Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Do you know how much I hate Steam? how often I have not been able to continue New vegas because I didn`t have net access and Steam decided I couldn`t play any more? Did I just say how much I hate Steam? Well now it`s on GOG and I can play this game without worry that Steam will say, "Not today!" thankyou Gog and thanks Bethesda for releasing it. And the game? It`s a masterpiece rpg set in a post apocalytic world where you can join factions, disguise as another faction, fight mutated things, deal with interesting quests, shoot guns, use swords, etc, etc, etc - get it.

The game begins with a Rorschach test. Look at the ink blots and tell me what you see. That's what this game is. The main storyline is a Rorschach test. You see what you need to see in the factions, people and your own actions. You decide why something the best course of action for everyone else. Buy this game and find out more about yourself.

I must have done everything there is to do in this game and its expansions. Every sidequest done, all endings seen, every achievement unlocked. I had every unique weapon and armor stashed in the lockers of my safehouse. I could rave on all day about how completed my save was. Do I even need to say it? Buy the game already! :) The main story itself is interesting enough, but it took a LONG time before I first finished it. Most of my fun came from exploring the map, and completing sidequests. I remember when I first played through the questlines (especially the "Come Fly With Me" quest early on left a big impression when I first played). The expansions are also amazing. The three latest ones add massive new areas to explore (Dead Money is more compact, and you can't go back after finishing it. Still worth playing). This is a great deal for the complete package. I got it on launch (for Xbox 360), and it released in a buggy state. It was rough, but it was playable. The worst bugs got patched though. There has never been a better time to play it! The gameplay is also a nice improvement over Fallout 3. It's still not on par with other shooters, but guns are more accurate, and you now have iron sights. You can build your character any way you want. For most of the game, I was hacking up super mutants with my trusty fireaxe, until I finally found the ranger armor (from the game's box art) and went all in on long-range sniping. My character's skills in gambling also paid for the expensive .50 caliber ammo for the rifle. Another awesome aspect is the (optional) hardcore mode. It makes the experience more aimed toward survival, and you regularly need to eat, drink and sleep to stay hydrated, fed and rested. Healing items will also heal over time, instead of instantly, and ammo has weight. This is THE way to play the game in my opinion, but again, it is completely optional if you aren't looking for the extra challenge.

It's either this or Fallout 2, and those are such wildly different games you'll probably not have to compare too hard to know which you'd like better. However for the 3D Fallout games all I can say is look no further. Fallout New Vegas takes the work Bethesda did reviving Fallout and gives it a serious RPG shine; there are more weapons to choose from, the karma system is mostly replaced by a reputation system between several very interesting factions in a very rich world, the DLC is simply magical. I really cannot say enough great things about Fallout New Vegas and I'm very pleasantly surprised to wake up seeing it for sale on Gog.

Having played the Steam version for well over 60 hours and currently going through a heavily modded version, I think I can safely say this is one of my favourite games ever and one of Obsidian's best. Fallout: New Vegas allows for a degree of player control and role-playing that many games fail to match. The main story that starts small and mysterious and evolves into a fight for the fate of New Vegas itself allows for four main endings with many individual branching paths. Each fraction will judge you individually, changing your interactions and choices throughout the experience. The gameplay systems allow for a wide variety of play-styles, from a melee-focused beserker to a sniper clicking heads from hundreds of meters away with your trusty anti-material rifle. The DLCs further expand on the wonderful role-play in the game, and while I find Dead Money (the first) to be weaker and more annoying than the rest in gameplay, they all have wonderful themes and stories, ranging from the tension and dramatic conclusion of Lonesome Road to the hilarious and ridiculous Old World Blues. If you love open world games and story-focused RPGs, you will love Fallout: New Vegas.