Todd Howard confirms that the original plan forFallout: New Vegaswas for it to be an expansion forFallout 3.Fallout: New Vegasis a 2010 RPG developed not by Bethesda but Obsidian Entertainment. Beginning with the player getting shot in the head,Fallout: New Vegasimmediately sets itself apart from the franchise, and is seen as one of the best games in the series even over a decade after its release. Even so long after launch, new details are being unveiled aboutFallout: New Vegas,giving fans another perspective on the game.
These new details are largely coming from Bethesda’s celebrations forFallout’s25th anniversary. Even as the RPG giant prepares for the release ofStarfield, it hasn’t missed the opportunity to celebrate one of its most successful franchises, giving fans lots of new details about theFalloutseries. Alongside looks back at older titles, Bethesda has also given players new anniversary content, including a challenge forFallout 76and anext-gen version ofFallout 4.
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In a new video posted to Bethesda’s YouTube channel, Director Todd Howard talks about howFallout: New Vegascame to life. Essentially,Fallout: New Vegasbegan as a very different project from what it turned out to be. In 2008, afterFallout 3became a big success, Bethesda wanted to capitalize on it with another title in the series. However, the developer was hard at work onSkyrim, and so turned to Obsidian to create what was initially planned as a big expansion forFallout 3.
When work began onFallout: New Vegas, Howard quickly decided that it should stand out as its own game, stating he felt “really strongly” about it. There was also a lot of trust placed in Obsidian to create a greatFallouttitle as well. With people like Feargus Urquhart, who had previously worked on thefirst twoFalloutgames, at the helm of Obsidian, Howard felt that the series veterans could handle the creation of a new title.
Fallout: New Vegasmay stand out as one of the series' best entries, but it doesn’t push itself too far away from a recognizableFalloutexperience. Instead, it gives little changes to fans, such as the addition of a Hardcore mode, which added thirst and hunger. This mode was later brought intoSkyrimandFallout 4but renamed to Survival Mode. Still, even with newer games borrowing things introduced inNew Vegas, fans still want a fresh take on the 2010 experience, with many asking for a remake at some point down the road.
Fallout: New Vegasis available now for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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