Fallout: New Vegas

[Gerien]

Teaser trailer

[owly]

2 short, what is it a movie? Anyways i'm interested.......

[Gerien]

The next in the Fallout video game series

[Dyvim Tvar]

Oh man, check it out, another Obsidian game. Let's hope they actually finish this one. Although to be fair, even at 89% complete like most of their efforts it will probably have a narrative light years ahead of anything Bethesda could hope to accomplish.

[Gerien]

Really? 'Cause I found F3 5to be the best of the bunch so far. Don't know any of the other Obsidian games, though.

[asoc]

Fallout2 was/is a bad ass game. Really improved on the original.
I never played 3...

[Dyvim Tvar]

Mechanically 3 was probably the best of the bunch (I say probably because the No More Mutants could find me even here, and I don't need that kind of neck bearded hassle. Plus the game had it's fair share of faults.) however it's narrative was--well I guess "none invasive" would be the nicest term I could use for it, not as poor as the main narrative in Oblivion or anything but certainly not all it could've been.

As for Obsidian they're a team made up of former Black Isle staff (arguably most importantly being Chris Avellone, one of the handful of not terrible writers currently working in games). Stuff they worked on:
-The amazing but incomplete Knights of the Old Republic 2.
-The okay but incredibly buggy and just a little bit incomplete feeling Neverwinter Nights 2.
-The really rather good and not all that buggy either Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer.
-The poor man's Icewind Dale (but with better quest dialogue) Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zephyr.
-The (better fucking well be, or there will be trouble) awesome, entirely complete and utterly bug-free upcoming spy extravaganza that is Alpha Protocol.

So yeah, hopes of New Vegas being a mechanical tour de force? Not high. Expectations that it will have a strong and compelling narrative? Stupidly high.
Although I actually don't give a fuck as long as Alpha Protocol lets me create a character that looks like Tony Almeida and let's me run around knee-capping and head-butting people while screaming "MICHELLE!!!!". Then I'll be living the dream and every other RPG (with the exception of Mass Effect 3) will be beneath my notice.