with a super mutant. Might be a nightkin, but it's hard to tell since its in shadow.
12) 1:45 - Possibly a new creature? Looks like a Centuar version of a Mirelurk. Also note the background. Possibly this game's version of Rivet City?
13) 1:47- Because Deathclaws weren't terrifying enough yet- now they got spines.
14) 1:48 - Another Vertibird. Which means unless the BOS have obtained them... the Enclave is back.
15) 1:49 - The ghoul scene... movable background objects. Kind of a minor detail, but could be interesting in certain places. Imagine having to knock over tables to use as cover or something like that.
16) 1:52 - Random dude in baseball attire. Wondering if "The Swatters" are going to be a minor faction in this game like The Kings or the Tunnel Snakes. Also note the "ENLIST." poster in the background. Hard to tell for sure, but looks like another possible allusion to the Enclave.
17) 1:53 - Shit, A giant flying airship. Things have just gotten a bit more interesting...
1 2:00 - BOS in a Vertibird. Okay, maybe the Enclave aren't back... maybe it might be something worse. Keep reading.
19) Shot of the Massachusetts State House, with a huge looming skyscaper in the background. I have a feeling that place will hold some importance in the main storyline.
20) 2:24 - First appearance of the Vault 111 and Dogmeat meeting outside of the gas station with a junker BOS armor.
Now, here's my thought on this: The BOS have always been really protective about their own stuff, so to have just some power armor hanging outside of an open-air garage tells me the BOS have some serious control over Boston and power armor lying around isn't that big of a deal.
...please don't tell me the BoS have become power-mad and are now the new "in-control" antagonists.
21) "Let's Go Pal." So it seems the Vault Dweller has a voice... at least in the trailer. I'm going to hold my thoughts on this until I know more about it.
22) The logo. This holds some importance to me as the logo reflected the game's them. With Fallout 3, the logo just crept out of the darkness - this symbolized the slow emergence of the Vault Dweller emerging from the bunker and into the world, but still finding it ugly and barren. In New Vegas, it slowly flickered to life, revealing a neon logo. This reflects the whole Vegas motif, but the logo slowly flickers into life, unstable and unrefined, but hiding under a neon veneer.
The Fallout logo though exudes control and power. Right and get go- BOOM - the lighting bolt flashes on and doesn't waiver. The rest of the logo comes into view- cold and certain.
So... some thoughts and observations. Their E3 conference can't come soon enough.
1) The first song you hear is the Ink Spots' - It's All over But The Crying.
As you all know, the Ink Spots, were also used in the Fallout 3 reveal trailer, making them the band that brings forth the nuclear Armageddon.
2) Interesting how at the beginning of the trailer they cut back and forth before and after the nuclear strikes. Maybe it's just to help establish the mood, or possibly it means a little more? Would the protagonist be a survivor of the war? A ghoul? Or maybe an AI of some kind? This could explain the static cuts. Or I'm reading too much into it.
3) :059 seconds - I want that Mr. Handy box as a poster.
4) 1:22 - Another curious thing. I'm assuming this trailer is running in-engine. If so, the character models... don't look that much changed from the last few Fallout games. Which is good and bad. Good become it brings back some of that familiarity. Bad because as they all kinda emoted like mannequins.
5) 1:22 again - First appearance of a Vertibird...
6) 1:25 - more people running for shelter in the Vault-tec bunker (FUCK I am stoked to explore more of these). Also noticing some people to the side. Seriously wondering if this is going to be a part of the game, meaning you are playing as a character that lived through the Fallout.
7) 1:28 - First appearance of the power Armor the BOS uses.
1:30 - "War never Changes" Hi Ron Perlman... or at least a very similar voiced voiceover guy. I'm hoping it's Ron though.9) 1:39 - Rocket powered USS Constitution confirmed.
10) 1:40 - Few things in this shot. One looks like Bethesda has learned to make some places not all brown and gray like in F3. To the left there is a place called "Memory Den." Seriously wondering now if your character isn't some kind of AI now.
Also wishful thinking, but the guy in blue... the Mysterious Stranger??
11) 1:44 - Blink and you'll miss it scene. Brotherhood of Steel solider walking around with a super mutant. Might be a nightkin, but it's hard to tell since its in shadow.
12) 1:45 - Possibly a new creature? Looks like a Centuar version of a Mirelurk. Also note the background. Possibly this game's version of Rivet City?
13) 1:47- Because Deathclaws weren't terrifying enough yet- now they got spines.
14) 1:48 - Another Vertibird. Which means unless the BOS have obtained them... the Enclave is back.
15) 1:49 - The ghoul scene... movable background objects. Kind of a minor detail, but could be interesting in certain places. Imagine having to knock over tables to use as cover or something like that.
16) 1:52 - Random dude in baseball attire. Wondering if "The Swatters" are going to be a minor faction in this game like The Kings or the Tunnel Snakes. Also note the "ENLIST." poster in the background. Hard to tell for sure, but looks like another possible allusion to the Enclave.
17) 1:53 - Shit, A giant flying airship. Things have just gotten a bit more interesting...
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2:00 - BOS in a Vertibird. Okay, maybe the Enclave aren't back... maybe it might be something worse. Keep reading.19) Shot of the Massachusetts State House, with a huge looming skyscaper in the background. I have a feeling that place will hold some importance in the main storyline.
20) 2:24 - First appearance of the Vault 111 and Dogmeat meeting outside of the gas station with a junker BOS armor.
Now, here's my thought on this: The BOS have always been really protective about their own stuff, so to have just some power armor hanging outside of an open-air garage tells me the BOS have some serious control over Boston and power armor lying around isn't that big of a deal.
...please don't tell me the BoS have become power-mad and are now the new "in-control" antagonists.
21) "Let's Go Pal." So it seems the Vault Dweller has a voice... at least in the trailer. I'm going to hold my thoughts on this until I know more about it.
22) The logo. This holds some importance to me as the logo reflected the game's them. With Fallout 3, the logo just crept out of the darkness - this symbolized the slow emergence of the Vault Dweller emerging from the bunker and into the world, but still finding it ugly and barren. In New Vegas, it slowly flickered to life, revealing a neon logo. This reflects the whole Vegas motif, but the logo slowly flickers into life, unstable and unrefined, but hiding under a neon veneer.
The Fallout logo though exudes control and power. Right and get go- BOOM - the lighting bolt flashes on and doesn't waiver. The rest of the logo comes into view- cold and certain.
So... some thoughts and observations. Their E3 conference can't come soon enough.
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From a reddit post by BluegrassGeek:
- The intro track is "It's All Over But the Crying )
- The dog hears the siren for the Vault opening nearby (1:15)
- The BoS US Army was guarding the Vault entrance (1:29, BoS wouldn't exist yet)
- That's the classic Vault-Tec poster on the billboard (1:29)
- Our character is from Vault 111 (1:30)
- This vault opens upwards from the ground, instead of horizontally
- Guessing that's the U.S.S. Constitution... with a couple rockets strapped to it (1:39)
- Love this noir shot, with someplace called the Memory Den. According to posts on Twitter, this is Scollay Square of Boston. (1:41)
- Upgraded Securitron Protectron? (1:44)
- Looks like a mutated lobster... nightmare fuel... (1:45)
- FML, Deathclaws got an upgrade (1:47)
- That is one stubby vertibird (1:4
- FML, feral ghouls got an upgrade (1:49)
- Anyone recognize the statue? The diamond symbol on the building... is that a baseball stadium? (1:50)
- We'll be visiting someplace called "Diamond City" (Diamond City Surplus @ 1:53)
- This is likely Fenway Park turned into a small city
- Ooh a blimp dirigible! (1:57)
- Also, guessing that's a Paul Revere statue (1:57)
- The building behind the statue is the Old North Church (1:57)
- A Galaxy News Network (GNN) billboard is visible (2:02)
- I don't know Boston landmarks, but that sure is pretty. The gold dome is the Massachusetts State House(2:04)
- Some people didn't make it into Vault 111 before it sealed. (2:06)
- Including the parents and their baby from the earlier flashbacks in the house.
(2:0 - Nuka Cola machine, no surprise that showed up! (2:16)
- There's a bobble head in the machine shop, on the bench behind the BoS armor suit. (2:1
- Minigun on the floor in front of the workbench, under a blanket (2:1
- The suit itself looks badass. Nice model (2:1
- Also, a laser rifle on the wall, and some of our favorite magazines are back in a rack on the right! (2:1
- We're getting a dog again. Happy dance! (2:25)
- The machine shop/gas station is "Red" something, probably Red Rocket. There have also been billboards with a red rocket and RR logo visible in other parts of the trailer. (2:25)
- No visible identifier on the Pip-Boy, so don't know if it's a 3000 or something else. (2:27)
- Vault 111 suit (2:29)
- Something big is crashed on the ground. A plane or a ship? Maybe a high-speed train. (2:30)
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I don't know if i should look foward to Fallout 4 or not, for one hand i really enjoyed Fallout 3 to the point of beating it 4 times (3 times on the 360 and once on PC), but to be honest, one of the reasons i enjoyed it so much was because at the time i didn't played any RPGs at all besides a couple Pokemon games, so i didn't mind or even noticed at all its many flaws, which i began to notice after getting more into RPGs in general and repeated playtroughs of the game, and after seeing how simplified Skyrim ended up being, i don't feel very optimistic about Fallout 4, i hope i'm wrong and the game ends up being pretty good, but personally i don't trust Bethesda as a game developer anymore, maybe i could have been more optimistic about it if Obsidian developed it instead of Bethesda, who knows.
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Let's hope they don't screw it up, eh. I didn't like Fallout 3 that much but NV was great, so I hope this title at least brings us another Obsidian game.
But so far I like the setting. I think the blimp is a Tactics thing, since Bethesda actually acknowledges that game as broad strokes-canon.
And if the flashbacks are gonna make more appearances in the game, I hope they don't overdo them. It would spoil the whole thing far too much, what I liked about the pre-war world in Fallout was that it was mysterious to you, with only written records available and small glimpses.
But so far I like the setting. I think the blimp is a Tactics thing, since Bethesda actually acknowledges that game as broad strokes-canon.
And if the flashbacks are gonna make more appearances in the game, I hope they don't overdo them. It would spoil the whole thing far too much, what I liked about the pre-war world in Fallout was that it was mysterious to you, with only written records available and small glimpses.
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@Guardian G.I. mentioned the Bethesda website having "institute" in it and since the institute itself was mentioned in FO3 when you are searching for an android, I can't help but feel the player character could be an android. Just a wild guess but it would be something to expect. If the player character is a vault dweller as in from Vault 111, I'm gonna take a random stab and say the vault could have something to do with androids.
Either the east coast BOS is flying into Boston or the Institute has some vertibirds of their own. There could of been some nearly to perfectly intact vertibirds somewhere within Boston or the outlying areas.
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My speculations on the possible plot, based on the trailer and very old rumours:
Prologue:
October 23, 2077. You are a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, who managed to get your very own place in the nearby Vault 111. Movement tutorial happens, you get to explore for a while.
Suddenly, sirens start blaring everywhere - the Great War has begun. You rush to the Vault, and get in before Boston is nuked. Following Vault-Tec orders, the Vault security puts you into a cryogenic chamber and activates it. It gets kinda cold for some reason.
Intro happens, "War, war never changes", bla bla bla.
Centuries in the future:
You wake up in your personal glorified refrigerator. The Vault-Tec automatic systems, which were activated remotely (Bethesda's Facebook posts had a bunch of references to the VT systems being rebooted and the Masterbrain from Fallout 3's VT HQ in Washington D.C), conduct some tests to see that your brain is still functioning normally (SPECIAL points, skills and perks are allocated here) and kick you out into the Wastelands with a Pip-Boy and some gear. The game starts here.
Prologue:
October 23, 2077. You are a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, who managed to get your very own place in the nearby Vault 111. Movement tutorial happens, you get to explore for a while.
Suddenly, sirens start blaring everywhere - the Great War has begun. You rush to the Vault, and get in before Boston is nuked. Following Vault-Tec orders, the Vault security puts you into a cryogenic chamber and activates it. It gets kinda cold for some reason.
Intro happens, "War, war never changes", bla bla bla.
Centuries in the future:
You wake up in your personal glorified refrigerator. The Vault-Tec automatic systems, which were activated remotely (Bethesda's Facebook posts had a bunch of references to the VT systems being rebooted and the Masterbrain from Fallout 3's VT HQ in Washington D.C), conduct some tests to see that your brain is still functioning normally (SPECIAL points, skills and perks are allocated here) and kick you out into the Wastelands with a Pip-Boy and some gear. The game starts here.
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Good dog. Dog of the year.
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@Guardian G.I. That's a really good analysis!
It takes time to make good 3D assets. From the trailer it look like they've sculpted the pre-war setting perfectly in-engine. It wouldn't make sense to do that just for a trailer.
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TBH I wouldn't have an issue with this. The Slient Protag stuff sometimes gets really old.
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It definitely won't happen, but imagine the general reaction of the public if the blimp turns out to be manned by the main villains of the game... the Brotherhood of Steel from Fallout 3 (or the Midwestern one from Tactics) who intend to seize the Institute and its technological marvels.
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One thing for sure, BoS has a significant role judging by the trailer alone. I just hope they don't use the Enclave yet again.
And nice theory, I've seen plenty of people thinking so already that the main character has been in stasis for over 200 years. The get-to-the-vault prologue kinda reminds me of the Van Buren tech demo.
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Oh no. Please tell me that they're not going to use Gamebryo again. That looked like Gamebryo but I'm really hoping that it wasn't. That engine is so shit for everything besides modding.
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