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With all the fanboy love out there for Fallout 3, especially from the purists, this will be news. I for one (with FO1, FO2 and Tactics all still faithfully installed and being played through as prep for 3) love the changes to add a pinch more realism to the post apocalyptic world!
Theres been a lot of talk in the blogosphere about changes that were made to Fallout 3 so that the game wasnt banned in certain territories (most notably Austraila). It was revealed yesterday afternoon by 1up.com that the changes made to the game would be made across all territories, so as to not create confusion, but what changes, specifically? I shot a note to Pete Hines, VP of Marketing and PR at Bethesda, to find out just what was changed.
Additional sources:
- via computerandvideogames.com
- Fallout 3 NA, UK, and AU versions (neoseeker.com)
- Fallout 3 censored worldwide (xboxic.com)





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In past games, Rad-X, the boosts, etc - were meant to sound... for lack of a better descriptor: "50s campy"...
Pete keeping with the lexicon of the previous games, and changing the name from Morphine to Med-X is actually genious and has many Fallout fanboys like me, extremely happy.
Real world drug names don't mesh well with the Fallout universe.
I just say the whole thing is silly. Like you said, even if they censor the drugs, there's all the other issues that make Fallout such an intense game/franchise. Changing the name from morphine to Med-X doesn't change any of that!
Edit Here's the article, http://www.neoseeker.com/news/8739-fallout-3-dealing-with-regional-censorship-laws/
I hope the kama sutra perk returns in Fallout 3.
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