The Fallout of New Vegas

 

Fallout: New Vegas is set to be released worldwide on October 19 2010, for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Whether you are an RPG fan or not, whether you are an FPS gamer or not, you have undoubtedly heard of The Game of the Year for 2008: Fallout 3. 

The game takes RPG to its core with an unparalleled experienc, a fully customizable character and over 100 different ways to complete the game. Yes, there was a story that the RPG was headed towards, but the way to get there was kept to the player, who, if he chooses, can complete anything and everything except the main story. 

Although highly praised by the critics and players alike, Fallout 3 had to deal with a lot of negative media from the fans of previous fallout games, Fallout and Fallout 2, who, according to the fans, share nothing in common with Fallout 3. 

However, Fallout: New Vegas is set to change all that and win its old audience back along side their new one. 

2 words: Obsidian & Bethesda!

Many of us know that Fallout: New Vegas is not being published by Bethesda, it is being published by Obsidian. 

 

But SergioFX, who is Obsidian and why should I care? 

I hear you, fellow curious gamer, and to know that, we must take a trip back in time: 

The first two games, Fallout and Fallout 2 were published by a company called Black Isld Studios, who was a subsidiary of InterPlay. But in 2003, InterPlay had to cut costs, and Black Isld Studios was disbanded, and the Fallout franchise was sold to Bethesda.

Some staff members of Black Isld Studios stuck together and formed a new company, called Obsidian Ent.

Come 2007, Obsidian Ent. bought the rights of Fallout from Bethesda, but the deal was set in a way that Obsidian uses Bethesda's engine in Fallout: New Vegas. 

Because of that, we now have the best two parts of the Fallout franchise combine.

We have the amazing story from Fallout and Fallout 2, and we have the amazing engine of Fallout 3. Combined, they would make one hell of a game. It's like all of a sudden, both companies cut out their weaknesses and are using each others' strong points to make one of hell of a video game.

Fallout: New Vegas doesn't pick up where Fallout 3 left off, and apparently, doesn't have anything in common with Fallout 3,  other than the fact that it happens in the same country and in the same time period (post-apocalyptic USA). 

Now let's see where the game ranks on our Hyp-O-Meter: