The problem is that while Obsidian had a plan to add that content, very little work to make it happen had actually taken place, even as the game entered beta testing. The main goal, Avellone said, was to give players the ability to 'keep wandering the wasteland, explore the 'dungeons' and fight random encounters.'

The planned aftermath sounds relatively superficial, with special lines for some characters and post-battle dialogue for a few NPCs rather than wholesale changes to the world.