Fallout 3/Bethesda's Games

[RottingCorpse]

Nacho sent this to me, but didn't post it here... likely out of shame.

http://gamerant.com/fallout-4-lawsuit-addiction/

Fallout 4 Player Sues Bethesda After Losing Wife and Job

While most of us here would consider gaming a hobby, few call it an addiction. Yes, when we have free time it’s not uncommon to see us behind our console of choice, but when it comes to real world responsibilities it’s still possible to put the controller down. For one Fallout 4 player, however, that line between hobby and addiction blurred really fast.

This player, a Russian man from Krasnoyarsk, became so enthralled with the world of Fallout 4 that he shunned all other considerations. He played Bethesda’s game almost exclusively, and in the process ignored his job, his wife, and his children.

Unsurprisingly, the Fallout 4 player’s addiction led to some serious real world consequences, including him losing his job and his wife requesting a divorce. Apparently, these developments didn’t do much to shake the addiction, though, and only further pushed the player into the game world.

Now, this Russian gamer, seemingly after being shaken from his post-apocalyptic stupor like some sort of Vault Dweller, is coming to terms with his addiction. But what’s he doing? He’s suing Bethesda for $7,000 dollars because he lost his wife and job. Yes, that’s the world we live in.

According to a statement from the man, Bethesda or any of the localization firms working with Bethesda for Fallout 4’s release should put a warning regarding the addictive nature of the experience. He claims that, if he had known the game was so addictive, he likely would have waited until the holidays to try it out. But according to the lawsuit, the player was engrossed for over three weeks, so that likely wouldn’t have helped.

Obviously, the Fallout 4 player doesn’t have of a case, as many can enjoy the game without becoming so engrossed they neglect their jobs. Moreover, Fallout 4 is not a new experience; presumably the Russian man was familiar with prior entries in the franchise. If so, it would be hard to attest that he didn’t know the game could become addicting. Presumably if he had played Fallout 3, New Vegas, or even Skyrim, he likely knew that Bethesda games could suck players in and never let go.

Nevertheless, this is but a small blemish on Bethesda’s banner year. The publisher hit the ground running when they announced Fallout 4, and soon after sent the fans into a tizzy by confirming the game would launch by 2016’s end. And hype continued to build until the game finally released and engrossed a large population of gamers. Hopefully most of them knew when to take a break, though.

Fallout 4 is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

[nacho]

Yeah. A bit close to home.

[Reginald McGraw]

Fallout 4 Player Sues Bethesda After Losing Wife and Job

Obviously, the Fallout 4 player doesn’t have of a case, as many can enjoy the game without becoming so engrossed they neglect their jobs. Moreover, Fallout 4 is not a new experience; presumably the Russian man was familiar with prior entries in the franchise. If so, it would be hard to attest that he didn’t know the game could become addicting. Presumably if he had played Fallout 3, New Vegas, or even Skyrim, he likely knew that Bethesda games could suck players in and never let go.

Ah yes, reasons that the player doesn't have a legal case: others can handle it and he should have known better.

[nacho]

The Throne Maiden just comes upstairs and yells at me. And...I do what she says.

[nacho]

The Leadbelly perk is great. Though I now spend most of my time in this game perched on overpasses with tricked out sniper rifles depopulating Boston.

Going to get the Lone Wanderer perk so I can ditch my companion, then meander around the edge of the map today.

[nacho]

Okay, so I think I'm about over my "sit on an overpass and kill everyone in the Commonwealth with my heavily modded long range sniper rifle" and ready to move on to "sit on top of a lighthouse and drop nuke mines on people."

Now that I'm a bit more rad friendly, the Children of Atom are great fun because they'll follow you across the map if you piss them off enough. 

[nacho]

So...Doom was on sale, and I had tons of credit. Bethesda is becoming the Nostalgia Company, I guess.

Haven't had a chance to even install it yet, sadly.