Hehe I know Tim didn't personally mind it, but having a VIP section in a Fallout game launch party and not designating the creator of the series as VIP is a bit funny. Thanks Tim, fun video.
I imagine the VIP list was already a bit big. If you think that every(?) dev at Bethesda who worked on FO4 (at least) got VIP, that is already a lot of people. Then if you give Tim and everyone else who worked on FO1 at Interplay VIP too (plus all of their +1s), it becomes a lot of people and not very "VIP" anymore, so I can see why from an event management perspective.
Tim mentioning the Fallout 3 party, Fallout 4 party, and the Fallout NV party in the same breath made me curious about whether or not there was a Fallout 76 launch party, but interestingly, after looking it up the immediate results were mostly about a West Virginia charity organization's fundraising event that used the game's launch as a publicity opportunity. Smart move on the charity's part, and cool on BGS's part for being cool with it. Still super interesting that was the first result.
I remember for 76 they invited a lot of popular fallout youtubers to the Greenbrier to play the game. Not really a launch party, but a media event at least.
Tim, you are the realest and the humblest person ever. If I was the person to create a franchise, I would breach into that VIP zone without any invite.
As an aspiring young artist/producer, it's surreal to think about a concept, an IP, a title; that you were the original genesis of becoming such a massive commercial venture, meaningful to so many people who were introduced to it through its new iterations. Especially decades after your creative involvement has largely ceased. It's really comforting to see someone expressing such excitement and appreciation for the work that the next generation has put into carrying a franchise forward. The idea of being one of the first people to work on programming a 2D "Mr Handy" sprite, to seeing that same sprite brought into three dimensions and constructed in the real world ~20 years later is an astonishing one. I hope to one day be able to see how my own creative contributions have shaped the artistic work of others
@@Hulksauce I don't think you quite grasp what they are saying here. What they are saying would be truly a surreal experience for me. to see my characters, my art, inspire massive commercial growth and widespread popularity would be surreal and astonishing (in the best way possible). I am completely sober, I just think you might need to re-read what they were saying a couple more times.
So the Fallout 4 Launch Party was in 2015, meaning that that episode of Criminal Minds (never watched the show) should be in season 11 or 12 that was released in 2016 assuming they filmed the episode a year before. Maye we can track this episode down.
Man, what I wouldn't give to be able to experience a Fallout launch party. These things look and sound incredible. I really like how they pretty much built a real Mr Handy, god that mustn't have been cheap. Also if it makes you feel any better, I get sleepy after one drink and I'm only 33! Thanks for another fantastic perspective video of what these are like!
Cool that some areas were empty with no crowded lines. Sounds like a blast going to the launch party as well as being part of a CRIMMINAL MINDS shoot. Reminds me of my first trip to Florida earlier this year to visit my sister and her husband and on my way back with her husband they were filming the latest JOKER film in front of his building in the Bronx which was like one cool exclamation mark to end my vacation out of New York. Yea turning 50 is an experience. I started needing to use reading glasses to read and play computer games at that age. Thank goodness stuff not right in front of my face is still crystal clear. Also treats like doughnuts are a day time thing no way i can have em at night anymore unless i take some Pepto Bismol beforehand to coat my stomach with some protection. Love FALLOUT 3 and 4 with thousands of hours on each and growing. Also the first FALLOUT was brutal especially those scorpions along with the Super Mutants with the mini guns in the desert. I thought it was awesome that Brian Eno did some of the music for the game. Am also a big fan of ambient music listening to many of the groups you have mentioned in your other video along with Gary Numan and John Foxx (ULTRAVOX) anything with a futuristic sound i gobbled up back then as well as now. ARCANUM is great. It was my favorite rpg back then alongside MORROWIND at a time when the rpg landscape was changing drastically with classics like the MIGHT & MAGIC first person rpgs going out of business etc. Still have the ARCANUM cd in my collection with a bunch of other cd games from back then. Thanks for the great flashback. 2015 still feels like a year or two ago. How times flies ☕
Todd Howard and his team have given these games new life. Here you can argue a lot about the sequels themselves, but the very fact that more people know and love Fallout is already very good. Thanks to everyone who develops this world.
You make it sound like Bethesda stepped in to do the job that nobody else wanted. Mr. Cain has already stated that he would like to have acquired the IP, but Bethesda had more money.
@@LobertERee I just want to say that I'm glad that the game isn't lying forgotten somewhere in the corner. I really don’t like what’s happening to her at the moment and money is not an indicator that you understand the essence of this game. but it just happened that way.
@LobertERee Troika seemed to already be on the verge of shutting down before that even happened, so I doubt they'd have managed to make that Fallout if they had the license since they weren't able to acquire any funding and had to layoff their staff that same year.
It’s a good gesture i think that the bethesda invite the one of the key member in Fallout games . I hope these kinds of traditions goes on . As myself i mostly like any Fallout games even those bethesda’s ones are not actually giving same feeling on orginal first 2 Fallout games, but still enjoyable games to play . The interesting thing i experienced in Fallout 4 is the game is released in 10 th of November in 2015 and this day is the national sorrow day of the Turkish Republic , our founded leader whose name is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in 10 th of November in 1938 , he re established ottoman empire into modernized Turkish Republic . While i was doing some quest in Fallout 4 , i realized that in the quest i’ve been doing the player suppose to find some golf ball and has to give it to the quest giver to compelete that quest , there is a thing that you can observe the ball itself in the game and i saw Ataturk’s signature in that ball . I don’t know even since how this signature involves in that game but most likely there can be some Turkish developer who is implemented into this game , because it’s release that quite a unique date for Turkish people or maybe someone else in this game studio knows about history very well :) It’s just a some quite experienced i would like to tell , nothing more :) . Thanks again sir for everything and wish you to have wonderfull life and to your loved ones
10:16 -- Speaking of which, Tim, what are your thoughts on how the success of BG3 may affect the CRPG genre going forward? Do you think there's any chance publishers will be looking into reviving older IPs similar to Baldur's Gate (like Arcanum, Planescape, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights)? As a side note, I'm sure many of us will be interested to hear if you have any thoughts on BG3 in general -- did you play it? Is there anything in particular you liked or didn't like about the game? Are there any features or mechanics from BG3 that you hope to see in more CRPGs in the future?
Any chance to talk more about what happened at the FNV launch party? I found really intriguing your mention of how not many of the devs actually attended. Great story as always Tim!
Mr. Cain, your Arcanum game is one of the most beautiful things that happened to the game industry in my opinion. It remains my favorite game of all time. In Russia, we still have a team of enthusiasts (Multiverse Team) that updating and polishing the game, adding new gameplay features, updating maps, drawing new portraits, fixing balance and bugs, adding new schemes and other content. So, even though Arcanum didn't become as popular as Fallout (yet?), it's still a masterpiece.
Arcanum is much bigger then Fallouts and thats a problem becose is such a lot to do to fix this game. Ballance in Arcanum simple not exist you can go necromancy and simple rush all game. Fallout 1 i still his best game, game from start to end looks good and challange. Arcanum is very good cRPG you can even play as Ogre "Arcanum Supermutant".
Arcanum is actually available on Steam, after watching your videos im going to play it. Clockwork Revolution, upcoming InXile game, cites Arcanum as a major influence. Your work lives on! Aldo the IP is owned by Activision? Which means after the acquisition maybe Microsoft will put it back out? Hmmmm maybe they could use a consultant on that ;)
Idk if this question is too specific but here goes: When making a RPG, is it easier to make when you are basing it in a TTRPG ruleset, like in Vampire and Temple or is it actually easier when doing your own thing like in Fallout and Arcanum?
Hi Tim, a question - do you ever get to just sit back and enjoy playing your games once they're finished, in the way that we do? Is that even possible? Or do you just ship your game and, that's it, job done?
Hey Tim, I love your videos! I have a QUESTION. How much work and time goes I to making yearly release games. I know sports games release a game every year with minimal updates. Do you think there should be regulations in place for minimum requirements to release yearly games? Sports games really take advantage of sports fans who I have noticed have very little knowledge of games in general.
I feel like I ran into you at the party, but I honestly don't remember it nearly as well as you do. It was a fun time, but so many lines. Mikey D. was my "date" to the party 🤣
@@CainOnGames I did bc I was a developer/working there at the time. I didn't stay up there though. There was nothing to see up there other than co-workers. There were actually two vip areas. one I could not get into either. That other one was for celebrities and executives if I remember correctly.
I want that criminal minds lobby scene now! Get on it! Oh darn, I just remembered I’m not in charge of an investigative team. I’m always doing that. So embarrassing.
I always thought it was a cliche that California is so about Hollywood but last time I was in California my Uber driver was going on how he did stunt work on some movie and at dinner the table next to me kept going on about some relative being an associate producer.
I mean, Microsoft now owns Activation, they own Sierra. Obsidian is owned by Microsoft, Bethesda is owned by Microsoft. The rights are in a place where if they wanted they could do something with Arcanum. It is a pre-existing IP, it has a cult following, all it really needs is someone in charge wanting to take advantage of it. Likely within a time frame to keep the trade mark if anything.
I hope now that you are more out there with the youtube channel more people will know your name, and will know the games you have created. Even I that consider myself a somewhat of hardcore CRPG gamer didn't know you created Arcanum up until I found your channel a couple months ago. I always thought Arcanum was inspired by Fallout, but never bothered to do some research on Troika. (also in the early 2000's it wasn't so easy to find info on the internet, the internet was tiny). I'm hoping Fallout 1 will still have it's No Clip episode featuring you, more youtube documentaries will be made about it and we will watch you talking to big youtubers, etc, hope you get more recognition for what you have created.
Kind of a joke that you, the literal creator of fallout, who gets a personal email from Todd, and is the reason any of that is even happening - who is LITERALLY the most Very Important Person there - isn't afforded a VIP pass. Honestly, quite a joke. Maybe they didn't want you somehow upstaging them or making a ruckass in the VIP? I don't know. If they actually knew you, from what I can see, then they should be fine. Either way, both this and the fallout 3 one sound like a lot of fun regardless.
Love seeing all these insights and nice to see how much joy Fallout brings people over decades. I love them all, cept maybe that xbox brotherhood game.. hehehe, yeahhhh look... hahahah 😂
Tim, can you show us your partner? You can’t imagine what it’s like to live in a country where your sexuality is a criminal offense, and then to realize that your favorite game was made by a gay bear just like you. thank you so much for being you. You will always be the person who inspires me to continue living. you created games that allowed me to survive the worst period of my life when I was completely alone. I will always be grateful to you for this.
About Arcanum: Tons of people - me included - LOVE Arcanum. I'd wager a bet if you'd create a Kickstarter campaign for Arcanum 2 and promoted it on your channel it'd be quite successful.
It's diverged? I didn't realize that. ;) That's what made Fallout special to me. It's original lore is unrivaled (in video games, at least) as a fictionalized reflection of our real-world, present timeline and the retrofuturistic art style is perfect for it. It's the loss of that I lament in the modern Fallouts.
@@lrinfi Clearly, Fallout world is different enough that the USA invaded Canada, nuclear power was the primary way to acquire energy, and computers were still huge machines ran with tape and (probably)punch cards. That was established in the first game. You really have to reach or be purposefully obtuse to pretend that the timeline didn't diverge since the inception of this setting. Original commenter asked a good question. When was the divergence originally planned is an interesting discussion.
@@ChadVulpes Did you mean "annexed" Canada? That's what makes that particular dark humor so funny. It's ironic in a real-world sense. "Globalists" have or have attempted to annex every country on Earth in a sense. I recall a tiny European country, the name of which escapes me at the moment, being heralded as "the mouse that roared" when it defied the globalist/corporatist agenda a few years back. The general attitude of the globalists was, of course, "How dare they? Don't they know we only want what's in their best interest?" And the tragicomedy continues. "The road to hell is often paved with good intentions" and the original creators of Fallout were obviously familiar with that concept/idiom. Bethesda, honestly, doesn't appear to be and/or doesn't want to touch it for fear of offending anyone. No idea. PS: George Carlin's "Euphemisms" skit is similar to the original Fallout's in ironic humor/vibe. Of course, the US didn't "invade" Canada in the Fallout universe. It merely "annexed" it. That kind of subtle humor is practically nonexistent in Bethesda's Fallouts.
@@ChadVulpes If you missed it, I can't help you, I'm afraid. You said, the "Fallout world is different enough." And that is, of course, what I meant by "fictionalized" in my original comment. Irony, like paradox, is generally un- and underappreciated in our time and the exploration of subtle ironies in Fallout's original iconography, as I've said before, are unrivaled in the video game medium as I see it, the difference between the original meanings of words with which all of us are familiar and how they're used by propagandists and spin doctors being among them. That's what I miss in the modern Fallouts, personally. That kind of stuff is merely used as window dressing in the modern Fallouts, hollow and insubstantial. And that's what I mean when I say that Fallout iconography has been stripped of all its original and inherent meaning.
Omg I think this is the first time I'm seeing Robert!? Idk if you've posted him before, terrible memory tbh. You two are so cute together 🥰 I really love hearing the launch party stories. They're always so wild. I wish I could go to one!
He is not involved in the show's development or production so he doesn't really know anything about it. I'm kinda hoping we'll get his opinions on individual episodes as they come out though.
Okay so I heard you gloss over rhis a bit but as a bit of insight, the reason Robert Trump was at that party had all to do with rhe davt he was a Zenimax board member and had been one since 1999.
That you weren't invited the New Vegas party is weird, that the developers at Obsidian weren't at the New Vegas party is depressing. There's a viral picture of Anna Kendrick at the New Vegas party, but there was no room for the people who made the game?
I feel so bad about what happened to Chris. He didn't deserve those false allegations, and he didn't deserve his career being ruined because of it. Everyone I've seen talk about Chris (aside from his lying accusers) has had nothing but good things to say. Male and female. He should get some time in the spotlight, and serve as a benchmark for how you need to handle false allegations. He handled it about as well as youy can. He just shut up, and let the courts handle it.
@@Hoppelite His 'departure' from DL2 basically made me lose faith in the game. I was right. He definitely needs to reclaim his position as one of the best video game writers. There are rumours of a similar fate for Jeremey Soule - he probably won't be making TES music again.
@@AlchemistOfNirnroot Can't (and don't want to) even imagine a TES game without Soule's music. It made those games for me in many respects. But, what are you going to do? Some people can't separate the art from the artist and the industry is way more concerned with its illusory self-image than anything else. It's not going to convince me it's any healthier than it is by "cancelling" people with no hope of reprieve. Nope. It's sick as hell and doesn't want to be healthy.
@@lrinfi The worst part is it's not separating allegations from convictions. If someone was convicted then I'd get it. But companies acting on allegations is incompatible with the innocent until proven guilty principle. Companies have way too much power and legal measures are required (especially massive social media companies).
Maybe I'm nitpicking and being negative but I think Todd should send you a VIP +1 every time a Fallout game is released. Without you and your colleagues back in the 90s, Fallout would have never seen the light of day. Still, of course it's nice of Todd to send you an invite at all, but come on man, this is Tim we're talking about. Atleast you could have given him the VIP treatment.
If the VIP room was all FO4 Devs, he'd be pretty out of place, it wouldn't be very social if everyone else is talking about the end of their development and he's not involved. That's what everyone's missing here, it's not about disrespect, he just wouldn't be able to mingle as the VIP room was for Devs, they want to party and chat over finally finishing the game. Tim's just a fan there like everyone else, the esteemed creator but you're not picturing what the VIP room would actually be like to hang around in. It's not disrespect.
With you being continually invited to these places, my curiosity ponders if you were ever invited to work with Bethesda in making Fallout games. Obviously you never did, but I wonder if you ever got invited to join the team.
Man this just makes me salty that kodick is sitting on all these ip's that could blow the new fallout out of the water. Fallout 4 was well-made for what it was, but there was no reactivity to what you did in the game, and the main story didn't make any sense if you really thought about it.
Wait, does Robert have a nose ring? talk about that for one of your videos. I am not a fan of that look personally, but my opinion is incredibly irrelevant and only personal taste..
I think he said in a previous video that he hasn't played Fallout 76 due to the toxic environment on the Internet thing. That's actually why I don't play online games anymore, though I made an exception for 76 to check it out for myself. It has its merits, but you have to dig to find them and I dearly wish the original version was reworked and released as the SP w/co-op mode the community has always wanted with a separate title under a different name to differentiate it from the microtransaction nightmare version.
@@lrinfi The bizarre thing is, even though there's a ton of....toxic terminal online people for Fallout (see the NV rants about the show. I love NV and it is my favourite but those guys are....incels and need to touch grass) but Fallout 76 genuinely has a pretty friendly environment. I'd put it and FF XIV on the same level of friendliness and everything else is more toxic. I wouldn't blame anyone for not believing that though, but 76 by virtue of being mocked to oblivion seemed to end up just with people happy to be there and it did wonders for bumping into other friendly players
I strongly disagree. While the launch version had it's fair share of issues, Fallout 4 GOTY on Survival mode is one of my favourite ways to experience that franchise. I highly recommend trying it again on survival. It's actually pretty crazy just how much better the game becomes and the whole thing is just oozing with atmosphere, incredible art direction and style... except the cartoony faces.. I am really not a fan of those.
Hopefully it'll take less time. I think the pandemic and the move to Creation Engine 2, not to mention F76, considerably slowed their producion. Now, Todd only said the CE2 was being built specifically for Starfield and TES VI, so maybe they're planning another upgrade before F5, which could delay it further..
@@AndreasSelzer SAG-AFTRA has. Haven't heard of a developer strike. Do developers even have a union? If not, perhaps they should. Things are really bad across the board for everyone but the few who apparently don't stop to think that what affects everyone else affects them as well whether they realize it yet or not.
FO1's party being a trip to Disneyland is the lore I never knew I wanted to know
LMAO what a mood
You picked up a side quest before even leaving the hotel 😂
hahahahahahaahhahaha 😂😅
Hehe I know Tim didn't personally mind it, but having a VIP section in a Fallout game launch party and not designating the creator of the series as VIP is a bit funny. Thanks Tim, fun video.
I imagine the VIP list was already a bit big. If you think that every(?) dev at Bethesda who worked on FO4 (at least) got VIP, that is already a lot of people. Then if you give Tim and everyone else who worked on FO1 at Interplay VIP too (plus all of their +1s), it becomes a lot of people and not very "VIP" anymore, so I can see why from an event management perspective.
@@arcan762 Just working at Interplay is a lot different than being the dude who birthed the whole IP. Def shoulda been VIP
@@Xfacta12482 what do you mean "the dude"? he didn't make the whole thing himself, not even close
@@arcan762 Of course other people worked on it. But he's more or less the creator. If it is anyones baby, it is Tim's.
@@Xfacta12482 ok simp 😅
Tim mentioning the Fallout 3 party, Fallout 4 party, and the Fallout NV party in the same breath made me curious about whether or not there was a Fallout 76 launch party, but interestingly, after looking it up the immediate results were mostly about a West Virginia charity organization's fundraising event that used the game's launch as a publicity opportunity. Smart move on the charity's part, and cool on BGS's part for being cool with it. Still super interesting that was the first result.
I remember for 76 they invited a lot of popular fallout youtubers to the Greenbrier to play the game. Not really a launch party, but a media event at least.
Tim, you are the realest and the humblest person ever.
If I was the person to create a franchise, I would breach into that VIP zone without any invite.
As an aspiring young artist/producer, it's surreal to think about a concept, an IP, a title; that you were the original genesis of becoming such a massive commercial venture, meaningful to so many people who were introduced to it through its new iterations. Especially decades after your creative involvement has largely ceased.
It's really comforting to see someone expressing such excitement and appreciation for the work that the next generation has put into carrying a franchise forward. The idea of being one of the first people to work on programming a 2D "Mr Handy" sprite, to seeing that same sprite brought into three dimensions and constructed in the real world ~20 years later is an astonishing one. I hope to one day be able to see how my own creative contributions have shaped the artistic work of others
Put that weed down sonny
@@Hulksauce I don't think you quite grasp what they are saying here. What they are saying would be truly a surreal experience for me. to see my characters, my art, inspire massive commercial growth and widespread popularity would be surreal and astonishing (in the best way possible). I am completely sober, I just think you might need to re-read what they were saying a couple more times.
Hey, is your profile picture a Beksinski painting?
@@saul8516 Yeah it is! Nice to see another fan
@@XendermanWe don’t write well written insightful replies to troll comments left months prior
How can they not give the father of Fallout a VIP ticket.
Really nice of Bethesda to always invite You to Fallout openings
It makes sense. Tim is the creator of Fallout, and Todd has high respects for him.
So the Fallout 4 Launch Party was in 2015, meaning that that episode of Criminal Minds (never watched the show) should be in season 11 or 12 that was released in 2016 assuming they filmed the episode a year before. Maye we can track this episode down.
Keep in mind that they may not have used the actual take they shot with them in it
@@My1esTrue, but if they actually used that shot in the Final Cut. That would be a 10 luck moment.
How can you not give a VIP access pass to Tim Cain at a Fallout event? 😅
Thank you Tim! Have a great day!😊
I appreciate these videos so much. Love hearing Tim speak and share his POV and experiences.
I really love these videos feels like a real conversation
Tim, there's a settlement that needs your help.
Hey Tim, I've been loving these videos. Thanks to you I have started playing Fallout for the first time ever!
I'm happy you're starting to add graphics, photos to your videos TIm. Adds a lot!
I love your videos Tim, thank you for sharing!
Love hearing your perspective on all of this it’s been a fun rabbit hole I’ve been going down here
Man, what I wouldn't give to be able to experience a Fallout launch party. These things look and sound incredible. I really like how they pretty much built a real Mr Handy, god that mustn't have been cheap. Also if it makes you feel any better, I get sleepy after one drink and I'm only 33!
Thanks for another fantastic perspective video of what these are like!
Cool that some areas were empty with no crowded lines. Sounds like a blast going to the launch party as well as being part of a CRIMMINAL MINDS shoot. Reminds me of my first trip to Florida earlier this year to visit my sister and her husband and on my way back with her husband they were filming the latest JOKER film in front of his building in the Bronx which was like one cool exclamation mark to end my vacation out of New York.
Yea turning 50 is an experience. I started needing to use reading glasses to read and play computer games at that age. Thank goodness stuff not right in front of my face is still crystal clear. Also treats like doughnuts are a day time thing no way i can have em at night anymore unless i take some Pepto Bismol beforehand to coat my stomach with some protection.
Love FALLOUT 3 and 4 with thousands of hours on each and growing. Also the first FALLOUT was brutal especially those scorpions along with the Super Mutants with the mini guns in the desert. I thought it was awesome that Brian Eno did some of the music for the game. Am also a big fan of ambient music listening to many of the groups you have mentioned in your other video along with Gary Numan and John Foxx (ULTRAVOX) anything with a futuristic sound i gobbled up back then as well as now.
ARCANUM is great. It was my favorite rpg back then alongside MORROWIND at a time when the rpg landscape was changing drastically with classics like the MIGHT & MAGIC first person rpgs going out of business etc. Still have the ARCANUM cd in my collection with a bunch of other cd games from back then.
Thanks for the great flashback. 2015 still feels like a year or two ago. How times flies ☕
Thank you for having a hand in every single game that I played growing up
Todd Howard and his team have given these games new life. Here you can argue a lot about the sequels themselves, but the very fact that more people know and love Fallout is already very good. Thanks to everyone who develops this world.
NV was my first, mostly cause i found 3 harder, but still went back with multiple playthroughs, and it interested me in the original CRPGs.
You make it sound like Bethesda stepped in to do the job that nobody else wanted. Mr. Cain has already stated that he would like to have acquired the IP, but Bethesda had more money.
@@LobertERee I just want to say that I'm glad that the game isn't lying forgotten somewhere in the corner. I really don’t like what’s happening to her at the moment and money is not an indicator that you understand the essence of this game. but it just happened that way.
@LobertERee Troika seemed to already be on the verge of shutting down before that even happened, so I doubt they'd have managed to make that Fallout if they had the license since they weren't able to acquire any funding and had to layoff their staff that same year.
that's only because they outbid Tim and friends by flexing their giant corporate muscle.
It’s a good gesture i think that the bethesda invite the one of the key member in Fallout games . I hope these kinds of traditions goes on . As myself i mostly like any Fallout games even those bethesda’s ones are not actually giving same feeling on orginal first 2 Fallout games, but still enjoyable games to play . The interesting thing i experienced in Fallout 4 is the game is released in 10 th of November in 2015 and this day is the national sorrow day of the Turkish Republic , our founded leader whose name is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in 10 th of November in 1938 , he re established ottoman empire into modernized Turkish Republic . While i was doing some quest in Fallout 4 , i realized that in the quest i’ve been doing the player suppose to find some golf ball and has to give it to the quest giver to compelete that quest , there is a thing that you can observe the ball itself in the game and i saw Ataturk’s signature in that ball . I don’t know even since how this signature involves in that game but most likely there can be some Turkish developer who is implemented into this game , because it’s release that quite a unique date for Turkish people or maybe someone else in this game studio knows about history very well :) It’s just a some quite experienced i would like to tell , nothing more :) . Thanks again sir for everything and wish you to have wonderfull life and to your loved ones
10:16 -- Speaking of which, Tim, what are your thoughts on how the success of BG3 may affect the CRPG genre going forward? Do you think there's any chance publishers will be looking into reviving older IPs similar to Baldur's Gate (like Arcanum, Planescape, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights)?
As a side note, I'm sure many of us will be interested to hear if you have any thoughts on BG3 in general -- did you play it? Is there anything in particular you liked or didn't like about the game? Are there any features or mechanics from BG3 that you hope to see in more CRPGs in the future?
Any chance to talk more about what happened at the FNV launch party? I found really intriguing your mention of how not many of the devs actually attended.
Great story as always Tim!
Thanks for the stories, Tim.
2:15 as a crimnal minds fan ill keep an eye out when watching reruns
Mr. Cain, your Arcanum game is one of the most beautiful things that happened to the game industry in my opinion.
It remains my favorite game of all time.
In Russia, we still have a team of enthusiasts (Multiverse Team) that updating and polishing the game, adding new gameplay features, updating maps, drawing new portraits, fixing balance and bugs, adding new schemes and other content.
So, even though Arcanum didn't become as popular as Fallout (yet?), it's still a masterpiece.
Arcanum is much bigger then Fallouts and thats a problem becose is such a lot to do to fix this game. Ballance in Arcanum simple not exist you can go necromancy and simple rush all game. Fallout 1 i still his best game, game from start to end looks good and challange. Arcanum is very good cRPG you can even play as Ogre "Arcanum Supermutant".
The world of Arcanum is a special place
Not his first language i ges@@The-Red-Menace
New Vegas fanboys not going like that New Vegas Launch Party detail
or stuffs about Obsidian CEO being corrupt and plenty more.
these stories are awesome
Arcanum is actually available on Steam, after watching your videos im going to play it. Clockwork Revolution, upcoming InXile game, cites Arcanum as a major influence. Your work lives on! Aldo the IP is owned by Activision? Which means after the acquisition maybe Microsoft will put it back out? Hmmmm maybe they could use a consultant on that ;)
Your Los Angeles experience sounds like the work of a narrative designer
Idk if this question is too specific but here goes: When making a RPG, is it easier to make when you are basing it in a TTRPG ruleset, like in Vampire and Temple or is it actually easier when doing your own thing like in Fallout and Arcanum?
I mean, fallout IS based on GURPs, and iirc was played in-studio as a ttrpg to help flesh out the factions.
Hi Tim, a question - do you ever get to just sit back and enjoy playing your games once they're finished, in the way that we do? Is that even possible? Or do you just ship your game and, that's it, job done?
Hey Tim, I love your videos! I have a QUESTION. How much work and time goes I to making yearly release games. I know sports games release a game every year with minimal updates. Do you think there should be regulations in place for minimum requirements to release yearly games? Sports games really take advantage of sports fans who I have noticed have very little knowledge of games in general.
I feel like I ran into you at the party, but I honestly don't remember it nearly as well as you do. It was a fun time, but so many lines. Mikey D. was my "date" to the party 🤣
I think I did see you. Did you get into the VIP section?
@@CainOnGames I did bc I was a developer/working there at the time. I didn't stay up there though. There was nothing to see up there other than co-workers. There were actually two vip areas. one I could not get into either. That other one was for celebrities and executives if I remember correctly.
I want that criminal minds lobby scene now! Get on it!
Oh darn, I just remembered I’m not in charge of an investigative team.
I’m always doing that. So embarrassing.
I always thought it was a cliche that California is so about Hollywood but last time I was in California my Uber driver was going on how he did stunt work on some movie and at dinner the table next to me kept going on about some relative being an associate producer.
Cool video Tim!
Someone please remind me he does these release party videos in 15 years when we get fallout 5
I mean, Microsoft now owns Activation, they own Sierra. Obsidian is owned by Microsoft, Bethesda is owned by Microsoft. The rights are in a place where if they wanted they could do something with Arcanum. It is a pre-existing IP, it has a cult following, all it really needs is someone in charge wanting to take advantage of it. Likely within a time frame to keep the trade mark if anything.
Hey Tim big fan just real quick when is the Fallout 5 launch party? Thanks
Nothing like a good paaaartey!🎉
Any idea what your own Fallout lunchparty would be like ?
I still have hope that one day we get a nice sequel to Arcanum
Good morning Tim 🙂
Someone's gotta find that criminal minds episode. That's jokes
Lets go!
I hope now that you are more out there with the youtube channel more people will know your name, and will know the games you have created. Even I that consider myself a somewhat of hardcore CRPG gamer didn't know you created Arcanum up until I found your channel a couple months ago. I always thought Arcanum was inspired by Fallout, but never bothered to do some research on Troika. (also in the early 2000's it wasn't so easy to find info on the internet, the internet was tiny). I'm hoping Fallout 1 will still have it's No Clip episode featuring you, more youtube documentaries will be made about it and we will watch you talking to big youtubers, etc, hope you get more recognition for what you have created.
Kind of a joke that you, the literal creator of fallout, who gets a personal email from Todd, and is the reason any of that is even happening - who is LITERALLY the most Very Important Person there - isn't afforded a VIP pass. Honestly, quite a joke. Maybe they didn't want you somehow upstaging them or making a ruckass in the VIP? I don't know. If they actually knew you, from what I can see, then they should be fine. Either way, both this and the fallout 3 one sound like a lot of fun regardless.
Tim wearing the Mega Milk shirt
It really does feel so disrespectful to not give that man who created the franchise a VIP ticket
Hey Tim, I know you’re probably not the person I should be asking this question but… what happened to Tyranny 2?
In short words, Fallout is Tim's Legacy. I happy with every game you made and I'm glad fallout is still being made too.
Huh, why many didn't go to the Fallout: New Vegas party D:?
@timothycain do you have any vices, your memory is incredibly well, it surprises me because of your age
I think his only vice is sweets 😂 I've never heard of him being a drug user or a particularly big fan of alcohol.
When you say you got an email from Bethesda or other companies how can you tell that they are not fake.
I’m still hopeful, for Arcanum 2 to come back some day.
Love seeing all these insights and nice to see how much joy Fallout brings people over decades.
I love them all, cept maybe that xbox brotherhood game.. hehehe, yeahhhh look... hahahah 😂
Tim is a treasure
did you go to the F76 launch party?
Tim, can you show us your partner? You can’t imagine what it’s like to live in a country where your sexuality is a criminal offense, and then to realize that your favorite game was made by a gay bear just like you. thank you so much for being you. You will always be the person who inspires me to continue living. you created games that allowed me to survive the worst period of my life when I was completely alone. I will always be grateful to you for this.
@@thetrollofus6137did he stutter
@@thetrollofus6137 you really should use words that make sense instead of just regurgitating things you see on the internet.
maybe if you actually watched the video
Praying for your safety brother
As a straight cis man america canada europe & uk are about 2 be like this & handmaids tail 4 women & girls i hate earth😢
You should reach out to Todd for collabs on future BGS games 😄
About Arcanum: Tons of people - me included - LOVE Arcanum. I'd wager a bet if you'd create a Kickstarter campaign for Arcanum 2 and promoted it on your channel it'd be quite successful.
Hey Tim, have any thoughts or notes on the Fallout divergence from our world. There is quite a debate on when the divergence happens.
It's diverged? I didn't realize that. ;) That's what made Fallout special to me. It's original lore is unrivaled (in video games, at least) as a fictionalized reflection of our real-world, present timeline and the retrofuturistic art style is perfect for it. It's the loss of that I lament in the modern Fallouts.
@@lrinfi Clearly, Fallout world is different enough that the USA invaded Canada, nuclear power was the primary way to acquire energy, and computers were still huge machines ran with tape and (probably)punch cards. That was established in the first game. You really have to reach or be purposefully obtuse to pretend that the timeline didn't diverge since the inception of this setting.
Original commenter asked a good question. When was the divergence originally planned is an interesting discussion.
@@ChadVulpes Did you mean "annexed" Canada? That's what makes that particular dark humor so funny. It's ironic in a real-world sense. "Globalists" have or have attempted to annex every country on Earth in a sense. I recall a tiny European country, the name of which escapes me at the moment, being heralded as "the mouse that roared" when it defied the globalist/corporatist agenda a few years back. The general attitude of the globalists was, of course, "How dare they? Don't they know we only want what's in their best interest?"
And the tragicomedy continues.
"The road to hell is often paved with good intentions" and the original creators of Fallout were obviously familiar with that concept/idiom. Bethesda, honestly, doesn't appear to be and/or doesn't want to touch it for fear of offending anyone. No idea.
PS: George Carlin's "Euphemisms" skit is similar to the original Fallout's in ironic humor/vibe. Of course, the US didn't "invade" Canada in the Fallout universe. It merely "annexed" it. That kind of subtle humor is practically nonexistent in Bethesda's Fallouts.
@@lrinfi What are you talking about? Like, actually, what point are you even making?
@@ChadVulpes If you missed it, I can't help you, I'm afraid. You said, the "Fallout world is different enough." And that is, of course, what I meant by "fictionalized" in my original comment.
Irony, like paradox, is generally un- and underappreciated in our time and the exploration of subtle ironies in Fallout's original iconography, as I've said before, are unrivaled in the video game medium as I see it, the difference between the original meanings of words with which all of us are familiar and how they're used by propagandists and spin doctors being among them. That's what I miss in the modern Fallouts, personally. That kind of stuff is merely used as window dressing in the modern Fallouts, hollow and insubstantial. And that's what I mean when I say that Fallout iconography has been stripped of all its original and inherent meaning.
If someone finds out what episode, I wanna know, please
:D
Omg I think this is the first time I'm seeing Robert!? Idk if you've posted him before, terrible memory tbh. You two are so cute together 🥰
I really love hearing the launch party stories. They're always so wild. I wish I could go to one!
Arcanum is sitting on a Vault 😉
Will you ever talk about the fallout tv show? It takes place in the boneyard.
I don't see how you can expect him to talk about it when its not out yet.
He is not involved in the show's development or production so he doesn't really know anything about it. I'm kinda hoping we'll get his opinions on individual episodes as they come out though.
@@TheJovian16I'm just wondering what his opinion on there being a TV show is. I'm not talking about him making a review of the show.
I wish Arcanum was revived, but at the same time I dont trust modern industry
Does Robert still have the nosering? 😅
Okay so I heard you gloss over rhis a bit but as a bit of insight, the reason Robert Trump was at that party had all to do with rhe davt he was a Zenimax board member and had been one since 1999.
That you weren't invited the New Vegas party is weird, that the developers at Obsidian weren't at the New Vegas party is depressing. There's a viral picture of Anna Kendrick at the New Vegas party, but there was no room for the people who made the game?
I would love to see a Q&A with you and Josh Sawyer or Chris Avellone if you know them well
I feel so bad about what happened to Chris. He didn't deserve those false allegations, and he didn't deserve his career being ruined because of it. Everyone I've seen talk about Chris (aside from his lying accusers) has had nothing but good things to say. Male and female. He should get some time in the spotlight, and serve as a benchmark for how you need to handle false allegations. He handled it about as well as youy can. He just shut up, and let the courts handle it.
@@Hoppelite His 'departure' from DL2 basically made me lose faith in the game. I was right. He definitely needs to reclaim his position as one of the best video game writers. There are rumours of a similar fate for Jeremey Soule - he probably won't be making TES music again.
@@AlchemistOfNirnroot Can't (and don't want to) even imagine a TES game without Soule's music. It made those games for me in many respects. But, what are you going to do? Some people can't separate the art from the artist and the industry is way more concerned with its illusory self-image than anything else. It's not going to convince me it's any healthier than it is by "cancelling" people with no hope of reprieve. Nope. It's sick as hell and doesn't want to be healthy.
@@lrinfi The worst part is it's not separating allegations from convictions. If someone was convicted then I'd get it. But companies acting on allegations is incompatible with the innocent until proven guilty principle. Companies have way too much power and legal measures are required (especially massive social media companies).
Chris probably won't be around given how he called out Obsidian CEO for illegal practices.
Did Fallout New Vegas has a launch party? 🥺
Yeah, why skip NV and go to 4?
He says at the end of the video he didn’t to go to that one and many of the dev team for FNV did not either.
Watch until the end of the video.
@@TekeAfterDarkthis is just new vegas fans being annoying as always
@@iVETAnsolinithe answer is in the video, but I'll help you. Tim didn't get to go
This is wrong not giving one of fallouts original creators a vip ticket thats criminal
Blocparty thats a good band i was only able 2 find ther 2 first albums at a fye in a mall before mals became existict
I would be livid if they didn't give me a vip pass
Is this chocolate blog of yours public?
chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/
Was it your idea to have a voiced protagonist
He didn't work on Fallout 4.
@@occono3543 don't lie to me scum
Хорошо получается у тебя продолжай в тоже духе окей
Maybe I'm nitpicking and being negative but I think Todd should send you a VIP +1 every time a Fallout game is released. Without you and your colleagues back in the 90s, Fallout would have never seen the light of day.
Still, of course it's nice of Todd to send you an invite at all, but come on man, this is Tim we're talking about. Atleast you could have given him the VIP treatment.
If the VIP room was all FO4 Devs, he'd be pretty out of place, it wouldn't be very social if everyone else is talking about the end of their development and he's not involved. That's what everyone's missing here, it's not about disrespect, he just wouldn't be able to mingle as the VIP room was for Devs, they want to party and chat over finally finishing the game. Tim's just a fan there like everyone else, the esteemed creator but you're not picturing what the VIP room would actually be like to hang around in. It's not disrespect.
@@occono3543I figured it was like the FO3 release where many celebs was invited to the vip. If it was DEV only vip that would make more sense yes.
Fun, but also depressing fact: Robert Trump was actually on ZeniMax's board of directors.
Explains so much....
lol you were in criminal minds
Hey tons of people love Vampire!!!!
and the outer worlds!!!
the grace of this man amazes me. i would be constantly livid to see what the stewards of the fallout IP have done to it
Is Robert your husband? :)
woah woah woah woah woah hold up a second
Chocolate blog? I am interested 👀
Enjoy.
chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/
With you being continually invited to these places, my curiosity ponders if you were ever invited to work with Bethesda in making Fallout games.
Obviously you never did, but I wonder if you ever got invited to join the team.
These launch parties sound like an absurd waste. Is this normal?
A few thousand dollars from a million dollar budget?
Hi , how to reach you for buisness?
As a bear let me be the first to say: woof
Woof as well! Him and his hubby are so cute!
Man this just makes me salty that kodick is sitting on all these ip's that could blow the new fallout out of the water. Fallout 4 was well-made for what it was, but there was no reactivity to what you did in the game, and the main story didn't make any sense if you really thought about it.
Honestly offended on your behalf for not being given VIP access!!
Wait, does Robert have a nose ring?
talk about that for one of your videos. I am not a fan of that look personally, but my opinion is incredibly irrelevant and only personal taste..
Well he did when Fallout 4 came out at least
Developers from Obsidian didn’t get to go to the New Vegas party?
Typical spiteful Bethesda, they really are the worst.
Noticed he didn't say anything about Fallout 76 or the fact he'll likely be pushing 70 years old by the time the next Fallout comes out.
I think he said in a previous video that he hasn't played Fallout 76 due to the toxic environment on the Internet thing. That's actually why I don't play online games anymore, though I made an exception for 76 to check it out for myself. It has its merits, but you have to dig to find them and I dearly wish the original version was reworked and released as the SP w/co-op mode the community has always wanted with a separate title under a different name to differentiate it from the microtransaction nightmare version.
@@lrinfi The bizarre thing is, even though there's a ton of....toxic terminal online people for Fallout (see the NV rants about the show. I love NV and it is my favourite but those guys are....incels and need to touch grass) but Fallout 76 genuinely has a pretty friendly environment. I'd put it and FF XIV on the same level of friendliness and everything else is more toxic. I wouldn't blame anyone for not believing that though, but 76 by virtue of being mocked to oblivion seemed to end up just with people happy to be there and it did wonders for bumping into other friendly players
cool party ..... shoddy game
the party had probably better production value, thought and care than Fo4 ever did !! even with 300+ "fix" mods
I strongly disagree. While the launch version had it's fair share of issues, Fallout 4 GOTY on Survival mode is one of my favourite ways to experience that franchise. I highly recommend trying it again on survival. It's actually pretty crazy just how much better the game becomes and the whole thing is just oozing with atmosphere, incredible art direction and style... except the cartoony faces.. I am really not a fan of those.
@@Reds-Retrosfanboy
@@Reds-Retrosfallout 4 is good at everything imo but the main quest line which is mid af imo. Mods and vr for me absolutely change everything tho
Nah it was one of the best game I ever played, even better than Witcher 3, which was overrated.
@@GoatBoat22 liking something that you don't doesn't make them a fanboy. Let people enjoy things, asshole.
I wish you all stopped calling Fallout something that is not. There are only Fallout 1 and 2. That's it.
is tim colorblind?
Yes he talks about it on another video.
The next Fallout game launch party will probably be in 2035 or something. 🥲
So optimistic 😢
@@IMBREISGAU 🤣 Yeah, by the time the next one releases I will probably be 50.
Hopefully it'll take less time. I think the pandemic and the move to Creation Engine 2, not to mention F76, considerably slowed their producion. Now, Todd only said the CE2 was being built specifically for Starfield and TES VI, so maybe they're planning another upgrade before F5, which could delay it further..
@@PedroGomes-cx7ku Don't forget that the video game developers in America also are planning on going in strike.
@@AndreasSelzer SAG-AFTRA has. Haven't heard of a developer strike. Do developers even have a union? If not, perhaps they should. Things are really bad across the board for everyone but the few who apparently don't stop to think that what affects everyone else affects them as well whether they realize it yet or not.