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Fallout Co-Creator Pitched Time-Travel RPG With Historical Assassinations

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Tim Cain, a co-creator of the Fallout series, once envisioned a first-person role-playing game centered around time travel. The game's core mechanic would have involved players assassinating historical figures to create paradoxes. This concept aimed to explore the consequences of altering the past through player actions. AI

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Fallout Co-Creator Pitched Time-Travel RPG With Historical Assassinations

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Fallout co-creator Tim Cain once proposed a first-person time-travel RPG where you could assassinate historical figures and create paradoxes "One, visit 15 di

    🎮 Fallout co-creator Tim Cain once proposed a first-person time-travel RPG where you could assassinate historical figures and create paradoxes "One, visit 15 different time periods. Two, meet interesting historical figures. Three, kill them." 📰 Source: Latest from PC Gamer 🔗 Link…

    LINKS pcgamer.com/…/fallout-co-creator-tim-cain…

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