New Vegas Fans: “We want Obsidian to make Fallout again”
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I feel obligated to point out that this won't be the same Obsidian who made New Vegas. Same company, but (mostly) not the same devs or the same leadership.
Though I'm a little hopeful that Josh Sawyer manages to make something neat.
I mean Josh Sawyer is leading it and Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky are both at Obsidian and I imagine they'll be pulled in, as well as a bunch of other folks - so no idea what you're talking about?
Most notably, John Gonzales, the actual writer on New Vegas, is also there.
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outer worlds was not that good (imo) avowed was decent. would be insane to just assume theyd catch lightning in a bottle again
I mean you have two of the most important contributors to Fallout 1 & 2, and the project director from New Vegas - if they can't do it, it can't be done.
For what it's worth I really liked Outer Worlds 1&2 and PoE I & II, as well as Avowed - so whatever they make, I'm probably going to enjoy it.
I liked the story of outerworlds but the mechanics and gameplay were never that interesting and it lost me, had to force myself to finish the game and I'm glad I did but oof.
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And people will talk themselves out of enjoying a game for that, too.
It's gotta really suck to be some employee at a cool studio... And then microfuckingsoft buys it. I'd be wicked pissed at whoever made that decision.
I don't know why you'd want to work at Bethesda these days, but Id Soft does not deserve to be in that spot.
Stoked Obsidian gets to do a proper title though. I hope they can use a different engine this time.
Eh, it's the circle of ~~life~~ game development.
Small studio makes great games, gets bought by big studio, big studio's management flood small studio's staff, the games developed suffer, big studio makes cuts firing almost everyone who was worth a damn, small studio shambles on in name only for a while longer before being mercifully put down. Meanwhile some of the fired devs band together creating a new small studio which makes great games, attracting the attention of a big studio...
True true
I don't know why anyone would work at one of these studios. Obviously people are staying because the jobs are still lucrative but who is it that's walking into these super unstable jobs under a company that's been doing nothing but layoffs and shutdowns for the last few years?
Someone with that skill set who wants to keep making games, looking for any port in a storm.
Yup.
With the crazy number of layoffs from the AI frenzy... for those people, some money is better than no money. Even if the job won't be there in 6 months.
I mean, if it's with the intention of making enough money, experience and connections to go indie, I can respect aspiring developers who are doing the best with the hand they're given.
Anecdotally, I was illegally fired by Microsoft in December 2024 because I helped form a massive union earlier that year. I want my job back because I want a union contract.
I have friends at Zenimax that stayed because they have a union contract. There are currently 14 unions at Microsoft actively negotiating for their first contract. The thousands of people who are protected by a union stay because they have a union.
I've been laid off from Microsoft before (you just collect unemployment until they hire back in three months. No union) but I have a feeling these are more permanent layoffs.
Being a part of a union is absolutely a good reason to stay. If it guarantees you a paycheck.
There are several ways a union protects jobs. Because of certain rights during contract negotiations, not a single job was lost at any of the unions that are currently in negotiations.
During layoffs with unions, the company is required to bargain for affects to the workers, which sometimes reduces the amount of people that are actually out of a job.
I'm still friends and organize with Microsoft workers, and there are rumors swirling that parts of the layoffs may constitute Unfair Labor Practices at units with unions. This can only be caught because of workers that are also dedicated to fighting for their union.
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The entire games industry, and software development in general, is unstable right now. The few companies that are still stable aren't hiring. If you have a job, you try to keep it. Because trying to get a new job will be an absolute nightmare. I'm in that situation myself right now.
Sometimes, people leave a company and move to another one, only for that first company to buy the company they moved to...
Knew someone this happened to.
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Honestly I am surprised they didn't do this years ago. It makes sense to let the studio that made the best Fallout game continue making Fallout games while the other studio works on the long-neglected Elder Scrolls 6. Otherwise we'd just be looking at decade-long droughts between Elder Scrolls and Fallout games at the pace BGS develops.
Especially since Bethesda's Fallouts suck because of the thing that makes TES great - what they do is power fantasy. That's great for Nirn, since you almost always turn out to be some sort of demigod anyway. But a post-apocalyptic RPG? You're meant to be scraping by in dirt. Sure, let the player become a wasteland badass, but not godlike. That sucks.
its the fault of the player becoming godlike. do you remember the first time you played? even at the end game, i was struggling against enemies and banking on my companions to bail me out. but now that i know what to do, and know how to maximize perk selection, gear, and where to loot and sell stuff, no wonder i become godlike
Exactly this
Honestly, the new Odsidian game is not going to be on the same level of New Vegas. Due most of the people who made NV left Odsidian (mainly the writers) years ago.
I don't get this mentality of deciding something isn't as good before it's even been created yet. I don't even think New Vegas is Obsidian's best RPG. I'd say that's Pillars 2.
Ok but the people that made the og games are on the team.
I can only expect it'll be as lifeless as Avowed.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
Microsoft had Windows 95, Windows XP and Windows 7. Microsoft have a lot of things that they bought then destroyed.. Go Google Microsoft acquisitions Here
Look how many of those companies and software no longer exist.
Now my company is moving to Windows 11, I see all these problems and bugs because Microsoft company-wide actually don't understand the product that they support.
Go to your windows computer, go into the settings, dive deep into the settings.. The older the UI looks the more likely it's going to be actually in control of your computer.
The older the UI looks the more likely it's going to be actually in control of your computer.
It tends to be more functional too
Yep.
And then shut them down.
No if it doesn't sell $1B let half of staff go like with ID Software. Force remaining people to use AI and work twice as much.
Damn, Obsidian makes good RPGs but they're not so great at making the kind of open world sandbox RPG that Fallout has been since the 3D era, so idk if they'll do better than last time where they gave us a great RPG hidden deep under the baggy clothes of an absolutely awful open world. I like FNV for what it is, but they're really not the right studio for modern 3d Fallout. I hope they let Obsidian make the more classic RPG style of Fallout that they clearly wanted to make with FNV, but I highly doubt that would happen.
Smart money is that it's built on the bones of The Outer Worlds 2, which was great. Failing that, a far dumber but still possible decision would be to build it on the bones of Fallout 76 or Starfield.
Build it on the bones of The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard!
Battlespire, or bust
fallout shelter 3, take it or leave it
Hmmm. Toss in a fake nylon bag and you've got a deal
best i can do is moldy helmets
I guess we've eventually come full circle?
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