A Fallout 3 Interview With Pete Hines

CVG has an interview with Bethesda’s Pete Hines, who gives us an insight on what we can expect from Fallout 3. Amidst all the Q&A, here’s the one that addresses the game’s hardcore fan base.

Fallout has a real hardcore fan base. Would you say the biggest challenge has been creating a sequel that appeals to those fans but not at the expense of alienating a new audience?

Our philosophy with Fallout 3 was to make it as if we’d made Fallout one and two. Which obviously we didn’t but we couldn’t really spend a whole lot of time worrying about what we didn’t make or what we didn’t have control over.

We approached it the same way we approached Morrowind or Oblivion – we are doing the next game in the series, this is what the series has always been about, what are we going to do with the next one to make it cool and fun and the next big step for this series?

That was our approach for Fallout 3, was to say “What’s our next big thing going to be for this series”. What are the things we need to stay true to and can’t change, and what are the things we maybe want to change or update and do differently.

Ultimately, that was our approach, to make to make the kind of choices to make the best Fallout 3 game we thought we could make.

To be honest, my expectations are high. Bethesda has a solid track record with the Elder Scrolls series and Fallout is one of the best RPGs ever. Joining the two together should be a winning combination, right? Of course, if that were true then the criticism and concern that Fallout 3 would become an “Oblivion with guns” would be non-existent.

You can read the full details after the jump.

Source: CVG

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