MetalCraze said:
Seriously, where do you get this ridiculous idea that everyone who likes any Obsidian game is an Obsidian fanboy?
Here, let me break down my opinions of Obsidian games just so it's clear once and for all:
- KotoR 2: Writing, story, and characters better than KotoR1, but woefully incomplete, and shares KotoR's pretty-awful combat. 7.5/10
- NWN2 OC: Better than NWN1 OC and SoU, about on par with HotU. 7/10
- NWN2 MotB: My second-favorite Obsidian game. Really enjoyed the writing, story, characters, and quest design. Engine and combat still "meh". 8.5/10
- NWN2 SoZ: Never bothered to finish. Some fun gameplay ideas, but the overall game felt incomplete. Needed another 6-12 months work, I think - kind of like KotoR2. 5/10
- Alpha Protocol: Bland hybrid shooter that tries to combine stealth with gunplay and does a poor job of both. Some of the characters and writing are okay, and the way the narrative changes is well-done at times, but for me it never really came together to form a good
game. I was never really drawn in by the story, either. 5.5/10
- New Vegas: My favorite Obsidian game, and likely my favorite RPG of the least 5 years besides Lazarus. A worthy successor to the previous Fallout games, with a better-written and more consistent setting than Fallout 2. Despite being the longest game I've played in quite some time, I never got
bored. Writing, characters, setting, quest design, and factions are all very well done (to varying degrees). Suffers some from being built on a sub-par engine, but the combat was still improved from FO3. 9/10
Average score: 7.1/10
Well gee, skyway, you really got me there. 7.1/10! That's definitely drooling fanboy territory.