| JEMC said: 'It took about 5 years' for people to start liking Fallout: New Vegas, says Josh Sawyer, and even longer for Obsidian to see that 'players actually liked the design choices we had made' Sawyer maintains that New Vegas was nowhere near a beloved classic back when it first came out: "New Vegas was not particularly well-received when it launched. It was quite buggy and both players and critics commented on how much we had reused from Fallout 3." |
What exactly has changed after 5 years?
The game started with a MetaCritic of 84 (shy of the 85+ bonus) and today has a MetaCritic of... 84.
The opinion of the players also hasn't changed much over the years (at least for the PC version).
In the first year, 99% of the reviews were already positive:
In the first three years, 99% of the reviews were already positive:
