Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

played it a few years ago and it hooked me into playind 2-3 playthroughs in a row to see how my actions influence the game. still one of my favorites.

I was really looking forward to this game, and while it's part of the GOG preservation program, it still doesn't work well. This is the only game, that in years, hard crashed my Win 11 rig, and I mean to the point where you cannot open the program manager properly to close the down the game manually. I'm not sure what is going on but after the second crash (which was when I tried to load my save file), I cannot recommend this. I love these older titles, but with newer systems, they just don't work all that well. I don't think this is a simple fix either, these kinds of maintenance updates have to come from the developers, not GOG. A few hours in, I had to uninstall it, I cannot risk my computer as I also work on it, and hard crashes are never a good thing.

So glad to see a classic finally added to GOG. I already own it on Steam, but I'm picking it up again just to show my support!

The scope of the world, combined with the life and depth of said world and its characters, makes this game a masterpiece of western RPG's if not one of the best games ever made. Although it had a rocky launch, riddled with bugs, this could be attributed more to the engine the game was built upon. At this point with the game running great and all the bugs patched out, that old con shouldn't be applied. It runs good even on my weakest machine, and that is only referring to the visual fidelity. The story, the world, the factions, the characters, and your decisions with how to deal with each is what makes this game stand out, and that's not even going into the DLC(which has some of the best add-on's of the decade). If you enjoyed the world of Fallout 3 but found the story and characters to be lacking, then look no further than New Vegas. It is a MUST PLAY for RPG fans, Fallout fans, post-apocalyptic genre freaks, or just any gamer that enjoys a fun game with an amazing story and a compelling world. I would have gladly paid full price for this DRM free version. If you haven't tried it yet, DO SO! You will not regret it.

I don't throw around the word "masterpiece" very often to describe a game, and it's funny because I wouldn't have even used it to describe FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS at launch. Obsidian's follow-up to Bethesda's FALLOUT 3, however, is one of those rare games that never really stops unfolding itself, and almost demands several playthroughs just so you can see how much your choices really mattered, or how difficult it is for two different players to get the exact same experience. You might think a hundred hours might be enough to experience all this game has to offer, but you'd be wrong. Seven years since release, hundreds of hours of game time, and I'm *still* finding new stories, quests, details I hadn't discovered before. Since others have already covered the game's merits extensively, I'll cover my favorite parts of the game: 1 - A True RP Experience - Obsidian provides players with so many different ways of completing quests, sometimes you won't even know it until you play the game over again. The options for the first objective alone: A) Find the man who left you for dead, B) Forget all about him, C) Have sex with him, D) Forgive him, E) Murder him in his sleep, F) Get tricked by him, G) Have sex with him and then kill him. And this is just one small part of the story. New Vegas is overflowing with quests, each allowing you abnormal amounts of player-character agency. And, yes, it's even possible to beat the game without killing anyone. 2 - Writing - One of the last Obsidian games to really have Chris Avellone (PS:T, KotOR 2, Alpha Protocol) deeply involved. The game has a theme, something to say, and his biggest contributions (Dead Money, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road) sport some of the best writing I've ever seen in a game, period. 3 - New Vegas - An amazing overworld steeped in Americana, local history, and pop culture. FALLOUT 3 was fantastic, but NEW VEGAS rises above to what is quite simply a master class in RPG design.