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well i just checked the world's most accurate encyclopedia and:
"... and published by Bethesda Softworks."

and the proof's in the pudding, because new vegas was pretty much indistinguishable from fallout 3 (which in turn was basically oblivion with a skin) in every respect, including the plot and characters and writing. i hadn't bothered to check into the details of the development because as i said, the proof's in the pudding, but i'm guessing bethesda brings a pretty financialized development environment to any game they publish, even if they outsource the development to a different company, and even if that company employs some fallout 2 devs (apart from my heuristic speculation about anything bethesda touches turning to shit, there's ample indication that tihs happened in the development section on the wiki article too). it's the financialization that's the problem, same reason all of EA's games suck.

in fact i'll even say oblivion was the best game out of those three, not that i have any love for it

sorry, i know i'm being autistic, i just really hated it, lol