After reading this article I'm feeling a little bit better about this game and might actually buy it.  I was totally disappointed by the ending of Fallout 3 and it looks like it might be resolved in this new game.  ( I never bought the Broken Steel DLC even though I played through the game twice, once as a neutral character and once as an evil guy.  I didn't have it in me to play through a third time even though I had the good character already planned out.)
 
" Sawyer explains that Fallout: New Vegas' endings will tell the stories of the game's characters for decades after the main story, and obviously anything the player did post-endgame to change those events (say, killing a character who we've been told lives to old age) would make a mess of things    " 
 
Consider me excited. 

I'm willing to bet it's Fallout 3: 2. Not that that bothers me, but yeah.

3.5 if more like it, waaaaaugh!

It's going to be so much better then fallout 3, for sure

" 3.5 if more like it, waaaaaugh! "

I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels.

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

" @MysteriousBob said:

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

huh "

I can't imagine it being better than Fallout 3 (for me), but more Fallout 3 is never a bad thing in my mind. 
 
P.S. eww gamesradar

So no exploration after the ending? That sucks.
Why would you be excited after reading that?

" @MysteriousBob said:

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

huh "

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

" IMO 3 is the absolute worst of the series. And Obsidian never makes a polished product, and never supports its product fully. They may make a more proper Fallout feeling game, but the game will be hampered with a lot of technical and gameplay issues without question. "

" @Marbazoid said:

" @MysteriousBob said:

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

huh "

Not vastly, both 1 and 2 hold up surprisingly well if you can find a way to play them. They are great games. Although I agree 3 is the best. "

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

" So no exploration after the ending? That sucks. Why would you be excited after reading that? "

" @Nomin said:

" IMO 3 is the absolute worst of the series. And Obsidian never makes a polished product, and never supports its product fully. They may make a more proper Fallout feeling game, but the game will be hampered with a lot of technical and gameplay issues without question. "

If anything Obsidian made a name for itself by making good follow up games to existing franchises.  Like what they did with KOTOR 2. "

How was it broken?  I honestly thought it was the better of the two. 

I played Fallout 3 for the first time last week and when I finished it I asked my friends if they liked the ending. They all said yes...I was confused.

" . I'll wait for the (hopefully fully patched) GOTY Edition that will inevitable come out next year with all of the DLC included for the same retail price as the original game. "

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

" @MysteriousBob said:

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

no not really. although the new fallout looks better, the first 2 gave you the ability to do anything really kill anybody you wanted, (even orphans) if your into that kind of stuff. and the stories of the first games are pretty good, also i like the isometric view alot  "

" @JoshLarson said:

" . I'll wait for the (hopefully fully patched) GOTY Edition that will inevitable come out next year with all of the DLC included for the same retail price as the original game. "

Right.  That's my preferred way of buying games.  I see almost no reason to ever buy a game at full price at release. "

" IMO 3 is the absolute worst of the series. And Obsidian never makes a polished product, and never supports its product fully. They may make a more proper Fallout feeling game, but the game will be hampered with a lot of technical and gameplay issues without question. "

" So no exploration after the ending? That sucks. Why would you be excited after reading that? "

" @MysteriousBob said:

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

?! "

I'm sure Obsidian won't mess this game up that badly.

I'll tell you one thing.  I'm getting this for the PC.  Even though I don't have a gaming PC...yet. 

" How was it broken?  I honestly thought it was the better of the two.  "

Never had any problems with the ending? The game was rushed, and the aforementioned ending is the biggest sign - it is so abrupt and unfinished it almost feels like it's from a different game - it was full of bugs and had many, many structural screw-ups, like the fact that one bad dialogue choice blocks the entire influence route with Bao-Dur.

The game was paced in a better way than KOTOR, the writing's more consistent and its "twist" better stands the test of time, though.

Obsidian is basically Troika. Both companies made of geniuses, who will come up with great story, dialogue, concepts and ideas, but without anyone to actually code that into a working game. Neverwinter Nights 2 is probably the worst programmed game I've ever seen (for example, the game posts everything it loads to the TEMP folder, often in multiple copies - so you can end up with 2 full modules of a city and 10 of a single skeleton - but someone screwed up and the game never deletes those files, so after 2 hours of playing you'll have 5 gigs bitten off your hard-drive). Oh, and it had an ending as wallbanging-inducing and fucked up as Fallout 3, so hey, we're on the road to oblivion (stealth pun!).

 @MysteriousBob said:

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

Goddamn. Hell with the opinion (which is wrong, by the way), I have to point out one thing.

People, stop using the word "prequel" in the wrong meaning. A prequel is a supplement to a previous work, taking place before that work's events. Fallout 1 and 2 are  PREDECESSORS of Fallout 3, not prequels. Metal Gear Solid 3 is a prequel.

" I'm willing to bet it's Fallout 3: 2. Not that that bothers me, but yeah. "

" @Driadon:  Fallout 1 and 2 had endings that showed you the outcome of your actions, and then let you play some more. And it wasn't broken. "

" @Nomin said:

" IMO 3 is the absolute worst of the series. And Obsidian never makes a polished product, and never supports its product fully. They may make a more proper Fallout feeling game, but the game will be hampered with a lot of technical and gameplay issues without question. "

If anything Obsidian made a name for itself by making good follow up games to existing franchises.  Like what they did with KOTOR 2. "

Yeah, I really hope the story is better than what was in Fallout 3. 

" I don't see the hype. Fallout 3 was vastly superior than its two prequels. "

Fallout 3/Oblivion's engine is a broken pile of shit anyway, fix all the technical problems first before releasing not just 1 game, but 2 (soon to be 3) games.

" @SlashseveN303: gog,com has both Fallout 1 and 2  for 5.99 each.  And yes, they're both compatible with modern computers. "

Fallout: New Vegas = The real Fallout 3.

After playing the debacle that was Alpha Protocol, I am extremely wary of this game. Don't get me wrong, I'm not condemning it, but I'm not convinced either way.

It still sort of tells me they just do not wanna have to adjust it for open world. Just like what happened to Fallout 3. And I am betting we will see some DLC to open up the end like Broken Steel.

Fallout 3 was substandard on just about every conceivable level.  It was ugly, it was clunky, and a lot of the player selectable dialogue options were total garbage.  Somehow, though, the game was still entertaining to play through, and I put my fair share of hours into it.  Obsidian getting more time with the old engine can only lead to technical improvements over what they already had, right?  It isn't like they have to code this one from the ground up.
 
Unfortunately I have no love for Obsidian Entertainment.  As has been mentioned a number of times throughout this thread, these guys are totally flaky (sketchy support for older games), and are not strong in the technical aspects of their game development.  Neverwinter Knights 2 was a terribly buggy game, KOTOR 2 was incomplete because they couldn't structure their development time in such a way as to allow them to complete the title, Alpha Protocol was Alpha Protocol.  To be totally fair, though, Mask of the Betrayer was way more polished than vanilla Neverwinter Nights 2, and had a very satisfying ending using slides in a structure quite similar to that of Fallout 1 and 2.  Again, though, they aren't programming this engine from the ground up.  If they can make some slight improvements on the Fallout 3 engine and maybe plug some smoother animations into it I think they'll be alright from a technical standpoint.  From there it's all about refined gameplay and some serious storytelling.  I have faith in the dialogue trees, I have faith in Obsidian's ability to end a game.  For everything else, I'll wait to read the view.
 
I know that some of these guys (Chris/Chris/Feargus) worked on Fallout 2, and I absolutely have faith in these guys to make Fallout New Vegas the Fallout 3, narratively speaking, that Fallout 2 fans were looking for... I just hope they can get something out that is actually finished and polished this time around.