But if it's true, couldn't they just change that word "Morphiene" to something like "Good Stuff"?

Pork_Lord

1 Computer games that: (a) depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of ... drug misuse or addiction ... should not be classifiedOFLC

There's your smoking gun. Fallout 1 and 2 had substances that could heal wounds or raise certain attributes for a period of time; with frequent, repeated use leading to addiction. The addction in the Fallout series was portrayed in such a way that your character requires the substances regurlarly to maintain normalcy. If the substance is not taken regularly, your character experiences negative withdrawal effects such as lowered Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, and/or Agility attributes. Also if too many substances are taken in rapid succession, it is possible to overdose and die. This seems like the most realistic way to implement chemical addiction in a video game.

Too bad the wording prohibits any form of dealing with matters of addiction in any way whatsoever. The OFLC is very much at fault and quite backwards in this regard.

EDIT : To be clear, in FO1 and FO2, EVERY substance was addicting even Nuka-Cola, the Fallout soda pop.

I recommend S.T.A.L.K.E.R. REDUX mod : http://z4.invisionfree.com/STALKERRE

Previously known as Reality Enhancement, it is a realism mod that has _many_ weapon and gameplay tweaks making the game much more realistic, and thereby more difficult. There are also more armors, foods, anomily detectors, new HUDs, dark realistic nights and better descriptions for the items. Soon to have a massive weapon reskin pack available as well as more unique weapons. Please leave suggestions, questions, and comments in the link provided.

Float32 is best left out of a mod pack as it is CONSTANTLY being updated. Download the newest version at http://www.thefloatingpoint.org/ every week or so.