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Bethesda Considered Multiplayer For Fallout 4
The Wasteland is a desolate place, and one we must travel alone. Well, unless we have an AI companion.
Bethesda won’t be implementing multiplayer into Fallout 4, but that doesn’t mean that Todd Howard and his team didn’t consider it. In fact, in an interview with Mashable, Howard says that the team has designed a mode for more than one player on more than one occasion.
The end result is the same each time. Bethesda considers it a distraction from the single-player vision the team wants to present. “I could see ways it would work, but development-wise, they're very different experiences,” Howard says.
Whether you were hoping for multiplayer or dreading it, now you know. You’ll be traveling the Wasteland without human companionship. Thankfully, that dog is darn cute.
For more on Fallout 4, check out our coverage from E3.
[Source: Mashable]
Our Take
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