It's been 15 years since Obsidian Entertainment released the now-beloved Fallout: New Vegas, but the developer can't escape it. Though it turns out, it doesn't want to. As part of a larger interview about The Outer Worlds 2, game director Brandon Adler tells GamesRadar+ that, after the original Outer Worlds, New Vegas was the "very first game" he studied when making the sequel. "It was definitely a touchstone," but don't expect every game Obsidian does to follow it aggressively.
Amongst Fallout fans and RPG fans at large, New Vegas is often held up as a pinnacle of immersive roleplaying design. That is thanks to how reactive it feels to the player's actions. With Amazon's Fallout series heading back to the iconic location for its second season later this year, New Vegas is more top-of-mind for people than it has been since the Obsidian game's initial release.
