Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Fallout is absolutely peak

Great game. Amazing game. The pinnacle of what Obsidian ONCE WAS. An actual RPG that does not make a silly mistake such as, I don't know, making a voiced character. That being said, GOG Preservation Program's a joke. Validated stability my foot. Honey, baby, boo, did you just turn the game on and off again? I literally cannot fast-travel to the sink without the game crashing. If the game wasn't SUCH A DELIGHT to allow me to soldier past that, cuz it's WORTH IT? I'd have not been playing this game at all. Great story, great DLCs, just have an amazing time with this game y'all. :)

There are a few games that I've bought that were really worth every penny. To me, this is one of them, on par with Resident Evil 4 and Neverwinter Nights 1/2 and some other gems... Perhaps the expansions, especially Old World Blues (the theme is fascinating too) and Dead Money, are even better than the main campaign, which is really good in itself. Don't forget to mod the game, especially graphics mods (like the texture mods) and some balance mods are worth it in my opinion.

I've never played a Bethesda game or a western RPG before playing Fallout New Vegas, since the only RPG's I've ever played have been Japanese, usually Mario and Pokemon. But now with this wonderful game I've gotten a taste of what western RPGs are like. And I heartily recommend this to anyone new to the genre, series or video games in general. What I loved was the story. The player character is thrust in the middle of a conflict between the New California Republic, a force aimed at bringing American style order to the post apocalyptic wasteland and Caesars Legion, a small but growing Empire built on an ideal of Roman society. What made it stand out to me was the moral conflict. Ultimately the MC can decide to side with one or none and find a way to justify it as right. Sure the narrative and design favor NCR, but its up to YOU to decide what is the right direction for the Mojave to take. Another thing I loved were the companions. Their stories contribute to the games overall theme of what the past means to us. Do we let it go and move on, focus on it and trying to correct it or build off of it? The DLCs also add a lot to that overarching theme. On this game alone, I found the tone of the series to be "what would the rubble of American society look like after it's been destroyed and what would the survivors make of what remains of the legacy? Do they cling to it, willing to die for the tattered remains of the old world? Do they abandon it and try to forge their own destiny? Or do they use the remnants to create something new?" The answers are in the end, something that only those who play the whole experience can find and there won't be a consensus. The moral choices in this game isn't "do you save the puppy or kick it?", it's "choose an option and find the answer as to why it was the right one".

One of the most immersive RPG's of the decade with a wide variety of factions to talk to, plenty of guns to fire, and an open world that may appear desolate on the surface but has ample amounts of personality underneath to be discovered by the player. All this now enjoyed DRM-free!