Controversies in Fallout 3

Even though Fallout 3 has proven itself to be an awesome game with its graphics, open world, missions, and a handful of other unique qualities that set it apart from other games, there have been issues with the game content in other countries:

Issues in Australia:

Fallout 3 came into conflict with OFLC (the rating system used there) largely in part of the drug use the game simulated. Bethesda Softworks made changes to the Australian version that takes out the actual drug usage, but was still denied a rating by the OFLC, that felt there was still too many drug references to receive a 15+ rating. Bethesda basically came up with the idea to only release the game world wide and the only change to the game would be renaming the real world drug 'morphine' to med-x.

Med-X:

Issues in India:

In October 2008, Microsoft announced it would not release Fallout 3 in India due to the depiction of Cow-like figures, which for religious reasons might offend the public there. (Brahmin, which is very closely related to the real world 'brahman', are used in the game that can be equated to a malnourished 2 headed cow). See below:

Issues in Japan:

Bethesda Softworks made changed to the optional mission "The Power of the Atom" in the version released in Japan to avoid criticism in depicting an atomic bomb being detonated in inhabited areas. In the normal version of the game, the player is given the option to active, ignore, or defuse a dormant atomic bomb that is in the center of the town of Megaton. The character, Mr. Burke (who encourages you to blow the bomb up for a large amount of money and a home in a different location) has been removed from the game entirely.

Another change was made to the Japanese released version, by renaming the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon the player can use to "Nuka Launcher", since the original name was referencing to the bomb used on Nagasaki.

Tetsu Takahashi, the person who dealt with public relations between Fallout 3 and Japan, said that the game would have received a CERO rating of Z, boarding on the game being banned, if the changes weren't made to the Japanese version of the game.

If the player chooses to detonate the bomb in Megaton one can expect to see this:

To see the original article see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3#Controversies

Fallout 3

Here is the description of (the actually released) Fallout 3 from Wikipedia.

Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and is the third major game in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America on October 28, 2008, in Europe and Australia on October 30, 2008, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 31, 2008, and in Japan on December 4, 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2277, 36 years after the setting of Fallout 2 and 200 years after the nuclear apocalypse that devastated the game's world in a future where World War III occurred in the second half of the 21st century. The game places the player in the role of an inhabitant of Vault 101, a survival shelter designed to protect a small number of humans from the nuclear fallout. When the player character's father disappears under mysterious circumstances, he or she is forced to escape from the Vault and journey into the ruins of Washington D.C. to track him down. Along the way the player is assisted by a number of human survivors and must battle myriad enemies that now inhabit the area now known as the "Capital Wasteland". The game has an attribute and combat system typical of an action strategy game but also incorporates elements of first-person shooter and survival horror games.

Following its release, Fallout 3 has received very positive responses from critics and a number of Game of the Year awards, praising in particular the game's open-ended gameplay and flexible character-leveling system. The NPD Group estimated that Fallout 3 sold over 610,000 units during its initial month of release in October 2008, performing better than Bethesda Softworks' previous game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which sold nearly 500,000 units in its first month. The game has also received post-launch support with Bethesda releasing five downloadable add-ons for the game.

Developer(s)	Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher(s)	Bethesda Softworks ZeniMax Media
Designer(s)	Emil Pagliarulo (lead designer) Todd Howard (executive producer) Istvan Pely (lead artist)

Here are the platforms you can play Fallout 3 on:

Windows, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. (In an earlier video I posted actually criticizes the visual quality of the Playstation 3 version) I have personally played the Xbox 360 and was amazed by it.