A Thank You Note and General Praise to Obsidian : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed May 09, 2012 10:47 pm

To the team at Obsidian, I'd like to say thank you for the DLC Dead Money. While the writing, story, and gameplay elements for vanilla New Vegas are all solid and entertaining, Dead Money blew me away. The dialogues and characters really made me think back to Fallout 1 and 2. Hell, talking to God brought Planescape: Torment to mind. Whatever you guys did with Dead Money, keep on doing it. I'm being blown away.

» Wed May 09, 2012 7:34 pm

Welcome to the forums!

Glad to meet yet another person who's played the originals.

And Dead Money was awesome, the survival horror was fantastic. But they're all done with DLCs now.

» Wed May 09, 2012 9:59 am

When I said keep doing what they're doing, I meant keep up the writing and gameplay up in general future endeavors, not just DLC's. I just wanted to let Obsidian know their work is appreciated.

» Wed May 09, 2012 3:55 pm

i love dead money it was as if they grabed you by the collar striped you of your power and threw you to the ground like your existence meant nothing need to play 1 and 2 just haven't got around to it lazy i know

» Wed May 09, 2012 7:57 am

Dead Money was one of few good things we got since PS: Torment. The atmosphere, dialogs, musics, characters, motives... it was a rpg experince without any concession.

» Wed May 09, 2012 5:33 pm

I liked it.

But then again I like almost everything.

» Wed May 09, 2012 5:53 pm

Not to shame Bethasada, personally think New Vegas was better.

ONLY because it let us do what we wanted as well as they put the Legion in it...

Love it.. Legion..

» Wed May 09, 2012 4:52 pm

Dead Money and Old World Blues were genius DLCs IMHO.

Same with Pitt and Point Lookout.

All of them blew me away.

» Wed May 09, 2012 6:58 pm

Dead Money and Old World Blues were genius DLCs IMHO.

Same with Pitt and Point Lookout.

All of them blew me away.

I actually really liked Lonesome Road in my book - its the best. I gotta finish Old World Blues too.

As for the Pitt, it was just a bore to me.

Operation Anchorage was.. interesting... o,o Most of which I used my companions as undieing shields. x)

» Wed May 09, 2012 3:37 pm

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Obsidian is amazing, and I want them to take on the next game(s) in the series.

» Wed May 09, 2012 4:40 pm

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Obsidian is amazing, and I want them to take on the next game(s) in the series.

this or obsidian and beth together. wish that the dlc were on sale on steam again, sigh.

» Wed May 09, 2012 11:05 am

Thank you obsidian for awesome fallout game.

» Wed May 09, 2012 9:45 am

You made evil troopers that did evil things to my evil char, I am evily displeased!

» Wed May 09, 2012 5:43 pm

Definite Kudos to Obsidian! I am sad that there will be no more content for New Vegas and look forward to them returning to the Fallout Universe at some point.

» Wed May 09, 2012 5:30 pm

Obsidian writing the story and Bethesda bringing back random encounters, along with fighting and all that, would be a thumbs up imo.

» Wed May 09, 2012 10:36 am

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Obsidian is amazing, and I want them to take on the next game(s) in the series.

Indeed, if Bethesda was to make Fallout 4 I would not be buying it. I loved Fallout 3 but NV is much, much better and Skyrim has destroyed my faith in their ability to stick to their fanbase.

» Wed May 09, 2012 4:28 pm

Indeed, if Bethesda was to make Fallout 4 I would not be buying it. I loved Fallout 3 but NV is much, much better and Skyrim has destroyed my faith in their ability to stick to their fanbase.

The problem with Skyrim for me is that I feel the quests are all about quantity over quality. I realize most of RPG quests are "fetch" and "clear out" quests, but Skyrim takes this to the extreme. While I like the environment and I like the story (kind of), I don't feel like doing the billions of "gather this" and "clear out this bandit cave or barrow" quests. I feel cluttered. I have around 30 or so misc. quests that I've picked up along the way and I really don't feel like completing them. It all just gets repetitive, and for some reason I never felt this way with a Fallout game; especially New Vegas.

» Wed May 09, 2012 10:32 am

The problem with Skyrim for me is that I feel the quests are all about quantity over quality. I realize most of RPG quests are "fetch" and "clear out" quests, but Skyrim takes this to the extreme. While I like the environment and I like the story (kind of), I don't feel like doing the billions of "gather this" and "clear out this bandit cave or barrow" quests. I feel cluttered. I have around 30 or so misc. quests that I've picked up along the way and I really don't feel like completing them. It all just gets repetitive, and for some reason I never felt this way with a Fallout game; especially New Vegas.

Could not agree more!

» Wed May 09, 2012 11:00 am

Dead Money and Old World Blues were genius DLCs IMHO.

Same with Pitt and Point Lookout.

All of them blew me away.

Point Lookout was , eh. I couldn't wrap my head around basically fat inbreds having the strength of a Super Mutant. They should have just put SM's on the island.

» Wed May 09, 2012 8:28 am

Indeed, if Bethesda was to make Fallout 4 I would not be buying it. I loved Fallout 3 but NV is much, much better and Skyrim has destroyed my faith in their ability to stick to their fanbase.

So you liked Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but would not buy Fallout 4? I don't get it. Skyrim is a completely different animal.

» Wed May 09, 2012 2:58 pm

Point Lookout was , eh. I couldn't wrap my head around basically fat inbreds having the strength of a Super Mutant. They should have just put SM's on the island.

I would have been annoyed as hell if after hours of fighting super mutants in DC, I traveled to Point Lookout and all I found was more super mutants. I liked the extra variety that Point Lookout gave to Fallout 3.

So you liked Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but would not buy Fallout 4? I don't get it. Skyrim is a completely different animal.

Bethesda made Fallout 3 into a TES clone shoved into the Fallout universe. Obsidian tried to separate New Vegas from that stigma by being more respectful and of the originals. If Bethesda alone makes the next Fallout, then it most likely is just going to be another TES clone with bad writing and worse characters.

» Wed May 09, 2012 3:55 pm

I would have been annoyed as hell if after hours of fighting super mutants in DC, I traveled to Point Lookout and all I found was more super mutants. I liked the extra variety that Point Lookout gave to Fallout 3.

Bethesda made Fallout 3 into a TES clone shoved into the Fallout universe. Obsidian tried to separate New Vegas from that stigma by being more respectful and of the originals. If Bethesda alone makes the next Fallout, then it most likely is just going to be another TES clone with bad writing and worse characters.

I just can't get over fat hillbillies being so damn powerful. They're basically SM's just in a different skin. I have no connection to Fallout 1 and 2, Fallout 3 was good enough as far as i'm concerned to referencing the first two games.

» Wed May 09, 2012 11:36 am

I just can't get over fat hillbillies being so damn powerful. They're basically SM's just in a different skin. I have no connection to Fallout 1 and 2, Fallout 3 was good enough as far as i'm concerned to referencing the first two games.

All I'm saying that I'm very glad that they weren't super mutants because they were I might not have finished that DLC.

Fallout 3 referenced Fallout 1 and 2, but strayed wildly from the original theme.

» Wed May 09, 2012 7:52 pm

Bethesda made Fallout 3 into a TES clone shoved into the Fallout universe. Obsidian tried to separate New Vegas from that stigma by being more respectful and of the originals. If Bethesda alone makes the next Fallout, then it most likely is just going to be another TES clone with bad writing and worse characters.

I agree that Bethesda did copy TES formula into Fallout, but it didn't make it any less of a spectacular game. Sure, it wasn't as narrative driven as NV or as well written, but the exploration and intrigue surrounding the Capital Wasteland made it worth it. Still, I prefer Obsidian's version of Narrative above all else, but they could still use a little work on everything else. Bethesda working alone to create the next Fallout like you said will be pretty bad, which is why I'm hoping for a joint union between Obsidian and Bethesda for F4.

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:18 am

The next Fallout will be great, and I doubt Bethesda will just trash Obsidian; they should use them in the next game too!