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I'd prefer to see the next Fallout take place somewhere that isn't a huge city with recognizable landmarks. Have it be somewhere out of the way where they most likely got less nuked so there's more stuff standing and more post-war development. A real problem with the "setting Fallout in the...

I hate pop culture mashups. Like, why can't we leave two things that are themselves good for what they are alone instead of having to smash them together in an awkward and embarrassing fashion. This is just an extension of the worst aspects of geek culture, the "who would win in a fight-...

I really wish they had separated "survival" (i..e you need to eat, sleep, otherwise take care of yourself) from "combat is harder now." The appeal of the former is for a more simulationistic experience something that "this thing just won't die no matter how many times I shoot it in the face"...

I think the important thing about "Fallout" as a franchise is that you're talking about what comes after the nuclear apocalypse (the "fallout" from it, as it were) rather than what came before. So a "prequel" set more or less any time after October 23 2077 could be fitting with what Fallout is...

I think the level cap thing is only an instance of a broader problem with Fallout 4- Your character cannot have any weaknesses, there are simply things he or she is not yet good at. You can see this right away from the recontextualization of SPECIAL where 1 is now average, instead of...

I imagine that they're going to play with the distinction between metaphysical evil and practical evil. After all, if you're in charge of some laborers if you were to mistreat them that would be evil in a metaphysical sense, but if you were to instead make sure they're well fed and healthy and...

I've been waiting for the Vengabus to get here for like 17 years now.

I don't know, Fallout 3 would have worked pretty well, honestly, as a Fallout prequel set roughly 50 years after the Great War. They really nailed the oppressive atmosphere of "damn, we really screwed up the world" that would follow in the immediate wake of a nuclear war. That they had to...

First of all the major technological difference between the Fallout universe and our own is that in Fallout the integrated circuit was never invented. How you build plausibly humanoid androids without the microchip, I have no idea, but maybe they managed to invent one in the intervening 200...

I would imagine a game set in Legion territory after the death of Caesar would be about "who should rule the Legion" which would probably break the legion into factions that support each contender. There's a few good choices from New Vegas (assuming that Caesar bites it shortly after NV, due to...

I second that you should play both. They fit together pretty well and they're both excellent. As for KotOR II being buggy, it certainly was bad software at launch (it was rushed to meet a holiday deadline) but the community patch that I think was rolled into the current version fixes almost...

I thought it went too far with the introduction of the "replicated man" quest. I don't think that "plausibly human androids and AI" really fit with the aesthetic or level of technology of the rest of the setting. That's full on "distant future science fiction" stuff, not "post apocalyptic"...

Really, from a realistic perspective "serfdom" or some sort of de facto slavery is a lot more plausible than actual "we call it slavery and have slave collars" kind of slavery. Think of it as like an Immortan Joe or Unkar Plutt on Jakku situation: he can make people do whatever he wants because...

I feel like people missed what was great about OWB if their only reading of it is "zany". I mean, it's superficially thus, but it very elegantly pivots into a tragic story about loss. That pathos at the core of it was what redeemed (and even enhanced) all the zaniness. Plus it was really well...

This is one of those things that people seem to want, but upon receiving it they will probably realize they didn't really want it they just liked the idea of wanting it. I mean, if they're going to do a remaster of a 7th gen Bethesda game, Skyrim is a better choice.

The $50 season pass thing is especially amusing, since we're something like 18 months away form being able to buy the complete edition for like $25.

I think in a historical context "what games sold best" has very little bearing on which games are considered to be classics, except in the sense that more people tend to remember them. Things like Grim Fandango, Planescape Torment, Fallout 2, System Shock 2, etc. aren't in the canon of "great...

I think that's precisely why it would work. Canada is not entirely dissimilar to America, so the differences would stand out. In particular in the Fallout universe Canada was annexed by force by the U.S. and so the *ahem* Fallout from that would be pretty interesting. Unlike how in previous...

I really like game reviews from a clear position (rather than a faux-neutrality where the reviewer tries to pretend they don't have a bunch of biases.) So give me Christian reviews, Movement Atheist reviews, Haitian Voodoo reviews, Eco-feminist reviews, Marxist reviews, Dadaist reviews, Ancap...

I think the point is that "I control an army of robots and I am the signatory on a bunch of treaties with you which I intend to enforce" is a much stronger bargaining position than "I control an army of robots." Which is to say, you can get things done that way without brandishing your robot...