LogFAQs > #980228636

Its because while the show did the aesthetic and source material really well, it was still mostly Bethesda-brand Fallout. Which to be clear isnt necessarily me shitting on it - I love 3, 4 and even 76 - but I also love 2 and NV and Obsidian has a very different writing style.

Bethesda Fallout is basically over the top campy satire with the iconic 50s aesthetic with a thin narrative to justify the back drop. Notice how much emphasis they put on the pre-war aspect vs current day and how often they have to desperately try to make characters from pre-war era work in the new era they are obsessed with the aesthetic and tone and make games based on that, not stories or narratives. Their writing has been pretty shallow since after Morrowind.

Obsidian is a smarter, wittier take on the aftermath and human tribalism and factions and human nature (bureaucracy like NCR, war never changes, etc). Not to mention the writing and actors like Ulysses, Lanius, Horrigan are far more eloquent in general. They write characters that will have you mulling over and going back to listen to their speeches and monologues years later.