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.
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.
