Had the chance to talk to designer Chris Avellone on Fallout New Vegas Retrospective.

Talk all about the creation of the characters, the DLC and plainly why this game is better.

http://www.puresophistry.com/2013/04/27/chris-avellone-interview-its-more-special-when-every-player-has-a-different-experience/

'The ****?

This stranger just waltzes in here and says "o btw I had a chance to talk to him, no biggie."

**** you dude! I'd love to talk to the guy myself, yet you just do it like it's nothing. I'm hella jelly. >:C

My job sir- wait until I talk about how much the "Boone Kills Caesar" scene meant to me....

His answer is literally every Gamers wet dream.

[censored] LUCKY! DAMMIT YOUR SO LUCKY IM SO JEALOUS!

I have to impress Chris Avellone, i have to.. I need to Oh god maybe if i assassinate a senator he'll notice me!

Better than what? FNV is an embarrassment to Bethesda, and Obsidian...people should have been sacked just to save face.

BURN THE WITCH!!!

For me it's more his comment on day one DLC that speaks to me.

This is why I like Obsidian. They know what their job is. They know why they're paid.

A lot of people today just care about getting paid, not the why or how. What's the purpose of money? It's an incentive to work, and through our work, each of us contribute to society and humanity in one way or another. Unfortunately, we've hit a point where people have forgotten to care about actually contributing, but care more about getting paid. People aren't interested in working because they realize that their desk, computer, table and wine are all the result of another person's hard work and they want to "return the favor" by making something for other people aswell, no, people are just interested in getting paid and having shiny things.

But Avellone's answer to day one DLC? He specifically states what a game developer's job is, then proceeds to ask if Day 1 DLC is truly neccesary or relevant to their job as game developers, and if "the customer is always right" is a legit question for the scenario of day 1 DLC, since it obviously isn't popular. Why the HELL should a company insist on a design method that isn't popular in the entertainment industry?

Lines like that are what make me respect Obsidian. Some things are made with love and care, with it's creators taking careful care to make sure they're happy with the product, other things are manufactured, simply made in the interest of making money, with the creators having no personal interest in the product beyond it's ability to generate income. Obsidian clearly makes their games with love and care, which is certainly refreshing in a day and age when companies like EA dominate the market.

Is there any text version?

This laptop is [censored]e when trying to go near a video.

BUUUUURRRRRNNNN HIM!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnod9vtB4xA

Thank your for posting the link. That was a pretty cool interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xCjK3BD6u4

It's a good thing Bethesda doesn't do that. No siree, their games are stable right out the door!

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/08/skyrim-is-getting-a-day-one-patch-more-dlc-than-you-can-shake-a/

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Dagnabbit, Longknife!

With you there, buddy. If my hours spent playing the game reflect at all upon its value to me, then Fallout: New Vegas is worth thousands of dollars.

By the way, thanks for the link!

What does we deserve? Why do we deserve anything from the gaming industry? They provide us games and we pay for them if we want to play them. It's not like they need to make games for us because we deserve them.

Edit: Btw thanks for the link.

Awesome interview. My new wish for the next Fallout is for Bethesda to allow the "Use your Illusion" thing again. That way I can play the good one and then get to play the amazing and improved one.

I paid $20 and I feel like I stole it.

....I'm sorry, but uh, do you even know what you're talking about? I felt like my IQ dropped a bit.To even think that's a logical excuse on a forum that's about a gaming company that enforces the EXACT OPPOSITE of what you wrote? Not only that, but you state FNV is a joke. I wonder, compared to what, exactly? Fallout 3? If so, I think that just ruined your entire point.

Skyrim probably. Its obvious some people don't remember its broken release, or its day 1 patching, or the sheer amount of vitriol being thrown at Beth on these forums.

Great Interview anyway, I hope Beth listens to the bit about Obsidian's approach to writing their characters.

I'm entirely content to say that FNV is an okay game...nothing more than that though. I didn't say it was a joke, I said it was an embarrassemant. (Just to clarify...a joke is something funny, like FNV hitting youtube within 3 minutes of release with a bug clip....an embarrassment is when bugs and glitches haven't been dealt with years after release and materially add to the company's reputation).

Perhaps some of you should get some time up on these forums, too...you have probably missed that I have been critical of substandard dev work and buggy releases from way back in Oblivion's day...and I'll keep pointing out substandard stuff long into the future as well.

So you're on this forum solely to complain?