

especially since the 'professional' reviewers seem to feed on it themselves.

I do think it's some sort of reputation thing that causes people to blow it out of proportion, which then leads to the reputation for bugginess then getting worse etc. In most respects Obsidian improved a lot of the problems with the Gamebryo engine that plagued Fallout 3. People seem to have a mental block that makes them forget the very unplayable state Fallout 3 shipped in. New Vegas had the same reception with people calling it unplayable which was a complete lie. Seems to be something about the Obsidian name that drives people to over-exaggerate every little bug because Obsidian make buggy games derp. There was a concerted 'fan' backlash over the game and they grossly exaggerated the flaws. Delixe: I bought this at release and encountered no bugs that I could see.
