You’re right. Obsidian had a very tight timeframe for developing this game and it was a buggy mess when it released. as is anything based on the creation Gamebryo (creation is skyrim onwards and is based on gamebryo) engine.
Once it was polished up a bit though it was recognized for the genre defining game it is
I’ve never really understood the hyper around NV but admittedly my memory could be tainted by time.
I loved Fallout 1 & 2 and when Fallout 3 dropped I was delighted to get 1st person modern graphics in the world I loved. Then NV came along and the novelty of the new perspective and graphics had worn off, and there were these 2 new groups I really didn’t enjoy. Take me back to simpler times of raiders and brotherhood.
Then Fallout 4 came out and I was happy once more…back in the world I loved with fresher graphics.
A number of devs from Interplay (developers of the first two Fallout games before Bethesda acquired the license) moved to Obsidian and worked on New Vegas. Many long-time fans of the series consider it to be the best of the series after the transition to 3d first person, if not the best in the series, period.
A lot of the negative reviews were tied to the very buggy state the game released in. I’ve heard rumors that Obsidian asked for more QA time but was forced by the publisher to rush it to release. Given that Obsidian had a bounty reward if they hit a certain Metacritic score and they missed it by one point, I’m inclined to believe that rumor.
Personally, I think Fallout 4 has better gunplay, but New Vegas is much better at being an RPG with guns in it, rather than a shooter with RPG elements tacked on. It’s gotten a ton of polish since release, and there are years of community mods and patches to further smooth out the rough edges.
A lot of the negative reviews were tied to the very buggy state the game released in. I’ve heard rumors that Obsidian asked for more QA time but was forced by the publisher to rush it to release. Given that Obsidian had a bounty reward if they hit a certain Metacritic score and they missed it by one point, I’m inclined to believe that rumor.
Thanks, that’s what stuck with me and I hadn’t checked since. I’ll give a go. Thanks.
Lol I see no reason to continue engaging with you after this. Your cringey licensing, the use of the word “triggered,” even bringing politics into this for some reason (really? Lol) tells me more than enough about you than I really care to know. Have a nice day!
Thanks for the explanation! Never played New Vegas. The reviews said it was terrible, but maybe after a few updates it was OK?
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What fuckin reviews you reading? Its literally the best one.
Overwhelmingly positive 96% approval on over a 100k reviews.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/22380/Fallout_New_Vegas/#app_reviews_hash
It was released in 2012 or something. Back then it wasn’t greeted with such positivity and I hadn’t checked since.
The reviews do look pretty positive now.
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You’re right. Obsidian had a very tight timeframe for developing this game and it was a buggy mess when it released. as is anything based on the
creationGamebryo (creation is skyrim onwards and is based on gamebryo) engine.Once it was polished up a bit though it was recognized for the genre defining game it is
I’ve never really understood the hyper around NV but admittedly my memory could be tainted by time.
I loved Fallout 1 & 2 and when Fallout 3 dropped I was delighted to get 1st person modern graphics in the world I loved. Then NV came along and the novelty of the new perspective and graphics had worn off, and there were these 2 new groups I really didn’t enjoy. Take me back to simpler times of raiders and brotherhood. Then Fallout 4 came out and I was happy once more…back in the world I loved with fresher graphics.
But nothing can replace 1 & 2 for me.
I would definitely recommend giving it a try.
A number of devs from Interplay (developers of the first two Fallout games before Bethesda acquired the license) moved to Obsidian and worked on New Vegas. Many long-time fans of the series consider it to be the best of the series after the transition to 3d first person, if not the best in the series, period.
A lot of the negative reviews were tied to the very buggy state the game released in. I’ve heard rumors that Obsidian asked for more QA time but was forced by the publisher to rush it to release. Given that Obsidian had a bounty reward if they hit a certain Metacritic score and they missed it by one point, I’m inclined to believe that rumor.
Personally, I think Fallout 4 has better gunplay, but New Vegas is much better at being an RPG with guns in it, rather than a shooter with RPG elements tacked on. It’s gotten a ton of polish since release, and there are years of community mods and patches to further smooth out the rough edges.
Thanks, that’s what stuck with me and I hadn’t checked since. I’ll give a go. Thanks.
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…why are you licensing your comments? That’s such a cringey boomer thing to do
…why are you so triggered? That’s such cringey right-wing thing to do.
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Lol I see no reason to continue engaging with you after this. Your cringey licensing, the use of the word “triggered,” even bringing politics into this for some reason (really? Lol) tells me more than enough about you than I really care to know. Have a nice day!