Fallout Fan Project Will Turn the Original Game Into a Doom-Style FPS
A team of modders is taking the original Fallout game and turning it into a post-apocalyptic Doom clone, with an emphasis on that 90s FPS aesthetic. With Fallout 5 currently in development, Bethesda seems keen to move forward with the franchise. However, it seems the fan base still has a lot of love to give for the older entries, especially seeing as the entire series will be celebrating 25 years of existence come October 10, and many will no doubt be looking forward to this fan mash-up.
The original installment in the long-running franchise was released in 1997 and developed by Interplay. The first two games were something of a cult hit, with isometric visuals and a stronger focus on story and stat building. With Bethesda taking over for 2008's Fallout 3 and beyond, the series has seen a massive shift into commercial success, but some have not forgotten where things started. In fact, some would say that Fallout 1 and 2 are deserving of remakes, perhaps as a means of widening its appeal to newer gamers who never got to play them the first time round.
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In the meantime, there's Fallout: Bakersfield, which is being created by a number of developers, including Alexander Berezen, who is an artist responsible for some Fallout mods. A teaser trailer shows this latest project will be a mix-up of the game's style and world with a lean towards classic FPS games like Doom. The clip shows the player, from a first-person rather than isometric perspective, shooting and punching zombies, and it looks pretty exciting. Currently, there is no proposed release date for Bakersfield, though a brief flash of text onscreen talks about the settlement of Bakersfield and mentions the date October
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