The Making of Fallout: New Vegas Comic-Con Panel
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Category: News ArchiveHits: 2020
He tackled the problem by going back to the basics and examining what makes Fallout great. They wanted a "Signature City," like D.C. is to Fallout 3, so Gonzales and the Obsidian team hit on Las Vegas.
The next step: Research. That means more than just replaying the first three Fallout games (and Fallout: Tactics, I suppose), it means cracking open books and plugging in the DVD player. Gonzales listed the following as inspirations for New Vegas:
* Las Vegas: An Unconventional History by Michelle Ferrari and Stephen Ives
* Oceans 11 (The original, not the terrible George Clooney movie)
* The Road
* Six String Samurai
* Vegas Vic (The iconic cowboy statue that presides over Vegas's "Glitter Gulch"
* Famous gangster Bugsy Siegel
* The Rat Pack (naturally)
* Howard Hughes
* And a ton more