Wow at first I thought this was going to be a rant but now I can see the article favours both Black isle and Beth Soft, however I would like to point out that the decision to remove the ability for sex and killing kids is purely because "that's not how Beth Soft do things"

Ontop of that, they don't allow kids to be killed because well, look at the world of today, people would rather spend their lives complaining about a game that gives such an ability and that it could potentially cause teenagers and such to kill etc.

Point is, Beth Soft are covering their backs and actually Beth Soft are very smart in their decision, they don't originally put it in as a feature but by giving the gamers ability to mod the game, they aren't liable for what the gamers make (hence when nude mods appear, Beth Soft says "got nothing to do with us")

To be fair they could have done a heck of a lot of stuff with this game, even more so than current fans and fallout fans ever expected but then we would be talking AO+ style and possibly banned from majority of countries but at the end of the day...back in the 90's people were open minded and accepted those kind of games, now they would rather bitch about them and send the game makers to court

BoS doesn't count.
Super sweet retrospective!
Well balanced article too, good job.

We try to please guys . . . ;-) we'd rather put out less and have them better, than more and have them average.

One thing I have always asked of the crew, if you're going to write something, investigate it first, because you could end up with egg on your face if you don't.

As readers will only read what they want to read and skip the bits they don't want to. SO you need to make sure all bases are covered.

We're gamers first and foremost, not fanbois. We'll have reviews up on Resistence 2, Killzone 2, LBP and HOME, and not done so as to be critical in a bda way, just view them as they are played as if it was a 360 or even a Wii game. ie: How one experiences it.

I like the video on the history of the franchise, as if (??) many younger gamers watch it, they'll see that the games they have in their hands today are fare superior in many many ways to the games of a decade ago.

And that the complaints they have around each blade of grass not moving or the sun not looking real enough, or some other inaine - idiotic nuance about gameplay etc, are just that, silly complaints. As gamers these day have never, ever had it this good, had this many games, of had the hardware and software that can deliver games that can be so life-like, that the other pale in comparison.

I might point out as well, we paid MORE for Fallout and Fallout 2 than we do for the same game (Fallout 3) now . . so in short, stop complaining and start enjoying the games for what they ARE, not what they are NOT. If that makes sense.?

Try, but I find many younger gamers see even great games like far cry 2, Mass Effects, BioSHock, etc etc etc as "okay" games but the graphics could be better, the game play should be better, etc etc, you get the drift. When in fact, over the last 3-5 years, games "generally' have improved well beyound what they had in the previous 10-15 yrs.

They expectmore because they haven't experienced earlier games and those games, while excellent - in their own great way, are vastly different to games of today, and tomorrow.

Mirror's Edge is another example. If it didn't have big guns, bad boss fights and fighting combos, it was rubbish, when in fact, it was a huge leap forward for the genre' as a game. Yet will no doubt now not have a follow up, yet deserves one.

I think you know what I mean . . ?