Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

As it turns out, the apocalypse did little to change the day-to-day on the Vegas Strip - and that's just fine by me. Obsidian brought an interesting and welcome change of scenery with NV. Sure we have more of the sandy wastes and ruined cityscapes of old, but the warm glow of the strip just makes things feel so...right. The game itself seems to have aged like a fine (and strange) wine. I often heard complaints about rampant glitches and performance issues when it was first launched, or that the game was simply a cash-grab on Bethesda's part by letting "lowly" Obsidian take the reigns, or that it simply paled in comparison to FO3. The game isn't perfect, true. I do wish the strip itself was larger - the game can leave you feeling rather lonely out in the desert (not that there's ever a shortage of quests). My biggest gripe personally with this game is a rather weak main quest-line/story. There definitely are some interesting characters (Benny, Mr. House, Caesar), but the ultimate goal remains stale: investigate [faction], join [faction], sabotage everyone else until [faction] wins. We have been there. We have done that. HOWEVER, New Vegas completely shines with some of the best DLC content I've ever played. Dead Money, with its brushes with horror and stealth, the undeniably charming Twilight Zone-esque Old World Blues, and the "what should have been the main story" Lonesome Road combine to form a golden trifecta of post-launch goodness. (Honest Hearts is decent as well, but not quite as shiny). As it stood on launch day in October, 2010, New Vegas was an interesting, "good enough" Fallout entry. Today, patched and bundled with all content, New Vegas beats 3 and blows 4 away. I think we all know it, too - it just took a while.

For all of those coming into Fallout New Vegas from the Amazon Prime show, a fond howdy and hello to you all! FOR PC USERS AFTER 03/20/2024 - Direct X 11 & windows 11 do not play nice with Fallout New Vegas. You will hard-crash to desktop after the opening indefinitley unless you change the API New Vegas uses. You will need to have to install a mod to change the API to vulcan to get it to work (This will not disable acheivments, you are safe there,) this will cause some jank (stuttering in the opening cinematic.) The essential mod here is DXVK the on the nexus. Fallout New Vegas has always had some jank to it so this is just the normal kind of kick in the head you get used to with it. As for the game itself, what isn't there to love about a cyborg mutant mailman hot on a case of revenge after getting a free extra pair of holes in their skull? Weird robots - check Fun, sad, and meaningful companions - check A coherent storyline critiquing the sins of imperialisim - triple check DR MOBIOUS! - So many checkmarks that you'll need a checkered suit to get them all in order. There's a ton of stuff out in the Desert, if you bother to look. It might seem barren but looordy is it not. Regarding the DLC's - they all can play wildly differentley than the base game. Dead money in particular. It is not as fast paced and you are very likely to die your first time in there. Remember, the point of that little piece of hell in the Mojave is letting go of the past (and that past includes your bad hoarding tendencies.) Best to go into them with that in mind.

I purchased this game on GOG because my PHYSICAL copy had to be downloaded on steam. I'm happy to now actually own one of my favorite games without DRM. It doesn't matter if you're into RPG or not, this game is a blast so long as you can get past some of the bad bugs. It's brilliant and a masterpiece of game!

Track down your nemesis, and decide his fate. Train military misfits to survive in battle, or lie about your skills and let them suffer the consequences. Save a dictator's life from a brain tumor, or let nature take its course. Work with the status quo, or against it. .308 or surplus ammo. FNV's greatest strength lies in the weight of every decision you make. It's not just about shooting the wrong guy and having other guys come after you - your dialogue, your actions, and how, when and with whom you do them carve your story. And it should go without saying: mod the game and make your story truly yours.

A flawed masterpiece that had alot going against it but rose through the muck to be one fantastic game. Its certainly not perfect and frankly is relatively incomplete due to the short development but by god does it try and have alot of love in it which is something you cant say about many AAA titles out there recently. The people who made this were responsible for Fallout 2 and after having the franchise taken from them by Bethesda couldn't finish their own version of Fallout 3. So once given a chance to make another Fallout they utilized what time they were given to finish what they could and say goodbye to their franchise and they went out with the bang that was Fallout: New Vegas. Bethesda in all their infinite wisdom chose rather than work with Obsidian on a franchise they essentially made that they would shove it over to Todd Howard and his team who could not give less of a crap about what the original Fallouts were about making some incredibly superficial games with little to no substance that has split the fanbase. Essentially this is probably the last Fallout that will be headed by the people who knew and loved what the franchise was, despite all the crap Bethesda gave them when it came to development time, budget, and bonuses along with glitches and various other issues this game had on release it persevered. Resonating with fans enough to fix issues they couldn't Obsidian couldn't fix on their time and create one of the most vast modding communities I've ever seen. If you haven't played it you definitely should.