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IGN AU and Hooked Gamers have a couple of new interviews with the Obsidian developers working on Fallout: New Vegas.
IGN AU interviews Project Director Josh Sawyer:<blockquote>IGN AU: Yeah – Wild Wasteland. What's the deal with that perk?
Josh Sawyer: Okay, so basically – the Fallout franchise has, in its past, had a lot of goofy humour in it – and people seem really polarized by it. Some people were like, 'Ah – I love it! Put more Monty Python reverences in it!' and some people were like 'I can't stand it—it really irritates me in every way, shape and form.' I generally do not like the pop-culture references.
IGN AU: No kidding. Why not?
Josh Sawyer: I dunno – it just kind of pulls me out of the world. And a lot of times it just seems kind of cheesy and goofy. I mean, I kind of appreciate it in a 'ha ha ha –fine' kind of way, but once it starts to go overboard and the world is full of it, it just starts to irritate me I guess.
In any case, a lot of our designers wanted to put that stuff in there and I'd be saying 'no, no, no, don't do it.' Eventually we thought, you know, there's probably an easy way to do this, which is a perk that basically says 'I wanna see all the goofy shit.' So we have Wild Wasteland. You opt into it at the beginning and then you get to see all the goofy crap. </blockquote>Hooked Gamers has a less informative chat with Larry Liberty, the lead producer:<blockquote>Hooked Gamers: The games in this series have always had an evil entity lurking in the background trying to bring about the end of something deeply important to the player. In Fallout 3 it was the supercomputer posing as the real president of the United States. Will this game have a new Big Threat for the player to fight? Will the player be able to choose sides, factions or simply go it alone?
Larry Liberty: There isn't necessarily a single Big Threat. For the player that chooses the "good" path, there is at first glance a terrifying presence in the form of Caesar's Legion. But, things aren't quite as black and white as they were in Fallout 3. One man's hero really could be another's villain, and you have all of those options - choosing sides or factions, or just going at it alone. </blockquote>
Spotted on the Obsidian Entertainment boards.
UPDATE:
Apparently the transcript of Josh's description of the Cowboy perk was incorrect as he himself states on the Bethesda boards.
IGN AU interviews Project Director Josh Sawyer:<blockquote>IGN AU: Yeah – Wild Wasteland. What's the deal with that perk?
Josh Sawyer: Okay, so basically – the Fallout franchise has, in its past, had a lot of goofy humour in it – and people seem really polarized by it. Some people were like, 'Ah – I love it! Put more Monty Python reverences in it!' and some people were like 'I can't stand it—it really irritates me in every way, shape and form.' I generally do not like the pop-culture references.
IGN AU: No kidding. Why not?
Josh Sawyer: I dunno – it just kind of pulls me out of the world. And a lot of times it just seems kind of cheesy and goofy. I mean, I kind of appreciate it in a 'ha ha ha –fine' kind of way, but once it starts to go overboard and the world is full of it, it just starts to irritate me I guess.
In any case, a lot of our designers wanted to put that stuff in there and I'd be saying 'no, no, no, don't do it.' Eventually we thought, you know, there's probably an easy way to do this, which is a perk that basically says 'I wanna see all the goofy shit.' So we have Wild Wasteland. You opt into it at the beginning and then you get to see all the goofy crap. </blockquote>Hooked Gamers has a less informative chat with Larry Liberty, the lead producer:<blockquote>Hooked Gamers: The games in this series have always had an evil entity lurking in the background trying to bring about the end of something deeply important to the player. In Fallout 3 it was the supercomputer posing as the real president of the United States. Will this game have a new Big Threat for the player to fight? Will the player be able to choose sides, factions or simply go it alone?
Larry Liberty: There isn't necessarily a single Big Threat. For the player that chooses the "good" path, there is at first glance a terrifying presence in the form of Caesar's Legion. But, things aren't quite as black and white as they were in Fallout 3. One man's hero really could be another's villain, and you have all of those options - choosing sides or factions, or just going at it alone. </blockquote>
Spotted on the Obsidian Entertainment boards.
UPDATE:
Apparently the transcript of Josh's description of the Cowboy perk was incorrect as he himself states on the Bethesda boards.
