Thief and Fallout 3 seem to have some paralells.
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Emil Pagliarulo designed Thief, working at Looking Glass Studios and Ion Storm Austin. He is now the lead designer of Fallout 3 at Bethesda Game Studios. Emil on the Fallout wikia.
Stephen Russell, who voices Benny etc etc, takes over the reigns of Fallout's most beloved character, Harold. The voice that Russell uses is very similar to that of bennys, if you could imagine benny rooted to the ground for years. Russell on the Fallout wikia.
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Deadly Shadows and Fallout utilize a lockpick minigame, where the lock is isolated from the door, infront of a blurry background. In the case of F3, it is a bobby pin and screwdriver.
There is a 'superhero' called The Mechanist, who tries to use his robots for good.
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Russell also voices the Mister Handies in the game. One of the lines it yells in combat is, "Have at thee!" This is, of course, what the Hammerite can yell in combat.