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'New Vegas is a very, very important game to us,' says mildly exasperated Todd Howard, who will never stop getting grilled about New Vegas (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I can't see a way to frankly assess the quality of a game on its commercial success, but let's at least not pretend the franchise's popularity is based on its later installments - that puts the cart before the horse imo.

Interplay going bankrupt is the reason Bethesda owns this IP. FO3 wasn't a bad game, but it started development before their involvement. Everything Bethesda made on its own has been increasingly in their own simulationist, environmental style, which can be fun but isn't a good fit for the highly novelistic style that made it popular to begin with.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think my view still stands, without bathesda that series would have ended with that weird ass "fallout: bos" for PS2. If it hadn't been bought by bathesda, we would have no fallout 3, 4 or even NV. Cause as much as people claim it isn't, NV uses the bones and parameters of fo3, just builds on it. We also wouldn't have gotten the show, which was great

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You imagine Bethesda was the sole bidder on the IP, but this isn't the case. But for their shrewdness, the series would have survived just fine.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you have some insider knowledge about other companies that bid on the rights or?

From what I can find online, there's not much out there aside from Activision, which... Lmao

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

No, not them. I'm trying to figure out what interview I read about this. Pardon my source amnesia, I'll write back if it comes to me.