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Fallout: New Vegas Bonus Missed by 1 Point; Obsidian Layoffs

[Mar 15, 2012, 8:50 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Obsidian's Chris Avellone indicated that Obsidian just missed a bonus for Fallout: New Vegas, reports Joystiq, saying this came in a tweet from a no longer existent account, allegedly saying: "[Fallout: New Vegas] was a straight payment, no royalties, only a bonus if we got an 85+ on Metacritic, which we didn't." Sure enough, the game currently sits at 84 on Metacritic. They also note their report of layoffs at Obsidian, though these are still unconfirmed. Thanks nin.

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Re: Fallout: New Vegas Bonus Missed by 1 Point; Obsidian Layoffs

Mar 15, 2012, 23:48

LittleMe

I hope Obsidian can survive this and hopefully make another Fallout game, improving upon NV. That said, NV sure was buggy at release. But, they had huge bugfix patches with their DLC releases that were very welcome. I found NV's world not as good as F3's. Bethesda is one of the best at creating open-world sandbox RPG's. I'm sure the NV story and rpg elements were improved on F3's, but the gameplay didn't feel better. It was Fallout 3 in a more bland environment and the 50's motif was de-emphasized. I like NV, just not as much as F3. I have yet to play OWB, which sounds like it would be right up my alley with lots of exploration. I will buy Obsidian's next Fallout game as long as it stays hardcore like NV and isn't dumbed down.




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