

Expansions are handled the same way, with BethSoft getting to handle ONE expansion pack on their own and Obsidian handling the restĤ. Obsidian focuses on the pre-planning and the art direction, they write the story and design concepts for the world, characters and moreģ.

Bethesda handles the technical stuff, 'coding' things and putting everything in the world, they handle the QA and whatnotĢ. Here's the best way I can think to say how I wanna see Fallout 4 developed, in a set of rules:ġ. people I gave a shit about)Įach one has its pros and cons and I just felt like establishing the pros, as the cons for one game are the pros of the other. Add on content (As in, so far all of them have been pretty good and it took about 3 expacs for Fallout 3 to hit its stride) A higher number and better impact with the 'decision points' in the game Freedom in progression of the overall plot Establishing that the new gameplay style worked Let me lay out the things each game does right, I'll start with Fallout 3: (Mothership Zeta was too repetitive, though.)ĮDIT 2: I see a lot of comments saying that it's more like the original Fallout games, but I've only ever played Fallout 3 and New Vegas. On the other hand I loved all of Fallout 3's DLC. "What are those?!?!? Hand penises?!?!?! Oh, fingers." Plus, Mr New Vegas can't hold a candle to Three Dog.ĮDIT 1: Also, I really didn't like the New Vegas DLC: Dead Money was the mother of repetition, you couldn't go back afterwards (though on reflection that's good), Honest Hearts was just shamelessly copy-pasted campsites and Ranger Towers as far as the eye could see.

That said, I find that New Vegas is longer, has better graphics and physics and generally better gameplay (i.e the Jurry-Rigging perk and repair kits makes it much better). I know they're fixed now, but I didn't have that problem with Fallout 3 when I got it. The first time I played, I had to restart my game because Elder McNamara was bugged: I couldn't talk to him, search him if killed or pickpocket him, ergo I couldn't even complete the Main Quest (I had killed House and Yes Man).

But whenever I was about to immerse myself, I would run into a unicycle-cowboy-robot or a guy in football gear pretending to be a Roman and come crashing back. Not to say I don't like New Vegas, in fact I was just playing it. I'm sure that this has been done before, but I've got to ask: Which of the two recent Fallouts do you prefer? Personally, I prefer Fallout 3: better story, atmosphere, setting and above all: Immersion.
