Fallout - BoS Welcomed By Some, Not Others

Thanks to GameSpot for their hands-on impressions of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, the PS2/Xbox action RPG that's set in the world of the seminal PC RPG series. The article comments: "Though we're still in mourning over the passing of Black Isle [and cancellation of Fallout 3 for PC], we're comforted by this new game that's playing as expected thus far." This more action-orientated console title "has the simple and basically entertaining mechanics of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance", since it "uses the same [game] engine", but Fallout fansite No Mutants Allowed are less forgiving about the cancellation of Fallout 3, ranting to GameSpot: "So you're comforted by the title that got a lot of good people sacked and a very promising title canned?", as they continue to present leaked pictures and team farewells from Fallout 3, as well at looks at obviously-influenced German PC RPG title The Fall: Last Days Of Gaia.

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Hard times call for hard decisions

[tprime]

I have been following Interplay and BlackIsle for a long time.. They are not doing well financially right now, and haven't been doing well some time. This is illustrated by BlackIsle being cut back almost to the point of completely disbanding. The company is just trying to stay alive and current trends show that console games sell much better than PC games, like it or not it is the truth. With console games, they are guaranteed to sell thousands to Movie/Video Game rental comanies. This is not including anyone who buys it on their own. What it comes down to is, with times being tight they need to find the most profitable path. This might be it.

I remember a game, similar to Fallout years ago that too had its sequal cancelled: Wasteland. It had the same kind of cult following (although the following was pre-Internet, so they were less organized and vocal). I really missed that game, but another game came out that made my heart skip, Fallout. Folks, another game will come out with the same Post-Apoc RPG Strategy theme and we will all be happy. Or, the sale of Fallout:Brotherhood of Steel will warrant the revival of "Van Buren" (Fallout3). I will miss it, but it is just a game.

Re:Hard times call for hard decisions

[blincoln]

I remember a game, similar to Fallout years ago that too had its sequal cancelled: Wasteland

Fallout was intentionally designed as a sequel to Wasteland, but I guess Interplay didn't have the rights to the name. If you look at the box for the first Fallout, one of the tag-lines is "Remember Wasteland?"

I loved Wasteland, but I couldn't really get into Fallout. I didn't feel like there was enough direction in where I was supposed to go. I ended up getting captured by some mutants fairly early in the game, and then due to what I think was a bug (I was never sure) I was able to roam their base at will, stealing super high-powered weaponry and robbing any of them I wanted to with no consequences.

Somehow I blew up their base, and I couldn't figure out what was supposed to happen after that.

Wasteland didn't spell everything out for you, but it was fairly obvious where you were supposed to go because of the L-shaped map.

Wasteland also had the best crew photo ever - all of the dev team dressed up Mad Max style with prop weaponry in the desert.