Todd Howard says he loved Fallout 1 and 'played it to death'

Todd Howard says he has been a Fallout fan since the first game. "I was at Bethesda at the time when [Fallout 1] came out. It’s my brother who actually played it first. He’s like, 'Have you played Fallout?' And I said, 'I haven’t had the chance yet.' He said, 'You’ve gotta play it.'"

Howard added that he "loved the vibe of that game," more than similar tabletop-style titles such as Gamma World and Wasteland. "The rules of the world and the vibe of the world, they were just brilliant and so unique." He also recalled particularly loving "the Vault Boy and the way it would wink at the player in certain ways."

Jackson disliked the juxtaposition of the breezy Vault Boy and the game's violent content, but for Howard that blend was part of the original game's appeal — he "played it to death."

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