joshugraham:

fyeahobsidian:

“Did you know Obsidian originally wanted three playable races in
Fallout: New Vegas? This is the part literally crossed out – struck
through and coloured red – on the Fallout 3.5 treatment Obsidian CEO
Feargus Urquhart showed me at the studio.

“Originally we had this
idea where the player would be able to choose between three races:
human, ghoul and super mutant,” he said. “It was just the engine… ”

It
really had to do with how all the weapons and armour worked. Trying to
have them all work with ghouls and super mutants was just going to be –
[Bethesda] felt like it was going to be a nightmare. It wasn’t like they
said no but it was a very strongly worded, ‘We would really suggest
that you not try to do that.”

Fallout: New Vegas was once Fallout: Sin City and had three playable races