He IS Fallout in my heart 💙💛 I still remember starting up the first game and seeing his name in the credits and wondering who he was. Obviously once internet got bigger I found out and I always remember that when I play em.
The bit about Lynda Carter is really cool to hear. I don't think she did voice work for Fallout 3, but I know she did for Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and Fallout 4. I'd like to think that she spent more time on the public floor because she was proud of what had been made.
I'm surprised (but I shouldn't be tbh) by how fluent, well written and engaging your "raw" notes are. I was completely immersed and this whole video I felt like I was listening to an awesome audiobook. Thank you so much for sharing your life literally one chapter at a time!
Thanks for your perspective. This sounds like a party I would have dreamed of going to! My perspective of the Fallout 3 launch while exciting for me, was definitely no where near as exciting as yours. I started playing Fallout 1 and 2 at an extremely young age (way younger than I should have been) but I loved the universe you created. I spent countless hours in those games and year after year I was always on the look out for Fallout 3 news but in the meantime I was discovering other games, like TES III Morrowind on the original Xbox. I fell in love with that gameplay style and while I love isometric games, and always will, you can imagine my excitement when I heard I was going to be able to actually explore the world of Fallout from a much more personal perspective. In 2008, I sold my original Xbox to buy a second hand Xbox 360, and I bought GTA IV, Fable 2 and of course Fallout 3 at launch. I remember going into the stores and they were still unpacking boxes of the game and I said to the lady "I'll have one of those please", pointing to a stack of Fallout 3 copies. She asked if I had been waiting for that one and I told her "only for 8 bloody years!" (which back then, felt like a really long time). I was probably about 16. Those were good times. Since then, Fallout is still my favourite gaming franchise of all time. I love each and every single player entry in it for different reasons. Now that both Obsidian and Bethesda are both a part of Microsoft, I really hope that there's a possibility of you returning to the franchise in some capacity (provided it's what you want to do of course). Thank you Timithy Cain for being such a huge part of creating one of my favourite things in this life.
@@earlofpants thank you, that's super kind of you. The longest wait for a sequel for me was Jagged Alliance 3 for sure, which only just came out, 24 years after JA2, which was also one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks for taking the time to read my experience, I would love to hear other peoples ones too!
I could tell that got a little emotional near the end, and I appreciate you sharing such a unique experience. I know you get it a lot, but you’re a great storyteller.
Hey Tim, just wanted to thank you for all the videos you make. I'm not a big Fallout fan, never played FO1 or FO2. But what I am is a fan of interesting people and you sir are a very interesting man!
I'm one of the new generation fans that fell in love with the Fallout universe through Fallout 3. But I've since matured and have deeply enjoyed the original Fallout. I believe that this is still quite an achievement, despite not being involved in Fallout 3, I still managed to find my way to the original creators. Which I think highlights how impactful this game world is that you have created. So huge applause for your work, and wishing you all the best.
Tim, I know you've said before in these uploads that you don't think of yourself as the best writer, but I gotta say that the asides in this journal entry (like "and that's coming from a 43 year old gay man" or "yeah here you can call me old man Tim") make for way better sentence pacing than a lot of dedicated writers I've been in workshops with.
Not gonna lie. I got a little choked up. I don't know why I am so damn sentimental in the AM. I really, really want to read your book now. Thanks for the memories Tim 😊
I should replay FO3, I have some vivid memories about the intro part, Three Dog, the black and white place, the overall moodiness of DC. I played FONW a lot and it is totally one of the best games of all time, but something about FO3 was so special that is nagging me to revisit it.
@@tomguglielmo9805 2 weeks late to a 5 month late reply, but it's tranquility lane, it's part of the main quest. Takes place in a vault in a sort of virtual reality.
I was introduced to the franchise with 3 and Fallout has been my favorite thing in the world ever since. I fell in love not only with that game but with the world you created, so even at the moment of that party you were still a big part of it and still are today. Thank you for creating my favorite thing ever.
Ugh so bitter sweat i can feel your emotion about all of this. Just grateful something you created can be so loved by so many people and make such a huge impact where it can pull thousands of people for a launch party.
For years I talked to people about my complaints about FO3. But now I make sure to preface it with that I feel they did so very much right. It was a great way to bring the series back to the public eye.
Awww, Fallout 3 was my first Fallout and I got that game back when I was in Middle School in 2008. Since then, the Fallout series has had a tremendously positive impact on my life, thank you Tim ❤
It’s true, fallout 3 was my first exposure to fallout when I was about 10 years old (way too young to be playing I know) but in the 14 years since I’ve now played almost all of them and I love them all. Not so much 4 and 76 but they still have their highlights
Fo4 is a great game. The voiced protagonist is the best part. I like hearing the character I'm playing as, speak. Silent protagonists have always annoyed me because it isn't realistic in the slightest.
@@Flip86x dude who’s never played a fallout game comes in and explains to fallout fans why the game that gets rid of all the qualities they’ve been enjoying about the series was actually so cool
Fallout 3 is my favourite game of all time, and was my first introduction to the series. Whilst you may not have had any direct involvement in that game, I want to thank you for giving us Fallout in the first place, because without you I never would have experienced this incredibly fascinating, haunting and unique franchise.
As someone who plays and enjoys Fallout 76 regularly, every time I boot it I think about the quote from Tim Cain "My idea is to explore more of the world and more of the ethics of a post-nuclear world, not to make a better plasma gun." Bethesda has made very fun games, but the games are literally and exclusively about finding better plasma guns, building bases, and exploring a Mickey Mouse cartoon version of Fallout 1.
Fallout 3 was the first Fallout game I played and I immediately fell in love with it. Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope to be able to have a game baby of my own some day!
Thank you Tim. Always a joy to get your insight. Especially on one of a kond moments such as these. Know that your contributions to such "ip" are most certainly not forgotten. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being you!!!
Fallout 3 was my introduction to the series. I was 19 when the game came out and the world engrossed me to a huge degree. Its easily one of my favorite game series of all time, having consumed the modern titles has made me want to experience the first and second games, knowing what the inspirations for the first games were and that the best parts of the series are present in the beginning show how important you and your team are to the Fallout world even if your not directly involved in a games creation.
Thanks for the incredible insight. I would love to hear more about how the games industry has changed during your career given that there aren't many people who've been around for longer than you. Thank you for creating my favorite games of all time.
Great story. You should call Todd Howard for collabs (Starfield DLC, Elder Scroll VI, Fallout 5)! Just by being there, you would give lots of cred (that they surely could use right now) and they could really benefit from your game design ideas.
Hey, Tim. My first Fallout game was Fallout 3, so I wanted to thank you for creating such a wonderful IP for future generations to appreciate to this day! I need to try Arcanum that you been mentioning so much, I will let you know of my experience hopefully in the future, Thanks!
I LOVED this story! I experienced it through your eyes, and noticed immediately when you and Steve glommed on to each other. You're a wonderful storyteller Tim, raw and heartfelt. Thank you for being so open with your life. These were truly interesting events to live through and whether the celebrities or paparazzi knew it or not you were the foundation of it all and we know it. Thanks for all of it.
This is an interesting window into the industry at that time but here we already see there the industry had a growing grandiose issue. Celebrities, bands, etc. This is of course is a way to give a treat to the "workers" which were many and at that point couldn't be called anything else but "workers". And all these people having a career and benefits because you, Tim. You and a few other passionate nerds in the 90's and before that came together in small groups and created these powerful experiences that enamored so many people. Sadly today many even don't know your name. Maybe that is why Sid Meier put his name in his games? So you can't forget him. Maybe he is right. Maybe like authors, people like us, should put our names on the cover of our books.
Im in my 30s, didnt get to play fallout 1 or 2 till waaay later on, once new vegas came out I went back and played fallout 1 and 2. My first experience with fallout was fallout brotherhood of steel for 5 mins.....then when fallout 3 came out I was like, thats what fallout brotherhood of steel was? Lol, end of the day, if it was not for fallout 3, id probably still not of known what fallout really was and possibly many other people. I appreciate all the fallout games as a whole, but fallout 3 did do some good and atleast you can say you are the grandfather or one of the creators of fallout, however way you wanna put it cause I know how much you stress it was a team effort for the creation of fallout. That party sounds like it was dope, id probably drank myself into oblivion at that time considering I was a heavy drinker. Thanks for sharing another of your past events tim. My older brother missed out on showing me fallout and im glad I atleast got into it at a later point in my life and fallout 3 kinda did that.
Tim I (and I'm sure many others) am praying that Bethesda allow Obsidian to make another Fallout game like they did with New Vegas. We want you and Leonard to have your baby back and add more to the Fallout world! Us fans are tired of waiting *years* for a sequel that doesn't look anywhere near on the horizon. Fingers crossed it happens and you are not fully retired from game development by then!
Thanks for this. I loved fallout 1 n 2 when I was back in college. I have tried Fallout 3 multiple times but about 20 hours in I just quit every single time.
Love the videos Tim. I absolutely love hearing storied about the industry. So I hope you will continue with all the cool stories. Even the not so cool stories are cool to me.
This was bittersweet and very cool. I doubt you follow them, but could you give an opinion on fallout:London or any big mod project like it. It's a little off topic, but I feel like anything you could say would be interesting. Especially about the love of the ip.
Great story! As a huge Foo Fighters fan, the idea of backing away from their stage pains me though 😂. Your conflicting emotions definitely makes sense, but sounds like an incredible night to reflect on.
I was only 8 years old when fallout 3 released but even at that age i knew it was something special. I couldn't play the game because of money issues but i would look up trailers and gameplay videos when i got the chance lol
I have soooo many things that I wish I could say! Oh, but for brevity being the soul of wit! Lol I guess, I just… I hope you know the heart FULL of gratitude I hold for you and your brainchild, YOU and the PIZZA NIGHT CREW have given us generations of great gaming memories and provided the bedrock for the best damn community of gamers bar none. Than you, genuinely, for sharing your notes, these stories, your creations, your passion with us. 🤗
fallout 3 was my first fallout. the first demo they revealed blew my mind as a kid. i was broke so i had to pirate it (and all the dlc). probably put 500+ hours into it.
Awesome video Tim, I love this sort of behind-the-scenes stuff, at least if the Blizzard/Activision deal goes through Microsoft will own the rights to Arcanum so maybe someday you'll get to do a remake/remaster and a sequel!!!
hey, Tim! Have you every considered making a video about mods people have made for games you've worked on? stuff like the Fallout 2 restoration-mod for instance.
Hey Timothy! I just stumbled upon your channel here today and noticed that you make short videos about Fallout lore. It is awesome to meet you on YT. I am a big fan of Fallout and Fallout 2 and I was always wondering what ideas stood behind putting into the game the now-iconic architectural styles of F1 and F2 buildings (for example those desert-type in Shady Sands and the those distinctive remains of big city buildings adorned with strange face sculptures) which were a big part of the Fallout's exceptional mood and atmosphere. I was only able to pull out some info that Shady Sands building style was related to GECK. If you could find some spare time, could you elaborate on that topic a bit? :) P.S. I just started to review your channel and if that topic was already discussed, I am very sorry for a duplicate!
Hi Tim! I've been watching a lot of your videos recently and I was curious if you've ever been given an offer to work on any of the Bethesda Fallout games? With how you've talked about your interactions with Tod and the crew there I'd assume that they would have loved to have you be involved.
Question: That's an interesting note from 2007 where you say "fallout was not mine anymore, many people would argue it never was and they would be correct in a legal sense and wrong in every other way." Could you tell us more about your feeling on game ownership; do you stand by that statement? do you still feel that way about some of your games?
YES! I wanted this video so much since you mentioned it last time. Thank you, Tim! I have a question regarding Fallout. Are you willing to work on a new title if the opportunity arises? Even if it's just minor involvement.
Would it be possible for you to make videos on being a gamer instead of a game developer- more specifically playing your OWN series after having been the one to… yknow, make them? The perspective of ‘experiencing the thing you created as you played through it’, I believe, could be AS informative- if not more so- than the process of creating itself! Bonus points if you could talk about playing FO3&4, but that’s if you want to.
I was pretty skeptical of FO3 at first. I was worried that it would become too much of a shooter, rather than an RPG. I ended up really loving it! It wasn't a perfect game, not being able to aim down sights seemed an odd design choice. But it was a terrific game that I think gets a bit too much criticism. The D.C. subway system is often met with a lot of criticisms, but I loved it! All in all, I regard FO3 and FONV as really good Fallout games. I didn't care for FO4, but that's a story for another day... lol
