Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is often lumped in with the classic Fallout games. However, at the time, fans of the first two Fallout entries largely rejected Tactics, since it was less focussed on story and NPC interactions than what had come before.
Now, Fallout Tactics devs are recalling the game's launch in an interview with PC gamer. Here, lead designer Ed Orman touches on the reception from fans and critics, noting that the Fallout community was particularly toxic in its criticisms of Tactics.
"We had two windows into how it was being received," says Orman. "There was one that we should have just never looked through, and the one that we always look through. Commercially and in terms of how [Fallout Tactics] was rated and how it was reviewed, it was received really well.
"[...] The other window was the existing Fallout fanbase and the incredibly fervent and passionate and often horribly toxic people in that fanbase," he continues. "There was a minority I remember seeing on there who were like 'Hey, it's pretty good game. I like what they've done to improve these things about Fallout.' But the vast majority were like, 'This isn't a Fallout game. This...
