History Trivia / FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel

* AdoredByTheNetwork: This game got ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' delayed. Fans were ticked. Creator/{{Interplay|Entertainment}}'s response? Put a snarky TakeThatAudience message into the credits[[note]]"Thanks For the Laughs," followed by the [=URLs=] of the two largest ''Fallout'' fan forums of the time, whose users had bashed the game[[/note]] and outright cancel the ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' version of ''Fallout 3'' to make a ''Brotherhood of Steel 2''... which, thanks to Interplay's subsequent financial issues, ''also'' got cancelled.

* RecycledScript: The final act of the game is more or less this for the ending of ''Fallout 1'' - you have a sinister cult (whose leader is an [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute obvious stand-in for the Lieutenant]]) guarding a secret vault where a super mutant army is planning to TakeOverTheWorld, and you, an outsider who recently joined the Brotherhood of Steel, have to single-handedly stop them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works. Of course, [[AdoredByTheNetwork Interplay loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' [[{{Irony}} didn't get made either]]. Interestingly, when the design documentation was made public in 2009, it revealed it would have used concepts from both ''Van Buren'' and the cancelled ''Tactics'' sequel.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: This game got ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' delayed. Fans were ticked. Creator/{{Interplay|Entertainment}}'s response? Put a snarky TakeThatAudience message into the credits[[note]]"Thanks For the Laughs," followed by the [=URLs=] of the two largest ''Fallout'' fan forums of the time, whose users had bashed the game[[/note]] and outright cancel the ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' version of ''Fallout 3'' to make a ''Brotherhood of Steel 2''... which, thanks to the poor sales of the first one and Interplay's subsequent bankruptcy, ''also'' never got finished.

* CreatorBacklash: Many developers of the newer ''Fallout'' games hate this one just as much as the fans do, if not ''more''. There's a reason the game was [[CanonDiscontinuity struck from canon]].

* CreatorBacklash: As the page quote shows, many developers of the newer ''Fallout'' games hate this one just as much as the fans do, if not ''more''. There's a reason the game was [[CanonDiscontinuity struck from canon]].
* CreatorKiller: [[Creator/InterPlayEntertainment Interplay]] was already halfway out the door by the time it finished production on the game, causing them to lay off almost the entire production team the moment it was finished, but poor sales helped to put the final nail in the company's coffin.

* NamesTheSame: Kind of - ''VideoGame/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel'' has an almost ''identical'' title, with only "Tactics" separating the two; as a result, if they don't use one of the [[FanNickname fan nicknames]] mentioned above, people will use "Fallout Tactics" to refer to the former game, while "Brotherhood of Steel" is used to refer to this game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works. Of course, [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] [[CreatorsPet loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' [[{{Irony}} didn't get made either]]. Interestingly, when the design documentation was made public in 2009, it revealed it would have used concepts from both ''Van Buren'' and the cancelled ''Tactics'' sequel.

** Some fans jokingly call this game "The Great Unifier," since virtually '''every''' ''Fallout'' fan hates this game, regardless of wherever they otherwise stand within the fanbase's infamously {{Broken Base}}.

* CreatorKiller: Poor sales of this game, combined with poor business decisions, caused [[Creator/InterPlayEntertainment Interplay]] to go bankrupt, requiring them to sell the ''Fallout'' franchise just to stay afloat. They're still around, but nowhere near what they used to be, and with the company selling all of their [=IPs=], it's only a matter of time before they're gone entirely.
* FanNickname: "Fallout: [=PoS=]" was and is still a somewhat popular one amongst the game's detractors. More recently, "The Burned Game" has gained some popularity.

** Some fans jokingly call this game "The Great Unifer," since virtually '''every''' ''Fallout'' fan hates this game, regardless of wherever they otherwise stand within the fanbase's infamously {{Broken Base}}.

* CreatorBacklash: As the page quote shows, at least some developers of the newer ''Fallout'' games hate this one just as much as the fans do, if not more. There's a reason the game was [[CanonDiscontinuity struck from canon]].

* CreatorKiller: Poor sales of this game, combined with poor business decisions, caused [[Creator/InterPlayEntertainment Interplay]] to go bankrupt. They're still around, but nowhere near what they used to be.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works. Of course, [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] [[CreatorsPet loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' [[{{Irony}} didn't get made either]]. Interestingly, when the design documentation was made public in 2009, it revealed it was have used concepts from both ''Van Buren'' and the cancelled ''Tactics'' sequel.

* FanNickname: The game is usually called "Fallout: [=PoS=]" or "the Burned Game" by its detractors.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works. Of course, [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] [[CreatorsPet loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' [[{{Irony}} didn't get made either]].

* InternetBacklash: Even before the game was released, the ''Fallout'' fandom held a great deal of disdain for the title, as its development had further delayed the long-awaited ''[[VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren Van Buren]]'' -- and when it came out to reviews ranging from mediocre to terrible, the backlash only grew. Eventually, Interplay closed down ''the game's official forum'' due to it being filled with nothing but complaints, criticism, and general hatred for the title.

* CreatorKiller: Poor sales of this game, combined with poor business decisions, caused [[Creator/InterPlayEntertainment Interplay]] to go bankrupt. They're still around, but nowhere near what they used to be.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works. Of course, [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] [[CreatorsPet loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' [[{{Irony}} didn't get made either]].

* FanNickname: The game is usually called "Fallout: PoS" or "the Burned Game" by its detractors.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works.Of course, [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] [[CreatorsPet loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' [[{{Irony}} didn't get made either]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ''Brotherhood of Steel 2'' was in the works.Of course, [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] [[CreatorsPet loved this one so much]] that they cancelled ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' to make the sequel. However, thanks to poor sales, [[{{Irony}} the sequel didn't get made either]].

* CreatorKiller: Poor sales of this game, combined with poor business decisions, caused [[Creator/InterPlayEntertainment Interplay]] to go bankrupt. They're still around, but nowhere near what they used to be.

CreatorKiller: Poor sales of this game, combined with poor business decisions, caused [[Creator/InterPlayEntertainment Interplay]] to go bankrupt. They're still around, but nowhere near what they used to be.