PC Game Fun Time has an editorial about the sacrifices Fallout 3 had to make due the gaming censorship.<blockquote>Undeniably, a part of that magic was the mature nature of the games. The original Fallout series featured many adult topics, including sex, prostitution, drugs, and drug addiction. Unfortunately, times change, and many of these topics are no longer considered fit for video games, at least if they want to avoid the instant death sentence that is an “Adults Only” (AO) rating. Games with this rating will not be sold in most brick and mortar stores, which means there is little hope of AO games achieving the kind of sales that less harshly rated titles often do.
Because of this rating stigma, there are a number of things from the original games which will not be included in Fallout 3:
1. Nudity - While you may not have even realized it while playing because the graphics were so primitive, in Fallout 2 if you played as a female your character would be topless for the entire opening sequence. (Actually, male characters were topless too). This actually fit in well with the fact that you were a member of a primitive tribal society.
2. Prostitution - Sure, there will be Prostitutes in Fallout 3. But will you, the main character, be able to pursue a career in making porn, like in Fallout 2? I doubt it. Also, in Fallout 2 seduction could be used to further a quest or just for your own amusement. It seems unlikely that these options will be present to the extent they were in previous games.
3. Child Killing - In Fallout 2, there were these annoying little pickpocket urchins in one of the major cities. While I personally never actually killed one of them, you could attack them, and killing them was on the table. It takes away from the atmosphere of the game if going in you know that some characters will be invincible for no apparent in-game reason.</blockquote>#2 isn't fully correct, seduction will likely play a role though it's unknown if Fallout's "sleep with him, it solves everything" remains. Pretty sure #1 isn't correct about the topless PC, but I'll leave that to our pixel-counting brethren.
Because of this rating stigma, there are a number of things from the original games which will not be included in Fallout 3:
1. Nudity - While you may not have even realized it while playing because the graphics were so primitive, in Fallout 2 if you played as a female your character would be topless for the entire opening sequence. (Actually, male characters were topless too). This actually fit in well with the fact that you were a member of a primitive tribal society.
2. Prostitution - Sure, there will be Prostitutes in Fallout 3. But will you, the main character, be able to pursue a career in making porn, like in Fallout 2? I doubt it. Also, in Fallout 2 seduction could be used to further a quest or just for your own amusement. It seems unlikely that these options will be present to the extent they were in previous games.
3. Child Killing - In Fallout 2, there were these annoying little pickpocket urchins in one of the major cities. While I personally never actually killed one of them, you could attack them, and killing them was on the table. It takes away from the atmosphere of the game if going in you know that some characters will be invincible for no apparent in-game reason.</blockquote>#2 isn't fully correct, seduction will likely play a role though it's unknown if Fallout's "sleep with him, it solves everything" remains. Pretty sure #1 isn't correct about the topless PC, but I'll leave that to our pixel-counting brethren.
