Fallout: New Vegas - Ultimate Edition

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  1. Zorinder
    Nov 18, 2012
    10
    If you liked fallout 3. You gonna love new vegas. Is a really great game, with a very nice dificulty mode, where you must drink water and eat food. There a lot of new weapons, but the most important, is there are a lot of great misions, with a very great conversations, and a lot of kind of modes to do some mision.
    You can llok for some info, with yous speakingm or stealth from a securyti    If you liked fallout 3. You gonna love new vegas. Is a really great game, with a very nice dificulty mode, where you must drink water and eat food. There a lot of new weapons, but the most important, is there are a lot of great misions, with a very great conversations, and a lot of kind of modes to do some mision.
    You can llok for some info, with yous speakingm or stealth from a securyti box etc.
    The main history is also really nice! You have to take a lot of decisions.
    I consider new vegas underrated. Obsidian did a ver great work, this fall out is very near to fall out 1 or 2, more than fall out 3, thath is more like skyrim. Of course fall out 3 is a ver great game also.
    The dlc are greta also, but my favourite is old world blues.    … Expand
  2. OJFeynman
    Apr 11, 2012
    8
    Very good game for those who like to explore, fight a bit, find junk, and make your own story. There are several plots available to spur you on if you're at a loss for what to do next. I liked this better than Fallout 3. The mechanics are very similar, but somewhat more polished. It has the tongue-in-cheek approach to writing and design that is common to Fallout franchise games. (I'd loveVery good game for those who like to explore, fight a bit, find junk, and make your own story. There are several plots available to spur you on if you're at a loss for what to do next. I liked this better than Fallout 3. The mechanics are very similar, but somewhat more polished. It has the tongue-in-cheek approach to writing and design that is common to Fallout franchise games. (I'd love to play a deadly serious, realistic apocalyptic FPS/RPG sometime.)

    Fallout 3: 188 hrs. Skyrim: 300 hrs. New Vegas: 120 hrs. so far. God, what am I doing with my life?    … Expand
  3. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    10
    Amazing package. NV and F2 are the best games in the series. Check them out if you haven't yet. Pickens approves!
  4. Metahumour
    Feb 10, 2015
    8
    So, I finally just got around to playing this; huge fan of the original Fallout, and avoided this for a bit because I heard it was buggy at launch. Really good game once you get into it; I think the faction system is cool, and adds a bit of depth to the original game, which is sort of binary-focused on karma. That said, there are times in the mid-game and overall where you sort of feelSo, I finally just got around to playing this; huge fan of the original Fallout, and avoided this for a bit because I heard it was buggy at launch. Really good game once you get into it; I think the faction system is cool, and adds a bit of depth to the original game, which is sort of binary-focused on karma. That said, there are times in the mid-game and overall where you sort of feel like the game doesn't in particular have an ending it wants to move you toward; not a bad thing per se, and probably a selling point for some, but I kind of liked the momentum Fallout 3 had around completing the main arc. Moreover, slightly prefer the world of the Capital Wasteland to the Mojave. Otherwise, pretty much every single change that Obsidian made to fine tune the game make it way, way better; so much so that I had a hard time going back to Fallout 3 and really enjoying it the same way. Everything's been tweaked to add depth you appreciate if you're familar with the deeper mechanics of the game; just feels like there's way more ways to improve and from more angles. The game sometimes feels like it lacked an extra four months of polish that Fallout 3 did get. I'm typing this review mainly for myself, because it's old and an acknowledged near-classic or improvement. Yay for me! And yay for post-apocalyptic simulation. And yay for dis-simulation in general. Good 'morrow!… Expand
  5. The0JJ
    Mar 18, 2012
    9
    Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition is the first uncut release in Germany. I bought it on Steam and got absolutely no problems with crashing. Most of the bugs have been patched out, the few remaining are more funny than annoying. New Vegas's Gameplay is better than Fallout 3 GOTY, but the story and post-apocalyptic athmosphere not as good as in Fallout 3. Probably because of my WildFallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition is the first uncut release in Germany. I bought it on Steam and got absolutely no problems with crashing. Most of the bugs have been patched out, the few remaining are more funny than annoying. New Vegas's Gameplay is better than Fallout 3 GOTY, but the story and post-apocalyptic athmosphere not as good as in Fallout 3. Probably because of my Wild Wasteland perk :)

    I have'nt played through all DLCs yet, only played Old World Blues so far, which is AWESOME.

    If you want to play a sequel to Fallout 3, this is your game.
    I promise, you will have lots of fun playing.    … Expand
  6. faceless-1
    Nov 30, 2013
    8
    This game is just great. I didnot liked Fallout 3 it did not had atmosphere like Fallout 1 and 2, but this game does. The story is very good and the choices and conclusion really matters. Way better than Fallout 3, great fun even on second play-through (4 endings).
  7. ccrogers15
    Mar 12, 2012
    1
    So so so sorry i got this. SAME as last compilation, Fallout 3: GOTY... This freezes and crashes non stop. Makes it litterally unplayable and they dont care. The wont fix it, they wont patch it. They instead release a broken game that somehow got past Q&A. My advice? DONT buy this game. It is a complete disaster. I took it back to gamestop and got my money back thank god. Bought a GOODSo so so sorry i got this. SAME as last compilation, Fallout 3: GOTY... This freezes and crashes non stop. Makes it litterally unplayable and they dont care. The wont fix it, they wont patch it. They instead release a broken game that somehow got past Q&A. My advice? DONT buy this game. It is a complete disaster. I took it back to gamestop and got my money back thank god. Bought a GOOD game, called GTA IV.… Expand
  8. Broyax
    Apr 17, 2017
    8
    C'est la seconde fois que je finis Fallout New Vegas (après une première fois sur 360 à sa sortie) et ce fut une joie de le refaire d'un bout à l'autre, ce qui est la marque des grands jeux de rôle. Très bien écrit avec notamment un aspect politique très affûté et des choix très cornéliens qui font penser à The Witcher 2 d'ailleurs. Le monde post-apocalyptique est mature et souvent cruelC'est la seconde fois que je finis Fallout New Vegas (après une première fois sur 360 à sa sortie) et ce fut une joie de le refaire d'un bout à l'autre, ce qui est la marque des grands jeux de rôle. Très bien écrit avec notamment un aspect politique très affûté et des choix très cornéliens qui font penser à The Witcher 2 d'ailleurs. Le monde post-apocalyptique est mature et souvent cruel (quoique pas autant que le jeu de rôle polonais certes) mais aussi crédible et vraisemblable ; l'ambiance Fallout inimitable et inégalée n'y est pas étrangère non plus.

    Le combat au SVAV (initié dans Fallout 3 et intégralement repris) est un régal et l'un des meilleurs systèmes jamais conçus combinant parfaitement le dynamisme du temps réel et la tactique d'un combat pausé avec les points d'action d'un tour par tour. La quadrature du cercle en somme.

    Dans cet Ultimate Edition, on a les 4 DLC inclus mais je ne m'y attarderai pas plus que ça : l'un est mauvais (Dead Money), deux sont simplement honnêtes (Lonesome Road et Honest Hearts) et le dernier est moyen voire carrément débile par moments (Old World Blues). Fallout New Vegas se suffit donc à lui-même et ses contenus additionnels sont dispensables.

    Techniquement le jeu n'est pas vilain du tout en extérieur même s'il n'a pas évolué depuis Fallout 3 et tourne impeccablement si ce n'est un problème de micro-saccades (micro-stuttering si vous cherchez plus d'infos) qu'on remarque au pad 360 uniquement (la souris opérant des mouvement brutaux et saccadés, gomme le phénomène)... assez dommage, car l'interface au pad approche la perfection.

    On peut résoudre ce problème en modifiant la ligne ifpsclamp à 60 au lieu de 0 dans le fallout.ini du dossier de sauvegarde (documents/mygames/falloutnv) et le fallout_default.ini du dossier d'installation (steam/steamapps/common/fallout new vegas) pour avoir un vrai 60 im/s. Seul petit souci en retour, le jeu se met à ralentir parfois (sa vitesse je le précise) quand le nombre de pnj est important dans certaines zones.

    Enfin, concluons avec le sujet qui énerve : malgré ses immenses qualités, FNV est affecté par une quantité de bugs toujours aussi impressionnante malgré tous les patches : retours au bureau (une douzaine en pas loin de 100h), personnages coincés dans le décor, IA à la ramasse, marqueurs de quêtes à la rue et quêtes qui s'entrechoquent parfois très bizarrement (entre autres incohérences ici et là), surtout dans le final qui paye ici sa très grande complexité au niveau des choix proposés. Rien de rédhibitoire cela dit, l'expérience FNV reste excellente malgré tout !    … Expand
  9. kman5473
    Jul 1, 2017
    9
    This is Bethesda's Fallout games at its peak. They took all the elements they implemented into Fallout 3 and perfected the ideas. Having said that, the game is very glitchy ESPECIALLY save files, which can be corrupt very easily. Hundreds of hours wasted in an instant.
  10. Dusty_Hayes
    Jul 21, 2014
    9
    Fallout New Vegas is an excellent FPS/RPG in the Post-apocalyptic future with over a 100+ hours of gameplay and can be found at 19,99€ as low as 4,99€ on the steam sales and tons of mods available if your a fallout or RGP fan you would be mad not to buy it.
  11. SupaChigga
    Nov 19, 2013
    8
    Single Player/Multi Player (2/2)

    (If the single player is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no multplayer) (If the multiplayer is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no single player) Gameplay (1/2) Visuals/Story (1/2) (If the visuals are better than the story, review this section as if it had no story) (If the story is    Single Player/Multi Player (2/2)

    (If the single player is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no multplayer) (If the multiplayer is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no single player)

    Gameplay (1/2)

    Visuals/Story (1/2)

    (If the visuals are better than the story, review this section as if it had no story) (If the story is better than the visuals, review this section as if the visuals didn’t matter)

    Accessibility/Longevity (2/2)

    (Review this section only on Accessibility if the game has no longevity) (Review this section only on longevity if the game isn’t accessible)

    Pricing (2/2)

    Wildcard (0)

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    The review score is based out of 10 points. There are no “half” or 0.5 increments. It is impossible to have a score above 10 or below 0. The review score will change as the game gets new dlc, drops in price, or if more secrets are found through the game increasing its appeal.

    The scoring is split into 6 sections. The first five sections can add a possible 2 points to the final score. The first 5 sections are Single Player/Multi Player, Gameplay, Visuals/Story, Accessibility/Longevity, and Pricing.

    Notice that 3 of these sections have two parts. These particular sections will be scored based on the stronger part of the game of the two. For example, if a game has a lousy single player campaign, but an excellent multiplayer component, that section will be based solely on the multiplayer as if the single player did not exist. This allows games to be based on their own merits, as many unnecessary features are shoehorned into video games by publishers to reach a “feature quota”. Games that excel in both areas of a section don’t receive should be noted in the written review, but cannot increase the score past 2 in that section. However, it can be taken into account in the final section

    The final section can add 1, add 0, or subtract 1 to the final score. This final section is the “wildcard” section. This section is for how the reviewer “feels” about the game, but limits this only to this section, rather than the entire 10 point review. This section can include any positive or negative point that was not covered in the previous 5 sections.    … Expand
  12. Jirosei8
    Nov 21, 2013
    9
    Enjoyable game with a lot of explorable content. It did have issues with bugs and crashing(and still does) from time to time, though it has received quite an amount of patches and is running much better at the moment. It will have you entertained from the small town of Good springs, to the gem of the wasteland; the Hoover dam. I do reccoemnd getting the Ultimate version over the vanillaEnjoyable game with a lot of explorable content. It did have issues with bugs and crashing(and still does) from time to time, though it has received quite an amount of patches and is running much better at the moment. It will have you entertained from the small town of Good springs, to the gem of the wasteland; the Hoover dam. I do reccoemnd getting the Ultimate version over the vanilla game as it does increase it's longevity by a good couple of hours. Though still after a year, i cannot beat Dead Money for the life of me.… Expand
  13. Fantasy_Critic
    Feb 8, 2015
    6
    While the action is still there, the open-world is barren and boring. I guess that's what I get for playing a post-apocalyptic desert revenge simulator. This game doesn't have the charm that Fallout 3 has. I just find trying to survive in a nuked-out post apocalyptic Washington D.C. more appealing, I do like the ammo making, iron sights, and weapon mods features, but the game doesn't offerWhile the action is still there, the open-world is barren and boring. I guess that's what I get for playing a post-apocalyptic desert revenge simulator. This game doesn't have the charm that Fallout 3 has. I just find trying to survive in a nuked-out post apocalyptic Washington D.C. more appealing, I do like the ammo making, iron sights, and weapon mods features, but the game doesn't offer more than the same old. Don't play unless you are a die-hard Fallout fan.… Expand
  14. TuringDev
    Aug 22, 2021
    10
    A masterpiece of videogame history. Unforgettable characters and situations. Wild, bizarre,hilarious, thrilling and very very funny. A must have not only for for RPG lovers.
  15. COED
    May 24, 2020
    8
    Звуковое сопровождение понравилось, создаётся приятная атмосфера.
    За счёт дополнений игра приобретает ощущение, что играешь в старую добрую классику в новом исполнении, очень много мелких деталей приятно радуют глаз.
    по сравнению с Fo3: *ощущение, что намного ближе атмосфера к классике. *более сбалансированная механика игры. *как-то сокращены нудные сцены и пустые диалоги. *игра    Звуковое сопровождение понравилось, создаётся приятная атмосфера.
    За счёт дополнений игра приобретает ощущение, что играешь в старую добрую классику в новом исполнении, очень много мелких деталей приятно радуют глаз.

    по сравнению с Fo3:
    *ощущение, что намного ближе атмосфера к классике.
    *более сбалансированная механика игры.
    *как-то сокращены нудные сцены и пустые диалоги.
    *игра больше вовлекла в себя.

    играю намного чаще и дольше, чем в 3 часть.
    ну и играть в чём-то проще, чем в 1 и 2.    … Expand
  16. Glacialangel
    Feb 11, 2018
    9
    Despite the performance bugbears(which we all know exist only because Bethesda pushed Obsidian to rush the game, as well as various funding shenanigans, because they didn't want Fallout 3 to look bad, but even these attempts failed in the eyes of avid fans), this game is fantastic. The story is lovingly crafted and the lore is well-respected(mostly). The Mojave is fun to get lost in,Despite the performance bugbears(which we all know exist only because Bethesda pushed Obsidian to rush the game, as well as various funding shenanigans, because they didn't want Fallout 3 to look bad, but even these attempts failed in the eyes of avid fans), this game is fantastic. The story is lovingly crafted and the lore is well-respected(mostly). The Mojave is fun to get lost in, because you never new what was going to come next. The quirky sense of humor that Fallout was originally known for makes a creative return, and the Wild Wasteland trait only serves to enhance it. Play this game if you want to know what a good Fallout story looks like.… Expand
  17. Balcetus
    Aug 20, 2022
    9
    Oh, what a game, through my 130 hours playtime of constant crashes, I enjoyed every second... sort of.

    Pros: Story / Progression / Companions are well-written / The Mojave wasteland. / Mods.

    Cons: **** trash optimization. / I was able to **** up Honest Hearts, I finhished it in 50 mins.
  18. GoddardTheCowbo
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Obsidian > Bethesda
    Fallout New Vegas, introduced weapon mods, new ammo types, weaponry, enemies... A lot of things
    Fallout 4, has weapon mods, ammo needs to be modded in, enemies are more of the same... As much as Fallout 3 In Fallout 4 and 3, you can't gamble! Fallout New Vegas? All on green, please! This game deserves all 10s! This game is a masterpiece, just like Fallout 1...    Obsidian > Bethesda
    Fallout New Vegas, introduced weapon mods, new ammo types, weaponry, enemies... A lot of things
    Fallout 4, has weapon mods, ammo needs to be modded in, enemies are more of the same... As much as Fallout 3
    In Fallout 4 and 3, you can't gamble!
    Fallout New Vegas? All on green, please! This game deserves all 10s!
    This game is a masterpiece, just like Fallout 1... Well, except for one character there.    … Expand
  19. nurfedx
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    One of the best games to the series and an All-time Classic. Also, the last Decent Fallout Game!
  20. Salttydawg
    Apr 21, 2020
    10
    Game is literally the best fallout game. Balanced role playing to fighting compared to newer releases. 100% recommendation.
  21. ProfAmateur
    Jul 10, 2023
    8
    + It's easier to get into the action than Fallout 3.
    + A lot of content, there is so much to discover.
    + Quests are unique. Everything is accompanied by a believable story. - Game performance: it feels jerky despite high FPS. - Some crashes - Speech text does not always match transcription. Some NPCs have multiple speakers and thus voices (German version). Doesn't happen often though. -    + It's easier to get into the action than Fallout 3.
    + A lot of content, there is so much to discover.
    + Quests are unique. Everything is accompanied by a believable story.
    - Game performance: it feels jerky despite high FPS.
    - Some crashes
    - Speech text does not always match transcription. Some NPCs have multiple speakers and thus voices (German version). Doesn't happen often though.



    - DLCs are solala    … Expand
  22. WaatKin
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    Apart from a few freezes, one of the best rpg-experience out there: a great game with great DLCs
  23. CompleteIdiot
    Apr 5, 2021
    7
    Have tried to play through it all now for like good 3 times with 2 to 4 years in between. Hbomberguy's review made me give it another shot!

    Each time I hit Vegas I lose all interest in the game. Its not the dated feel to it, or the world building. The quests are definitely memorable and the choices you get to make improving your character are vastly improved compared to Fallout 3. But    Have tried to play through it all now for like good 3 times with 2 to 4 years in between. Hbomberguy's review made me give it another shot!

    Each time I hit Vegas I lose all interest in the game. Its not the dated feel to it, or the world building. The quests are definitely memorable and the choices you get to make improving your character are vastly improved compared to Fallout 3. But for some reason seeing Vegas is always underwhelming, and interest is lost once you meet Mr. House. Up until that point its a great ride though!    … Expand
  24. Hulsee
    May 27, 2023
    8
    Apart from a few freezes, one of the best rpg-experience out there: a great game with great DLCs
  25. Sacristan007
    Sep 11, 2023
    10
    Muy buenos dialogos misiones tramas y todo lo unico malo seria el mapeado pero creo que todo lo demas lo compensa.

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  1. CD-Action
    Mar 13, 2012
    90
    I honestly recommend the Ultimate Edition to everyone who Skyrim still left hungry for questing. [April 2012, p.78]
  2. Game Chronicles
    Mar 12, 2012
    98
    As you can see Obsidian and Bethesda hook the player up right to give them a fighting chance at surviving the treachery of New Vegas. As a fan of RPGs and shooters, Fallout: New Vegas had a lot to offer me in the over 100 hours of exploring saving and destroying the various factions that are housed in the wasteland. I also thoroughly enjoyed the DLC, especially Old World Blues which despite its insanely long dialogue was a lot of fun and the experience and gear were totally worth the trip. I highly recommend picking up Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition for the PC as soon as you can.
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