[MP-Ryan]

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[TrashMan]

ERm...Obisian? Bioware appearing twice? Hrm... herm.....NO

[General Battuta]

Looks pretty accurate to me!

[sigtau]

In Hell, it's published by EA.  In Heaven, it's published by... well, there aren't any really *good* publishers out there, right?

[General Battuta]

In Hell, it's published by EA.  In Heaven, it's published by... well, there aren't any really *good* publishers out there, right?

You're like running a decade behind the times. Riccitiello-era EA is pretty good. In hell it's published by Activision.

[sigtau]

I dunno, EA and DRM...

[General Battuta]

I dunno, EA and DRM...

Ubisoft's the one you want to ***** about re: DRM.

[SpardaSon21]

Yeah, EA has really pulled an about-face when it comes to DRM on games.

[mxlm]

Obsidian's QA is nowhere near as bad as its rep.

[NGTM-1R]

Obsidian's QA is nowhere near as bad as its rep.

I don't know, the Radscorpions tilted crazily into the ground seem to agree with this.

Mind you, I'm pretty sure there are people with far worse QA out there. Matrix Games comes to mind.

[Hades]

Obsidian's QA is nowhere near as bad as its rep.

I don't know, the Radscorpions tilted crazily into the ground seem to agree with this.

Mind you, I'm pretty sure there are people with far worse QA out there. Matrix Games comes to mind.

It's actually mostly because of the ****ty engine the game runs on, but yeah more could have been done

It's odd though, I haven't been getting any actual bugs besides maybe one ant through the ground and one bugged quest in over 60 hours of gameplay and only maybe 2 crashes. That's far better than post patches FO3.

[TrashMan]

Bioware dialouge is excellent.

Obsidian stories? Why exactly are they so fabolous? Meh.


Hmm...does "creating a setting" fall under "story" or is it a separate category?

Also, cutscenes in heaven are created by BLUR.

[Ghostavo]

The dialog is written by Bioware in the Heaven version and in the Hell version by... Bioware?

[SpardaSon21]

Obsidian stories? Why exactly are they so fabolous? Meh.

Have you never played the second KotOR game?  The one that questioned all of the established facts about the Sith, Jedi, and the Force?  The storyline is excellent, and the game would have been far better if LucasArts, the publisher and damn them, hadn't forced it to be released early for the Christmas market with poor QA and lots of cut content.

[General Battuta]

Bioware dialouge is excellent.

The whole joke is that Bioware dialogue is both excellent and terrible.

Obsidian stories? Why exactly are they so fabolous? Meh.

Planescape Torment and Fallout 1/2 ring any bells?

Also, cutscenes in heaven are created by BLUR.

I've never actually been a big fan of Blur. They seem to have a cookie-cutter formula and their rendering is pretty uncanny.

[Hades]

Before Trashman asks what Obsidian has anything to do with Fallout 1 and 2, I'd like to mention how most Black Isle team members moved on to Obsidian.

[mxlm]

I don't know, the Radscorpions tilted crazily into the ground seem to agree with this.

And, what, that never happened in FO3?

If we're comparing bugs, I certainly crashed more in 3 than NV. And I was playing the fully patched, GotY edition.

[StarSlayer]

I don't know, the Radscorpions tilted crazily into the ground seem to agree with this.

And, what, that never happened in FO3?

If we're comparing bugs, I certainly crashed more in 3 than NV. And I was playing the fully patched, GotY edition.

I shot a Deathclaw once with the Blackhawk and it subsequently launched heavenward.  The best was it was the first shot in a VATS combo so my character tracked and fired during it's ascent like a radar guided AAA mount.

[Ace]

Hell should be the dialog is written by Bethesda

"I saw a radscorpion the other day, terrible creature."

[NGTM-1R]

And, what, that never happened in FO3?

If we're comparing bugs, I certainly crashed more in 3 than NV. And I was playing the fully patched, GotY edition.

Actually, it didn't. Nor did I get stuck inside terrain. Nor did the climax of the second mission sequence you encounter spawn enemies that could not be interacted with and require a restart. Comparing the console versions NV was definitely shipped with more problems.

I'd actually feel better if NV just outright crashed like FO3 did a few times instead of playing on in a seriously glitched fashion.

I'm not hating on Obsidian, I've played games from companies that suck far worse; UFO Extraterrestrials in the version Matrix Games was bandying about wasn't even properly spellchecked and SP:WaW has a persistent bug that renders artillery and airstrikes unusable. I just think their reputation is deserved.