I’m torn on if I like obsidian being under Bethesda now.
For one, I’m in the camp that I believe the creation kit is the best tool for their kind of games (though I’d also like the 30 years of technical debt to be addressed) so the “new Vegas 2” built within it is a plus.
On h control will Todd and his team have over the development of the fallout spin off? We have heard for years that Todd personally wants to touch and approve every aspect of a game, he already has hundreds of employees under him at BGS, adding the Obsidian fallout team to that list scares me a bit. If he is as hands on as he prefers, that’s how you end up with starfield.
And If I have to roll a random legendary effect one more god damn time I’m gonna lose it.
For one, I’m in the camp that I believe the creation kit is the best tool for their kind of games (though I’d also like the 30 years of technical debt to be addressed) so the “new Vegas 2” built within it is a plus.
On h control will Todd and his team have over the development of the fallout spin off? We have heard for years that Todd personally wants to touch and approve every aspect of a game, he already has hundreds of employees under him at BGS, adding the Obsidian fallout team to that list scares me a bit. If he is as hands on as he prefers, that’s how you end up with starfield.
And If I have to roll a random legendary effect one more god damn time I’m gonna lose it.
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@Der_Kernel_ At this point the one thing I'm hoping for is they just don't let Emil Pagliarulo anywhere near a lead role on any of Obsidian's projects
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@Der_Kernel_ The reality is that Fallouts future is riding on Asha recognizing BGS problems and policing them. Also something tells me theyre interested in booting Todd and hes probably somewhat aware of that. A lot of moving parts but it is possible it will work out well.
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@Der_Kernel_ Do people forget Outerworlds 1 and 2 exist and they were mediocre at best? This is not early-2000's Bethesda, Obsidian, Bungie, Activision, all the game companies are now full of people that don't want to make games, they want to earn a paycheck. Studios no longer matter.
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@Der_Kernel_ If it wasn't for how bad they butchered the pillars of eternity series with avowed, I'd be excited, but the badasses that made pillars and new vegas are for the most part gone, the only thing we can hope for is a "small selected team" in obsidian is doing it
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@Der_Kernel_ It's Bethesda Softworks. Not BGS.
Basically Obsidian and BGS are brothers now. Less red tape, less running up the ladder for an answer.
Basically Obsidian and BGS are brothers now. Less red tape, less running up the ladder for an answer.
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@Der_Kernel_ I suspect Todd and co are in the dog house for basically jerking off for 10 plus years while obsidian made like 10 different game most of which being solid to great since Skyrim.
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@Der_Kernel_ best we can hope for is a repeat of New Vegas, by that I mean Todd gets too busy with other projects to micromanage and makes them rush it out the door but it somehow ends up better than anything since Morrowind
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@Der_Kernel_ Wasn’t the issue with starfield from ex Bethesda devs saying that Todd was way too busy doing other things than managing the project which led to a bloated middle management making decisions that didn’t pan well? Plus covid, plus creation engine 2 not going as planned?
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@Der_Kernel_ Starfield happened becomes of woke interference from HR and that department which is now removed with the latest lay off.
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