I know people would probably prefer I donât stink this post up with more developer criticism, but I have to wonder if this isnât at the heart of why Fallout has, post-New Vegas, become the very thing it was originally parodying and criticizing.
Josh Sawyer, one of the original developers, as you say, could possibly support anarchist and communist ideals.
But then you have Todd Howard, who is clearly a capitalist, and has made statements (in particular, the âdegeneratesâ comment at E3, which is a HUGE red flag) that hit at possible support, or even harboring, of fascist ideals.
Given that possibility, the portrayal of the Brotherhood in Fallout 4 makes a horrifying amount of sense. The once-noble faction from Fallout 3 was warped beyond both reason and the willing suspension of disbelief into blatant fascists, because Todd sees no problem with that.
Same with Skyrimâs Blades. A formerly noble faction in Oblivion, turned into blatant fascists with a genocidal agenda for no reason whatsoever. Because Todd doesnât see this as a problem.
He, and all Bethesda writers obviously knew that many players - for whom Oblivion and Fallout 3 were their first Bethesda games - would default to seeing the Blades and BoS as they saw them in previous games; as noble, heroic, and gravitate to following them. Only to find out that theyâre nothing of the sort.
But if anything, the overwhelmingly negative community reaction to the Skyrim Blades, and the less overwhelming but nonetheless present negative reaction to the FO4 Brotherhood, shows that Toddâs gambit didnât work. People saw these factions for who they are, and have rightly criticized them exhaustively.
And I mean, even for people who do like the FO4 BoS, most of them are either diehard Danse fans, or theyâre people who made AUs or mods where Maxson can be overthrown.
That leaves the small remaining minority of FO4 BoS fans, usually the same ones who also like the Blades, as alt-right types and literal fascists.
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