UNCOVERED: 2 - Caught on Camera

The future of RPGs is isometric

Opinion | Isometric RPGs were once considered a thing of the past, but recent success stories have proved that players still have an appetite for the subgenre

GamesRadar · Mar 10

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says less is often more in game design: 'As a very wise designer once said to me, a game that includes everything is about nothing'

As hard as it is to admit, an idea isn't necessarily worth implementing just because it sounds cool.

PC Gamer · Mar 2

Fallout 3 is famously green, but series co-creator Tim Cain didn't even notice because he's colorblind: "I was blown away"

"The whole greenish tint thing didn't apply to me"

GamesRadar · Feb 16

OG Fallout devs had to talk themselves into the RPG's name: "My immediate reaction was 'ehh...'"

"Fallout was on the list. But we all went, 'It's too obvious.'"

GamesRadar · Feb 10

Fallout's original creators say that Fallout 3 and 4 aren't quite what they would've done, but 'sales say people love what they did'

"I'm looking at my glass cabinet full of Fallout goodies."

PC Gamer · Feb 9

Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party Tim Cain threw

But were there anchovies?

PC Gamer · Feb 9

Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives'

The little post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that could.

PC Gamer · Feb 8

Fallout co-creator wasn't allowed to share ideas with the rest of the team, so he showed the engine that would eventually power the RPG at a secret pizza party

Disguised by pepperoni

GamesRadar · Feb 8

Fallout co-creator "would have gone in a different direction" than Bethesda did with the RPG series, but "sales say people love what they did"

The OG Fallout creators still enjoy Bethesda's RPGs, though

GamesRadar · Feb 7

Fallout was a "B-tier side project" compared to the D&D "money teams" at Interplay, says series co-creator Tim Cain: "We're off in the corner"

Not so B-tier anymore!

GamesRadar · Feb 6