Summary
Bethesdahas no plans to modernise the classicFalloutgames, says Todd Howard. This extends to re-releases and console ports, as Howard says that these games should be played on PC with a keyboard and mouse.
This comes from an interview with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, in which Howard answers a range of questions about Bethesda’s future projects. Here, he makes it clear that remakes and ports of the classic Fallout games won’t be one of them, as he’s satisfied with how they play all these years later.
Classic Fallout’s Charm Comes From Its Age, Says Todd Howard
“A main priority for us is to verify they’re available and you can still play them on the PC,” says Howard, discussing Fallout and Fallout 2. “Beyond that, we’ve talked about it, but our priorities in terms of ‘Hey let’s go do dev work and make certain things work’, they haven’t been in those areas.”
Howard continues, explaining that we shouldn’t expect any changes to be made to the first Fallout entries. “We want it to load up and run well. […] Some of the charm of games from that era in the original Fallout is a little bit of that age. I would never want to paste over some of that with, ‘Well we changed how this works so it’s more modern’.
“As long as you can download it, as long as it loads up and runs, I think I’d like people to experience it the way it was.”
There’s alreadya fan-led project to remake Fallout 2, titled Project Arroyo. This fan game is being made inFallout 4’s engine, much likeFallout: London. But outside of that, it looks like we can rule out any modernised classic Fallouts, as Howard is eager for fans to experience the original releases.
Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics are all available to play on PC. They might take a bit of getting used to if you’ve only ever played the games fromFallout 3onwards since they’re turn-based and have a much heavier focus on creating the right character build. But many in the community - including Todd Howard - swear by them, and they’re crucial to the series' history.
