Bethesda: Fallout 3 to be 'identical' for Aussie, UK, US versions
While "material promoting or encouraging proscribed drug use" has been replaced with more fictional drug references, Pete Hines tells Joystiq that "nothing else" has changed, including the over-the-top violence we've been enjoying in the screenshots. Full statement from Hines after the break.
Gallery: Fallout 3
"The chems in the original Fallout used fictional names ... Buffout, Jet, Rad-X, etc. Those all appear in Fallout 3 in exactly the same way as before.
"We had added a new chem to Fallout 3 and had given it a real-world name, Morphine. Questions were raised about the use of that real-world drug, not only in Australia, but other territories as well. We decided there was no reason it needed to be named that and it should be a fictional name like the other chems, so we changed it to "Med-X".
"That's the change we made in response to those concerns, nothing else."
"We had added a new chem to Fallout 3 and had given it a real-world name, Morphine. Questions were raised about the use of that real-world drug, not only in Australia, but other territories as well. We decided there was no reason it needed to be named that and it should be a fictional name like the other chems, so we changed it to "Med-X".
"That's the change we made in response to those concerns, nothing else."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ihavepants @ Sep 10th 2008 11:30AM
Hehe, suckers. Our classification board pwned your asses. Ours too but at least we got to drag others down with us.
On a more serious note our ratings board sucks ass.
domgbrown @ Sep 10th 2008 11:30AM
When's the release date on this again?
domgbrown @ Sep 10th 2008 11:32AM
Nevermind, I found it. Oct 28th.
Huey2k2 @ Sep 10th 2008 11:31AM
Fuck I hate ratings boards.
juju187 @ Sep 10th 2008 11:31AM
my uncle was addicted to med-x...
arrrgh @ Sep 10th 2008 2:03PM
wouldn't have been if he knew the real name was morphine
Snowblind @ Sep 10th 2008 11:34AM
I don't see the problem here either. It's easier having all versions identical, and it's not like the original Fallout games used real names for drugs anyway.
fischju @ Sep 10th 2008 11:37AM
Who cares? All they did was change the names of real drugs to fake ones.
mirage @ Sep 10th 2008 12:33PM
Exactly, it still gets me high right?! Since when does the name of a drug matter?
BigD145 @ Sep 10th 2008 1:43PM
I could really use some Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake right about now.
meist3r @ Sep 10th 2008 11:40AM
Calm down people, this is the new world order ... we don't discriminate against one nation. We discriminate against ALL nations.
potato @ Sep 10th 2008 11:41AM
Right... because blowing someone's limbs off in a shower of blood and gore is *so* much more appropriate than doping up on morphine.
Boffo the Sock @ Sep 10th 2008 1:45PM
I remember reading about a poll amongst parents a while back where the majority answered that they would rather their children have to witness a graphically severed human head than have them witness the depiction of sex between a man and a woman.
http://news.filefront.com/survey-says-parents-prefer-violence-to-sex-and-gay-kissing-in-video-games/
United States of Generica @ Sep 10th 2008 4:22PM
I believe you'll find that was American parents, not all parents 'Boffo the Sock'.
Hot$auce_Magik @ Sep 10th 2008 11:49AM
I believe the latest poll of parents was that they'd rather let their children watch violence than sex...you gotta wonder where the priorities are these days...
I'm sure drugs is either just above, or just below sex.
j.howlett @ Sep 10th 2008 1:49PM
my thinking on that is maybe because real life sex is easier to get away with while real life violence isn't. i know it was easier to sneak off and play doctor than to try and shoot shit up when i was younger.
Dirty @ Sep 10th 2008 11:51AM
Bureaucratic non-sense. Spend more tax dollars in schools, education is a better tool against drug use than shielding them from it.
Mike @ Sep 10th 2008 12:06PM
Damn it. Now I'll have to figure out another way to prove that morphine is cool.
skipjimroo @ Sep 10th 2008 7:46PM
Just point them to me; I take 200mg of the shit every day, and I'm a veritable Mr. Cucumber!
Word to your mothers.
Peace out.
Jody Anthony (gamertag and psn: JodyAnthony) @ Sep 10th 2008 12:41PM
good, there was never morphine in the original fallout games.
Roln @ Sep 10th 2008 1:16PM
Thanks a lot australia, you are ruining the game for everyone else now.
arrrgh @ Sep 10th 2008 2:02PM
fucking aussie board i want my REAL drug names
you smug bastids
Fishbox @ Sep 10th 2008 2:34PM
I don't see what the fuss is about, it's a nothing story really. It would seem out of place to have a real-world drug in there amongst fictional ones.
Either way, I cannot wait to get hold of this game!
Thatoneguy64 @ Sep 10th 2008 3:48PM
And they couldn't come up with a better name than Med-X?
MikeO. @ Sep 10th 2008 11:43PM
@Thatoneguy64
After the nonstop bitching of everyone that Bethesda wasn't staying true to past Fallouts, everyone now bitches that they use the same names from the original Fallouts.
What the hell is it with you people? Do you want the game to be similar or not?
PhilipWPerna @ Sep 10th 2008 5:12PM
This is how it all starts.
*powers on GroupThink head module*
Carmine @ Sep 11th 2008 12:04AM
Do they have Half-Life 2 in Australia? I seem to remember hearing "morphine administered" once or twice.
t_m @ Sep 11th 2008 7:14AM
Based on previous aussie rating decisions, there is no way that fallout 3 will get rated over there... so they seem to be wasting their time.
Unless they have finally decided to introduce an 18 certificate?