Bethesda Grabs Fallout

[A Black Falcon]

"Mature"... that's a good question. I don't know. I'd love for it to be like Fallout 1... that has adult content, but in an adult fashion. I know it got everything wrong, but the console Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is also a great example here. The geniouses who thought that Fallout would make a good action-RPG also thought "mature" meant "let's see how many swear words we can cram into our game"... I don't want it to be mature in THAT sense. But I do wish it'd be M-rated if that means that it would have some of the stuff that they include in the two main Fallout games. It'd be too bad to have it neutered... however, I think most of it could fit in without TOO much change. They are M-rated but not for nudity or huge amounts of swearing so the stuff it does have seems to be stuff that they might get into a T-rated game if they cut some... I think they can get across the essence of Fallout. Though it would be better if they didn't compromise.

Consoles. Another great issue. VERY bad idea from a sensible standpoint, but very good one from a cash flow standpoint, so it's inevitable. But... Fallout for consoles? You couldn't do that and have it be like Fallout... you have to console-ize the control scheme. Which can work, as KOTOR and Morrowind prove, but you then, usually, have to make some compromises for the control scheme on PC too. And it goes beyond that... it hints towards a combat system less like Fallout, for sure, and that'd be a real tragedy.