I didn't mind being (mostly) a Elder Scrolls-style blank slate.
I actually don't mind in most cases. But Fallout New Vegas sure does make the fact that you probably had a life before the tragic event apparent. you could have had a pregnant wife, pregnant kids, and a pregnant dog all waiting for you to come home after work.
You could have had a sick aunt dying of cancer needing those last few bottlecaps to pay for that life saving surgery she needed.
It was like that bullet was some sort of background erasing bullet. As soon as it hit you, your entire history was erased.
At least I was engrossed in the mystery.
Re: NV. The Courier doesn't have amnesia. Even Lonesome Road is explained away as "but for me, it was Tuesday."
Amnesia is just fan speculation for many things, but it isn't needed nor stated explicitly.
Really? But the doctor at the start of New Vegas states this... and the fact that it is outright implied that you have Amnesia is quite apparent.
But fine you don't have Amnesia... You just don't remember anything before you were shot.
Like, how he can tell the New Reno singer that he remembers him, or not
I figure this is just an outright lie. "Yeah of course I remember you Jim"... "My name is Bob"
I mean it isn't like you volunteer up any information the player wouldn't know. like suddenly going "yes, I remember. You were wearing that dog mask with the little UFO symbol on the forehead".
This is different from Fallout 3 where they outright tell you your past, who your family is, etc.
It would be so nice if they ever remade Fallout 3 (or did a game with a start similar to it) that they made it more open ended. So you kind of determine how your childhood went outside a few scripted events.