Bethesda Grabs Fallout

[A Black Falcon]

I do think that this is good news. But like the hardcore Fallout fans (I'm not really one, but Fallout is a great game), I'm cautious... TES is a great series, but it's quite different from Fallout. I really want it to stay isometric, but that seems quite unlikely because first-person is Bethesda's strength, not isometric... that could be a major issue. How well would Fallout work in first-person? It'd have to have some kind of third-person combat... Fallout with action-style combat like TES would NOT work. It has to be slower and strategic. Turnbased ideally, though a pausable realtime or something like that could work too... but NOT hack and slash! That just isn't Fallout.

Bethesda also really needs to work on story and focus for this, TES hasn't been too good with keeping up great storytelling or with any semblance of focus in the game. Yes, Fallout is open-ended, but there's also a clear and compelling main story to be following. I hope they succeed at it. They have some definite issues to work over, but I think they can do it... but it'll never please everyone, of course. And I wouldn't be too surprised if they make some compromises towards what Bethesda does well that don't sit too well with Fallout fans. But either way, this is a lot better than nothing...