Bethesda's Todd Howard has called the recent Fallout renaissance "beyond anything [he's] ever seen in [his] 30 years of doing this".
    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      262·
      6 个月前

      Not fucking up the f/c Fallout London mod would’ve also gotten me to play more (or at least, again). I played & enjoyed FO4 on PS, bought it again for Steam specifically for the new mod.

      It’ll sit unplayed until the mod is ready!

  • hector@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    412·
    6 个月前

    Characterization, world building and real dilemmas for the player will be the future of Fallout, not photorealistic graphics & live service features

    • ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      6 个月前

      Todd Howard misunderstood your request! Fallout will consist of more crafting and loot collecting and shooting, with very minimal world building beyond what’s been established.

    • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      14·
      6 个月前

      I don’t think you are a good fit at Bethesda I’m sorry hector we are going to have to let you go. Our culture is mass market appeal, casualization, trend chasing and microtransactions.

    • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
      21·
      6 个月前

      Ha, no, not unless Microsoft forces them to hand the IP over to a decent developer.

  • BudgieMania@kbin.social
    27·
    6 个月前

    Wonder if they regret having used that development time on Starfield instead of a new Fallout, because with this renewed interest due to the show a Fallout 5 would have done ridiculously well

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      6 个月前

      I’m really glad they used that low effort development time on Starfield. Maybe that games piss poor reception will shock someone into putting a little more effort into the next fallout.

    • lustyargonian@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 个月前

      They worked on both their engine and Starfield. I just hope now the next games don’t require too much engine work (since it was anyway designed around segmented maps of Oblivion and Fallout 3) and can ship games at a faster cadence.

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
    22·
    6 个月前

    It’s a solid IP it’s sadly Bethesda lack the skills it demands to flourish and the mod developers have been floating them for the last 20 years

    • arefx@lemmy.mlEnglish
      14·
      6 个月前

      Right, its hot right now because Amazon made a good show out of it, not because of anything Bethesda did. They almost killed the IP with Fallout 76.

      • secret300@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        51·
        6 个月前

        I mean yea, props to Amazon for the good show but the story and lore of fallout has always been there. The games were just bad without mods. Honestly if Bethesda just sold books they’d probably be best sellers

  • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    141·
    6 个月前

    Fallout seems to be getting the Edgerunners treatment at the moment. Shame about the fallout London fiasco, that would have convinced me to spin it up again.

  • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    6 个月前

    That’s not what renaissance means. A renaissance is lots of examples of something happening during a short period. There hasn’t been a fallout game for many years.

  • JimSamtanko@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    6 个月前

    Amazing how Fallout has gotten so much attention from his so suddenly…

    I wonder what changed?

    • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      10·
      6 个月前

      Perception and attention, the newer games still pale in comparison to fallout nv and in general the trend of bethesda games becoming more soulless and less well written rpg’s. But the tv shows made gamers that didn’t play them play them especially 76 and fallout 4.