Major video game launches are a huge deal these days, and sprawling, feature-rich open-world titles like Obsidian Entertainment’s Fallout: New Vegas come very close to being MMO-like in their courting with danger. As soon as the early reviews begun pouring in, New Vegas indeed turned out to be just as bug-riddled as Fallout 2 originally …
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Multiple Middles in Alpha Protocol
02/04/2010 – 15:10
We haven’t said much about Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming RPG-Shooter Alpha Protocol here at the Slowdown, tweeting updates on the game instead. I think what has kept us from being too enthusiastic is the confusing nature of the media coming out of Sega; an interesting weapons showcase is followed by a lame cinematic trailer, and so …
From New Reno to New Vegas
08/03/2010 – 21:25
Notice: Don’t forget to check out our latest update to this post, “The New Vegas Fallout“!
Thanks to Bethesda’s ingenious assessment of the gaming market in first pushing out the Oblivion-style Fallout 3 to an established player base (fans of the original are known to be a bit on the grumpy and sour side, …
GOG.com Fallout Editorials
02/05/2009 – 22:26
GOG.com have recently published two interesting Fallout editorials, full with commentary from original Black Isle Studios game designers: Tim Cain, Chris Taylor and Chris Avellone.
The first editorial discusses Fallout 1, and touches – among other diverse topics – on how the team ultimately settled on devising SPECIAL instead of utilizing GURPS or D&D, and how …