Quote Originally Posted by Spuuky View Post
Bethesda also failed to pay them a bonus because their game felt short of the target score on Metacritic, after Bethesda forced them to release the game early.
New Vegas fell short of the rating by like, .1.

It was a trout deal Obsidian was given, Royalties based off the metacritic rating is a terrible deal, but if Obsidian wanted to make that Fallout Game with that engine, no choice but to take a trout deal.