>Hard to say. Design work on FO4 started immediately after Bethsoft
>finished FO3 and got partially sidelined by Skyrim -- or perhaps
>Skyrim was a smoke screen to conceal FO4's early development.
>Regardless, the details were well-kept secrets for years so it's
>difficult to say if the world building aspect is parallel development
>or copycat from mods or taking a little bite out of Minecraft. Who can really say, the similarity is a bit too coincidental, but again I don't really hold it against Bethsoft. Anything that adds gameplay and entices me to invest more time in the game is a good thing in my book.
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