• SSTF@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The Outer Worlds was made under the direction of some Fallout OGs, but the connection between New Vegas and The Outer Worlds only exists in any meaningful way thanks to marketing.

    New Vegas and Outer Worlds do not share main writers, leads, or game designers. The marketing for Outer Worlds pushed the connection, which was a detriment in some ways because it created certain expectations. I really wish people would stop thinking of it as “New Vegas In Space” because it’s not, and going in expecting that tints the experience.

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      10 months ago

      That’s exactly why I probably was soured on it when I first started playing. Al the hype was around this game being “the Bethesda Killer.” I knew it wasn’t going to be, but by then I had to check it out.

      And like you said I was disappointed because of that. Thanks IGN

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        10 months ago

        This is my point. It was marketed as “New Vegas In Space” but it was developed by different people, with a different structure. It was not trying to be New Vegas.

        This of course created disappointment for people who bought the game based on the marketing.

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          I get that’s your point, I’m just saying I don’t remember that. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I just remember it being marketed as a Fallout like game after the flop of Fallout 76. 76 had a metric shit ton of hype and it crashed.

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      The connection to Fallout was always puzzling to me. It’s more like the Baldur’s Gate/KotOR/Dragon Age/Mass Effect style of gameplay.