New Vegas brought the charm and grittiness of the original Black Isle isometric Fallouts but to the Bethesda vision of how Fallout now looks. Overall I think that Obsidian did a good job with the breadth of the story, but so many technical issues remain it is difficult to continue to enjoy this game. With the amount of travel, why there is no sprint and this acts like a game from the 1990s is irritating. I initially stopped playing after first getting through Primm and Goodsprings due to the travel in and out of Freeside and the Strip and the length of time it took to get to new POIs to get them on the Pipboy. Eventually I got over that hump after taking about a year off and can fast travel. Another issue with travel is the areas that are blocked over hills to funnel you along a linear path. Even from the Oblivion days I was able to go up and over mountains with enough tenacity but otherwise paths are blocked arbitrarily. *Minor Spoilers* The endgame scenario is also a surprising let-down. Not being able to continue after beating the final scenario for your faction is unfortunate. I do like the summary slideshow that is voiced as the characters, a real nice touch, but not being able to strut around the Mojave as the boss is not what I expected. Also, the battle of Hoover Dam is ridiculous. Monster closets all over the place spawning in the same group of baddies that have almost no intelligence, just a lot of bullets. They literally run straight at my group, usually backwards and are shooting point-blank instead of finding cover. At one point I just run it due to how infuriating it was. Also the fight encounter with the Legate was bugged the first few times and I didn't even realize there was a chance to parlay. The crashing. This was the final straw. I get it is an old game. An old Bugthesda game. But this is out of control. I can't even finish Dead Money at this point, and since it is one way, I have to load an old save in the Mojave, hours ago. Unacceptable.
