{"id":1917855,"date":"2026-05-04T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1917855"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:00:09","slug":"fallout-co-creator-says-some-players-watch-influencers-so-they-can-be-told-what-to-think-about-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1917855","title":{"rendered":"Fallout Co-Creator Says Some Players Watch Influencers So They Can Be Told What to Think About Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has shared his fear that some gamers are watching influencers just so they can be “handed an opinion from the online channel they’re watching.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The game developer behind classic RPGs like Fallout and The Outer Worlds offered his perspective on where the gaming industry is at and where it’s heading in a video uploaded to his main channel<\/a> (as spotted by VGC<\/u><\/a>). When responding to a question from a fan, he explained his take on how social media has affected both game development and how players consume gaming content online.<\/p>\n

“Now, we’re in the 2020s,” Cain said, “and many gamers don’t even look to influencers for reviews \u2013 they look to influencers to be told how to think about the games. So, people don’t form opinions from the online video, they’re handed an opinion from the online channel they’re watching.”<\/p>\n

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This is in contrast to his views on how an earlier era of social media influenced game development. In his video, he said many designers used to think about what certain parts of a game, such as boss fights or certain cinematics, might look like when it’s uploaded to YouTube or streamed on Twitch.<\/p>\n

The idea was that, if a player saw their favorite YouTuber or streamer playing a game with big explosions with lots of color, they might be more interested in trying it out for themselves. It was about coming up with parts of games that would “make good clips for influencers to show.” Now, things are different.<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen reviews go from, ‘This game has less combat and more puzzles and dialogues for you to interact with than this other game,’ to ‘This game is stupid and slow-paced and made for casuals, I think you should skip it.’ That’s a huge difference in how games are presented, but more people are going for that latter,” Cain said.<\/p>\n