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Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues
Publisher:
Bethesda Softworks
Developer:
Obsidian Entertainment
Release Date:
July 19th, 2011
Genre:
Role-Playing
Platforms:
PlayStation 3,
Windows,
Xbox 360
Theme:
Post-Apocalyptic,
Shooter
Perspective:
First-Person,
Third-Person
Series:
Fallout
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With Chris Avellone back in the writer's chair, it was pretty much expected that the brand-new Fallout: New Vegas DLC, Old World Blues, would sport a more adventurous design than Honest Hearts, and perhaps even the survival-horror experiment that was Dead Money. The end result, though, is perhaps even a little overboard for what most fans of the series could have expected - it's equal parts Planescape: Torment in terms of morbid absurdity, and 1950s cheeseball sci-fi film. Despite the odd combination, though, Old World Blues is the strongest DLC for New Vegas yet. The real question isn't so much "should you get it", but what it represents for the Fallout franchise, and for its fans.
Excerpt:
On “Fallout New Vegas” and Why are Obsidians NPC’s SO Amazing?
“The way we approach characters in Obsidian, is that we try to examine the game mechanic of the title and try to make sure all of the companions you meet in the title complement that- what I mean by that is..We look at things like “Hey New Vegas has a brand new reputation system” Once we know it’s a mechanic- we need to make sure all of the NPC’s you interactive with react to that system and complement it in someway.”
Then on top of that, you want to make sure they have a background and a realistic perspective on all the factions in the game, whether they love or hate Casears Legion or NCR- it’s important for us that the reason they feel that way are presented to the player and the world”
Judging by the headline alone he is a smart man. Day 1 DLC really needs to go.
DAY 1 character dlc the reason i didnt buy ME3. I dont mind if its cosmetics cause they dont impact the game, but content that impacts the game should never be day 1 dlc.
I have not brought a game with day one DLC since KZ3 and i was let down by that aswell as the game. I am all for good DLC but this day one bs especially on a bluray! SONY SONY SONY
1. obsidian is terrible
2. day 1 DLC isn't mandatory to own in order to enjoy the core content of the game, so it does nothing to harm anything.
Excerpt Interview Chris Avellone Retrospective on his work.
“The way we approach characters in Obsidian, is that we try to examine the game mechanic of the title and try to make sure all of the companions you meet in the title compliment that- what I mean by that is..We look at things like “Hey New Vegas has a brand new reputation system” Once we know it’s a mechanic- we need to make sure all of the NPC’s you interactive with react to that system and compliment it in someway.”
Old World Blues is by far the best Fallout: New Vegas DLC. What really made this add-on worth it was the characters, especially Muggy.