Todd Howard's Fallout 5 Comments Prove the Need for Franchise Remasters

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Franchises with multiple entries face a number of problems. Sometimes there can be a sizable amount of time in between entries, and the narrative can lose its momentum or the playerbase can lose interest. That can be why some games, like the long-running Splinter Cell franchise, choose to reboot and start afresh while still maintaining the essence of the series. Others, like BioWare's beloved Mass Effect, tide fans over while they wait for an upcoming release with a remastered collection, but some just soldier on, banking on players waiting until the next installment even if that is years and years away.

With Bethesda's director and executive producer Todd Howard's recent comments about progress on Fallout 5 and when players might expect to play it, many fans are worried about when they'll next see some major new Fallout content. There's no release window for Fallout 5, and things are very much in the early stages, but given what else Bethesda is working on and how those games relate to the next Fallout installment, it's safe to say gamers won't be playing it anytime soon. In the meantime, many fans are hoping that Bethesda considers going down the remaster route while Fallout 5 is in the works.

Fallout 5 Sounds Like It's a Decade Away

Bethesda has been fairly tight-lipped about its recent games. Starfield, the studio's first new IP in over two and a half decades, has faced a lot of scrutiny from the gaming community ever since it was announced. In the years since, relatively little has leaked out about the upcoming sci-fi space epic, and gamers were increasingly curious about what Starfield might have in store. Now that the game is nearing its launch, Bethesda has opened up a lot more about what Starfield entails and shown