The Ultimate Edition also comes with all the DLC which, like Fallout 3 is varied in terms of quality ‘’Lonesome Road’’ and ‘’Dead Money’’ aren’t so great while ‘’Old World Blues’’ makes the best impression overall. When not on quests New Vegas offers plenty of things to do (most likely down to the fact that the Mojave Wasteland wasn’t as badly affected as the Capital by nuclear destruction) several characters and companies have continuous jobs that need doing, there are legendary monsters to hunt and kill and if all else fails you can always break out a deck of caravan cards or try your luck at the casinos on the Vegas Strip.
The weapon system has also been overhauled, allowing for weapon mods and different ammo types to be purchased and applied to numerous guns which offer incentive to save up bottle caps for the most expensive implement of death. In a similar way to Dragon Age and The Walking Dead, it’s a really dynamic feature that takes your actions into account very well. Gaining favour with the NCR grants an emergency radio to call for back-up while displeasing Caesar’s Legion will see assassins sent after the player character. Helping out one faction can affect your relationship with another and this has positive and negative effects. The quests can be particularly clever in that they often intertwine with each other and are tied to the all-new ‘’Factions’’ system with each faction throughout the wasteland the Courier has a reputation which can be raised by completing errands for them or lowered by killing faction members. Everything has been upped from Fallout 3 including more quests, more weapons, more customisation, and more things to do.
Thankfully once you’ve gotten past the early story quests and powered up your character the game’s depth shows in full bloom. Keeping multiple save files helps but New Vegas will undoubtedly be very frustrating for newcomers to begin with.
For example in the first few story missions the game needs you to follow a safer route to the Vegas Strip but if you don’t follow what it recommends then you’ll likely end up dying repeatedly at the hands of Deathclaws or other creatures that are too strong for your character to handle. The game allows you to go anywhere but at the same time, the enemies don’t level along with the player character which can make the game feel like a beginner’s trap quite often early on. With that said the courier’s quest for vengeance doesn’t have the emotional punch or the dark edge of its predecessor, making it significantly less memorable overall.įallout New Vegas will be familiar to anyone who played Fallout 3 after making your character you’re placed into a game world which can be explored at your own pace but in New Vegas this works to the game’s detriment. As reflected by the numerous story quests throughout FNV the plot is a web of political intrigue and this, combined with player choice as to which faction to support, gives the player a feeling of empowerment that wasn’t seen in Fallout 3. You’ll still run into a heap of memorable characters that are all well voiced and have their own agendas in the conflict and the Wild West aesthetic sets a more light-hearted tone for the game. There are numerous factions all vying for control including the diplomatic and domineering NCR (North Carolina Republic), the cruel and ruthless Caesar’s Legion and the mysterious Mr House, all of whom have a role to play in the battles to come. After being found and patched up (and character creation of course!), the Courier sets out to find the men who attacked him or her, only to be caught in a complex power struggle for control of the Mojave Wasteland. Taking place a few years after Fallout 3, New Vegas revolves around the story of the Courier who is transporting a valuable item to the Vegas Strip when he or she is ambushed and left for dead by a shady group of assailants. Two years later and ‘’Fallout New Vegas’’ continues what its predecessor started with another gripping adventure through the Mojave Wasteland.
By deactivated-57bac25e99ee3 | Review Date: January 27, 2014įallout 3 brought the post-apocalyptic role-playing series back with a bang in 2008 and in doing so marked a fantastic departure from the first two entries in the series.