Indeed. Can you imagine the conversation?
Bethesda: Hey, can you guys develop a new Fallout game which more closely resembles the originals than our effort?
Obsidian: Well duh. Some of us worked on those games.
Bethesda: Great, great. Oh! And while you're at it can you get Mr. Avellone and that Fenstermaker fellow involved in a way which makes our team look like an elementary creative writing class?
Obsidian: Um. Is that what you really want? I mean, sure!
And this is exactly why I feel Obsidian will be given the next title in the series. I've mentioned this before, but ...but ... TIM MOTHER-[censored] CAIN is on the team. For Christ's sake! All the Obs-Haters are quite sure of themselves that BGS will be developing the next Fallout again, but could you imagine how ridiculous that would look right in front of Obsidian?! Don't get me wrong, BGS are respectable developers, but you can not just shut out that amount of talent on a team.
Here's what Bethesda should do with the next Fallout game in order for me to be 99% happy:
- Let Obsidian develop it.
- Give them an appropriate amount of time for development
- Don't give in to Xbox exclusives (But with Bethesda, being a company and liking money... this probably won't happen)
There, three easy things that will earn my love, respect and money.