Fallout 3 lead Emil Pagliarulo tried to stuff it to the gills with Deus Ex DNA: 'As much immersive sim as was humanly possible'

I admit it, when I think of Fallout 3, the immersive sims of yore are not the comparisons I leap to instinctively. But having checked out a recent RPS chat with FO3 lead designer Emil Pagliarulo, you know what? I see it. I see the vision.

"We let you play as any type of character you want, and there are all these systems. And so, if you want to shoot your way through or sneak your way through, we have to support all of it," said Pagliarulo, who also worked on Thief 2 and 3. "Trying to do...