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Originally Posted by Spectre8
Main one is why Fallout3?
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It is a pre-established IP that most gamers know about even if they haven't played one.
Oblivion put Bethesda on the map more than any other title and now they are known as an RPG developer (They used to be one... Oblivion showed they do GTA clones these days :P). Combine their public face with an IP that is known as one of the pinnacles of the genre and you have a sure fire hit.
Much easier to market a Fallout 3 than a completely new franchise.
It's all too depressing to think about really. There are only two developers (neither of which exist any longer) who should have had the right to touch the holy grail of RPGs:
Black Isle - Van Buren (the Fallout 3 tech demo Black Isle created in 2003) is the REAL Fallout 3.
Just take a look at that - Pretty and faithful to the game's roots. Sadly Black Isle are not around any more.
Troika - A company made up of all the key designers on Fallouts 1 & 2 bar Chris Avellone. A company who single handedly made the best and more pure RPG experience available with Arcanum. A company whose name was synonymous with mature storylines that dealt with themes like sex as an adult would versus a barely post-pubescent teenager. There was no developer on the planet more qualified to develop Fallout than Troika. Tim Cain had said in numerous interviews that it was sad for the founding members that they didn't win the bid to purchase the Fallout IP so they could work on the most recent chapter of the RPG legacy they had created.
Even Obsidian would be a better pick, especially after my faith in them was restored with Mask of the Betrayer.
Anyway I've moaned enough about how Bethesda's involvement scares me more than it excites me in this thread. :P