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Bethesda Fallout 3 dev "initially felt a little touchy" about New Vegas' success because they "put in all this effort" for its foundation — "We made 90% of the art, we built the engine"

Fallout 3 dev "initially felt a little touchy" about New Vegas' glowing reputation because Bethesda's work building its foundation went unrecognized.

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Fallout: New Vegas praise felt "a little unfair" to one Bethesda veteran at first, but Obsidian "did a great job" of channeling the series' spirit: "In some ways better than we did"

Obsidian "killed it"

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These are my 20 RPG freak pick must-plays for $10 or less in the Steam Spring Sale

Sicko central.

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'No matter what we changed, somebody was going to get mad:' After hearing what an Obsidian dev went through to get RPG difficulty right, I get why nobody's ever gotten RPG difficulty right

There may not be an RPG with a proper difficulty curve.

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Lost Fallout: New Vegas post-ending dialogue has been found and restored

The game was rigged from the start.

PC Gamer

I've spent 40 hours cracking skulls and casting spells from behind Avowed's Quarterstaff, and Obsidian's action role-playing game is better than ever on PlayStation 5

Thanks to an awesome anniversary update, the PS5 version of Avowed gives Obsidian Entertainment's excellent action role-playing game a second chance to find the audience it deserves.

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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says less is often more in game design: 'As a very wise designer once said to me, a game that includes everything is about nothing'

As hard as it is to admit, an idea isn't necessarily worth implementing just because it sounds cool.

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Avowed dev Obsidian didn't expect everyone to hate one of the Xbox RPG's biggest systems — "That frustration came through loud and clear"

Crafting upgrades was very important in Xbox's Avowed, and many players hated that. Developer Obsidian, notably, was very "surprised" by the feedback.

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Avowed's anniversary update loosens the "strict and punishing" upgrade system that Obsidian was "surprised" fans bounced off, but director warns the haters that the RPG hasn't "fundamentally changed"

"If you didn't enjoy the core pacing of Avowed, the flow between conversations, exploration, and combat, nothing about that has fundamentally changed"

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Obsidian was 'surprised' that Avowed players bounced off one of the RPG's most important systems: 'That frustration came through loud and clear'

Who's got time to upgrade their gear when there are adventures to be had?

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Avowed's massive anniversary update adds new playable races, but they don't get any unique dialogue because there were 'no dedicated narrative people available'

The new races are just a "mechanical distinction".

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Avowed 2.0 is live with New Game Plus, Photo Mode, and new playable races

Avowed is now the game it was supposed to be.

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Huge new Avowed update adds New Game Plus, playable dwarves and Orlans, and quarterstaffs

It's also now on PlayStation 5.

PC Gamer

One of Xbox's biggest new games is now on PS5, and that's not all — the new update finally adds features players have wanted since release, too

The Anniversary Update for Xbox's Avowed is here, and brings PS5 availability, New Game Plus, Photo Mode, and more to the Obsidian Entertainment RPG.

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"You are wrong" and Fallout New Vegas was ripped apart at launch, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer reminds RPG fans, comparing it to Cyberpunk 2077: "Its reputation at launch was not fantastic"

"There was another game that sold very well at launch that did not review amazingly"

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Avowed missed sales goals, but Obsidian's RPG still beat huge games like Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in daily Xbox player count last year

One of only three single-player games on the list

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Avowed’s success shows how Game Pass can turn a mid‑budget RPG into a hit

When it comes to players on Xbox, Avowed managed to reach the top 20 played in a single day, something Hollow Knight didn't.

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"When Bethesda bought the Fallout license," RPG legend Josh Sawyer figured his "dream" of making a Fallout game was dead – until New Vegas came along

"I figured I would never have a chance to work on the series again"

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The best thing about Fallout New Vegas was right there in Bethesda's initial pitch to Obsidian

It's the factions, of course.

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'It took about 5 years' for people to start liking Fallout: New Vegas, says Josh Sawyer, and even longer for Obsidian to see that 'players actually liked the design choices we had made'

Hindsight has about a 20% chance of scoring a headshot in VATS.

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I didn't realize how important headbob was until I played an RPG without it

A tiny design choice is spoiling an otherwise good game.

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Why does isometric perspective suit Disco Elysium? 'You can design the entire game as if it was a painting'

ZA/UM's original art director breaks it down.

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Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 failed to meet expectations for Obsidian, but Grounded 2 was a hit, and the future is looking positive for the Pillars of Eternity universe

Obsidian's choice-driven first-person RPGs aren't hitting their lofty sales targets.

Windows Central

One of Microsoft's biggest Xbox studios is forging a new path after development struggles, missing profit targets — "What are we learning?"

Following the underwhelming performance of Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Xbox studio Obsidian Entertainment is making some major internal changes.

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Obsidian doesn't want another 3-game year, but Fallout: New Vegas' example shows how the studio can make games faster without needing "to change everything every time"

"Do people really care that we spent an extra hundred person-months on the inventory screen?"

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