The Elder Scrolls games prioritize roleplaying freedom above all else. One of the reasons for this lies in a subtle difference between the storytelling styles of the two series. While Elder Scrolls fans can choose from many of the races of Tamriel, however, Fallout players can only ever play as a human. They use the same engine, both series are first-person open-world roleplaying games, and both worlds have a variety of races. Ever since Fallout 3 the Fallout games have had the same basic formula as Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series.
