Fallout: New Vegas

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  1. russianmetacrit
    Nov 24, 2016
    10
    This game is so nice. Plot decisions based on political view, not on black and white morale. Almost every NPC is killable. The choise is yours. Pretty good optimisation. Good modding source!
  2. Suriize
    Nov 27, 2016
    10
    One of the best game ever made in my opinion. It only took Obsidian Entertainment 18 months to make this masterpiece of a game. 10/10 - Buy the ultimate edition.
  3. Camel11
    Apr 17, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fallout New Vegas is the true successor of the original games. With a great storyline, interesting characters, AND CHOICES, Fallout NV is what Fallout 3 should've been. It is of no coincidence that many people that worked on the original fallouts + the canceled Van Buren also worked on this game, as Obsidian really nailed the feeling and the tone of this game.

    The storyline puts you in the position of a courier who took a job to deliever a mysterious chip to an engimatic figure of the New Vegas strip, only that things go wrong and a man in a checkered suit shoots you. steals your delivery and buries you. Fortunately, you are saved in the last moment and your task is to pick up the bits and find the man that shot you and recover the chip, which is in fact the key to controling the fate of New Vegas. From that moment, the story evolves into something more than finding and delivering the chip. It deals in politics, ideals and aspirations of factions that want to shape new vegas in their own image. Your actions can permanently change the fate of new vegas.

    The characters are interesting, have reasons are are generally likeable. What I like most is that all the majour characters aren't inherently evil or good, each of them have good and bad sides, like real persons. See Bethesda? It's possible. It's also the first time i've seen someone mention Hegellian Dialectics in a game and actually made sence to the context it was used, that was **** amazing. See Bethesda? It's such a shame we went from Caesar and Mr. House to Preston Harvey and Father. Pffffff.

    The side quests are plenty, not extremely numerous in my opinion but the number of choices and different endings each quest has makes up for it, giving alot of replayability and freshness. They range from helping a cult of ghouls finish their great journey accross space in search of a new homeland, to investigating a casino because of recent dissapearings, only to find some rather disturbing plot twists. As always, most of the side quests have multiple endings.

    And there's so much more. Companions have back stories and sometimes give you quests, Caravan which is a bit hard to get into but once you learn the basics it's quite a fun way to make caps, Hardcore mode is a fresh perspective, mods as usual can improve the game, although it wouldn't be fair to include them in the equation.

    Let's talk about some of the things which aren't so good.

    Combat sucks and enemies tend to become bullet sponges. Bugs litter the game, both visual and functional, although there is nothing too gamebreaking. Crashes are random so you have to save often. Graphics are outdated, but serviceable. There is a rather annoying overuse on the orange colour which gets stale too look at.

    These issues are understandable though, as Obsidian had only 18 months to develop this game compared to the years that Fallout 3 and 4 had.

    Overall it's just like in a family. The big brother and the little brother are in the centre of attention, while the middle brother is often overlooked and underrated. That is New Vegas.

    Pls Buy this game. PLEASE.    … Expand
  4. Demon2017
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    Лучшая часть Фаллаут, да и вообще одна из лучших игр в истории. Да, в ней полно проблем, багов и прочего дерьма, но лучшей ролевой игры про постапокалипсис в 3D вы не найдёте.
  5. Panica3643D
    Jun 16, 2018
    10
    Считаю лучшей игрой в серии. Были перенесены удачные моменты из 3ей части и добавили много интересных фишек, которые разнообразили игру. RPG составляющую сделали более разнообразной. Сюжет получился захватывающим и интересным! 10 из 10!Считаю лучшей игрой в серии. Были перенесены удачные моменты из 3ей части и добавили много интересных фишек, которые разнообразили игру. RPG составляющую сделали более разнообразной. Сюжет получился захватывающим и интересным! 10 из 10!
  6. butters25
    Feb 14, 2017
    10
    This game aged like wine for good reason. This game is one of the only RPG's I have played all the way through 20+ times, and I still am discovering things I missed in the other playthroughs. Like Fallout 1 and 2, this game has excellent writing and dialogue. The combat is still clunky as it uses the Fallout 3 engine, but Obsidian did a great job making VATS improved and making stats onThis game aged like wine for good reason. This game is one of the only RPG's I have played all the way through 20+ times, and I still am discovering things I missed in the other playthroughs. Like Fallout 1 and 2, this game has excellent writing and dialogue. The combat is still clunky as it uses the Fallout 3 engine, but Obsidian did a great job making VATS improved and making stats on guns and other abilities have an impact on gameplay. Almost all the DLC are perfect additions to the story and gameplay. The main story and side stories all give slew of paths to go down and you get to create your own world. A must buy for sure but make sure to add mods to fix unpatched bugs and because the community created a huge load of content for the game.… Expand
  7. PresidentTrump
    Jun 21, 2017
    10
    I borrowed this game from my uncle for the PS3 about 2 years ago and I got to the Goodsprings or Powder Ganger decision and I picked the Powder Ganger one on accident and then I said "man f*ck this why would you want to pick that, that's so stupid" and then I played Fallout 3 and really liked that. After I learned how the fallout formula worked I went back to Fallout New Vegas to play itI borrowed this game from my uncle for the PS3 about 2 years ago and I got to the Goodsprings or Powder Ganger decision and I picked the Powder Ganger one on accident and then I said "man f*ck this why would you want to pick that, that's so stupid" and then I played Fallout 3 and really liked that. After I learned how the fallout formula worked I went back to Fallout New Vegas to play it again. To put it simply. I have roughly 250 hours on the PS3 version and 180 hours on the PC version.

    The reason why I have so many hours on this game and why it's my favorite game of all time is that it's a perfect RPG. A game that allows you to play almost however you want. Fallout 4 was a garbage RPG for these reasons: It didn't let you play as whatever you wanted. Fallout 4 was restricted with it's roleplaying. Had a voiced character and backstory. Fallout New Vegas DOESN'T have a voiced character. Fallout New Vegas DOESN'T have a character backstory. Fallout New Vegas DOES have great RPG elements.

    I have 180 hours because of the replayability the game has because you can play as so many different things. Wanna be a goody two shoe character? You can. Wanna be a cruel despicable marauder? You can. Wanna be a flawed chem addict/alcoholic? You can. Wanna be a guy with an identity crisis that can't decide right from wrong and can't decide between NCR or Legion? You can.

    I so far have had 4 playthroughs on the PC (Yes Man, Mr. House, NCR, and Legion playthroughs) and 6 PS3 playthroughs and I still can't get tired of this game (the only reason I don't play that often anymore is because I modded it to death and it crashes too often). If you've played Fallout 3, and never played 1-2 you'll probably like New Vegas. If you've played 1-2 and hate 3 you'll idolize New Vegas. If you liked Fallout 4, shame on you. If you hated Fallout 4 and want Obsidian to make the next one, you'll idolize New Vegas. If you love the Elder Scrolls series, you'll love New Vegas.

    Although the game is my favorite game of all time it certainly has some flaws. The combat is clunky. The graphics are kinda ugly and the voice acting is very dull.The game crashes a lot and runs poorly like most Bethesda games but most of this can be fixed with mods.
    Oh my god mods. Mods. There are SO MANY MODS FOR THIS GAME. And if you dislike almost anything in the game, mods are there for you baby.

    Final Verdict:
    If you're a fan of RPG this will be the best game for you, but if you're looking for a shooty shooty game, I'd go for Fallout 4. New Vegas isn't for everybody but there is a special somebody for all of us, and for best of us, it's New Vegas.

    10/10 for sure    … Expand
  8. Hostani
    Mar 1, 2017
    10
    Без лишних слов.- это моя любимая одиночная игра и одна из лучших Single player игр в истории.
  9. AkumaJack
    Sep 21, 2017
    10
    This is the best Fallout Game, hands down.

    Every decision is meaningful in both the short and long run, you can choose to be a cold-hearted assassin or a pacifist. The story is quite simple, there are two major factions in war because of a Dam that powers up the whole region and you can choose to help both. Or to betray them. Or help who do you want to, or just roam around. The world    This is the best Fallout Game, hands down.

    Every decision is meaningful in both the short and long run, you can choose to be a cold-hearted assassin or a pacifist. The story is quite simple, there are two major factions in war because of a Dam that powers up the whole region and you can choose to help both. Or to betray them. Or help who do you want to, or just roam around.
    The world building is incredible with a lot of secrets to find that will get you insights on both characters and story.

    The combat system is the same of Fallout 3, but you have more weapons, more armors and weapons mods. Also the DLCS are insanely good.

    Play it.    … Expand
  10. Joewashere
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Fallout: New Vegas bravely continues the narrative legacy of Fallout and Fallout 2, and it could be, and has been, argued that in some respects it even outdoes them. In particular, the choices and consequences the game presents are - at times - some of the best offered in recent years in the RPG genre, and it also allows for a delightful amount of satisfying role-playing options.

    For    Fallout: New Vegas bravely continues the narrative legacy of Fallout and Fallout 2, and it could be, and has been, argued that in some respects it even outdoes them. In particular, the choices and consequences the game presents are - at times - some of the best offered in recent years in the RPG genre, and it also allows for a delightful amount of satisfying role-playing options.

    For all its flaws, the amount of replay value New Vegas offers compared to other RPGs is nearly unparalleled. In most RPGs with factions, you're given the option of doing quest X for faction A or quest Y for faction B. Not so in this game. Almost every quest has multiple resolutions and methods of dealing with it based on your character build, and I especially liked donning a disguise and doing quests within an organization to weaken them from the inside. This is the kind of stuff I always dreamed about experiencing in a computer RPG, but most have never delivered in the way of reactivity as much as this. New Vegas slightly suffers from the loot hoarding, hiking simulator FPS gameplay it inherited from Fallout 3 and its clunky engine, but it's the best we could have hoped for as a true Fallout sequel.    … Expand
  11. superkiril
    Apr 17, 2017
    10
    Big open world with a lot of interesting quests;wonderful system of character's upgrade(S.P.E.C.I.A.L);
    exiting role-play;
    Conclusion:the most interesting RPG I've ever played.
  12. Kielyr
    May 11, 2018
    10
    well how should i say.. compare to fallout 3 new vegas is kinda different from fo3,
    you can get the vibe from the game.. it's really good game and u have lots of various choices in game..
    great story,multiple endings, different ways to develop your character, dialog choices...
    to say briefly it's an amazing game. ( i love fallout 3 too )
  13. hundocent
    Jun 20, 2017
    10
    The pinnacle of the FALLOUT series. It makes up for everything wrong with fallout 3 and it blows fallout 4 out of the water in almost every way besides graphics, but you can just mod it too look just as good. It is also the best rpg out of the 3D trilogy and has the best story by miles.
  14. SCAR93
    Nov 13, 2019
    10
    This game is freaking miracle, fact its just exist is already 10/10 event, but thats just due the fact how mush care Obsidian put to made this game real and how little time BUGthesda gave to made this piece of art, some DLCs are not great, game works on **** engine and require little modding to be 10/10 experience, but its 2019 i play it for like 5 years and i m following all newestThis game is freaking miracle, fact its just exist is already 10/10 event, but thats just due the fact how mush care Obsidian put to made this game real and how little time BUGthesda gave to made this piece of art, some DLCs are not great, game works on **** engine and require little modding to be 10/10 experience, but its 2019 i play it for like 5 years and i m following all newest releases, and that is still my favorite game, best 3D action-RPG on the market, even if action and RPG parts fights with each other and enemy AI is barely acceptable, i cant grade it anything else than 10/10 because i lost so mush time having fun and roleplaying own characters in this game. Ave, True to Obsidian.… Expand
  15. Hider2K
    Aug 30, 2017
    10
    This game is beautiful, wonderful in almost all variables. Dialogues, plot, atmosphere, script, etc. Much better than Fallout 3, which is more a shooter than RPG.
  16. JayJay27
    Sep 3, 2017
    10
    The best game in perhaps the best franchise ever. I'm playing it again now 7 years later and it's still as good as ever, The dlcs are also all amazing and make it worth playing again
  17. ChurchWilliams
    Sep 30, 2017
    10
    Fallout: New Vegas is by far my favorite game to date, the gameplay is much improved from Fallout 3, the story is more interesting, the worldspace is much better than the green tinted wasteland of Fallout 3 and is developed by my favorite game developers of all time: Obsidian. If you haven't played this masterpiece then I suggest you pick it up now and head into the wastes to discover whatFallout: New Vegas is by far my favorite game to date, the gameplay is much improved from Fallout 3, the story is more interesting, the worldspace is much better than the green tinted wasteland of Fallout 3 and is developed by my favorite game developers of all time: Obsidian. If you haven't played this masterpiece then I suggest you pick it up now and head into the wastes to discover what really makes Fallout special.… Expand
  18. dlcatalin
    Oct 20, 2017
    10
    One of the best games ever made, i still haven't finished it after so many years because i always end up doing something else when following a quest. And mods ... oh the mods ... they make the game 10 times better.
  19. Artyfonseca
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    For me my favorite Obsidian title, My Favorite entry in the Fallout Series, and my 2nd Favorite RPG Ever. It borrows a lot Gameplay element's from Fallout 3 however with many Great Additions, The Dialogue was very great, Especially the huge amount of Weapons added to the game itself, The story was also pretty great with the Legion and NCR War especially gods of DLC such as Lonesome RoadFor me my favorite Obsidian title, My Favorite entry in the Fallout Series, and my 2nd Favorite RPG Ever. It borrows a lot Gameplay element's from Fallout 3 however with many Great Additions, The Dialogue was very great, Especially the huge amount of Weapons added to the game itself, The story was also pretty great with the Legion and NCR War especially gods of DLC such as Lonesome Road and Old World Blues as well as the long Side-Quest's and the many places to explore as well as Casino Minigames. This game is very great the only problem being the Bugs and Glitches (The one feature Bethesda keeps in all their games), But I loved this game and I would love for Obsidian to get their hands onto the Series another time.… Expand
  20. Skeletor1337
    Nov 30, 2017
    10
    The best game ever made. The story is great, the decisions you make impact the turnout of the plot, and the characters are fun to mess with. There's a ton of variety in this game
  21. TFOFB
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    Отличный фолач от отцов серии, жаль что беседка так и не поняла, что они не могу в создание фолачей
  22. agrippakc
    Dec 3, 2017
    10
    Fallout New Vegas was an excellent game put out by Obsidian for Bethesda. I am a life long fallout player going back to the original game when it first came out. I enjoyed the open territory and vastness of FNV over F3 and after installing mods to bring back the cut content the fuller version of their vision was even more fun. I like that you could play for the good, the bad, and theFallout New Vegas was an excellent game put out by Obsidian for Bethesda. I am a life long fallout player going back to the original game when it first came out. I enjoyed the open territory and vastness of FNV over F3 and after installing mods to bring back the cut content the fuller version of their vision was even more fun. I like that you could play for the good, the bad, and the ugly. I just with Bethesda would get over the bubblegum universe rules and allow for full on classic fallout rules. In fallout 2 we got to visit a whorehouse with Marcus and we became a porn star.… Expand
  23. joe_g7
    Dec 10, 2017
    10
    PC version UE is the best way you can experience Fallout: New Vegas, persistent bugs can most of the times be fixed with console commands and the option of enhancing the game with mods is the cherry to the pie. Great game.
  24. ArkAngel_97
    Jun 20, 2018
    10
    Best Fallout game ever hands down, the faction system the unique quests and companion oh man. Such a good time .
  25. Mohamedh312
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    One of my favourite games of all time and still playing it to this day. You would be crazy to not give this game a shot
  26. canceRnya
    Oct 30, 2018
    10
    Прекрасный сэттинг, одна из лучших эрпог. Можна пройти без единого убийства, можно тупа атдихать, упарывая винт, и жаря гекконов.
  27. thegamerpingu
    Apr 30, 2018
    10
    This is personaly one of the best game of all time and here is why:
    Firstly the characters feel alive and not just a what but a who
    The stories that this game tell are mature and interesting Roleplaying is heavily emphasised Choices matter The world that you are tost in to explore is amazing But: The graphics are terrible The gunplay is very unresponsive But again:    This is personaly one of the best game of all time and here is why:
    Firstly the characters feel alive and not just a what but a who
    The stories that this game tell are mature and interesting
    Roleplaying is heavily emphasised
    Choices matter
    The world that you are tost in to explore is amazing

    But:

    The graphics are terrible
    The gunplay is very unresponsive

    But again:

    Everything can be fixed with mods    … Expand
  28. osdann
    May 2, 2018
    10
    the best fallout, better than fallout 4 or fallout 3 and one of my favorite games !
  29. munnibhai
    Jun 8, 2018
    10
    Gameply is exactly like FO3 but it is a good effort which is worthwhile. New features, new landscape, new zones. Loved this game
  30. heredatboi
    Jul 19, 2018
    10
    awesome game 20 hours in and i loved it the dlcs are memorable the story is great and the characters are excellent i love how they made lots of join able factions but the one thing that i dislike is that the map is a bit smaller then expected but still i rate 10 for story and factions
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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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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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