Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 262 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 183 out of 262
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 262
  3. Negative: 26 out of 262

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  1. Mobile
    Feb 19, 2018
    2
    ENG
    The only one of all five expansion packs, where there is humor and enjoyed it from the very beginning of the game. But it is quite strange and very protracted, a lot of replicas, repetitions of the same jokes below the waist, a lot of jobs, half of which are performed literally on the spot. Just a stupid job where you need to lab X8, to run three times and perform the same, then run    ENG
    The only one of all five expansion packs, where there is humor and enjoyed it from the very beginning of the game. But it is quite strange and very protracted, a lot of replicas, repetitions of the same jokes below the waist, a lot of jobs, half of which are performed literally on the spot. Just a stupid job where you need to lab X8, to run three times and perform the same, then run to the other end of the map that would again return to base and circle again to run the test. Dull quests, a lot of chatter, repetitive jokes, the poverty of the locations and characters, infinite spawn Scorpions, and on a maximum unscrewed the dynamics of each replica, for no reason, deranged doctor.
    RU
    Единственное из всех пяти дополнений, где есть юмор и подан он с самого начала игры. Но довольно странно и очень затянуто, много реплик, повторов одних и тех же шуток ниже пояса, куча заданий, половина которых выполняется буквально на месте. Просто идиотское задание, где нужно в лаборатории X8, бегать по три раза и выполнять одно и тоже, потом бежать на другой конец карты, что-бы опять вернутся на базу и снова по кругу пробежать тест. Унылые квесты, много трепа, повторяющихся шуток, бедность локаций и персонажей, бесконечный спавн скорпионов и на максимум выкрученные динамики с каждой репликой, по поводу и без, спятившего доктора.    … Expand
  2. PrincessRose
    Dec 7, 2014
    4
    Amusing and entertaining at times, but dialogue can get stupidly annoying, with mediocre, rather boring quests, having to do all the test quests numerous times with it varying by not much with the next lot just having nightstalkers instead of robo dogs and have to repeat it all over again nearly made me quit.

    With an annoying stealth suit I don't really need as my sneak is already at    Amusing and entertaining at times, but dialogue can get stupidly annoying, with mediocre, rather boring quests, having to do all the test quests numerous times with it varying by not much with the next lot just having nightstalkers instead of robo dogs and have to repeat it all over again nearly made me quit.

    With an annoying stealth suit I don't really need as my sneak is already at 100. that kept giving me med x and made me addicted to it. So dumped the suit as I don't want to be force fed Med x. And to be forced into melee energy weapons when I dislike both.

    I must be one of the few that thought this was the worst DLC.    … Expand
  3. thenthomwaslike
    Nov 20, 2011
    3
    not worth the money. the npcs are outrageously annoying, the story is built for the mind of a 5th grader and nothing you get in this dlc will supplement your playing the actual game. it is a complete ripoff of portals characters and comedy style except with unbearably sub-par voice acting. some lines are literally stolen straight from portal and portal 2! if you care about the story andnot worth the money. the npcs are outrageously annoying, the story is built for the mind of a 5th grader and nothing you get in this dlc will supplement your playing the actual game. it is a complete ripoff of portals characters and comedy style except with unbearably sub-par voice acting. some lines are literally stolen straight from portal and portal 2! if you care about the story and environments you'd do better with the lonesome road dlc, a much more useful one imho… Expand
  4. Chapa9dj
    Jul 22, 2011
    1
    Worst DLC ever.
    Boring and repetitive quests, stupid robots everywhere, never ending nonsensical crap talk all the time about stuff i don't give a damn about.
    Also i want to add that the settings are quite terrible in this occasion. The soporific and idiotic sense of humor ruins everything. Not sure what were they thinking, but this is seriously boring as hell. I'm starting to give up    Worst DLC ever.
    Boring and repetitive quests, stupid robots everywhere, never ending nonsensical crap talk all the time about stuff i don't give a damn about.
    Also i want to add that the settings are quite terrible in this occasion. The soporific and idiotic sense of humor ruins everything.

    Not sure what were they thinking, but this is seriously boring as hell. I'm starting to give up hope about ever seeing an epic DLC as it was Point Lookout, The Pitt and Broken Steel on FO3.

    My verdict: Don't even bother with this, it's absolute garbage content, not even worth a goddamn cent. Go buy some bubble gums or Antidepressant. This reminds me of FFXIII, it was so damn boring that i couldn't beat it no matter how hard i tried.

    My Rating: 1/10
    Legendary failure DLC of the year.    … Expand
  5. gracjanski
    Dec 26, 2018
    4
    Another bad DLC. I needed to be disciplined again to play it through and continue to play Fallout New Vegas. First you are welcomed with an avalanche of dialogs, that has low content...again. You could cut more than half of the dialogs and could say the same, but because of the mainstream, they didnt. The dialogs are a bit funny, thats good. But sometimes the humour is boring.
    In this DLC    Another bad DLC. I needed to be disciplined again to play it through and continue to play Fallout New Vegas. First you are welcomed with an avalanche of dialogs, that has low content...again. You could cut more than half of the dialogs and could say the same, but because of the mainstream, they didnt. The dialogs are a bit funny, thats good. But sometimes the humour is boring.
    In this DLC you are sent to a little scientific open area, what is a good idea. But in some buildings you do some test again and again.    … Expand
  6. dlcatalin
    Jan 7, 2021
    0
    It was fun for the first 20 minutes but as soon as i got out into the "world" it all became very boring and repetitive, the canyon is a mess trying to navigate, those scorpions are annoying as hell, i just rushed it ... boring and frustrating.

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Gamer.no
    Sep 16, 2011
    80
    The extra content, funny characters and entertaining story introduced through Old World Blues, makes the great Fallout: New Vegas even better. There is much to explore, and who wouldn't want to meet up with one's own brain for a bit of a chat?
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  2. PC Gamer UK
    Sep 8, 2011
    83
    Packs goofy characters, great loot, and a few bugs into an interesting new zone for the Fallout series. [Oct 2011, p.86]
  3. PC Games (Russia)
    Aug 29, 2011
    85
    A risky Fallout experiment – and a very successful one. [Sept 2011, p.100]
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