Although the fifth and final downloadable content pack for Fallout 3 has been out for a solid two weeks now, the game will continue to live on as a current discussion point for weeks to come. No, Bethesda isn't secretly preparing more add-ons -- the five pieces of DLC on Xbox 360 and PC still need to make it to the PlayStation 3 version.
But that raises the question, why is the studio ending the post-launch Fallout 3 support when many of us are more than ready to keep paying for new content. Speaking with Kotaku, executive producer at Bethesda Todd Howard said three was the plan from the get-go, and then they were going to "see where that goes."
"I kind of had in my mind that the upper limit was five," explains Howard. "Part of that was what I think people are willing to continue to pay for a game. And a lot of that is our own internal bandwidth."
It's hard not to be sad about Fallout 3's vast story coming to a close when you've invested upwards of sixty hours into it. How do the rest of you feel? Were you growing tired of the add-ons or did you appreciate having a reason to to jump right back in every few weeks?
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2:00 AM on 08.18.2009
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As DonHonk already said. With Bethesda's games you don't need DLC anyway. That's of course if you weren't so thick to buy the game for consoles.
On PC these games (especially the Elder Scrolls series) have one of the biggest modding community out there. With all the Fan Quests you could probably sink 1000+ hours into Oblivion.
Hell there are even total conversion (aka: They keep the engine and use the Construction set to build an entirely new game) in the works.
But due to the insane sales of Fallout 3, I forsee them making Fallout 4 before Elder Scrolls V. Or even them resurrecting another franchise.
In fact Just one more will do. A massive Shivering else style expansion (bit bigger than point lookout) set in "The Commonwealth" with "The Institute". I mean its mentioned about a dozen times and it was the only place I was REALLY interested in going to. If only for the Blade Runner homages...
Not feeling anything more than satisfaction, it was one of the best gaming experiences i had in my life and i'm ok with it. NExt.
Thankfully though my primary version in on the PC which already has an incredibly strong and dedicated mod community so I'm less reliant on official release.
That said, I think they hit the sweetspot of DLC quantity, would that Zeta had been a more worthy note to go out on, but if they want to get those teams on the 'new project that is almost certainly TES5, just you wait and see' that suits me fine.
In other words, bring on Fallout: New Vegas please.
I'd love to see more Fallout, especially a Shivering Isles-esque expansion. These mini bits were decent, but really short. Broken Steel was the closest thing to Shivering Isles we got, and even it was quite short. :/
Yeah. Huge expansion, please. Then you can leave it for dead.