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Fallout violence "tongue-in-cheek"

More Kill Bill than anything says Bethesda
Bethesda Softworks' main PR man Peter Hines has denounced suggestions that the company is using extreme violence as a main selling point of Fallout 3.

When questioned over the extreme violence seen in screenshots so far, Hines responded: "We don't want it to be the focal point of the game, but it is what it is. It's a violent world, and so the combat should be violent as a result.

"I think we've done it to the extent that it's not realistic. It's a bit more tongue-in-cheek. It's Quentin Tarantino. So it's not storming the beaches of Normandy in Saving Private Ryan, where it looks like it's actually happening. It's more Kill Bill. It's violence that's a bit more over the top so it's more comical than disturbing."

Covering all bases, Hines concluded, "It's definitely a game for grown ups. It always has been. I think we've been very clear about that. This is a mature title for mature audiences. It's not a game for kids."

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Less time talking about it, more time getting it made thank you.
Waste_Manager on 18 Apr '08
Are those eyes flying out?
It looks blocky Crying or Very sad
MoonBaby on 18 Apr '08
If the violence is Tarantino-esque then that's alright - I thought they may have pandered to getting it out into the mainstream and softened it Wink
Vampyre on 18 Apr '08
Less time talking about it, more time getting it made thank you.

Somehow I don't think you want a PR guy making a game. It would be Peter Molyneux all over again!
KSprox on 19 Apr '08
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Radlihart on 19 Apr '08
If the violence is Tarantino-esque then that's alright - I thought they may have pandered to getting it out into the mainstream and softened it Wink

But chavy mums and dads will stil buy it for thare chavy kids when its for adults only.
megadethfan on 19 Apr '08
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