Original Fallout Designer Concerned About Franchise
While the Fallout franchise may not be in his hands anymore, Tim Cain, the original designer, is still concerned about the franchise he helped create while at Black Isle Studios.
Speaking to Edge Online, he expressed his apprehension on the upcoming title from Bethesda and the planned MMO: "The biggest problem…is that the original games were designed to make you feel like you were one of the last people left on Earth… with Fallout 3 and the online version, I’m curious about how they’ll handle making the game not feel too crowded–making it feel like there’s not much life left out there after the war."
He notes, however, that he likes what he has seen so far about Fallout 3.
"It’s their IP now and they’ve gone in a certain direction and it’s very intriguing,” he added. "It’s not necessarily the direction I would’ve gone [though].”
Cain is now the design director at Carbine Studios, which is believed to be working on an unannounced MMO.