Didn't see a thread for it so I figured I'd make a thread just to see the reaction to this rumor.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/10p2sk/fallout_4_to_be_developed_by_obsidian/


Me? I don't believe this rumor at all.
BUT, I do hope I'm wrong and that this is true.
Cause if it is? Well. It'd be wonderful.

Though I don't think they should return to isometric turnbased combat just yet.
Don't get me wrong, I love TB combat from an isometric POV, but I doubt it'd sell as well as FO3 and NV did.
And it's sales does matter, if they do make a game more in line with the older games then a lot of newer fans would feel alienated by it.
This could make Bethesda rethink their decision of letting Obsidian take charge of Fallout.
So I think they should move Fallout back to it's roots piece by piece rather than completely flip it... Again...
So map node system? Sounds good, let's wait 2 Fallout games until we move it back completely to it's Isometric TB mode.

But like I said, I doubt it's true.
Though it would be wonderful news if it were.

Seems too good to be true.

Yup, then again, Wasteland 2, Project Eternity and Shadowrun gets funded. (So maybe developers/publishers will be more inclined to have games designed by passionate developers)
Seemed too good to be true as well. Who knows, maybe we're exiting this bizarro world of the gaming scene and going back to the good ol' gaming scene where developers can pursue passion projects without worrying about selling 230.000.000 units.
One can always dream.

That rumor reeks of [censored].

I would cry tears.

Personally I prefer the style of FO3 and NV to isometric, but I'd be willing to trade that for simply having Obsidian in charge, as Osbidian has superior writers and RPG designers.
But I doubt this is true. I fully believe the Boston rumors, in which case, Pete Hines has stated "we fully intend on making the Fallout franchise our own. We didn't buy it for nothing," Emil Pawhateverthehell (the guy who can't write worth a damn) supposedly comes from Boston or went to MIT (forget) and FO3 heavily alludes to Boston.

I'd be willing to believe this rumor if it said FO5 instead of FO4, but it doesn't, so I'm afraid it's just blatant rumor.

Well Obsidian does need to finish up South Park RPG and Project Eternity, so maybe Bethesda will do Boston before they let Obsidian take the helm.

Okay let's try a different approach then, how would you feel IF this was true?
Cause it's credability is severely poor, whereas the Boston rumors hold a lot more weight.

Boy oh boy, this seems like a long shot but would be pretty sweet!

You just never know, really.

Of course this is not true. You can't take this seriously, even the more intelligent crowd seems to like first-person perspective better. If the rumor was that Beth just gave Obsidian the FO franchise, but only let them create games with their engine and Bethesda people would have to be involved in one way or another in it, it would be a lot more credible.

Emil Pagliarulo can write, he wrote the DB questlines and the Thief games from what I can remember (and also he came up with the Braun quest), but he clearly should stick to that "genre". It would be rather good if they just got better writers to do the main plot and the setting and have Emil do what he's best at. They should just have him write a whole Talon Company questline.

[censored] turn based, I have never been in a fight with someone who will take turns making are move, "left jab, ok now before you left jab me again I am going to do a right uperhook, ok now your turn buddy." dont make since

But you're perfectly fine with time stopping so that you can magically calculate the chance of hitting someone in the leg even if your character has 1 INT and 13 Science?
See, if you're gonna be literal about the gameplay then most gameplay types make absolutely no sense at all.
Super Mario is capable of headbutting floating brick formations to destroy them.
Strategy games like Warcraft 2 are capable of creating warships by gold, wood and oil which they magically transform into iron and gunpowder somehow.
Call Of Duty's multiplayer allows you to instantly reincarnate after X amount of time.

Just saying, if you're gonna be literal about gameplay then be so about 'every' type of game.
Even your favorite game (no matter which one it might be) will be completely ridiculous if you try to make logical sense out of literally interpretating it.

The point; you failed to see it.

No I do not use vats.

I dont take it to the extreme but thats why i can never get used to turn based, it dosnt make since what so ever, dosent even make the game more fun, sitting waiting attacking rinse lather repeat.

No good sir, sorry I enterd that before I was fully done, I see your point, its really more of an opinion mate, turn based gave have always been a huge turnoff, I love the story and looks of finial fantasy but being turn based I could not play it, board the hell out of me. I did not fully mean I never use it, from time to time I am known to shoot a grenade before it leaves someones hands in vats,

IF this were true. . . well, I'd jump for joy, of course. I, personally, don't give a damn if it were an isometric or from a first-person perspective. The trade off is Obsidian's at the helm and I know I'll get a story from folks worth their weight in ink and that's more than enough for me.

FO3 looked like a warzone and really felt post apocalypse, was a good game but characters and quests should have been better.
Obsidian did an great great job with NV, the scenery/quests/characters awesome =)
Its the only game i still play day to day.

If Obsidian makes FO4 im pretty sure it would be awesome, but to be honest i prefer an fps look then a isometric view.. what if they throw in the option to use an isometric view in combat?

Only thing i hate its still a loooooong long away from a release, and the complete silience from the developers, i would love some info any info no matter how small or [censored].

I can not say I would not try it though. I just don't feel it will be adequate for my style of fallout gaming.

Agreed some info locations anything. something to keep my fallout addiction undercontrol while waiting lol

lol Gabe did you see this on the FO4 speculation thread? Like I said over there, it would be awesome but it's definitely [censored].

This rumor smells like poo.

I wish it were true, but I know it isn't. I also would like to see the game stay in FPP though I'd like it to become less of a shooter.

If I had to guess, I'd say someone that reads on these forums put that rumor on Reddit.

I like Turn-Based because it means that the characters abilities is what matters, not mine, not how good I can aim, but how good the character can aim.
And I prefer it over RTwP because it allows me time to think about what my next move should be in peace, whereas in RTwP it turns into a cluster[censored] of events with damage numbers flying left and right.
I do like fast paced games too, but sometimes I just want to sit back and think about what my next move should be than have to fire frantically at a deathclaw popping around the corner.



That I did.

Erm... Do you mean RTwP or TB in Isometric view?
Cause... No. That sounds like a bad idea.
Even if it's Obsidian I don't trust a developer to design a balanced combat for two completely different game modes.
One combat mode would be more balanced than the other.

I think the turn based part of it might be a smoke screen and hopefully the part about Obsidian taking the helm is TRUE.

...And hopefully it's not in Boston if Obsidian is in charge.

Not a single point was seen that day.

Anyways I'm not a big fan of isometric views, but it would be nice to have coherent writing.

And especially since Obsidian is doing there own thing right now I don't see this happening anytime soon.