Lol your kidding me right that was rated the worst game of 2010. Obsidian doesnt make that many good games. But they got lucky with FNV.
Only games I've played by Obsidian is Alpha Protocol and New Vegas and I love them both.
Alpha Protocol is like Deus Ex except cut back on the whole cyberpunk thing and has heavier RPG elements with a dash of Mass Effect conversation wheel (one that is better than Mass Effects IMO.
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And New Vegas is the best out of a bad situation, the best of a Fallout game possible when considering they had to use Gamebryo, SPECIAL tweaked for FPS and one sandbox map rather than a map node system.
I love both of them.
There was a review a while back where some guy reviewed american reviews and european reviews on the game.
And he found out that most (not all, but most) american reviews where negative while most (not all, but the majority) european reviews were positive.
And he said it was about how you view the game, if you're into the whole run and gun combat and just want another shooter then you're going to dislike the game while if you're looking for an alternative RPG then you're going to like it.
Wish I had the link to it cause it was a great review on reviews.
Anyway, not going to put words in your mouth but "maybe" you viewed it as an action game.
Nothing wrong in that, but the game wasn't for you.
If you're ever going to give it another try then try to think of it as an RPG more than you think of it as a modern day shooter.
Might have a different opinion of it then.