Bethesda: Australian Fallout 3 same as US and UK versions
by Alan Tsang 
{ Sep 11th 2008 at 8:00AM }
"We had added a new chem to Fallout 3 and had given it a real-world name, Morphine. Questions were raised about the use of that real-world drug, not only in Australia, but other territories as well. We decided there was no reason it needed to be named that and it should be a fictional name like the other chems, so we changed it to Med-X."
Well, there you have it. Looks like it wasn't that big of a deal afterall. Lastly, the violence in the game has been retained for all the versions, so don't you worry about that.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
zack @ Sep 11th 2008 8:22AM
i doubt that it was the only thing that was changed...
El_Horno @ Sep 11th 2008 9:03AM
Hack away at people's limbs all you want.
Just don't have a pretend drug named after something that actually exists in the real world.
Like hacking away at limbs.
Erm..
John R @ Sep 11th 2008 9:42AM
in the end of the day, its one name. If bethesda actually thought it through, it would never have been called morphine in the first place.
Mr. Joe @ Sep 11th 2008 10:15AM
i don't know if it's just me, but this short article was very hard to read. first of all, the title should say the same version is going to be released for everyone. we're not getting the "australian" version. and they're not getting the "us/uk" version. we're all getting the same version. therefore, the version. maybe i'm just being picky.
and yes, i hope the drug name med-x is truly the only thing changed. this is an adult game meant for adults to play. i just want to do drugs and explode heads. what's wrong with that?
PSN: Puselva @ Sep 11th 2008 3:40PM
Nothing, nothing at all :)
kazemizuhi @ Sep 11th 2008 10:31AM
"Questions were raised about the use of that real-world drug, not only in Australia, but other territories as well."
Questions were raised, or the game was refused a rating? Which is it? Other territories? Which territories? While I appreciated their being straight-forward and honest about the matter, this raises more questions than it answers.
kentuckyfried @ Sep 11th 2008 2:47PM
Some other similar fascist countries whose review boards also have their heads up their ass... -_-
Chem-X is an awful name instead of morphine, but I'll be happy as long as that's all that was tampered with.
Da @ Sep 11th 2008 6:28PM
Considering that all the drugs have fictional names (F3 uses the same the previous fallout games did), Med-X actually fits in well. It would have been a bit strange to have all these made up names.. and Morphine.
And to clear any confusion, they were required to make this change for the Australian classification board - but decided to use that build for release globally.
Trym @ Sep 11th 2008 11:04AM
OMG! IT'S MORPHINE! THAT'S ALMOST LIKE HEROIN!
C'mon, gimme a break... What's the deal, it's rated mature anyway...
Arda82 @ Sep 11th 2008 11:24AM
I always thought myself that each console would have a password protection system for M rated games. So if a game is M rated and a child puts the disc in the console and wants to play the game, he/she needs to enter the password as well... Which of course the password would be only known by the adult.
Than it is his/her decision to let the password to the child.
bluespike @ Sep 11th 2008 12:31PM
i doubt it's just a simple replacement of the drug names. probably less blood and gore, and most likely removal of all mutate-kid (similiar looking) killings.
dave @ Sep 12th 2008 8:52AM
To those naysayers that are crying "what's the difference!" ... well, the difference is the game now shows you shooting up with med-x, instead of shooting up with morphine.
Do you spot the difference? One is a fictional drug, and the other is a real world drug, available right now, although not easily available. It's basically saying that the Australian classification board like things to be fictionalised, because otherwise they think some crazy people will try to mimic the game.
Of course, we're in all sorts of trouble if said crazy people try to mimic the violence in the game, but at least drugs won't be abused.