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Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
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Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Ring-a-ding ding, baby!

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.

1 gamers found this review helpful
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Ring-a-ding ding, baby!

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.

4 gamers found this review helpful
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
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Shadowrun: Dragonfall

The Shadowrun Experience

SHADOWRUN RETURNS marked my first experience with the SR setting, and I was absolutely floored. NEUROMANCER meets THE LORD OF THE RINGS? I never knew how much I wanted it until I got it! Sure, DEAD MAN'S SWITCH wasn't perfect; it was linear, the companions were more transient, and the missions were a little rough in that they didn't play very well to all classes, but the story had me hooked the entire time. But DRAGONFALL is another beast altogether. The story is more complex, more engaging, and populated with rich characters that stick around for the entire game, not just one mission. There are many more sidequests that you can refuse or accept based on where you aligned your character's morals, there are *way* more dialogue options available with loads of interesting choices throughout, and the hub extends beyond a single building now. I can't remember the last RPG that I binged my way through just to see what would happen next. The writing staff have done an outstanding job here, crafting an engaging and deep narrative, in addition to characters whose backstories sport as many twists and turns as the main plot. To keep things short: this is what an expansion should be. It's a shame that people might judge the overall quality of DRAGONFALL based on the weaknesses of DEAD MAN'S SWITCH, but I don't think I'm being too hyperbolic in saying DRAGONFALL deserves to be counted among the finest RPGs to be released in recent years.

1 gamers found this review helpful