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| Developer(s) | Interplay Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment |
| Composer(s) | Craig Stuart Garfinkle Devin Townsend Matt Gruber |
| Series | Fallout |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release | January 13, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is a 2004 action role-playing game developed and published by Interplay Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and was the first entry in the Fallout series to be released for home video game consoles. Set in the year 2208, the player controls an initiate of the Brotherhood of Steel, a militant organization that attempts to bring order to a world that has been decimated by nuclear warfare. Critics often compared Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel to a hack and slash game, due to its emphasis on fast-paced combat and encounters with large groups of enemies. Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel does not feature an open world map like other Fallout games, and is instead linear in design.
In the early 2000s, Interplay attempted to expand into the console game market, and found commercial success with the 2001 game Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. This in turn inspired Interplay to greenlight development on a console entry to the Fallout series. The action-oriented tone of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel significantly differed from the retrofuturistic aesthetic that had previously defined the series. Notable changes included a heavy metal soundtrack instead of popular songs from the 1950s and overtly sexualized female characters. Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel sold poorly on release, and received mixed reviews. Critics found the gameplay to be repetitive and monotonous, and were divided in their opinions of the game's tone. In the years since its release, journalists and fans have consistently ranked Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel as one of the worst entries in the series, and the game's tepid reception contributed to the stagnation of the Fallout series in the mid 2000s.