It's a very bad look if you sell (or lease) your IP and then someone else makes a hit game with it, but not you. Look at what it took to get another Obsidian Fallout game - Microsoft owning both Obsidian and Bethesda AND basically telling them "you're working on Fallout now". When Obsidian have been on record for years saying that they would want to return to that universe.
I mean, another Obsidian Fallout game isn't really something I have a particular desire for at this point. Obsidians last 3 games (Outer Worlds 1 and 2, Avowed) were... not great. Like, nothing specifically wrong with any of them, just kind of felt soulless and bland. Bringing that kind of energy to a new Fallout game would take away pretty much all of the best parts of that franchise.
I'm probably in the minority - but I liked Alpha Protocol for what it was, and always thought Bioware could have made a potentially great franchise of it
Obsidian didn’t want to make a new fallout just yet. They specifically wanted to work on their own original IPs. In fact I’d say they’re more angry than anything considering their pipeline has now been put on indefinite hold just so they could make more fallout
Obsidian wasn't allowed another chance for good reason. New Vegas was completely unfinished. unfinished map quests and content aside it didn't even launch day one on consoles. Unforgivable in an age without guaranteed internet. It was an inch from complete disaster, if it wasn't so good with cult fans it could have killed the entire series.
Fanboys and people too young to remember please form a line for down votes to the left.
That's some revisionist history if I've ever heard one. "killed the entire series" lol. New Vegas reviewed extremely well, both critically and by fans. Yes, it was extremely buggy. This was/is nothing new for Bethesda fans. Arguably, the blame on that falls on Bethesda as well, as they famously gave Obsidian only 18 months from start to finish, no delays.
If they followed their own contracts, we'd be on Elder Scrolls 15-ish.
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u/extinct_cult 6h ago
It's a very bad look if you sell (or lease) your IP and then someone else makes a hit game with it, but not you. Look at what it took to get another Obsidian Fallout game - Microsoft owning both Obsidian and Bethesda AND basically telling them "you're working on Fallout now". When Obsidian have been on record for years saying that they would want to return to that universe.