Fallout: New Vegas
19 Oct 2010
All releases
19 Oct 2010 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
19 Oct 2010 - Xbox 360
22 Oct 2010 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
22 Oct 2010 - Xbox 360
04 Nov 2010 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
04 Nov 2010 - PlayStation 3
04 Nov 2010 - Xbox 360
19 Oct 2010 - PlayStation 3
22 Oct 2010 - PlayStation 3
04 Nov 2010 - PlayStation 3
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In this first-person Western RPG, the player takes on the role of Courier 6, barely surviving after being robbed of their cargo, shot and put into a shallow grave by a New Vegas mob boss. The Courier sets out to track down their robbers and retrieve their cargo, and winds up getting tangled in the complex ideological and socioeconomic web of the many factions and settlements of post-nuclear Nevada.
The player takes control of "the Courier", who is hired by a delivery service to take an unknown package across the Mojave Desert to "The Strip" but intercepted, shot in the head, and left for dead by a mysterious man who steals the package. After being found by a friendly local robot, Victor, and healed by a man named Doc Mitchell, the Courier is thrust back into the desert to seek revenge and recover the stolen package. Through doing this, the player becomes caught up between various factions competing for control over the desert and it's most valuable asset, the Hoover Dam; ultimately coming to shape the future of its inhabitants.
The overall "Las Vegas"/Casinos/ a gang made up entirely of Elvis Presley impersonators stuff is just pure fun to explore and lose countless hours in to.
Can't say it's perfect though! My main "problem" would have to be in just how easy the gunplay becomes by adding just a single companion to your journey. Most enemies become a minor inconvenience, even in large groups, and I barely feel like I can actually get chance to finish any one of them off without the Sniper companion in particular doing it all for me.
Still, great fun and I'll no doubt be continuing with my journey through the wasteland remains of Las Vegas in the future!
Overall rating (not completed): 7.9/10
Negatives: There are performance issues in this game. Either stuttering Gameplay or long loading screen glitches. The Karma system in this game still isn't the best, but it's made better with the in depth reputation system.
Fallout: New Vegas is an amazing game with replayability that last for hours upon hours. This is not only the best game in the fallout series, but has also become a game that I have grown to love.
