Summary
Fallout: New Vegaswas the first full franchise spin-off title since Bethesda took over the property. Unfortunately, the launch was something of a disaster, with numerous bugs and glitches bogging the project down. Bethesda and Obsidian would spend several months after patchingFallout: New Vegasand releasing further DLC for the troubled game, which paid off in the long term.
While the game had a less-than-stellar reception at launch,Fallout: New Vegasis often cited as the best gamein the franchise. The circumstances of its development were unfortunate but showed that the property could be done justice in the hands of a developer outside of Bethesda’s control. To this day, fans are still eager to see a direct sequel to the game made.
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Why Fallout: New Vegas Is Still Beloved To This Day
The main reason why fans still want a sequel to theFalloutspinoff even 13 years later is actually very simple. The game is usually considered to be the best game in the series and fans are eager to see a more fully realized version of it come to life. The narrative of the game was dense and complicated and stretched all over theNew Vegasarea. The way players interacted with the various factions and characters inFallout: New Vegasdirectly affected the game’s endingsas well as the fates of the individual communities spread throughout the region.
In addition, the characters ofFallout: New Vegasare often cited as the franchise’s best. The vast majority of them are three-dimensional and none of them really come off as wholly ‘good’ in the traditional sense. While some groups like Caesar’s Legion are undoubtedly more objectively evil than others, the game doesn’t shy away from the fact that groups like the NCR or Mr. House are anything but angels.
Thecompanion characters inFallout: New Vegasare often the same way. Their backgrounds are commonly dense, complicated, and loaded with tragedy. Their personal quests also tend to throw curveballs at the players, resulting in endings and moral quandaries that are anything but black and white. All of this contributes to the fans' continued love of the game and why, even 13 years later, many of them want to see a sequel happen.
The Odds of Fallout: New Vegas 2 Happening
In 2018,Microsoft acquired bothFallout: New Vegasdeveloper Obsidian Entertainmentand Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax Media. These acquisitions gave rise to a new hope that the developer may take another crack and the franchise and rumors began to circulate throughout 2022 that there were talks for the developer to take another shot at the property. At this stage, however, that seems rather unlikely.
Obsidian currently has two major projects in the works—AvowedandThe Outer Worlds 2—which makesFallout: New Vegas 2far more unlikely at the moment. With the developer hard at work on both of these installments, it’s hard to imagine that it could squeeze in a fullFallout: New Vegassequel anytime soon, but fans may continue hoping for it to happen all the same.
With its dense narrative, three-dimensional characters, and choices that mattered, it’s no surprise that fans want to see aFallout: New Vegassequel. Either way, it is unsure how long that would take to come to fruition. What is clear is that the desire for some kind of follow-up is still around even after all these years.
Fallout: New Vegasis available on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
