NateTheHate’s recent report with regard to continuing work on Fallout 3 remastering, whose rumors date back several years, disappointed quite a contingent of fans in the gaming community. Bethesda affirms that the remaster is still a possibility but has no real plans for release.
What does that mean? This vague pom-pom-twirling, “it’ll be a while,” hinge left doing some really heavy lifting. Could mean next year, could mean after Elder Scrolls 6, could mean when we’re all living in actual vaults. Who knows.
Well, the overall quietness on this front is quite telling—either everyone was just too shocked by the announcement to comment or they are completely numb at this point to Bethesda’s slow trickle of remasters.
Skyrim has probably had a good 500 re-releases in the past few months, while Fallout 3 got the super speedy backwards compatibility patch and a “uh, good luck with those crashes, bud.”
Bethesda is too busy launching Starfield and oh, trying to un-screw the screw-up that was Fallout 76, so naturally, a Fallout 3 remaster wouldn’t be Priority Uno.
But it’s what fans want. It’s the RPG icon, and it would be all a brand new generation’s chance to see the Capital Wasteland without it being dragged down by some clunky graphics and Gamebryo engine nonsense.
It’s a question of how a remaster would actually look. A little resolution upscaling? A complete remake with Creation Engine 2? Or just a half-assed port and charge you forty bucks for that?
The expectations surrounding whatever Fallout 3 redo they come up with could range from sky-high to rock-bottom, given Bethesda’s recent… let’s put it in neatly “mixed” re-release track record.
All we have now is NateTheHate’s word and an awful lot of waiting. At the time this bad boy rolls around, who knows, maybe Half-Life 3 will drop along with it-or everyone will be ghouls by then. Either way, RadAway better be within reach because this is going to be one radioactive wait.
So it’s probably real Fallout 3 Remastered, but don’t expect to have it anytime soon. Go play New Vegas again or something; that game still slaps.
