Fallout: New Vegas

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  1. Jerik02
    Oct 21, 2010
    4
    I've played each Fallout game since the first and I have to say I'm as disappointed with Fallout: New Vegas as I was with Fallout 3. I always thought it would be fun to have a 1st person perspective while playing Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics, but Bethesda simply does a poor job of it. New Vegas was rushed to market before it was ready much like Fallout 3. Wait for the bargain bin on this one.I've played each Fallout game since the first and I have to say I'm as disappointed with Fallout: New Vegas as I was with Fallout 3. I always thought it would be fun to have a 1st person perspective while playing Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics, but Bethesda simply does a poor job of it. New Vegas was rushed to market before it was ready much like Fallout 3. Wait for the bargain bin on this one.

    Positives: Obsidian does a MUCH better job of writing story lines and quests than Bethesda did. Good voice acting. New environment and (slight) movement forward in terms of the Fallout canon. Negatives: Its still Oblivion (LOLblivion) with guns. As others have posted, you think they would've improved the game engine and graphics by now! The VATS system makes the game laughably easy and you can kite any enemy in the game. If you play the game without VATS, the NPCs dodge and weave like a weasel on crack all while maintaining pinpoint accuracy. Although the stories for each quest is better, the execution is still murky at best as one wrong dialogue choice cuts off entire quests. Certain quests are only offered under poorly designed circumstances with NPCs not reacting to successful completions or acting as if you DIDN"T just save their whole city from bad guys. Final analysis: Rushed out to market before true completion in a manner typical of Bethesda. This is essentially DLC for Fallout 3 that they tried (and failed) to pass off as a stand alone game. Although the fan boys, "independent reviewers" and paid Bethesda employees will seek to skew these rating sites, the proof is in the lackluster sales and general negative, poor opinion of Bethesda.    … Expand
  2. Pzyk3
    Oct 21, 2010
    2
    I'm very disappointed with this one, certainly a piss poor PC port. No in-game graphics options, can't even use standard windows shortcuts such as alt-enter, on that basis alone this game wouldn't even pass Games For Windows certification (not that I am a big GFWL fan mind you). Loads of graphical glitches, loads of gameplay glitches, terrible distance LODing. Despite seeing a lot ofI'm very disappointed with this one, certainly a piss poor PC port. No in-game graphics options, can't even use standard windows shortcuts such as alt-enter, on that basis alone this game wouldn't even pass Games For Windows certification (not that I am a big GFWL fan mind you). Loads of graphical glitches, loads of gameplay glitches, terrible distance LODing. Despite seeing a lot of things that shouldn't be in a shipped game in the first few minutes I gave it more of a chance, after about 40 minutes of gameplay I realized that I had played this game before, except its previous incarnation was a lot less buggy.

    This is the last time i'll buy a game from these clowns (Obsidian/Bethesda) without carefully looking into it first, as a publisher/developer they certainly don't seem to care much for quality (at least for the PC version, I can't comment on PS3/XBox360). Infortunately, this was a day 1 purchase for me. I should have waited and read the reviews.    … Expand
  3. SAMF2000
    Oct 31, 2010
    3
    Considering this Game is almost exactly like Fallout 3 , one would think it to be more like an expansion. The Game engine is the same and although they did change a few things such as iron sights on guns it does not really feel any newer. If you charge $60 For a full retail game update graphics and game engine after 2 years! Now onto the ultimate crime... this game is so buggy that itConsidering this Game is almost exactly like Fallout 3 , one would think it to be more like an expansion. The Game engine is the same and although they did change a few things such as iron sights on guns it does not really feel any newer. If you charge $60 For a full retail game update graphics and game engine after 2 years! Now onto the ultimate crime... this game is so buggy that it crashed on me about 5 times in 10 hours... even after I patched it. the quests are broken and unplayable... if this title was $20 and was stable I would recommend it to hardcore Fallout 3 players only because its a new story and you have additions like gambling now. I bet this will hurt Bethesda/obsidian hard...… Expand
  4. LordDaem
    Dec 8, 2010
    4
    All I can say is thank God I have this on the PC and can go and get mods from the Nexus!

    I mean really, Fallout 3 was amazing, and compared to that the Mojave Wasteland feels kind of empty. From the rushed Main Quest story lines and the "OMG! You can't be serious" moments, I've really found myself struggling to enjoy this game. The combat IS the one thing that saves the game! The Nexus    All I can say is thank God I have this on the PC and can go and get mods from the Nexus!

    I mean really, Fallout 3 was amazing, and compared to that the Mojave Wasteland feels kind of empty. From the rushed Main Quest story lines and the "OMG! You can't be serious" moments, I've really found myself struggling to enjoy this game. The combat IS the one thing that saves the game!

    The Nexus is thankfully filled with a LOT of helpful people, who not only improve the visuals (with mods such as Fellout, and one that gives streetlights light!). Another good mod is Real Time Settler, although it is buggy at the moment, this was a great mod for FO3 that let you create your own little village which you had to be with CONSTANTLY otherwise it would fail!.

    Overall, New Vegas is a pretty shoddy sequel for a game that had so much impact on the gaming world.    … Expand
  5. Gene
    Oct 19, 2010
    3
    Buggy POS. This game is very much in the habit of reverting quicksaves and autosaves to the first one you ever make. So let's say you get 4 hours into the game and then crash or restart, guess what? Next time you run the game you lose 4 hours of playtime and start at the beginning. Invisible walls are everywhere, can't hike up a hill without running into one. Also enemies have a habit ofBuggy POS. This game is very much in the habit of reverting quicksaves and autosaves to the first one you ever make. So let's say you get 4 hours into the game and then crash or restart, guess what? Next time you run the game you lose 4 hours of playtime and start at the beginning. Invisible walls are everywhere, can't hike up a hill without running into one. Also enemies have a habit of of spawning inside walls and crashing the game. There may be some improvements over Fallout 3 in there, but I wouldn't know as I've been replaying the same 4 hours of game over the past 8 hours.… Expand
  6. Vash4562
    Jul 14, 2023
    3
    O jogo dispoem de mecanicas e universo muito bem feitos, com uma gameplay simples mas divertida, bem como uma serie de side-quest legais e profundas que contribuem com a imersão e desenvolvimento do universo.....porem os bugs acabam com tudo, bugs visuais, bugs de save, crashs, bugs, bugs e mais bugs! Simplesmente você poder perder seu save de 50 horas por que as quest ou mecanicasO jogo dispoem de mecanicas e universo muito bem feitos, com uma gameplay simples mas divertida, bem como uma serie de side-quest legais e profundas que contribuem com a imersão e desenvolvimento do universo.....porem os bugs acabam com tudo, bugs visuais, bugs de save, crashs, bugs, bugs e mais bugs! Simplesmente você poder perder seu save de 50 horas por que as quest ou mecanicas bugam... e não há mod que possa consertar tantos bugs, pois parece que eles são criados exclusivamentes para você e ninguem mais teve o mesmo bug.… Expand
  7. 111thwanderer
    Feb 21, 2023
    0
    After playing fallout 4 everyone told me to play new vegas, saying it was better. Boy could that be any further from the truth. The game which is supposed to be free roam has you follow a narrow path and throws quests at you as you traverse, some are interesting but many are not, in many instances the give you a choice, and then deduct karma as a way to tell you whether it was the rightAfter playing fallout 4 everyone told me to play new vegas, saying it was better. Boy could that be any further from the truth. The game which is supposed to be free roam has you follow a narrow path and throws quests at you as you traverse, some are interesting but many are not, in many instances the give you a choice, and then deduct karma as a way to tell you whether it was the right choice or not, what rpg tell you if you made the right choice or not, that for you to decide. furthermore, the towns feel empty as they are all made up of multiple different interior cells with almost no npc's outside, so it feels like everyone is just chilling inside doing nothing, in many instance the game bugged such as when the plane flies over hoover damn, for me there was no plane. Think of my confusion. in many cases when you attack a hostile evil faction, such as the powder gangers or the legion, the game will deduct karma when you take stuff from their camp. this game uses hype to its advantage, things are talked up way higher than they pan out to be. The best example is New vegas, it's in the title, but when you get there its simply two cells and a couple of mindless NPCs walking around, they at least try to make excuses for their laziness though, like the vault in New vegas which has been cemented over cause I guess the devs got lazy or something. All the weapons are just real-world weapons or stuff left over from fallout 3, It's supposed to top be a wasteland but it is so built up that it doesn't feel that way. The muddy colours really make you dread playing. The game does have many choices, but they don't normally play out, instead the characters stand around until you finish the game where the announcer tells you what happened, what happened to show not tell. Lastly, many of the items and themes feel to modern, many of the guns fit the fallout universe but an equal amount don't, the m16 teeters on the line of what fits and what doesn't but many other weapons simply break pre-established canon by being present. All-in-all I would have given this game a little bit of a better rating if it was not over-hyped to me. For the fallout franchise's sake, I hope Bethesda steers clear of Obsidian entertainment in the future.… Expand
  8. SleazyPete
    Aug 2, 2020
    3
    An incredibly overrated game which should've done much better considering it is built off of the already existing assets of the game: Fallout 3. For a sandbox game, it is boring to explore and there are a small amount of unmemorable scripted encounters. NPCS are touted as having so much better dialogue and writing than other entries. However, many repeat the same information as the lastAn incredibly overrated game which should've done much better considering it is built off of the already existing assets of the game: Fallout 3. For a sandbox game, it is boring to explore and there are a small amount of unmemorable scripted encounters. NPCS are touted as having so much better dialogue and writing than other entries. However, many repeat the same information as the last person you spoke to and it feels like you're getting constant exposition dumps thrown at you. If you don't like the humor then you're going to have a bad time. As per usual, there are the familiar charming little bugs that come with the games in this engine.

    Being newer than Fallout 3, there are some small improvements such as crafting, hardcore mode and the companion wheel. My favourite thing about this game is how the companions have personal quests and a variety of ending slides. You cannot however play past these slides. The reputation system is also a nice touch and ensures that some of the towns will remember your actions: good or bad.

    There are many factions to enhance the worldspace and the ability to disguise as a member of them is a really fun mechanic. Unfortunately, they are not all fully fleshed out and it can feel limiting to play siding with them. The DLC also adds backstory to your character in the middle of the game! I do not feel that this makes it a good roleplaying experience as you may have to rewrite everything to fit these events. You are also still limited to being a courier, which I do not mind. It is not the entirely open character for you to create though. Oh and J.Sawyer says you're not allowed to have amnesia so don't go roleplaying like that as you may have wanted to. Your courier has the option to ask things that they should definitely know given the events of Lonesome Road. I prefer the other protagonists where you get at least a little snippet of their life to build upon in unique ways.

    The introduction is very weak. It needed more than just a cutscene and does not establish the setting well to players new to the series. Whilst Goodsprings does introduce you to elements of the game such as combat and choices, it feels disconnected to the main plot. Many of the main quests feel like side quests and are poorly designed. Come Fly With Me is one of the worst offenders with so much backtracking! It is the only time i have ever felt the need to enter "movetoqt" into the console.

    Ultimately, I do not feel like this game works well with the sandbox that it was put in. Despite having a short development time and unfamiliar tools, it doesn't really justify the quality of the game as it was hardly made from scratch with existing assets and story from the cancelled Fallout: Van Buren. For example, Dragon Age 2 had miles better writing in it's short development time.

    Whilst a vocal few fans state that this is the best in the series, I'd only rate it above Fallout 76 and BOS as a fan of over 10 years. It is a poor introduction to the series and has put many friends and family off of the series entirely. Which is really a shame! The original Fallout 1 is a much better one to play. If it is too old for your liking, Fallout 3 and 4 are incredibly fun to play and still have excellent moral choices and roleplaying options with strong exploration to weave into your characterisation.    … Expand
  9. D4vid
    May 28, 2021
    0
    This is simply an unfinished game.
    Graphically and aesthetics in general are poor at best. Storyline and choices system is lacking. Gameplay is meh.
  10. Jackson889
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    A sad excuse for a video game, I crushed up the disk and put the dust into the toilet because its complete crapola.
  11. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    Bad game. Thestory is really decent, visual is decent, and the voice is also decent
  12. Brosman
    Sep 4, 2013
    4
    Boring, boring, boring. Thats the only thing i can think about this game when i play it. Its combat is slow and clunky, its missions are uninspired, and youll find yourself spending 80% of your time wandering the wasteland doing nothing. I guess im just not a fan of the Fallout series.
  13. TheRedOne
    Jul 5, 2011
    4
    Im over all disappointed about this game. it is nothing more than a new map and quest-line. an expansion to fallout 3. yet without the same fantastic glow of innovation and freshness. Caesar's Legion the enemies in this game is completely disappointing to me. they seems to be badly created. and never could take them serious through out the main quest. that's why i never replayed the game.Im over all disappointed about this game. it is nothing more than a new map and quest-line. an expansion to fallout 3. yet without the same fantastic glow of innovation and freshness. Caesar's Legion the enemies in this game is completely disappointing to me. they seems to be badly created. and never could take them serious through out the main quest. that's why i never replayed the game. which i did 3 times in fallout 3. nothing has changed from the last game except obsidian entertainment made a lot worse.… Expand
  14. Saltlord
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    New Vegas is an example of a company relying on brand recognition to sell a product regardless of actual quality. Fallout 3 was a prime example of bringing a franchise to a different medium and style and the story (plus expansions) are some of the greatest in the Fallout franchise.

    New Vegas, unfortunately, has a barely coherent plot followed with WACky anD ZAnEy characters like all the    New Vegas is an example of a company relying on brand recognition to sell a product regardless of actual quality. Fallout 3 was a prime example of bringing a franchise to a different medium and style and the story (plus expansions) are some of the greatest in the Fallout franchise.

    New Vegas, unfortunately, has a barely coherent plot followed with WACky anD ZAnEy characters like all the funny cowboys or the Mexican mechanic/gunslinger or dude who shot his wife. WOW, how interesting and unique! Also, imagine trying to make this intimidating villain faction but they LARP as Roman Legionaries and wear football padding as armor. Truly, the pinnacle of good storytelling right there.    … Expand
  15. GoFindaGolux
    Nov 29, 2010
    4
    You really know a game is weak when it's worse in most ways than the one that came before it. In Fallout 3 was a variety of fascinating architecture; here, it's prefab virtual representations of real prefab architecture. What more exciting place for adventure than a open desert? Bethesda must be insane. In Fallout 3, you never quite knew what plot challenge faced you: It was important toYou really know a game is weak when it's worse in most ways than the one that came before it. In Fallout 3 was a variety of fascinating architecture; here, it's prefab virtual representations of real prefab architecture. What more exciting place for adventure than a open desert? Bethesda must be insane. In Fallout 3, you never quite knew what plot challenge faced you: It was important to think carefully and frequently, or else. Here, I'm on automatic. I don't even bother to think up a tactic, don't even bother to avoid bullets: Just charge in and whack 'em. I've been playing for 5 hours. I doubt I can stand 5 more. But I am thinking of reinstalling Fallout 3, just one more time. For the FUN of it.… Expand
  16. McBritches
    Jun 24, 2013
    4
    This game has a horrible tutorial. It does not teach you anything you need to know other than "left click to kill this guy". Its map interface is horrible, the entire early game you do not know where to go. It also doesn't teach you thew "lingo" of the game. I guess if you have played the other Fallout games you might have an idea of what is going on but, if you are a new player to thisThis game has a horrible tutorial. It does not teach you anything you need to know other than "left click to kill this guy". Its map interface is horrible, the entire early game you do not know where to go. It also doesn't teach you thew "lingo" of the game. I guess if you have played the other Fallout games you might have an idea of what is going on but, if you are a new player to this game then you are SOL. You cannot track non quest point which is ridiculous, you are basically forced to play the story mode unless you stumble upon the place. There is also no explanation on what items do or what their acronyms mean. If you are a Fallout fan than this game is probably good for you. As a newcomer, seeing this game makes me not want to play the game from this version.… Expand
  17. Sizzler1987
    Sep 16, 2020
    1
    A truly disappointing game. As hyped up as many people made it seem it certainly did not live up to its “legacy”. You start off in a bland and boring world, with a color pallet reminded me of post-hangover piss. The entire game is like this unfortunately.

    Not a single character has more than 1 character trait. One dimensional and flat every character could be summed up with a single    A truly disappointing game. As hyped up as many people made it seem it certainly did not live up to its “legacy”. You start off in a bland and boring world, with a color pallet reminded me of post-hangover piss. The entire game is like this unfortunately.

    Not a single character has more than 1 character trait. One dimensional and flat every character could be summed up with a single sentence. Their motivations are straightforward at best, cliche at worst. The story is boring and fails to get your attention. It is a story you can easily tell was made by people who did not care about what they were making akin to the Minions movie or the Emoji movie. People who needed a story and undoubtedly wrote it in an afternoon. The studio needed a story rather than someone having a story to tell.

    So if not for the story, what reason is there to play? That’s a question I sought to answer and failed. The fighting is bland and unserviceable. The enemies rarely respond to their environment instead opting to either stand as idle sims with their rifles or run to you shooting you until either you or them run out of health.

    So if not for the gunplay or the story what’s the reason to play? Well considering those are the only things in the game that were given any attention, there’s really nothing to do. This game is easily the greatest disappointment in gaming. I genuinely had a better time with fallout 76 and Tactics. Do yourself a favor and just read the story summary on Wikipedia. I’ll genuinely say that would at least be more enjoyable as you wouldn’t have had to waste time on this godforsaken game.    … Expand
  18. dioxide
    Jun 30, 2021
    0
    Horrible the story was complex the combat was cringe and the RPG mechanics were lacking overall don't buy!
  19. kotay
    Nov 12, 2010
    4
    I loved fallout 3, but new vegas just seems old, dated, slow and boring. It is pretty much the same game just worse, or maybes fallout 3 wasn't really that good after all and when i was playing it i had nothing better to do. I don't know, all I know is this game is boring, I played it for a week then had no desire to play again. Such a shame.
  20. carnivorCactae
    Jan 12, 2014
    3
    Oh pib-boy. What a mess in gameplay and story-telling.

    Invisible walls everywhere, artificial placed rocks and unclimbable "mountains" followed by places that are bigger than an airport but filled with pure nothing. I loved Fallout 3! Although it had its flaws (dated graphics, bugs and way too easy), it was a milestone in gaming (and for all the Fallout-Fans) and the instinct to    Oh pib-boy. What a mess in gameplay and story-telling.

    Invisible walls everywhere, artificial placed rocks and unclimbable "mountains" followed by places that are bigger than an airport but filled with pure nothing.

    I loved Fallout 3! Although it had its flaws (dated graphics, bugs and way too easy), it was a milestone in gaming (and for all the Fallout-Fans) and the instinct to discover and scavenge a large world!

    But somehow Fallout new Vegas managed to feel so dry and empty like beeing stranded in a desert. You will encounter so few gunfights, that you'll wish you could just raid camps and all the enemy stations.
    But you can't.
    I was asking myself all the time:
    "Why the hell am I scavenging all that ammunition and bottlecaps when there are so few enemies you can pump full of led?"

    After 10 hours of time-consuming navigation I caught myself trying to rush through the story, only for the hope of some big scale battles. But after at least 25 Hours arriving and leaving Vegas I gave up.

    Prepare to spent more time walking, and walking and walking instead of meeting interesting places or people.

    Don't get me wrong: You CAN find at least 3 interesting places. They will suck you in with a dark and spooky atmosphere. I won't spoil it, but New Vegas isn't one of them.
    Neither is it a surprise you'll arrive there nor is it a really spectacular place.
    Most People there will tell you some generic gibberish and the quests in there are so ... meaningless.

    Most of the Quests are annoying chores that let you scout empty places for hours only to find out that at least one skill is insufficient to complete it (mostly your speech-skill!).

    Then there are so many illogical design-flaws that pop up randomly and destroy all imersion.
    -Many doors that are just painted textures and can't be opened.
    -The flaw in stealing from bad guys (why does the game randomly punish my karma when I rob the psycho bad guys?!).
    - you meet some high-ranked guys for the faction you work, but they don't have any quest to give you!
    - You don't have any impact on the lazy written "War" of the different factions!
    Noone will say any word to you beside their random gibberish!
    - doors and gates that are closed until you progress the main"story", or more: Keep yourself squeezing the path the game has chosen for you.

    This game only left wasted 40 hours and a sore forehead from all the facepalming.

    This may be an overused sentence in rating games, but this feels really like an overpriced DLC or even mod for Fallout 3.
    Don't buy it and wait for Fallout 4!    … Expand
  21. Dikano
    Nov 28, 2010
    2
    A shame. New Vegas would have been great, but it's ridiculously buggy. Clearly a game rushed out way too soon. I've no idea how it got an average of 86 with such glaring lack of polish and a battery of game breaking bugs. Only worth buying on a discount AND once the game has been sufficiently patched.
  22. JohnR
    Oct 28, 2010
    3
    Bugs galore. Very last gen graphics. Animated characters walking in thin air. How about a decent auto save system? Nope. Random game crashes on high end PC 's that run any game easily? Yep. How does this thing score more highly than Kane and Lynch, which was slammed by many critics. If I had to choose between the 2 games, K&L would win hands down. Do not believe all the hype. This game isBugs galore. Very last gen graphics. Animated characters walking in thin air. How about a decent auto save system? Nope. Random game crashes on high end PC 's that run any game easily? Yep. How does this thing score more highly than Kane and Lynch, which was slammed by many critics. If I had to choose between the 2 games, K&L would win hands down. Do not believe all the hype. This game is mediocre, and that is being generous.… Expand
  23. madisonjacka
    Mar 10, 2011
    4
    Not worth a complete playthrough, too much brown, exactly the same as FO:3 only a rehash

    I never finished this game because I didnt feel like it was worth it, and for the couple of hours I did play, it wasn't really fun

    FO:3 had an amazing beginning, and being unleashed into the world like that really made that game stand out

    FO:NV attempts to copy that with failed results
  24. DietSalem
    Mar 15, 2012
    0
    Honestly, it deserves a 0. It's not playable. We preordered the game and picked it up that day. Brought it home and what happens? Can't even play it. Fallout 3 was buggy. Yes, very buggy. But at it's core it was still an enjoyable game. New Vegas was so buggy we never even got past the first mission. We couldn't. Game would freeze, crash, everything. I've heard friends say that the Ps3Honestly, it deserves a 0. It's not playable. We preordered the game and picked it up that day. Brought it home and what happens? Can't even play it. Fallout 3 was buggy. Yes, very buggy. But at it's core it was still an enjoyable game. New Vegas was so buggy we never even got past the first mission. We couldn't. Game would freeze, crash, everything. I've heard friends say that the Ps3 version was less buggy than the 360 version (which goes against reports I heard otherwise) but still, it's unplayable and for that reason it gets a 0.… Expand
  25. desertrunning
    Oct 29, 2020
    0
    I Finally Played This Game After 10 Years Since It's Release!


    And The Game really Sucks. The map Is empty and boring. The Gameplay Just Same as Fo3 but with iron Sights. Story is terrible and characters was Forgettable. At Least I Played it for free! he he he he.
  26. Yabs
    Feb 13, 2019
    4
    Reviewed Feb. 2019.

    I almost finished New Vegas and gave up: Having completed Fallout 3 years ago. I thought I'd play New Vegas before playing Fallout 4. I'll compare New Vegas to Fallout 3. The low score (< 6)) is reflective of the bugs that are present, seemingly irreparable. (running Windows 10). Pros: -More thrilling plot: (revenge) -Better side quests. -More beautiful and    Reviewed Feb. 2019.

    I almost finished New Vegas and gave up: Having completed Fallout 3 years ago. I thought I'd play New Vegas before playing Fallout 4. I'll compare New Vegas to Fallout 3. The low score (< 6)) is reflective of the bugs that are present, seemingly irreparable. (running Windows 10).

    Pros:
    -More thrilling plot: (revenge)
    -Better side quests.
    -More beautiful and less restrictive environment (sandbox- literally the desert).

    Cons:
    -Buggy and choppy as can be.
    -Poor ass inventory management. OMG it is awful. There is too much crap to carry. the player is not left with much sense of what is useful to keep with them.
    -Some armored enemies are bullet / laser / grenade sponges. It takes too long to defeat such enemy AI even while targeting the models head.
    -Only the combat perks are useful. Just forget all builds except the combat intensive builds. No use for the survivalist where the desert is just still punishing. (dehydration and not way around it)
    -Poor main plot quest narrative. Player rarely experiences the primary plot throughout the game.
    -All the mods that are available and I cannot get a single one to function without crashing the game. I've gone through all the directions to install and they all bug the game out to where it crashes (steam version).    … Expand
  27. Manucci555
    Aug 18, 2023
    2
    The writing in essence is a metaphor for the post American world, but that's about all that's good about the game. It plays identically to Fallout 3 with strange npc's spread out throughout the wasteland to interact with. Even though people will say the writing is "brilliant" someone wisely pointed out to me once that the entire story comes off as a bit odd.

    There are guys running    The writing in essence is a metaphor for the post American world, but that's about all that's good about the game. It plays identically to Fallout 3 with strange npc's spread out throughout the wasteland to interact with. Even though people will say the writing is "brilliant" someone wisely pointed out to me once that the entire story comes off as a bit odd.

    There are guys running around dressing up as ancient Roman's wielding assault carbines and a group of Elvis impersonators in the year 2281 who rule the outskirts of Las Vegas. I was a monkey once who couldn't see the humor in this, but someone pointed out to me how funny and ridiculous the writing of New Vegas can get.    … Expand
  28. Vixremento
    Oct 28, 2010
    1
    This game started well...but since I'm unable to play further I can not rate it higher than 1. Did they even have a QA department? I refuse to believe that this game is "so big that it's impossible to properly test it" excuse given by them. I accepted that it was almost like playing a mod in Fallout 3 (really the graphics are almost identical) but the fact that it stopped working after 14This game started well...but since I'm unable to play further I can not rate it higher than 1. Did they even have a QA department? I refuse to believe that this game is "so big that it's impossible to properly test it" excuse given by them. I accepted that it was almost like playing a mod in Fallout 3 (really the graphics are almost identical) but the fact that it stopped working after 14 hours of gameplay (my last four save games refuse to load)...now the only option I have is to lose several hours (4+) of gameplay (which means redo the last four hours of scavening, killing, etc.).

    I've patched, tweaked, etc. and I just can't get those save games to load again (the backups also don't work)...if I'd know this before I could probably have just replayed the same bits over again instead of trying to fix it but now I'm afraid to commit any more time to this with the same problem repeating itself later on. Quite frankly I'm going to try and get my money back for this bug infested excuse of a release.    … Expand
  29. ikatomas
    Oct 27, 2010
    2
    I'm giving this a 2. FO:NV feels like Elder Scrolls ported into Fallout 3 and given a slap of user forum content feedback veneer and released while in beta.

    A piss poor PC port using a dated engine, bringing nothing new to the table; FTW example of how to milk a franchise without improving the game. If you MUST buy it, expect bugs, crashes, graphic instabilities galore.
  30. a_big_favor
    Jul 28, 2013
    2
    So many bugs! It's kind of fun but apparently it is common to get MORE BUGS as you get further in the game, as in STOP, CRASH! I like several dialogue heavy games but I can only bother to listen to a handful of these people. They have two actors I recognize from Star Trek which was fun but I realized then that the good actors refer to the leader of the legion as "K-EYE-ZAR" and V.O. theySo many bugs! It's kind of fun but apparently it is common to get MORE BUGS as you get further in the game, as in STOP, CRASH! I like several dialogue heavy games but I can only bother to listen to a handful of these people. They have two actors I recognize from Star Trek which was fun but I realized then that the good actors refer to the leader of the legion as "K-EYE-ZAR" and V.O. they don't care about refer to the legion leader as "CEE-SER".
    Gameplay is fun but the controls could have been MUCH better. Managing stats, inventory, and quests is harder than it needs to be. Tutorial is terrible with little explanation.
    Did I mention buggy?    … Expand
  31. InternetHydra
    Jan 6, 2014
    4
    I’ve played and replayed this game many many times. I keep coming back to it purely because people keep raving about it, and I keep thinking, based on that, that there has to be something I’m missing. There has to be some quality in it I’m just not getting. Now I think I can safely judge why people go out of their way to claim that it’s good: They WANT it to be good. They can see that thisI’ve played and replayed this game many many times. I keep coming back to it purely because people keep raving about it, and I keep thinking, based on that, that there has to be something I’m missing. There has to be some quality in it I’m just not getting. Now I think I can safely judge why people go out of their way to claim that it’s good: They WANT it to be good. They can see that this is the shell of a great game. But that is the big problem. It’s just a shell, hollow inside when you look inside.

    New Vegas is a complete developmental screwup. Everything that is important to the primary/important content, the factions and New Vegas and the plot, was stupidly deprioritized in favor of stuffing the game with frivolous irrelevant sidequests. It’s hard to process just how bad the content prioritization and presentation is. The making of easily cut content like the Boomers, Thorn, Jacobstown, rocket ghouls, etc, came at the cost of desperately needed faction quests and fleshing out. The entire main questline is padded with these sidequests to stretch it out, only ending up emphasizing how little you connect or get involved with the character and the factions. The Faction “system” is really just deciding which questgiver you want to receive your nearly identical selection of mandatory sidequests from. The reputation system is basically pointless, rarely amounting to anything other then NPC banter.

    People claim the writing is great, I found it dull and uninspired. The dialogue options are bland and soulless, clearly designed for a blank slate character and not one with actual personality. NPC quality varys greatly but tend to suffer from directionless voice acting. I’ve heard characters talk about their squadmates being raped in the same tone they use to complain about patrolling the Mojave. Not even kidding. The writing in the DLCs is pretty weak to boot, with Old World Blues actually being surprisingly involving and funny to boot while Lonesome Road may have the most incompetent, full of crap, and definitionally pretentious writing I’ve even seen in a RPG, outside of a Mass Effect sequel. Pains me to think one of Planescape:Torment’s writers was involved in that dreck.

    The world map is awfully designed, offering no incentive to explore what is ultimately a linear doughnut dotted with invisible walls, uninteresting and unrewarding locations, NO random encounters, and amateurly placed blatant progression Many things that worked fine in the previous game, like the radio and VATS, were and still are broken and glitchy. While I liked how there were more skill/stat checks, most of the other added features like ammo types (which were bugged at launch. Pretty sure they were bugged in the first two Fallouts too. How do you not learn how to program that in twenty years?) are easily forgotten. And I don’t think I need to bring out how buggy it is. Suffice to say the public had made it clear that it is utter unacceptable to ship a game with this amount of game-breaking and save-wiping glitches.

    The sad thing is that it’s clear that this game could have been good, even great, if it had been developed properly. And it’s even sadder that people feel the need to overrate it based on the standard of games this developer made twenty years ago, or worse based on what the game COULD have been like rather then what it IS. It doesn’t hold up to other RPGs. It doesn’t even hold up to other Obsidian games. New Vegas is, sadly, a weak unfulfilling game and a weak unfulfilling RPG.    … Expand
  32. Julstar
    Feb 25, 2014
    4
    Despite my bad score I had fun playing it! See, on the one side there are the brilliant story, the atmospheric setting and good dialogues. And then there are the completely bad engine, the not smooth gameplay and the same bugs from it's predecessor Fallout 3.

    It just annoys me that the developers obviously haven't spent a single thought on how to correct the faults of Fallout 3! They    Despite my bad score I had fun playing it! See, on the one side there are the brilliant story, the atmospheric setting and good dialogues. And then there are the completely bad engine, the not smooth gameplay and the same bugs from it's predecessor Fallout 3.

    It just annoys me that the developers obviously haven't spent a single thought on how to correct the faults of Fallout 3! They wrote a new story and built a new world(which I liked!) but the fact that the bad gameplay and bad controls in my opinion took a lot of atmosphere from both games. There are just a lot of things about the game that completely don't make sense and which Bethesda could easily have solved!    … Expand
  33. Moensgrl1
    May 25, 2014
    4
    Don't get me wrong Fallout New Vegas had lots of potential and was a good play when I didn't have to worry about the mountains that seemed almost impossible to climb thanks again bethseda thought you learned your lesson about that one with Skyrim. Creatures that back to the same place after you wiped all of them out. And the waste of perfectly good data for thing like unessecary perks likeDon't get me wrong Fallout New Vegas had lots of potential and was a good play when I didn't have to worry about the mountains that seemed almost impossible to climb thanks again bethseda thought you learned your lesson about that one with Skyrim. Creatures that back to the same place after you wiped all of them out. And the waste of perfectly good data for thing like unessecary perks like Confident Bachelor. Why must you wait til level 20 to get the perk to fill your map? I hated the repair idea serously my repair was 100 and still needed to sacrifice one item to repair another of the same type of item.… Expand
  34. SwedishReview
    Aug 9, 2013
    4
    Fallout 3 did a much better job on this althought it's worth some free time if you are bored and want to waste your life.
    I give this game a bad rating. waste of time
  35. dkurjery
    Jul 10, 2014
    0
    A broken and crappy console port. The game's UI is especially designed for console, with no shortcut key to quickly access various info. panel and weapon switching. Player have to do a lot of navigation before they can either use item, repair equipment, check map and the quest logs.

    Also, the game is extremely buggy. Calling out the map too frequently may result in a black screen of    A broken and crappy console port. The game's UI is especially designed for console, with no shortcut key to quickly access various info. panel and weapon switching. Player have to do a lot of navigation before they can either use item, repair equipment, check map and the quest logs.

    Also, the game is extremely buggy. Calling out the map too frequently may result in a black screen of crash. Loading to a new map can also cause random crash. The scripted events are the worse I have seen in the life, a crash can even occur when a NPC is supposed to leave the building by script.

    This game is indeed an elder scroll with fallout theme, with an extremely large map including lots of waste land, which serves no value to either plot or adventure. The game is made just like a survival game rather than the good old epic classic RPG game, completely deviating from the ideas of Fallout.

    Simply copying the VATS from a tactical game to a FPS game won't work. It is just plain boring when using that ability in FPS, slowing down the pace too much.

    At last, some more polishing should be done to the UI. No one wants to watch an inventory item menu flooded with words only, even Fallout 1 and 2 have icons associated with the items. What a great mess and disaster to look at the menu when you have lots of items.    … Expand
  36. Budget_Security
    Dec 21, 2014
    4
    I wanted to like this game (with its supposed focus on freedom and interesting characters), but could not.
    It felt very dated, and there were too many immersion breaking flaws and bugs. In terms of graphics, level design, and animations, this feels like a game from 2005 (to a lesser extent also true for TES:Oblivion, but it certainly bothered me less there).
    The main quest offers good    I wanted to like this game (with its supposed focus on freedom and interesting characters), but could not.
    It felt very dated, and there were too many immersion breaking flaws and bugs. In terms of graphics, level design, and animations, this feels like a game from 2005 (to a lesser extent also true for TES:Oblivion, but it certainly bothered me less there).
    The main quest offers good freedom of choice, but otherwise quests are mostly quantity over quality – a hallmark of Bethesda. Some of the characters were entertaining though, and voice acting is fairly good. Character leveling and perks are also quite well done.
    The interface looks cool but is a total pain to use. There are no keyboard hotkeys, which means switching weapons or healing requires browsing through the full menu each time!
    Combat feels unbalanced (Oblivion and Skyrim were slightly better here) ranging from ok to frustratingly tedious or difficult. The difficulty of various foes often does not match with the expectations the game lore may give you. Enemies run around without any movement inertia making them frustratingly difficult to aim at. Hitbox detection is not great, and your bullets are often blocked by invisible walls if they pass near geometry. I also had lots of enemies get stuck behind geometry, with only legs clipping through the wall. Worst of all, at one point, my gun would not fire bullets – I would hear and see the gun fire, and the ammo counter would work, but no bullets – I got eaten alive, both ingame and in terms of frustration.
    The mod experience was bad: I could not get most mods to work despite following all instructions etc. The mod scene may be vibrant, but it is still a total mess. It lacks curatorial refinement and there are no “1-click install” total-overhaul supermods (like the “complete” mod series for the Stalker games).

    Buried underneath all the flaws is a good game, and you might find it, but I gave up after days of digging.    … Expand
  37. Dremord
    Aug 16, 2012
    4
    It had great potential, it really did. But, if you don't like grey, cold vaults and an endless dusty Nevada - this game is not for you. The quests get boring after a while, it mainly seems like the same thing. Had nothing that The Elder Scrolls series had. I'll be honest, The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994) was a better game than this.
  38. CazTheCreator
    Nov 30, 2014
    4
    Apart from a slight graphical update, and the person writing the code for this port wasn't sniffing from a bucket of cocaine, there isn't really anything that was really improved from the console versions. The loading time is still ridiculous, and the game still has that "lifeless" feel to it. The only thing that was improved here was the bugs. don't get me wrong, there is still way toApart from a slight graphical update, and the person writing the code for this port wasn't sniffing from a bucket of cocaine, there isn't really anything that was really improved from the console versions. The loading time is still ridiculous, and the game still has that "lifeless" feel to it. The only thing that was improved here was the bugs. don't get me wrong, there is still way to many for this to be considered a "finished game" but the crashes and most of the quest bugs are gone. The only reason i gave this a 4 instead of a 2 is because of the amazing modding community. They make Bethesda games what they are. Unless you can get this for under 10 dollars (which is possible on steam) I would not recommend it. Play Fallout 3 instead.… Expand
  39. Levethian
    Oct 29, 2010
    0
    I had heard that there was some alleged improvement in the writing department. This is occasionally evident, but the plot-lines are banal and the NPC's are still robotic and stilted, demonstrated by their oft inconsistent and unlikely behaviour that makes it difficult to become immersed. The best bits still comprise wasteland-wandering, and the hardcore mode is a curious addition. However,I had heard that there was some alleged improvement in the writing department. This is occasionally evident, but the plot-lines are banal and the NPC's are still robotic and stilted, demonstrated by their oft inconsistent and unlikely behaviour that makes it difficult to become immersed. The best bits still comprise wasteland-wandering, and the hardcore mode is a curious addition. However, the Gamebryo engine is beginning to feel dated; It usually looks fine, but loading screens between doorways, the limited NPC population and the lack of views to underpin context add to a collective impression of unreality. Since NV uses the same graphics as FO3, it surprised me that NV shuns years of modding and DLC content by making this a 'new game', when it should have been implemented as a full expansion; Our FO3 character could easily have been asked to courier the Chip from, say, Rivet City to New Vegas and found ourselves confronted with Benny, allowing for a seamless merge. For those of us who have tweaked FO3 to our liking since '08, being dragged back to a 'Vanilla' world is a stark reminder of the flaws that mods have fixed (unless you are a console-gamer). I could have excused the game for occasional crashes and glitches, and I understand that the emphasis is now on the console-market, but the trigger that turned my mind from "give it a chance" to "this is dull" was the awful immersion. This was achieved by the inane AI, the primitive patchwork world, the poorly/lazily constructed story & narration, and the implausible architecture. My zero score is for balance. My true score would be 3, for its efforts to add 'Hardcore', improve the implementation of skills when dealing with NPC's, and some other beneficial but superficial improvments. NV's increased linearity irks me slightly as well. I hope ID Software graces Bethesda with a better 3D engine for TES V:Skyrim.… Expand
  40. darkballz_pl
    Feb 28, 2014
    0
    Buggy piece of crapp, for example shots through walls, round a corners, pity damage system, controls, accidental crashes etc. It shouldn't be even called PC version, to be honest, because this isn't PC version. Poor console ports are not automatically PC versions. Lack of PC optimisation is the problem, but some idiots still don't get it. Graphics is a **** joke, looks even worse than theBuggy piece of crapp, for example shots through walls, round a corners, pity damage system, controls, accidental crashes etc. It shouldn't be even called PC version, to be honest, because this isn't PC version. Poor console ports are not automatically PC versions. Lack of PC optimisation is the problem, but some idiots still don't get it. Graphics is a **** joke, looks even worse than the one in Fallout 3. Absolutely horrible, abomination to the first two Fallout games.… Expand
  41. dancinbr
    Mar 5, 2011
    3
    I have always enjoyed games from Bethesda. I have bought many of them. I particularly enjoyed Fallout 3 and I looked forward to Fallout 3 New Vegas.

    I fully anticipated that it would be more of the same as Fallout 3 and adding more quests, adventures , etc. What I did NOT expect is this new requirement to be part of the Steam community and that I am now dependent on them for updates,    I have always enjoyed games from Bethesda. I have bought many of them. I particularly enjoyed Fallout 3 and I looked forward to Fallout 3 New Vegas.

    I fully anticipated that it would be more of the same as Fallout 3 and adding more quests, adventures , etc.

    What I did NOT expect is this new requirement to be part of the Steam community and that I am now dependent on them for updates, etc., especially since I am experiencing so many issues with this game for difficulty in starting up to my most recent problem of the game NOW not recognizing keyboard.

    I checked around and there are a few other players also experiencing this problem. This bug makes the game unplayable until such time as someone gets around to fixing this problem and quickly.

    So I give it a low rating, not because I don't enjoy the game, but because I cannot play it until it is fixed. I have never had this experience on any game that I purchased.    … Expand
  42. Highwind_Hiatus
    Nov 14, 2011
    3
    Its fallout 3 2: Electric Boogaloo. With an even less deep storyline (Holy **** that's possible), and the setting is worse. It's a wasteland of a wasteland. Yo dawg..
  43. veraceszk
    Apr 6, 2012
    0
    Bethesda lives up to their reputation for bugs in this one (especially). It's so buggy that it won't even launch on my DX11 system with an i7. I've checked every single fix they've listed online, and nothing has helped; I've even updated my drivers. It opens, and then immediately crashes, and I'm not the only one with this problem. 0/10.
  44. Andresitooo
    Jun 5, 2014
    3
    OK so i played this pretty far in, was in process of trying to take over New Vegas. I Played fallout 3 and loved it i think i beat it 2 times if i remember right. I tried to play New Vegas and didn't feel the same. Just felt that the world was to big and empty. 75 percent of the game is spent running from one place to another with very little to do or fight in between. It was just plainOK so i played this pretty far in, was in process of trying to take over New Vegas. I Played fallout 3 and loved it i think i beat it 2 times if i remember right. I tried to play New Vegas and didn't feel the same. Just felt that the world was to big and empty. 75 percent of the game is spent running from one place to another with very little to do or fight in between. It was just plain boring felt rushed. Combat was improved but seems there is less in New Vegas and doesn't have that mysterious feel when i got to a new area. I felt forced to keep playing just to see if it got better but finally gave up.… Expand
  45. Hodd_Toward
    Nov 18, 2019
    0
    What a game guys, and I can honestly say that in an incredibly negative way. I had a terrible time in this asset flipped screed of a game. For anyone not inclined to read further (and I know that unlike me, Vodd Lowhard, many aren't brave enough to take a view like this), Fallout New Vegas sucks. It takes everything good about Fallout 3 (and I might have said Fallout 4, Fallout 76 andWhat a game guys, and I can honestly say that in an incredibly negative way. I had a terrible time in this asset flipped screed of a game. For anyone not inclined to read further (and I know that unlike me, Vodd Lowhard, many aren't brave enough to take a view like this), Fallout New Vegas sucks. It takes everything good about Fallout 3 (and I might have said Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Skyrim, which is worth buying on the Nintendo 3DS when it comes out in Q3 2020, if Fallout New Vegas hadn't come out before them). Herein outlines why:

    1) The engine is terrible. When Bethesda, run by the genius Todd Howard (who is not me, Rod Saward) came up with the engine for their games in 1467, they had a purpose in mind. A goal. A vision. Something that was achieved, and then iterated upon again and again, to utter perfection. However, we, and by we, I mean us the public, and definitely not Todd Howard and his epic team of great people who are all the best at programming, realised the fact that it wouldn't last, so we updated it. The team that developed Fallout New Vegas and that awful looking new "Spouter Morlds" game (I think it's called that?) apparently didn't get the memo, and didn't update the engine or even bother to write a new engine from scratch. Pathetic. However, there is still value in older games, such as Skyrim, coming to PS Vita Q2 2021.

    2) The story. I'm sorry, but if I was invested in the confusingly boring type of story that Fallout New Vegas has decided to tell, I would go and read an intellectually heavyweight book like Charlie and the chocolate factory. Unfortunately, they've decided to jam something of that length into a game where it really doesn't belong, and you can really feel it with how jarring the number of dialogue options is in the conversations. A good example of dialogue in a game would be Skyrim (which I hear is coming to Stadia Q4 2024) or Fallout 4. A simple 4 options. Easy to understand. Perfect to play, so what if it "lacks complexity" or "is for babies". If I were Todd Howard, (and I am not, for I am Codd Mallard) I would be deeply upset by such a misunderstanding of my games. Good on him for being such a trooper and good developer

    3) The variety of weapons. There was absolutely no need for the 8 million and 4 available weapons in game (I counted them all myself). Why have different things when you could have a great system like in fallout 4, where everything follows a theme and looks lovely and in place. Why couldn't they have done that? Or Skyrim for another example. If Skyrim had had the insane number of weapons as New Vegas- the sheer bonkers number, we would not have been able to fit it into a UMD disc, exclusively for the PSP E1000 street model 2037 Q2.

    In summary. It's just not great. I couldn't give it higher than a 0, not without compromising my integrity as a fan of good, fun, enjoyable games. Play it if you want, but honestly, you'd be better off with Skyrim, which I've heard is coming to Blackberry OS devices Q1 2021, or better yet, Fallout 76.    … Expand
  46. slic
    Aug 3, 2013
    4
    Fallout 3 is clearly a superior game to this sh*t. Can't believe Bethesda would make this kind of game.
    I was really disappointed, a complete waste of money.
  47. Krepost
    May 7, 2012
    4
    Remember fallout tree when the surrounding environment was interesting to explore? That's gone. The game is a series of hubs with enemies. The guns are cool, yeah, and some of the game mechanics have been refined, but there is no improvement. The story is pretty cool. There are so many bugs in the release edition that the game was unplayable to me. Fallout three was my favourite game ofRemember fallout tree when the surrounding environment was interesting to explore? That's gone. The game is a series of hubs with enemies. The guns are cool, yeah, and some of the game mechanics have been refined, but there is no improvement. The story is pretty cool. There are so many bugs in the release edition that the game was unplayable to me. Fallout three was my favourite game of all time, so my high expectations may have led me in to a massive let-down. Be careful of bugs (even more numerous than FO3) and boring walking.… Expand
  48. Comradephate
    Feb 10, 2011
    1
    This would be a 9/10 game if it was playable. It has a lot going for it - for one thing, the writing is infinitely better than FO3. It's an interesting story, and a lot of fun... in theory. Even after a few patches, the game is completely unplayable. I beat the game soon after it came out, and put it up. I just got it back out to work on trophies, and within 20 minutes it has frozenThis would be a 9/10 game if it was playable. It has a lot going for it - for one thing, the writing is infinitely better than FO3. It's an interesting story, and a lot of fun... in theory. Even after a few patches, the game is completely unplayable. I beat the game soon after it came out, and put it up. I just got it back out to work on trophies, and within 20 minutes it has frozen twice, and a companion has gone hostile on me and is now out of the game forever, for no apparent reason. This isn't even a beta release. This is a really **** alpha release, from a company that should know better. Extremely disappointed.… Expand
  49. Turd_Furgeson
    Dec 30, 2011
    2
    This game is nothing more than an over priced expansion of Fallout 3. The gameplay and graphics are exactly the same, and while there are new weapons, the most useful are the weapons also found in Fallout 3.
  50. jugger_dk
    Oct 11, 2015
    2
    SRY but this is what I can spring after playing about 5% of the game. If you succeed to get any further the score might be too low.

    Simply loved Fallout 3 - was so immersed. Same thing with New Vegas - however, when walking south from the initial town, NV stops working, and throws me to the desktop. ... and my savegames can not be loaded anymore - hence the low score.    SRY but this is what I can spring after playing about 5% of the game. If you succeed to get any further the score might be too low.

    Simply loved Fallout 3 - was so immersed.

    Same thing with New Vegas - however, when walking south from the initial town, NV stops working, and throws me to the desktop.

    ... and my savegames can not be loaded anymore - hence the low score. Uninstalling.

    Hoping Fallout 4 is a bit more stable.    … Expand
  51. nickstormm
    Apr 4, 2020
    4
    The game genuinely looks terrible for the year it was created in. Mods are required to make it an ok experience but otherwise its pretty bad. The story and locations are well written and it adds a lot to the lore, but the gameplay, guns and combat all feels really clunky.
  52. Jester2372
    Jul 29, 2012
    1
    This is the first FALL OUT game I have played and I want my 1.5 hours back. WOW is all I can say. This is the most annoying game I have ever played. Slow, boring, horrible graphics, very slow, annoying and a waste of time and money. Luckily I only paid $8 for it. WAY TOO MUCH! How can anyone rate this high? Apparently those who do have very low expectations and are easily amused.This is the first FALL OUT game I have played and I want my 1.5 hours back. WOW is all I can say. This is the most annoying game I have ever played. Slow, boring, horrible graphics, very slow, annoying and a waste of time and money. Luckily I only paid $8 for it. WAY TOO MUCH! How can anyone rate this high? Apparently those who do have very low expectations and are easily amused. Anyone and I mean anyone who likes this game is either retarded or been in prison the past 25 years and does not know any better.… Expand
  53. ccrogers15
    Nov 17, 2011
    3
    for what was a very creative and fun game series, fallout NV and 3 set an all time low. Sure, fallout 3 and NV pulled the series to 3d and open, and i admit it was kind of fun, but that fun was ruined by the major bugs, freezes, glitches and crashes i experienced on my copy. it happened on my PC,ps3 and 360 copies so its not my system. This is a very crap game that does not deserve afor what was a very creative and fun game series, fallout NV and 3 set an all time low. Sure, fallout 3 and NV pulled the series to 3d and open, and i admit it was kind of fun, but that fun was ruined by the major bugs, freezes, glitches and crashes i experienced on my copy. it happened on my PC,ps3 and 360 copies so its not my system. This is a very crap game that does not deserve a sequel. If 4 gets made, it must not be developed by obsidian and not use that crap gamebryo engine. I cant even tell you how bad the DLC makes it. Its unplayable after 3 hours gameplay. its like it purposly freezes to tick you off!… Expand
  54. Ghoster
    Jul 23, 2012
    0
    Probably most boring game ever. If we put aside graphics from around 1997. this game is still boring. To play that you don't need any shooting skills at all. If you want a lot of playing hours just to walk and talk around you buy this game.
  55. theNILE
    Dec 8, 2011
    3
    If you liked Fallout 3, you'll probably like New Vegas, it's very similar but honestly the ridiculous bugs (mostly introduced by the patches) caused me much annoyance, there were some common bugs which were never solved. The game was felt a bit more compact than Fallout 3 although shorter. I honestly think the game is good but I can't give it a good score because of the outrageousIf you liked Fallout 3, you'll probably like New Vegas, it's very similar but honestly the ridiculous bugs (mostly introduced by the patches) caused me much annoyance, there were some common bugs which were never solved. The game was felt a bit more compact than Fallout 3 although shorter. I honestly think the game is good but I can't give it a good score because of the outrageous development and updates.… Expand
  56. ehvo
    Jun 15, 2011
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game until you come to find that the game doesn't end as Fallout 3 with the DLCs, where you could continue playing the same player after you finish the main game. I really don't get this from the developers, it's just lazy and ridiculous. If you want to play any DLC you have to load a previous save file as if you have never finished the game. Freaking stupid.… Expand
  57. Mr5306
    Jul 14, 2011
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you like broken betas and no support from a team that is to busy making DLC to fix the problems with this pile of "bugs", them it is a must have! And do not think that is expansion pack for fallout 3 innovates in any way from its great predecessor. Don´t waste your time and money on this, wait for Deus EX: HR instead.… Expand
  58. Captain_Awesome
    Apr 16, 2011
    0
    Fallout 3. It brings back so many good memories of the Capital Wasteland, of heroism and sacrifice, of a amazingly deep and beautiful world. Needless to say, I pre ordered New Vegas as soon as I could. Worst choice I ever made. I dropped 65$ on this peice of garbage. I gave up after 12 hours of bugs. It literally does not run for me. I was hoping patches would fix the game breaking issues,Fallout 3. It brings back so many good memories of the Capital Wasteland, of heroism and sacrifice, of a amazingly deep and beautiful world. Needless to say, I pre ordered New Vegas as soon as I could. Worst choice I ever made. I dropped 65$ on this peice of garbage. I gave up after 12 hours of bugs. It literally does not run for me. I was hoping patches would fix the game breaking issues, but instead, they made a DLC instead of fixing the game. I wasted 65$ on a alpha project that will never get updated. It looked like it had potential to be fun, but failed to live up. The weapons looked cool, but since they didn't make any noise... NPCs are bugged, landmine knock you down, and even if you don't die your stuck on the ground until you reload a old save or die. Thats just the start. Getting stuck in the planet, ect ect. I will never buy a product from Bethesda until it is in the 20-30$ price range. I'm just so disapointed. This gamehad sooooo much potential but unfortunently, IMHO, the worst game of all time. This coming from a hardcore F03 fan. If you need me, I'll be hanging with three dog.… Expand
  59. hannibalektr
    Aug 9, 2012
    1
    Seems to be complete garbage to me... the graphics are horrible, it's like playing half life 1, that is not exaggerating either. The acting is below par and the game is buggy.. I have an i7 560Ti and 8ghz ram.. on ultra settings this game looks like a big greasy something I just dropped in the toilet.

    Don't believe the other reviews. Fallout 3 wasnt any different. Probably were great    Seems to be complete garbage to me... the graphics are horrible, it's like playing half life 1, that is not exaggerating either. The acting is below par and the game is buggy.. I have an i7 560Ti and 8ghz ram.. on ultra settings this game looks like a big greasy something I just dropped in the toilet.

    Don't believe the other reviews. Fallout 3 wasnt any different. Probably were great games after playing pac man and asteroids though, I don't doubt that.    … Expand
  60. whatever523
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    Low violence version = low score review

    The game wasn't even in danger of being censored or anything, it was just pure laziness on Bethesda's part to avoid the German violence rating process.
  61. voltaire22
    Feb 6, 2012
    0
    Bethesda is now infamous for its laggy, buggy, and glitchy games. Fallout: New Vegas is no exception and continues in the proud tradition of making a mockery of customers by charging $60 for a broken piece of plastic garbage.

    Now, is it fun? I suppose it is some fun in the traditional fallout sense. Admittedly most bugs, glitches, and lags aren't quite game-breakers. However, the    Bethesda is now infamous for its laggy, buggy, and glitchy games. Fallout: New Vegas is no exception and continues in the proud tradition of making a mockery of customers by charging $60 for a broken piece of plastic garbage.

    Now, is it fun? I suppose it is some fun in the traditional fallout sense.

    Admittedly most bugs, glitches, and lags aren't quite game-breakers. However, the save-game file sizes and the constant need to turn the PS3 on and off just isn't worth the hassle.

    Will Bethesda ever patch up the thing, though? I doubt it. One needs only take a look at Bethesda's record of shoddy patching.

    Bethesda's quality control borders on the criminal.

    Now, I know people vary wildly in personal opinion and expectations of the game, but the fact that this piece of garbage got 7.9 is nothing less than a conspiracy on the part of critics and if not, Bethesda lied to EVERYONE.    … Expand
  62. EvilTerrorizer
    Mar 10, 2015
    3
    Basically the same game as Fallout 3. I mean even the computer part was the same... cmon! If you play this game longer than 30 hours it is because you're bored and trying to get your money's worth...
  63. Coldest13
    Jun 13, 2016
    3
    6 años después de su lanzamiento, Fallout NV sigue siendo un juego lleno de bugs, no quiero ni pensar en cómo estaría esto recién salido del horno.

    Bugs en las misiones que impiden continuarlas, bugs que te atascan contra el escenario, bugs en el VATS, bugs en las físicas... la lista no tiene fin. El menú se controla como si estuvieras borracho, gracias a la maravillosa aceleración    6 años después de su lanzamiento, Fallout NV sigue siendo un juego lleno de bugs, no quiero ni pensar en cómo estaría esto recién salido del horno.

    Bugs en las misiones que impiden continuarlas, bugs que te atascan contra el escenario, bugs en el VATS, bugs en las físicas... la lista no tiene fin.

    El menú se controla como si estuvieras borracho, gracias a la maravillosa aceleración del ratón que el juego te fuerza a adoptar, y que solo se puede desactivar con mods o peleándose directamente con los .ini en la carpeta del juego.

    Aparto la vista de todas esas cosas, y me encuentro con un juego que me presenta decisiones morales que podrían ser interesantes, pero que no me aporta ninguna información, y pretende que me decante por una opción o por la otra prácticamente a ciegas.
    Además, parece que los líderes de todas las facciones del juego son gilipollas, con lo que nunca podré estar enteramente de parte de una u otra, simplemente escogeré quién me parece menos subnormal y le ayudaré a él.

    Busco ayuda sobre una misión bugeada y resulta que esa misión puede bugearse de varias formas distintas, así que simplemente buscar en google "Fallout New Vegas [Nombre_misión] bug" no es suficiente para encontrar lo que busco, ya que me encontraré con sabe dios cuántos posibles bugs. Además, la presencia de bugs es algo tan aceptado en la comunidad que parece ser recomendable ponerse a meter comandos por consola para cambiar la posición de un NPC o el comportamiento del mismo hacia el jugador.

    Me niego a bajar mods, cambiar archivos del juego, meter comandos ingame en consola que pueden estropear todavía más el juego y a hacer todas esas ♥♥♥♥♥♥s para jugar a un juego que no destaca ni en lo jugable ni en lo argumental. Esto es un completo estropicio, esperé 6 años para a ver si lo terminaban y aún así la presentación del juego es propia de una beta.

    Y lo he cogido con buena cara, creedme, un youtuber que parecía entender los fallos del Fallout 3 me recomendó darle una oportunidad a esta entrega, y efectivamente parece que ha corregido ciertos errores, pero madre mía, sigo sin poder digerir esto en su estado actual.

    Nota final: He intentado desde el primer momento no comparar esto en ningún sentido con los Fallouts originales (1 y 2), lo he jugado y posteriormente juzgado como juegos completamente distintos.
    En ningún momento de esta reseñita he hecho ninguna comparación con los originales, porque creedme, si empiezo a hablar de cómo estos títulos recientes no están a la altura de los originales, no termino en la vida. Simplemente entiendo que ya no era justo compararlos desde el minuto 0, y he evitado siempre trazar paralelismos entre ellos.    … Expand
  64. Brey
    Feb 9, 2018
    0
    **** game with save problem that game cannot load it. People have already written about this problem in 2012 or earlier. I will never buy anything from people who have been able to fix something like this for 5 years
  65. nereed678
    May 23, 2019
    0
    Come on, it's new vegas, need I say any more????????????????????????????????
  66. MNCC0210
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    I played this game in 2020. I am a longtime fallout fan and i can say the game is great! It has a very solid story, certainly more compelling and detailed than even fallout 4. Gameplay is great, shoutout to the sound design and the choice of weapons (so glad they included the M1 Garand).

    There are a ton of choices to make that certainly feel difficult and have an impact later in the    I played this game in 2020. I am a longtime fallout fan and i can say the game is great! It has a very solid story, certainly more compelling and detailed than even fallout 4. Gameplay is great, shoutout to the sound design and the choice of weapons (so glad they included the M1 Garand).

    There are a ton of choices to make that certainly feel difficult and have an impact later in the game. In general the flow of the game felt great.

    The downside is that the game is riddled with glitches. Expect to load autosaves often as some quests will break and you will suddenly be stuck in between pixels or in a wall. It was especially annoying to see the last quest of the game glitch, when the tension was high and I was expecting a climax.

    Graphics dont hold out fort this generation but that is to be expected. Even though the mojave desert is immersive, it lacks cool, outstanding places to visit.

    Had a great time playing it!    … Expand
  67. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  68. ILYAZREFERENC
    Mar 23, 2019
    1
    I played over 15 hour and now i can tell u that this the most boring game i have ever played
    Boring quests
    The worst graphics
    And i cannot ran!Just only walk!
  69. LousyFox
    Oct 26, 2019
    1
    Игра очень утомляет, быстро теряет интерес. Проиграл в эту игру около 60 часов, но надоело уже после 20 часов.
  70. hououink
    Oct 21, 2020
    1
    Шлак для не очень умных людей. Стадо схавало кала и попросило добавки. Не забудьте закусить дотой и скайримом
  71. Pixeldeath
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. наконец-то bethesda ,а точнее obsidian entertaiment дали нам фоллаут,в 3д, с блэкджеком и шлю#ами, так ещё и с разнообразными квестами,

    ты например можешь переспасть с тем кто тебя убил и во сне его-же убить. или ты можешь в самом первом квесте не защитить Гудспрингс ,а наоборот подорвать его.

    в общем Игра отличная, хотя есть немного багов, например гекон который застрял в КАМНЕ (его так даже убить нельзя)    … Expand
  72. Dersoli
    Aug 6, 2020
    0
    game with save problem that game cannot load it. People have already written about this problem in 2012 or earlier. I will never buy
  73. pizzalover2788
    Nov 2, 2020
    4
    Tremendamente aburrido, un mundo vacío, hasta feo, sin gracia, no me ha interesado nada. He jugado al Fallout 3 previamente. Lo dejé la primera vez a la mitad y la segunda vez, cuando decidí darle una oportunidad después de un tiempo, lo he dejado a las puertas de acabarlo, sin haber encontrado lo que le da tan buenas críticas. No es para mí.
  74. Athaz13
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    obsidians magnum opus, an exquisite work of art, deserves everything it has and more.
  75. Marshwhitt25
    Mar 30, 2021
    0
    FNV is fairly old now but it does not feel old, the game is rich of exploring the Mojave wasteland. Sometimes the game is peaceful as you are wandering a deserted town, other times it is intense and scary as you are being chased by one of those damn cazadors on a mountain. Fnv is a true rpg full of life and those creepy deserted vaults. Fallout is one of my favorite series and fnv is theFNV is fairly old now but it does not feel old, the game is rich of exploring the Mojave wasteland. Sometimes the game is peaceful as you are wandering a deserted town, other times it is intense and scary as you are being chased by one of those damn cazadors on a mountain. Fnv is a true rpg full of life and those creepy deserted vaults. Fallout is one of my favorite series and fnv is the most different game in the whole series (in a good way).… Expand
  76. Simonyan4ik
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Ooo, I really regret buying this and playing it. I'd rather not do this. I need a refund. I hope you go bankrupt and never make another game in your life
  77. squidyy666
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    sadly we wont be getting another game like this :'(

    Bethesda has proven that they know who they're games are made (fallout franchise) and that is of the simple minded fanboy, they don't care about good intelligent story telling they just want easy to digest content in the form of caps, nuckacola, rad roatches and the brotherhood of steel so they can play and feel invested in a franchise    sadly we wont be getting another game like this :'(

    Bethesda has proven that they know who they're games are made (fallout franchise) and that is of the simple minded fanboy, they don't care about good intelligent story telling they just want easy to digest content in the form of caps, nuckacola, rad roatches and the brotherhood of steel so they can play and feel invested in a franchise that is getting torn limb from limb.    … Expand
  78. Moskonavt
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    In Russian region a can`t buy this game, besides all Bethesda games blocked in Russia. It`s so stupid. Non-politics games.
  79. NCRtrooper
    Apr 19, 2022
    0
    why are you here reading these bad reviews go play the game ITS THE BEST DAMN GAME IN EXISTENCE
  80. Squaredash
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Everyone told me this game was excellent and I have to wonder if we even played the same video game. It’s a crash-ridden walking simulator that actively avoids feeling rewarding. It’s a shooter that disincentivizes shooting, a roleplaying game with hardly any moments to roleplay, an open-world game that punishes you for exploring in directions the game didn’t want you to, and I don’t thinkEveryone told me this game was excellent and I have to wonder if we even played the same video game. It’s a crash-ridden walking simulator that actively avoids feeling rewarding. It’s a shooter that disincentivizes shooting, a roleplaying game with hardly any moments to roleplay, an open-world game that punishes you for exploring in directions the game didn’t want you to, and I don’t think I ever had fun in the ~10 hours my friends made me play it for… Expand
  81. Miyazaki_miyaza
    Jun 14, 2022
    0
    El mejor fallout, mejor que el 3 y aprovecha todas las habilidades, que se jodan los que dicen que el 3 es mejor, es mejor este y punto
  82. GhostlyMenace
    Apr 21, 2023
    0
    Fallout: New Vegas is a Fallout 3 expansion, it in fact plays identically to its predecessor with the same graphics and engine, and dull gunplay, as Fallout 3. This mess of a video game, if it even deserves to be called a video game, is full of banally crafted and totally unoriginal or ridiculous factions. The game completely lacks a coherent plot, and as another user put it the introFallout: New Vegas is a Fallout 3 expansion, it in fact plays identically to its predecessor with the same graphics and engine, and dull gunplay, as Fallout 3. This mess of a video game, if it even deserves to be called a video game, is full of banally crafted and totally unoriginal or ridiculous factions. The game completely lacks a coherent plot, and as another user put it the intro sequence (“the game was rigged from the start”) is a completely infuriating way to start a game.

    They may have added a few more guns, but that doesn’t make up for it being merely a Fallout 3 expansion. Beware of the leagues of total idiots who will try to tell you this disaster is a half decent game.    … Expand
  83. Poodlefish
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    Worst fallout game I have played. Its over rated, writing and world building is terrible it doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.
  84. faret
    Jan 11, 2023
    0
    Великолепная игра, одна из лучших рпг на пк, великая, шедевральная и неподражаемая игра.

Awards & Rankings

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#17 Best PC Game of 2010
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2010
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2010

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. GameStar
    May 27, 2011
    88
    Quotation forthcoming.
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  2. GameZone
    Apr 21, 2011
    65
    Despite Obsidian's fan-service, Fallout: New Vegas is a heaping pile of bugs.
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  3. GamingXP
    Mar 18, 2011
    82
    Fallout: New Vegas looks like an Add On to Fallout 3, but that should not mean, that it's a copy of its forerunner. It scores with an great atmosphere, nice story and all the typical and awesome Fallout features.
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