Although these days Fallout: New Vegas is in contention for the title of best Fallout game and is a beloved RPG, generally, it wasn't as universally loved when it first came out back in 2010. You could argue its many technical shortcomings were the main factor weighing down its overall reception, but even the expansions that would later drop weren't all immediate hits with players or critics. Point is, it's safe to say Fallout: New Vegas was something of a sleeper hit for the series, and apparently, publisher Bethesda wasn't shy to highlight the game's initial failures directly to developer Obsidian in powerpoint slide format.
Fallout: New Vegas senior designer Chris Avellone recently sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with YouTuber TKs-Mantis (thanks, PC Gamer), and at one point the game's survival horror-tinged Dead Money DLC got brought up. Despite TKs-Mantis's praise, Avellone looked visibly conflicted, which prompted the YouTuber to ask for an explanation.
