Interplay says Bethesda knew Fallout MMO would, in fact, be a Fallout game

@CaptainProtonX I don't know if I really want to see an MMORPG made on a $3000 budget.

@ajbrown141

And oranges would be the currency? And all potions would be orange juice based?

@Courtney

You sir can go straight to hell. I will never give up on the company that brought me The Bard's Tale.

@Courtney

The Interplay that we knew and loved is long gone. I would rather remember it for what it was then watch these death throes. Does anyone really think that a Fallout MMO will ever make it to market? Or that if it did, it would be any good?

@Courtney

Will likely be better than this third person regurgitated WoW shit we are subject to these days. I long for the isometric glory days of MMOs.

@Anticrawl
You seem to be under the impression that the Interplay that exists today is able to make even something on par with its output of 12 years ago. Unfortunately, this couldn't be further from the truth. Interplay, as we knew it when Fallout 1 and 2 were around, has long since been dead. It doesn't have any development studios (aside from a few people supposedly working on this MMO); it hasn't had any major releases in nearly a decade; and it doesn't even really have any capital. They sold Fallout because they were in massive debt. Most of the money they got from it has been used to pay down debt, not to actually create any new content.
Interplay today is a brand that has been sold and resold to the lowest bidder countless times. It's not a game development company, and it was likely going to use the FF MMO to help raise money for other reasons. I don't think anyone seriously thinks it could've developed a studio on its own.
Black Isle, the actual studio that made Fallout, Fallout 2, and many other great titles, is also dead. However, much of the staff founded a new studio to essentially continue the legacy. It's called Obsidian Entertainment, and they made Fallout New Vegas. In fact, most of the leading staff for Fallout New Vegas would've been the leading staff on the cancelled original Fallout 3, and the New Vegas story actually has most of the major elements planned for Fallout 3's story.

@killias2

tl;dr

You seem to be under the impression that Bethesda can do a better job with Fallout than Interplay. I have yet to see proof.

@Anticrawl
If you didn't read, then you shouldn't respond.
However, to be nice, I'll do this as simply as possible. 1. Interplay isn't a game developer anymore. It's basically a mailbox with a few licenses and a lot more debt. 2. Fallout New Vegas was made by most of the same senior designers as would've made Fallout 3 if Interplay hadn't cancelled it.

@killias2

Bethesda isn't a game developer anymore.

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Jez, kids these days.

@killias2

And just so we are clear here - 5 people from Black Isle doesn't mean Obsidian carries any weight with the Fallout name. Fallout New Vegas is still so bug ridden and broken after 6 separate playthrough attempts I still cannot complete the game due to game breaking bugs.

@Anticrawl
"Fallout New Vegas is still so bug ridden and broken after 6 separate playthrough attempts I still cannot complete the game due to game breaking bugs."
I beat it on my first attempt (on the PC) within a week of it coming out. No game breaking or really even frustrating bugs. I know lots of people had issues (especially with the console adaptations), but that doesn't mean it's the report for everyone. You only hear about it when people complain.
"5 people from Black Isle doesn't mean Obsidian carries any weight with the Fallout name"
When people complain that we didn't get the true sequels from Interplay, I don't know what you can possibly mean besides Van Buren. That was an isometric RPG from Black Isle Studios and Interplay. It was a direct successor to Fallout 2.
Who were the lead designers on the original Fallout 3? Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, and Josh Sawyer. (Both Feargus and Chris were also lead designers on Fallout 2). Who were the lead designers on NV? Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, and Josh Sawyer.
I don't understand how you can say this team lacks credibility. You can still dislike the game due to bugs (as you've noted) or just playability, but I don't understand how you or anyone else can argue that this isn't a -credible- team. This is easily the closest we've come since the end of Black Isle studios to a true Fallout team, and Interplay is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH further away from being able to do the same (provide either a more credible or higher quality release).

@killias2

>implying only developmental department of game development is what results in success of a title - not only financially but critically and culturally.

>implying the lack of writers, art teams, legacy programmers or play testing marketing department means nothing.

>implying a hell of a lot that would piss off a great deal of the gaming industry.