I have just beat fallout new vegas, and pretty much to say, the game was a blast, and as always for my first time through, i was a goody two shoes, and naturally as i built up my customary armory, enough to level a small city, i eventually got to the end after nearly 3 months worth of gaming, i finally beat the game, picking the path of Robert House, and just for the sake of asking, will my/anyone's actions have any effect on the future of the Fallout series, or will it be like the past game, with only passing mentions of what happened in past games?

Aside from few possible references (if even that), there will most likely not be any technical connections between this game and the future titles, so likely (and hopefully) no save exporting. Fallout games tend to have their own identities even if the setting is shared and somewhere a references to the past happenings might occur. And that's how it should be.

Agreed, although i would like to see some mention of the god like character some people have made in future games, i can see why bethesda would do this kind of storytelling, because if they made past games heavily effect future games, it would seem like mass effect way too much

There's a high chance that Bethesda would be willing to give Obsidian another go at a Fallout game, but it is doubtful that Obsidian would accept that chance. Even if Obsidian would do another game set in that area the chance of them setting House as canon is low, although Bethesda's Emil Pagliarulo might set House as canon. Bethesda will only do games in the East Coast so it is safe to assume that NV will only get referenced briefly in their titles.

Ok, so if thats true, will bethesda advance the east coast canon, or is the west coast strictly obsidian's territory?

High? On what ground has that rumor taken foot on?

And if it was so, why would Obsidian not accept the deal?

A friend of mine got asked the same question, and he said that bethesda might pull the same crap and rush the next obsidian made fallout game, although fallout new vegas was still pretty fun.

Thats what i think too
Rush them and not do their job with QA again, which to alot of people makes Obsidian look bad, not Bethesda.

That was stupid of Beth, Obsidian could have made a small part of Legion territory in Colorado if they were given the time. Beth needs to be patient, its not the first time they made that mistake and it wont be the last unless they get their act together

A friend of mine told me that Obsidian will make the next Fallout game and it will be akin to the originals. Point'n click gameplay, ISO view, turnbased combat and all. Who's friend will come out next?

Bethesda is a [censored] publisher, that's no secret. But a small-medium independent dev studio can't really afford to refuse jobs like this (unless they're really strained for other work, which they are not).

I'm pulling it out of my ass, tbh. My opinion is that since NV sold well and they're gonna need filler after the hype of both Skyrim and F4 dies down they would have Obsidian do another Fallout game. But then they might already know that Obsidian's not going to accept so they don't even want to try.

Chris Avellone wrote that Bethesda was actually the most involved in marketing than any other publisher, so they're not totally [censored]. Also, Obsidian went indy, they're making PE which could probably make them rich seeing that they hype it quite well (probably Beth taught them a thing or two).

Im just hoping that if obsidian does another fallout game, it wont be rushed and all crappy like fallout new vegas was

It wasn't that bad, was it? Then again I only played it recently (a few months ago), at this time most of the bugs are taken care of. Also the rush was so that the game wouldn't be downrated to oblivion because Skyrim's hype would have overshadowed NV's. Sadly, gaming journalists don't look at the quality of a game but the hype it receives and how it compares to other games' hype.

Why would they need a filler? There was a 5-year-gap between Oblivion and Skyrim, and Skyrim sells like it's the last action adventure on earth. They are also practically making one game over and over again with little tweaks. And it will likely not be too long until they'll announce FO4 to be in production and released about a year after the annoucement - and will most likely be to Skyrim what Fallout 3 was to Oblivion. It sells like hot cakes, every reviewer will praise it to heaves for some reason, and it will feel like copypaste [censored] to the original fanbase. But Beth fans will embrace it like a new messiah. One thing Bethesda does right is marketing and appealing to the masses, and keeping their own developement schedule on control when it comes to building hype.

I don't think there are too many people here that would want Obsidian to make the next Fallout as much as me, but the unlikeliness of that to happen is far to great to be considered as a real possibility (and this is something I'd really like to be wrong with).


I know. But do you really think he'd - as a professional - say something bad about a potential employer and thus burn the bridges behind him? Also, name one game that Beth has published that has not had some fundamental issues? Even New Vegas and Dishonored got rushed and streamlined due to... publisher.

What i meant was, it wasnt a bad game, it just couldve been so much better in certainways.

I don't think they're making the same game, the difference between Oblivion and Skyrim is extreme. You can't judge what F4 is going to be like, there are already rumors that they're gonna use a different engine for it, Skyrim core game was a giant blunder in many ways due to poor management, even more of a blunder than Oblivion core game. I would actually argue that Beth shows signs of improving their writing, though I don't want to go into detail about this right now. Let's just say that F4 is probably going to be drastically different from Skyrim. I just have this feeling. Also, what do you mean by "Beth fans"? There are different groups of Beth fans. You'll notice that it's on the Elder Scrolls forums here that Bethesda actually receives the most criticism.
Also, Bethesda screws its own developers too with their bs. Skyrim was released as an incomplete mess because 11.11.11 was a major part of the hype. I don't think its fair to say that Bethesda devs are all EA level villains who only want money, I think they would be all right if they wouldn't be screwed with poor management and bullies as their higher-ups. The devs themselves are not evil, if they were they would be heavily censoring their forums like Bioware did and probably does even now.

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He did't need to pat them on the back either, since that interview wasn't as official.