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Fallout Creator Says Modern Games Are Going Through An Identity Crisis

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In a new video, Tim Cain argues that early game development's strict limitations produced clearer, more efficient design--and warns that today’s feature-stuffed titles risk becoming "indulgent" and diluted.
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In recent years, there has been an increase in criticism of swollen AAA games, whose budgets already overshadow those of Hollywood superproductions and often take between five and ten years to develop (and sometimes even more). One thing would be that this would make the games better, but unfortunately it is not always so, and lately we have seen some horrifying cancellations with developers who have lost their job. Veteran Tim Cain, who in his …

Tim Cain, one of Fallout's fathers, spoke in a new video about the development of modern games – and finds clear words. For him, many of today's titles, especially large-scale productions, seem to "not really know what they want to be." The basic problem is that they should please everyone as much as possible and lose their own identity. more

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pcgamer broke the news in on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
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