Xbox wants the next Fallout game to come sooner, it's claimed
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Honestly I don't know why both MS and Sony don't each have a mid-budget Mario Kart ripoff going for their first party stuff now. The tonal dissonance alone could make for a fun little side project. Get all the voice actors back, have them shout puns at each other, put in goofy achievements like filling a race with all the characters that wear power armor. It doesn't have to break the bank or anything, just remind us that you actually have fun making video games.
Honestly they should probably just shelve Outer World 2 for the time being that would free up resources for New Vegas 2 or whatever Fallout game they want to make.
While i kinda like it personally reactions to Outer World where pretty lukewarm in general and after that and Starfield i don't think doing another space open world RPG so soon is a very good idea tbh.
Unironically that's a fantastic idea if the mod lives up to what they claim.
The original plan was "probably at some point in the next decade maybe, if Todd gets around to it".
Literally anything is better than that.
Well it's (whatever it means) not in production at the moment as far as we know so it kinda means nothing in terms of potential quality.
This is such a key point. The worst case scenario for Obsidian and inXile under Xbox is them becoming satellite studios for BGS (or being closed down I suppose). It's not what they were acquired for, and they have just as much right to work on their own IPs as BGS does.
If one or both of them want to work on Fallout or whatever other IP, as a one off or alongside also making their own games, great. But if they don't or they are not available, Xbox should not be forcing them to do so and we should not be rooting for it.
Obsidian couldn't make it. They are too busy and aren't that big.
Also the article is a nothing burger. Microsoft is aware people want a new fallout? Woah they know how to use twitter
Also the article is a nothing burger. Microsoft is aware people want a new fallout? Woah they know how to use twitter
No. TOW 2 has been in development for a long time and the first game was a success. We should not be rooting for studios' own IPs to be cancelled or shelved in favour of a different IP just because it's bigger. Obsidian's IP have value just like BGS IP.
id rather have fallout 5 in a reasonable timeframe than es6, but im probably in the minority on that.
also, i dont know if its feasible for obsidian to make a fallout game. but if not, i think inxile can make a decent one as well with a bit more budget.
also, i dont know if its feasible for obsidian to make a fallout game. but if not, i think inxile can make a decent one as well with a bit more budget.
Yeah as far as I'm concerned, BGS could shelve Elder Scrolls in favor of Fallout for the foreseeable future but I realize that's a minority opinion.
I'm sure they're aware of it just as they were aware of how much hype was surrounding Banjo follow the Smash announcement, and yet it took 3 years after that for a new game to be greenlit (according to leaks). So being aware of it doesn't mean something will come to fruition in the near term, even if they did "take it away" from BGS. The problem is finding a team for it and even then, it would probably be until around 2030 before it would see release.
In the short term, it would probably be easier and much faster to just get a good current gen remaster of New Vegas or whatever Fallout game out. Maybe that could be done within a couple of years?
In the short term, it would probably be easier and much faster to just get a good current gen remaster of New Vegas or whatever Fallout game out. Maybe that could be done within a couple of years?
Not yet but we some tidbits
3rd-party data (PlumResearch) so must be taken with a grain of salt :
View: https://twitter.com/advancedtv/status/1782698470081458586
Per Amazon :
Fallout on Prime breaks records, Amazon announces for second season
Amazon Prime's Fallout Season 2 may drop around summer 2025.
ScreenShare :
View: https://twitter.com/HazzadorGamin/status/1783460693850894666
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And working on several other projects...pretty key context
And this time they don't have existing assets from a recently released game to work with. So itll need to be from scratch.
Obsidian are best choice, but they are busy with multiple games now. Unless some other studio is already working on Fallout, if development start now it will take minimum 5 years...
Honestly i never understood the business wense behind having one team work on Elderscrolls, fallout AND starfield. Makes no sense
They may cancel TES VI right now so that Fallout 5 can start development, and I wouldn't shed a tear over it.
Who is gonna make it now? The same people being suggested in this thread were just as disinterested and/or busy back then as they are now.
There are ways to speed things up, they could release new DLC for Fallout 4 for example. They could use the base world map from Fallout 76 and release a single player title set in a different time period.
But if they started tomorrow on something from scratch, we're talking 4 years minimum.
But if they started tomorrow on something from scratch, we're talking 4 years minimum.
Encumbering the studio (huh? huh?) with this demand was such a bad management move. When about to release
the TV show, they should be aware the gaming aspect of the franchise would be largely demanded by the public as well.
I think this will mean more crunch from devs, whatever developing studio will do this project in the long run.
I just hope that they have this in mind and try to mitigate it.
the TV show, they should be aware the gaming aspect of the franchise would be largely demanded by the public as well.
I think this will mean more crunch from devs, whatever developing studio will do this project in the long run.
I just hope that they have this in mind and try to mitigate it.
Not yet but we some tidbits
3rd-party data (PlumResearch) so must be taken with a grain of salt :
View: https://twitter.com/advancedtv/status/1782698470081458586
Per Amazon :
Fallout on Prime breaks records, Amazon announces for second season
Amazon Prime's Fallout Season 2 may drop around summer 2025.www.hindustantimes.com
ScreenShare :
View: https://twitter.com/HazzadorGamin/status/1783460693850894666
Off-topic but this feels crazy damning for Rings of Power if the numbers are accurate, eesh. All that insane budget and Reacher and The Boys still outperform it. Heck it's not even double Wheel of Time.
I mean, 3 and NV are desperately in need of graphical updates, and getting another studio to remaster existing assets into an existing framework and game would be the easiest path to putting a new product on the shelves, while still allowing the proper Fallout team to work on whatever they're doing, so that's serendipitous.
I know mods are out there to make those games look better, but your average consumer ain't gonna fuck w/mods. And the 3rd person animation in those games just needs a total teardown and rework, mods are just a band-aid on a cannon wound.
I know mods are out there to make those games look better, but your average consumer ain't gonna fuck w/mods. And the 3rd person animation in those games just needs a total teardown and rework, mods are just a band-aid on a cannon wound.
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Exactly! If the logical and realistic studios were busy years ago and are busy now, why would you say they should have thought about it years ago? It wouldn't have made any difference.
Obsidian doesn't have most of the Fallout: New Vegas team anymore. You can see this clearly in The Outer Worlds. Writing is nowhere as good as FNV. So I don't Obsidian working on Fallout is a good idea unless they rehire some of the old FNV team.
Bethesda also needs better writers for Fallout game. Their game design philosophy isn't the right fit for Fallout game. The reason that Starfield couldn't capture the magic of TES is also because of this. Bethesda is famous for their open world design. Skyrim is one of the best games ever made despite having boring story because of their open world design philosophy.
inXile is the best choice among all of the Xbox studios because they have Brian Fargo. But I want them to make Clockwork Revolution the next big thing.
Outside of Xbox, Something Wicked Games has some of the old Fallout: New Vegas team but they had layoffs and they are busy with their own game. Maybe it would be win-win for both Xbox and Something Wicked Games if they make partnership but it's highly unlikely.
Bethesda also needs better writers for Fallout game. Their game design philosophy isn't the right fit for Fallout game. The reason that Starfield couldn't capture the magic of TES is also because of this. Bethesda is famous for their open world design. Skyrim is one of the best games ever made despite having boring story because of their open world design philosophy.
inXile is the best choice among all of the Xbox studios because they have Brian Fargo. But I want them to make Clockwork Revolution the next big thing.
Outside of Xbox, Something Wicked Games has some of the old Fallout: New Vegas team but they had layoffs and they are busy with their own game. Maybe it would be win-win for both Xbox and Something Wicked Games if they make partnership but it's highly unlikely.
Obsidian have like 4 plates spinning, InXile are all in on Clockwork and I'd imagine they'd want a "big budget" Fallout and there's like 2 third party AAA WRPG studios. Maybe you get a small team exploring it right now, but no matter who does it its still like 6 years away minimum. Just beef up 76's development team by hiring more guys like Double Eleven instead.
Because if this rumored decision had been made years ago, they would have had years to finish that stuff and start in on fallout…