Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

While Fallout 3 and 4 were fun to wander around in, the narrative was never all that great. Obsidian went out of their way to make each quest and every bit of story interesting and worth exploring. Coupled with more gameplay elements that enhance the Fallout 3 formula, this game is worth playing through at LEAST once. While it isn't quite the best RPG you'll play, coupled with an ever aging GameBryo engine, it won't require too heavy a system to run, at least. But the game isn't the best looking you'll play, either.

I love fallout new vegas with all DLC, the missions, the soundtrack, the feeling, the history, the action, everything

I already owned it on Steam but felt like buying it again because it's that good.

This game is a broken masterpiece. It's held together with tape and spit and tape but with some mods becomes *just* a masterpiece: (see bottom for necessary mod list) It's simple. Some games try to immerse you with realistic graphics and cool looking worlds but under the surface it's just empty. Other games try to immerse you with a tightly well written drama that you're forced to play out. New Vegas immerses you by throwing you into a sea of political tension. The Mojave is yours to poke and prod at. There's tons of different factions which all play off one another. The choices you make *will* impact the game. The degree to which your actions can create or close different opportunities for you in the future, or have unforeseen effects is incredible, and it makes sense too. The writing is the best writing I've seen when you consider the scope of what Obsidian provided. The game has some modern comforts but other than a quest marker, the game does NOT hold your hand. It merely points you in a direction and suggests that it's probably a good idea to go that way. Before even hitting level 2 it's possible to butcher your relationship so bad with the two major factions that you'll be shot on sight and they'll even send high level death squads after you. Other than one specific instance, you can't revert this either. You can't just go to jail like you can in Elder Scrolls games and be released a free man. No, you are an enemy and you will be treated as one. Of course the greatest accomplishment of the game is providing the player with morally gray situations which really are not simple. This is the only game that's had me pause the game right before a huge decision and debate internally for up to half an hour because two ideologies I hold simultaneously are shown to contradict each other. That's powerful and no other game comes close to doing this to me. Not even Fallout 1 or 2, or Planescape Torment. Play this game. Necessary mods: NVSE NVAC NVTF YUP

Beat the Steam version multiple times and it certainly lives up to the hype, whenever you're able to get it running smoothly that is. I was excited to finally try the GoG version but couldn't make it through another full playthrough because of the constant crashing. This GoG version crashed well over 40 times during 50+ hours of playtime before I had to call it quits. Most common is whenever I enter a new area or building I would get stuck in the loading screen which is extremely frustrating and killed the immersion for me. Other times the game would just shut down or freeze whenever I'm in the middle of a fire fight. I shouldn't have to install mods to fix a product I purchased, especially one that's been on the market since 2010. With that said, the story, characters, DLC & exploration is some of the best you'll find in a game bar none. The branching storyline with choices that actually matter is done beautifully. It's an amazing game but poor optimization poor hurts it.