New Vegas DLC, ending and interview

[WorstUsernameEver]

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought there was a preview awhile back that said Area 51 is already in the game.

Sawyer confirmed a while back that area 51 is out of reach in the Mojave wasteland.

Which, I'm assuming, and I'm sure you're all assuming too, is code-talk for 'it will be in a DLC'.

Hopefully I'm wrong, since I don't really find the area that interesting.

 

[Lexx]

It just screams for more fugly alien shit.

 

[Brother None]

They have the alien models. Just chuck em in some Vault architecture and hey presto, insta-DLC. Barely costs a dime to make, but it'll cost 10 bucks to buy. Ca-ching!

 

[SharkClub]

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought there was a preview awhile back that said Area 51 is already in the game.

The preview where it said that was only speculating. Obsidian said afterwards that they haven't confirmed Area 51 to even be in the game.

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

They have the alien models. Just chuck em in some Vault architecture and hey presto, insta-DLC. Barely costs a dime to make, but it'll cost 10 bucks to buy. Ca-ching!

That's exactly what I fear.

 

[PaladinHeart]

It doesn't make sense to me that a game "where you have these different groups with different ideals and you choose which ones to help" should have an ending, just for the sake of having a "fallouty" ending.

The different groups are probably akin the the water chip thing though, and then you find out there's a Super Duper Mutant problem, and there's a new Master, and then you have to go fight hundreds of raiders and rats and radscorpions and deathclaws (and of course lots of super duper mutants) to get to his evil lab, all while jumping over bottomless pits.

Or maybe I'm thinking of some other Fallout game...

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought there was a preview awhile back that said Area 51 is already in the game.

Sawyer confirmed a while back that area 51 is out of reach in the Mojave wasteland.

And do we really need more aliens?
Because that is what it would turn out to be.

 

[Verevoof]

And do we really need more aliens?
Because that is what it would turn out to be.

I'm hoping that Wanamingos/aliens do not make an appearance in New Vegas. They are seriously my most hated critter, and not because they are tough.

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

Well, didn't Avellone said that the Chosen One finally exterminated them in the Fallout Bible? I doubt Obsidian will return on them, but you never know..

 

[SharkClub]

And do we really need more aliens?
Because that is what it would turn out to be.

I'm hoping that Wanamingos/aliens do not make an appearance in New Vegas. They are seriously my most hated critter, and not because they are tough.

You're maybe confusing the Wanamingos (now-extinct FEV Experiments) with the alien-aliens from Mothership Zeta, which everyone is expecting to see in Area 51 Action! (theoretically named DLC).

Or I have misread your post.

 

[NiRv4n4]

I think Area 51 would be cool. Aliens conspiracies and the like are big aspects of 50s science, so long as it is new and interesting, I think it is a great idea.

 

[Faceless Stranger]

I think Area 51 would be cool. Aliens conspiracies and the like are big aspects of 50s science, so long as it is new and interesting, I think it is a great idea.

While they may be big aspects of the 50s Drive-in theme, they were only ever easter eggs in the first 2 games. After Beth dropping the ball with Zeta, I for one hope they leave them out. If anything, should they decide to use Area 51 for a DLC, it will be something like the Sierra Army Depot, or the Glow for that matter.

 

[Verevoof]

You're maybe confusing the Wanamingos (now-extinct FEV Experiments) with the alien-aliens from Mothership Zeta, which everyone is expecting to see in Area 51 Action! (theoretically named DLC).

Or I have misread your post.

No, I mean the Wanamingos from Fallout 2. Random encounters with them on the world map described them as "aliens," so that's why I put the "/aliens."

So, they are extinct? Good. I'm happy. I'd much rather see more mutated wildlife than monsters or aliens.

 

[Per]

Chris A. declared them to be extinct in the Fallout Bible, but that in itself doesn't mean much more than we shouldn't expect them to appear in a game by Chris A.

 

[Gaddes]

I didn't mind the Wanamingos, but I wouldn't be surprised if they popped up. Maybe we will see the the Fire Geckos.

 

[Faceless Stranger]

I didn't mind the Wanamingos, but I wouldn't be surprised if they popped up. Maybe we will see the the Fire Geckos.

If I recall, the Fire Geckos have already been confirmed along with the little ones and the goldens.

 

[Gaddes]

I didn't mind the Wanamingos, but I wouldn't be surprised if they popped up. Maybe we will see the the Fire Geckos.

If I recall, the Fire Geckos have already been confirmed along with the little ones and the goldens.

Ah, very very nice.

 

[BOS Man]

I'm hoping that Wanamingos/aliens do not make an appearance in New Vegas. They are seriously my most hated critter, and not because they are tough.

As luck would have it, I've been reading through the Fallout Bible recently (as I occasionally do) so it's still fresh in my mind. Avellone said that the Wanamingos were not aliens but a biological weapon designed by the government just before the apocalypse... not unlike Weylend Yutani's goal in Aliens but whatever. He said that the Wanamingos are long lived but sterile and Fallout 2 was towards the end of their lifespan. So, the Chosen One didn't kill them all, but those he didn't finally succumbed to nearly two centuries of aging.

I actually am hoping that a future DLC does cover Area 51 for one simple reason. Though I didn't play it, I heard that the big surprise in Zeta was SPOILERS IF YOU CARE: That the aliens masterminded the apocalypse! Gasp! What a twist! In fact, that was a big reason that I didn't play it. Anyway, I'm hoping that you find some captive aliens there from before the war. I'm hoping that in that time, they've learned English. And I'm hoping that you can talk with a friendly one and he'll say, "They told you what? Pffft, they WISH they were behind the apocalypse. Naw, those guys are always taking credit for other people's work. The truth is, you guys are just a fucked up species, but you knew that already." Or you know, something else that proves the aliens didn't do it. I don't care what, so long as they retcon the shit out of it. You know what, a simple wasteland encounter in the vanilla game with a stranded alien would cover it. MAKE IT HAPPEN, OBSIDIAN!

 

[LionXavier]

I've been reading through the Fallout Bible recently (as I occasionally do) so it's still fresh in my mind. Avellone said (...) that the Wanamingos are long lived but sterile

Yes, I remember having read that bit too, but... don't you think that the Wanamingo Mine's nest full of eggs seems to say otherwise?

 

[Lingwei]

As soon as I read 'definitive ending' and 'DLC' I thought Broken Steel. You could call Pete Hines many things, but he is a brilliant marketer.