What exactly happened to Interplay?
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Languorous_Maiar
A Smooth-Skin
Nope, they won with Interplay and have rights to all Fallout. : )
Languorous_Maiar said:
That's good news for fallout 4, they have a vested interest in keeping the franchise strong and putting forth a quality product. I just hope they collaborate with the guys at obsidian. FO3 wasteland + obsidian story and dialouge = a very good game
Attn mods, I accidently clicked "report" when I was trying to quote the poste, please disregard
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu....... (Butthead laugh [actually just a coincidence that your SN is Beavis])Beavis said:
Seriously though... They NOW have an interest in those things? They supposedly had the franchise's interests near and dear to heart from the start, yet they produced the title we all know and love to despise. In fact, the question you asked about their ownership of the rights and the point you just made of them "having a vested interest" are part and parcel to the same thing. Bethesda doesn't make a great product with integrity and sheer quality to guarantee sales and ownership; they just spend money on frivolous lawsuits to bankrupt others into "gifting" them the rights/sales/patronage they need. If money can be thrown at a problem, that's what they'll do, rather than actually address nor resolve it.
SnapSlav said:
I was refering specifically to fallout 4 if it was bethesdas last fallout game they might not put much effort into it because they wouldn't be concerned with negatively affecting the franchise they are losing the rights too. But now they have the rights and want to make as much money as possible for years to come. If they release a shit game now and kill any prospects of a sequel they are fucking themselves
Having the rights for three games does not equal having a vested interest it means they were trying to make a quick buck and gtfo now they are in for the long haul so it should absolutely affect the product
The interplay today is even worse then Betheada in my eyes. Bethesda has at least some creativity with their art department which you can see in all of their games. I would just love if they had the same skills with gameplay and writing. But thats a story for it self.FOvet said:
Thing is, that interplay screwed Fallout much more then Beth ever could. Beth has always made games like Morrowind or Oblivion. It was clear what to expect despite their marketing. Interplay though has fallen from grace. They published great games and there have been great developers around. But a few individuals simply screwed it.
So. Bethesda? They do what they can best. Shallow games for the masses. But Interplay. They used to be great once. Making quality RPGs and other games. And they all literally throw it away for cheap "console" games which never sold really.
Fallout 3 sold extremely well, according to Beth it was a huge success.Beavis said:
Why should they ever decide to move away from their Oblivion formula when it was so successful with pretty much anything they did. At least if you ask the gaming press.
Thing is, I think Skyrim is the best you can actually hope for. For an open end sand box game Skyrim was "decent". I doubt Fallout 4 would be better.
I don't know why, is it because of Todd? Or because they simply lack the needed skill? I don't know it. But Beth simply has a problem when it comes to writing and dialogues. But they are sure not alone with that. It seems that "writing" has become a serious problem in the game industry today. No clue if they simply try to save money here believing "hey! our Irvin here can do it just as well! Even though he never knew how to write! But since he is free right now and has nothing to do anyway!"
Comparing some really old games I see that they had a more mature tone and I am not talking here about insults. More the style of the writing. Take Planescape as best example. Or Jagged Alliance which was full of humor but it never felt like it was written for 5 year olds. And that is the problem with the writing of many games today. It feels like the Dialogues have to be understood by everyone. Even a toddler. I am 27 years old damnit. I am bored from this kind of writing. Imagine they would make every movie like that even though they actually are meant for adults.
I am sure Fallout 4 will have improvements over Fallout 3. But I would not expect quality writing which was always something people enjoyed about Fallout 1 and 2 despite of the flaws F2 had.
A Fallout 4 by Obsidian would be probably something which many people would love to see. And I do like that idea as well because I think Vegas was really good. But the chance to see that happen is rather small.
Registered two months ago and already talking about what "we all" feel, huh? That's probably where "our" reputation for single-mindedness comes from. It's your opinion and you are absolutely entitled to say it but don't speak for everyone, man.SnapSlav said:
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
Don't go putting words in other people's mouths (oh, the irony). I didn't say, nor insinuate "this is what 'we' here on NMA all feel". If my word choice needed some kind of justification (which it didn't) it was that "we all know and love" was a common phrase I spun to make a point, and that "we all" like "you" is frequently used, in the English language, in a very generic, nonspecific sense. You shouldn't take every phrase that say "you'll do this" to mean YOU, Buxbaum666, but it's understood that "you" refers to the faceless generic explanation. Similarly, the use of "we all", just as I used it, typically refers to "this is not an isolated X". I was saying that spite directed at FO3 was not a singular, isolated reaction; nothing more, nothing less.
mvm900
First time out of the vault
Bethesda, /originally/ got the rights for 2/3 games. They then fought for the rights to get more games. They, also, have the rights to make "Entertainment services in the nature of an on-going television program" and "motion picture films about a post-nuclear apocalyptic world". Which they've renewed multiple times. Cross your fingers, fans!
Who knows - either it could have saved beloved Troika or Bethesda would have ended up with Fallout in its paws regardlessWintermind
Vault Senior Citizen
Beavis said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha no
