Many Fallout followers take into account Fallout: New Vegas the perfect recreation within the collection. So people have lengthy needed a sequel or comparable spin-off led by New Vegas recreation director Josh Sawyer. And in keeping with him, he’s all the way down to do it, assuming he’s not too constrained by Bethesda.
Developed by Obsidian and launched in 2010, Fallout: New Vegas took Bethesda’s Fallout 3 tech and constructed a brand new recreation out of it. The top result’s a beloved open-world RPG that folks nonetheless speak about and play lots in 2024. (For instance, individuals freaked out earlier this yr when the latest Fallout TV present appeared to trace at New Vegas not being canon anymore.) And ever since New Vegas devs Obsidian and Fallout house owners Bethesda have each been beneath Microsoft’s roof, individuals have puzzled if a New Vegas 2 may ever occur. Whereas the sport’s director didn’t affirm or deny something, he did at the least say that sure, he’d be up for making one other Fallout.
In a video Q&A posted on August 11 and noticed by Gamesradar, Sawyer answered a collection of fan questions associated to his previous tasks, ideas on recreation design, and normal questions on RPGs. Towards the top of the video, somebody requested him what his response can be if Microsoft or Bethesda requested him to steer one other Fallout recreation.
“Uhhhhhh, positive,” mentioned Sawyer, adopted by some laughter. Nevertheless, he did clarify that he would have some questions earlier than hopping on board a brand new Fallout sequel.
“I imply with any challenge I believe it has to do with: what are we doing? What are the boundaries that we’re working inside? What am I allowed to do and never allowed to do?” defined Sawyer.
For Sawyer, the massive factor appears to be freedom. He mentioned he would solely step as much as make a brand new Fallout (or any recreation primarily based on a pre-existing IP) if he wasn’t too constrained by the IP holder.
“I believe that with any IP, particularly one I’ve labored with earlier than, the query is what do I wish to do that time that I wasn’t capable of do final time. And if these constraints are simply actually constraining, then it’s not very interesting as a result of who needs to work on one thing the place the one factor they wish to discover will not be attainable to discover?” mentioned Sawyer.
He then reiterated that he nonetheless loves the Fallout franchise, including: “I believe there’s nonetheless a ton of tales that may be instructed in there and questions that may be requested about society.”
Sawyer ended his reply by mentioning that working with any IP is like that and in the end it comes all the way down to “what are we allowed to do and never allowed to do” with the characters and world.
So is it attainable that Sawyer may lead the cost on a brand new Fallout recreation, possibly even a New Vegas follow-up? Sure. However Bethesda should let the famed designer do what he and the group need or they gained’t be desirous about enjoying in that radioactive wasteland.
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