Will New Vegas have the same issue with stuck NPCs that Oblivion did? on Bethesda's PC game Oblivion users had the ability to type a command into the game to reset NPCs that have become permanently stuck causing quests or game progress to be broken. I have never had issues with any other Bethesda game, however, New Vegas, seems like it may have the potential to cause the same quest lockout issues. I posed the question several years ago to the support team when the issue presented itself within Oblivion on the 360, to no avail. In that game there is a house you can buy in a town but if you do not buy it immediately, the NPC will become stuck in the game environment and you can never buy the house. Many other people had the same issue, the only resolution is that a new game had to be started from scratch. To avoid them the game has to be played in a particular way when performing those quests to workaround the issue.

I haven't any bugs in New Vegas, so far but the suggestion came to mind again for something like this to be implemented in console games as a part of DLC so that the issue is prevented. An option that would cause all NPC characters to reset to their default routines so the game can be played normally

I agree that would be helpful and would probably even solve a few problems, but I don't think MS would allow it as it may, albeit vaguely, fall under "modifying the game", which is against MS' guidelines.

You make a good point, it could be seen like that. It seems like clearing the cache should be one of the ways to clear up the issue, but sadly it doesn't work. New Vegas may never have the same issue, but it was worth bringing up. If you play Oblivion you'll see what I mean. In any case, New Vegas is definitely a great game, bugs or not.

Here's a link on Yahoo Answers to the exact bug on the Xbox 360 I have experienced: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090219132844AA4kA80

It's funny that none of the subsequent DLC caught it, but in any case, this can give you an idea. The fix is only available on the PC version of Oblivion through the use of an NPC reset command that moves the NPCs back to their original routes. Don't believe the reviews about New Vegas, the ONLY review I'd seen that was focused more on the gameplay and presentation was on Gametrailers. Too many of these sites focused on the bugs we're seeing and haven't given the game its just due.