500Magnum said:
I expect alot of smartass comments,so you can suck my fucking dick!
Unprovoked snark is indeed despicable, but you certainly are inviting that kind of behavior with comments such as this...
Quite frankly, I dunno what you thought you'd noticed when you made this topic. "Who's the alcoholic at Bethesda?" Does that mean you think there WASN'T lots of strong spirits being representing and celebrated in the classic games? Or did you assume Bethesda made the originals too? Either way, you'd be mistaken. The booze trade was a HUGE part of several towns in FO2, and alcoholic items were part of the game since FO1 (even if they didn't have handfuls of quests associated with them). And I never had a problem with it.
I started playing the
Fallout games when I was around 16, and I didn't start drinking until I was 20 (I know, I know... I'm late to the party- both of them!) and it wasn't because of
Fallout. I also never developed a drug problem, either, despite the prevalence and encouragement in the use of chems in the games, and their ready availability. Yeah, the games depict PEOPLE glorifying liquor and PEOPLE praising drugs, but so what? The best, most honest entertainment always does; it doesn't shy away from it, because it's a real topic. The game proper isn't SELLING booze, or trying to convince you to go out and have a drink; you're reading too deep or seeing things that aren't there if you believe it to be the case. If anything, in-game locations like New Reno are portraying the message to NOT drink, because of how bad it is...
So seriously, take it easy with the finger pointing and worry mongering.