I was reading up on interviews and came across an interview Gamespot had with Obsidian Entertainment's Feargus Urguhart who was asked:
"GS: What was your reaction to hearing that the Fallout license was picked up by Bethesda?"
"FU: Good Luck! That's probably somewhat horrible to say, but I think the team at Bethesda has their work cut out for them. This is mostly because there is almost nothing that they can do that will make the Fallout fans happy."
I'm looking at the responses and understand every concern but I also get the impression that almost every one of you have some real love for the child killing, prostitution, and other highly taboo material in the game. Was it really that essential? I mean I could do without GTA having prostitution anyday they feel they need to change it, and the same with the sex minigames in God of War. I think mr. stickball nailed it by asking if that content could work 10 years later with a game that is going to show up on two major consoles that will feature a lot more immersion than simple text. If they included those features, they were going to have to be visual, and child killing in gorgeous high-def 3D would have been an AO rating ready to happen.
After reading all the interviews, Bethesda seems to really love the franchise and wants to re-invent it, which is understandable as it's tough to make a direct follow-up to a game 10 years old and not rock the boat a lot. Look at what Nintendo did to Metroid after shelving the series for 8 years. I don't think Bethesda would have bid and paid upwards of 6 million for a niche franchise, and still kept the "3" in the title to keep it authentic to the storyline if they didn't feel passionate about the series.
As far as Troika, didn't they go out of business around the same time they were bidding for the license? Wikipedia has them going out of business in February 2005 after making three games, none of which seemed to live up to Fallout critically, and Bethesda announced they had the license in July 2004. If Troika were given the bid, it would have put them out of business even quicker. We would have never seen a Fallout from them seeing as how they didn't last a single year as a company since bidding for the license of Fallout.
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
