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June 14, 2003

New Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel Renders

Interplay has sent over some new renders for their upcoming action game, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel slated for the Playstation 2 and Xbox coming this fall.

Ghouls - Ghouls are the unfortunate, zombie-like descendants of the few people who survived the nuclear war above ground. They’re the same size and build as normal humans, but rotting and diseased. They often wear rags and bits of armor - more to keep their bodies from falling apart than out of any kind of modesty. An age of evolution under harsh conditions has made ghouls pretty resilient. They seem to neither eat nor sleep, and they can withstand massive doses of radiation with a shrug. Their decaying flesh will practically burst when struck by any normal attack. But having your organs pour out of a hole in your side is a normal occurrence for most ghouls, so the damage has to be pretty extensive before they’ll really feel it.

Roaches - After a nuclear war, the only winners are the roaches. Found mainly in underground areas and sewers, these creatures can usually be found in fairly large groups. They feed on the dead … but will go after living creatures if isolated. When attacking, they leap through the air and claw or bite a targeted creature - dodge quickly to avoid these flying pests. Their numbers are usually their greatest advantage, but they are additionally very mobile.


Glowing Radscorpions - Similar to normal radscorpions, glowing radscorpions are a bit more ferocious and much more radioactive. They’re so radioactive … they glow (naturally). That means that just getting near these creatures will cause you some damage, and their claws will cause damage by radiation as well as their tail stinger.

 

Spitting Radscorpions - Spitting Radscorpions are a step sideways on the evolutionary ladder from normal radscorpions. They have developed the ability to spit radioactive venom at distant targets. As a result, their claws are severely under-developed, used only for protecting the spitting radscorpion’s head. Spitting Radscorpions are usually yellow in color with a bright red coloring on their back and legs.

 

Deathclaws - Deathclaws are just about the nastiest creature that you might have the misfortune to run across in the wasteland. They’re fast, they have tough hides, and their claws punch through most armor like a power drill going through wet cardboard. These creatures are large - about 2-3 times the size of a normal human. In color, Deathclaws are usually a dark reddish-brown, though they may tend towards a lighter grayish hue.
 

Radscorpions - In classic 50’s monster movie fashion, radscorpions are normal scorpions, made ferocious and one hundred times larger through … radiation! They can attack with their claws, but will also lash out with their poisonous stingers at close range. Note that radscorpions are nocturnal creatures who will shy away from any strong light source. Radscorpions usually look much like normal scorpions, with red-black shells.