Fallout New Vegas by Obsidian

Anyone see this popping up anywhere else? I trust Shacknews quite a bit. Link This is pretty awesome if true.

Edit: Another link

Remove the question mark, it's real.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fallout-new-vegas-unveiled

Gonna be better than Fallout 3 for one simple reason: Feargus Urquhart.

Wow, sounds really nice.

I hate Bethesda, Oblivion too, but their Fallout was awesome, I enjoyed it a lot, but now with Obsidia, it could become an even greater game with their storytelling :)

Now I really need to move Fallout 3 to the front of my pile of shame.

Please let it be a little more hardcore! Please!

(But it won't - look at the PC market we have today - it just won't be hardcore however much we want it to be! :( )

*suddenly remembers what happened to another franchise outsourced by Bethesda to a good developer*

Will this be a stand alone game or an expansion?Jd1680a

This is now on the GS front page.Mr_Versipellis

Hopefully we'll finally be getting a true and honest RPG sequel to Fallout 1 & 2 rather than some poorly written and watered down shooter. Buggy or not Obsidian has always had much better role-playing and writing in their games than Bethesda has ever had.

I have faith in Obsidian's works. I like what they do as a company. I'm going to pick this up on day one.

Check out Obsidian's poll on their main page:

What kind of combat system do you prefer for an RPG to have?

Guess who's winning.

Dare we dream?...

SOunds good! Fallout3 was alot better then i expected, but it still wasnt nearly as good as Fallout1/2 imo. So With Obsidian at the helm of this new one, it could be an improvement over Fallout3 and could be a amsterpeice like Fallout1/2.

Should be interesting!

Obsidian always has great storys and what not.

Check out Obsidian's poll on their main page:

What kind of combat system do you prefer for an RPG to have?

Guess who's winning.

Dare we dream?...

Baranga

As much as I'd love (l-o-v-e) for that it's never going to happen in this day and age of ADHD gamers. It'd be amazing though.

Check out Obsidian's poll on their main page:

What kind of combat system do you prefer for an RPG to have?

Guess who's winning.

Dare we dream?...

Baranga

*rub eyes* that result can't be real o.O But I'm still pessimistic because I can't see the Embryo engine being used for Isometric TB combat, and I can't see Obsidian developing the game from scratch since the game is coming out in 2010. Or maybe they're using whatever engine they used for NWN2?

Check out Obsidian's poll on their main page:

What kind of combat system do you prefer for an RPG to have?

Guess who's winning.

Dare we dream?...

Baranga

Check out Obsidian's poll on their main page:

What kind of combat system do you prefer for an RPG to have?

Guess who's winning.

Dare we dream?...

Baranga

Nevermind, they're using FO3's engine, so it will be the same combat system. Erlkoenig

The use of an engine doesn't dictate the combat system. You can mod Unreal 2004 into an isometric squad based shooter lol. I am sure if they wanted to they could use the gamebryo engine to make a turn based isometric shooter...if they will or not is one thing...but it is possible.

Good to hear that some of the black isle guys are working on this. Considering how much fun Fallout 3 was for me, I think this will be a great addition (vegas is fun as it is...so it must be better with mutants and raiders XD).

This odd to say the least, the developers of the Fallout and Fallout 2 (Black Isle/Obsidian) being tapped to make an expansion for Fallout 3, developed by Bethesda, which can be best be described as the anti-Obsidian (some positives and negatives regarding this). Should be interesting.Gooeykat

Oh the irony!

[QUOTE="Erlkoenig"]Nevermind, they're using FO3's engine, so it will be the same combat system. dnuggs40

The use of an engine doesn't dictate the combat system. You can mod Unreal 2004 into an isometric squad based shooter lol. I am sure if they wanted to they could use the gamebryo engine to make a turn based isometric shooter...if they will or not is one thing...but it is possible.

Gamebryo isn't Bethesda's technology, it's a middleware engine made by some random company. It's used in many games, including all of Sid Meier's modern games, Warhammer Online, Empire Earth etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if they experiment with it. Doesn't sound like a big-ass title of Fallout 3 magnitude, since they signed the contract a few weeks ago.

According to the twitter linked in that thread, Van Buren's main designer is working on this game. He made some obvious Fallout references since they signed:lol: And I want to believe that hex and interface update talks about hexagons:)

I'll probably add this to my "to play" list, because even though Fallout 3 was a huge borefest, I've heard that Obsidian has a vastly different gameplay philosophy than Beth.

I'll probably add this to my "to play" list, because even though Fallout 3 was a huge borefest, I've heard that Obsidian has a vastly different gameplay philosophy than Beth.

aliblabla2007

Yes, they are quite different. One company makes actual role-playing games and the other doesn't. Obsidian also has some of the guys who worked on Fallout 1 & 2 so that's encouraging but they don't have Tim Cain and, if anybody should be making another Fallout game, it's that guy.

The quick turn-around from the announcement to the release date and the multi-platforming still concerns me but hopefully it'll work out ok. Heck, I doubt it could be any more disappointing than Bethesda's game.

Quite a surprise, and a pleasant one it is. Can't wait to see what will come out of it and i really have to say, mad respect to bethesda for pulling this move.

Maybe it'll have same engine as KOTOR 2?

Maybe it'll have same engine as KOTOR 2?

Steameffekt

This is some of the best gaming news I've heard in a long time.

Not long after Black Isle was shut down it was revealed that they were working on their own Fallout 3. Since a lot of them moved to Obsidian maybe Fallout: New Vegas will be based on the plan for the Fallout 3 Black Isle was making.

With Aliens RPG being canceled as well as their mediocre track record of sequels, I'm not going to hold my breath. They may have some of the original Fallout developers working on FO: NV, but I doubt it'll be as good or better than FO3.

With Aliens RPG being canceled as well as their mediocre track record of sequels, I'm not going to hold my breath. They may have some of the original Fallout developers working on FO: NV, but I doubt it'll be as good or better than FO3.

doomsoth

Have you played Neverwinter Nights 2? Or are you just basing this off of KOTOR2? KOTOR 2 isnt the only game they have made.

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With Aliens RPG being canceled as well as their mediocre track record of sequels, I'm not going to hold my breath. They may have some of the original Fallout developers working on FO: NV, but I doubt it'll be as good or better than FO3.

kozzy1234

Have you played Neverwinter Nights 2? Or are you just basing this off of KOTOR2? KOTOR 2 isnt the only game they have made.

Yes, I play and own both games as well as BioWare's games.

Can't wait! I loved Fallout 3 and i hope this one is better polished and has a better MQ

And since Bethesda aren't developing this title, it gives another hint to TESV, which they are likely to announce at E3

Whoa!

Great news for RPGers everywhere.

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[QUOTE="doomsoth"]

With Aliens RPG being canceled as well as their mediocre track record of sequels, I'm not going to hold my breath. They may have some of the original Fallout developers working on FO: NV, but I doubt it'll be as good or better than FO3.

doomsoth

Have you played Neverwinter Nights 2? Or are you just basing this off of KOTOR2? KOTOR 2 isnt the only game they have made.

Yes, I play and own both games as well as BioWare's games.

Under the name Obsidian Entertainment, NWN2 and KOTOR2 are the only games they've fully developed and have published. Neither one were better than the original or, for that matter, really that great, which is why I say they're mediocre. They've followed in BioWare's footsteps twice and neither one surpassed the original.

Yes, I play and own both games as well as BioWare's games.

doomsoth

I'd argue that both were much better than Bioware's originals (KOTOR 2 is debatable - everything is better except for the butchered endings), but it really doesn't matter - both Bioware and Obsidian are easily better than Bethesda, who've lately just churned out Oblivion (terrible) and Fallout 3 (bland).

Oh, and personally, I think that Obsidian's NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer was a better RPG than anything Bioware has released since BG2, so they've certainly got the potential for great games.

Under the name Obsidian Entertainment, NWN2 and KOTOR2 are the only games they've fully developed and have published. Neither one were better than the original or, for that matter, really that great, which is why I say they're mediocre. They've followed in BioWare's footsteps twice and neither one surpassed the original.

Yes, I play and own both games as well as BioWare's games.

doomsoth

Nwn 2 official campaigns beat the hell out of the campaigns produced by bioware in my opinion. It's just an opinion but you really need to go look up the word mediocre in the dictionary... Because either you are exaggerating or have no clue has to what mediocre mean.

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[QUOTE="doomsoth"]

With Aliens RPG being canceled as well as their mediocre track record of sequels, I'm not going to hold my breath. They may have some of the original Fallout developers working on FO: NV, but I doubt it'll be as good or better than FO3.

doomsoth

Have you played Neverwinter Nights 2? Or are you just basing this off of KOTOR2? KOTOR 2 isnt the only game they have made.

Yes, I play and own both games as well as BioWare's games.