Pete Hines, Bethesda’s Vice President has infuriated some Fallout 4 fans by his comment in response to a fans’ query.
The fans accused him of not caring for the franchise after he said that he’s not interested in discussing how realistic things are in Fallout 4.
The discussion started in Twitter when a fan asked Hines about a quest called “Kid in a fridge”. He said that the quest was very unrealistic as the ghoul kid survived in a fridge for 200 years without food and water.
To this Hines replied with a tweet that he was ‘not at all interested in discussing how realistic things are in an alternate universe post-apocalyptic game with talking mutants and ghouls’.
@JohnstonJarrett not interested in discussing how realistic things are in an alternate universe post-apoc game w/ talking mutants and ghouls
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
The response of Hine was not taken down well by some fans and they accused him of not caring about the myth or lore of Fallout. Here are some reactions from fans.
@DCDeacon ever heard of “internal consistency”? Nah you’re just vp of the biggest RPG company in the world, why would you? That’s nerd stuff — Claudio Colavalle (@cloudropis) November 23, 2015
@DCDeacon So basically what you’re saying is “I got called out but I’m going to say it doesn’t matter anyways”
— Vector (@DaChemicalCat) November 23, 2015
@Gzalzi we do. a lot. this isn’t about lore consistency. i’m pointing out a writer can have fun w a quest premise — Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@Nyarlykins i’m just saying a writer can have fun with a quest premise
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
Later, Pete Hines defended his statement and stresses how important lore and consistency is to Fallout.
@Duke_Bilgewater @JohnstonJarrett those kinds of things are super important. lore and consistency. i got asked about a kid in a fridge
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@cloudropis i don’t think an explanation is needed for a kid in a fridge. that’s all — Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
Hines also said that he and Bethesda cares a lot about the Fallout’s lore but a writer can have fun with a quest premise.
@Gzalzi we do. a lot. this isn’t about lore consistency. i’m pointing out a writer can have fun w a quest premise
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@Nyarlykins i’m just saying a writer can have fun with a quest premise
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@NeroOfTheRomans i was making light of the comment. writers are allowed a little latitude to have fun making up a quest premise. that’s all.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@NobleYad@wiIIoftheboss as they should. i’m not talking about lore. i’m talking about not going overboard with realism in a quest premise
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
But it is not easy to please the fans as he had made a mistake in his first comment itself and the damage was already done
@Gzalzi no, i was simply saying let’s not go overboard picking apart quest premises and how realistic they have to be. that’s all.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
Hines had to say sorry as he didn’t really have the answer to the first question as he didn’t know the context.
@35_Wat @cloudropis sorry, i don’t have an answer for that. i’ll pass it along. i didn’t write it, i don’t know the context — Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
But the discussion didn’t seem to be end there. The fans accused that Bethesda didn’t care about the Fallout franchise. Hines took his stance for the company that they really cared.
@Doomzzg we cared about it enough to take a risk and do something with it when nobody else was.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@Kilus @Doomzzg nobody else was making a game. i don’t recall who else reached out about the IP. i’m sorry if you don’t enjoy what we make — Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
@PureChristianG that was cancelled well before we acquired the rights.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 23, 2015
The Bethesda VP said that he posted nothing wrong but his comments were taken in a wrong way.
@sneakyblackhat i didn’t. someone asked about a quest where a kid was locked in a fridge 200 yrs and how could that be. — Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 24, 2015
@sneakyblackhat people took my response to one post as a reply to a previous post. it’s nothing.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) November 24, 2015
This is how it all ended. This is not the first time Pete Hines has taken Twitter to speak out. Earlier he stated that he was ‘upset’ when leaks of Fallout 4 came out.
However, he could’ve hoped he kept this mouth shut this time around as it has seemingly created a lot of controversy, especially when the game is basking in commercial and critical success.