One of the greatest story telling pieces ever created, in any medium, period. The atmosphere, the cars, the guns, the open world, the map, the missions: Everything was way ahead of its time. The storytelling alone deserves plaudits far beyond any the entire GTA franchise is worth. This game eased me into adulthood. The narrative, the characters, the quests, the stories are worth Hollywood's holy trinity of awards. By the end of this game, you will so solidly be hooked that you will weep with grief at the end and you will weep at what they've done to the franchise after this. Buy it. It is genuinely one of the greatest games of all times, ever.
The Fallout that was meant to be. Created by Obsidian, the people who created Fallout in the first place when they were Black Isle many years ago. The most reactive and brilliant series in the entry, Obsidian pulled off this masterpiece in just a staggeringly tiny 18 months. Even with a lot of re-used assets, game engine, and design, the amount of work Obsidian poured into this was borderline staggering, and if we ever get to see the design documents released, we'll probably see something that was twice the size and depth with a twice as long development and debugging time required. Bethesda F'-ed Obsidian up in this in every single way they could. They said they'd only pay royalties if the game received over 85 on metacritic. F:NV went to score 84, missing it just by a short 1 point, allowing Bethesda to not give royalties. Who's to say Zenimax or Bethesda didn't give someone a little push to go below. Despite that, this is the most critically acclaimed Fallout game on steam, at 96% rating. Compare that to Fallout 3 and 4, at 82% and 78% respectively. That's right. The newest game couldn't even break 78%. Did they decided to not pay themselves for that? Gave the money away instead? No, they didn't. Obsidian created such a great Fallout that 7 years later, people are still patching, restoring cut content, and playing the game. A bunch of modders are working on bringing F:NV to F4 engine, dubbing it F4:NV. Use NVSE, in combination with 4GB patcher and Yukichigai's unofficial patch, and JSawyer's mod and hardcore mode, for a true vanilla expansive Fallout experience that will leave you awed and astounded at its reactivity and depth. This is the ultimate Fallout, and the one that will continue to be, it seems. Because after this, Bethesda never let Obsidian touch Fallout again, and from what we see, never will. Because they've seen, they know, that if Obsidian releases a single Fallout game with their tools: No one will ever trust Bethesda to do the job again.
The Fallout that was meant to be. Created by Obsidian, the people who created Fallout in the first place when they were Black Isle many years ago. The most reactive and brilliant series in the entry, Obsidian pulled off this masterpiece in just a staggeringly tiny 18 months. Even with a lot of re-used assets, game engine, and design, the amount of work Obsidian poured into this was borderline staggering, and if we ever get to see the design documents released, we'll probably see something that was twice the size and depth with a twice as long development and debugging time required. Bethesda F'-ed Obsidian up in this in every single way they could. They said they'd only pay royalties if the game received over 85 on metacritic. F:NV went to score 84, missing it just by a short 1 point, allowing Bethesda to not give royalties. Who's to say Zenimax or Bethesda didn't give someone a little push to go below. Despite that, this is the most critically acclaimed Fallout game on steam, at 96% rating. Compare that to Fallout 3 and 4, at 82% and 78% respectively. That's right. The newest game couldn't even break 78%. Did they decided to not pay themselves for that? Gave the money away instead? No, they didn't. Obsidian created such a great Fallout that 7 years later, people are still patching, restoring cut content, and playing the game. A bunch of modders are working on bringing F:NV to F4 engine, dubbing it F4:NV. Use NVSE, in combination with 4GB patcher and Yukichigai's unofficial patch, and JSawyer's mod and hardcore mode, for a true vanilla expansive Fallout experience that will leave you awed and astounded at its reactivity and depth. This is the ultimate Fallout, and the one that will continue to be, it seems. Because after this, Bethesda never let Obsidian touch Fallout again, and from what we see, never will. Because they've seen, they know, that if Obsidian releases a single Fallout game with their tools: No one will ever trust Bethesda to do the job again.
What the title says. Seriously, take everything you ever hated about IE/2.5D/isometric era RPG games and combine them all into one place. Which is a real pity too, since the world that has been crafted and the lore is top-notch. Think of it as Age of Empires meets Fallout. Beautiful. Simply beautiful. So why the one star? All of course, obscured under the most horrifying game design choices, mechanics and philosophies that the entire industry (including Obsidian, inXile, and Larian, the current masters of cRPG) abandoned as obsolete and outdated, and made every point and pain to avoid. This is one world I hope is acquired by Obsidian or inXile so that it can grow as a proper franchise and game series. That's the highest complement I can give this game. That someone save it from its own developer and his cult of "fans". For now, if you want your fix of cRPG post-apocalyptic goodiness, I suggest you fire up Arcanum for another spin or wait for inXile's Torment to come out.
One of the most legendary and greatest games ever created. Right up there on top with the likes of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, System Shock 2, Baldur's Gate, Planescape, Diablo, Dragon Age Origins, Fallout, Neverwinter Nights and so on. If you want to see truly why it is still so relevant, look no further than Deus Ex: Human Revolution itself, and the upcoming Mankind Divided. This 2000 game was an inspiring and critically universally acclaimed franchise with a cult following strong enough that it spawned a AAA franchise a decade after its original release. The graphics may be dated, but the gameplay mechanics remain as fantastic as ever, level design is still inspirational for modern day games and the story has been acknowledged as one of the greatest ever written. The story is complex and so strongly woven with reality and philosophy you would be hard pressed not to suddenly find yourself shivering when you emerge from the game world and compare it to modern day current world events and realities. For anyone who is even remotely a RPG gamer: Play this game. You owe it to yourself to explore the greatest cyberpunk video game ever produced.
