Fallout: New Vegas

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  1. prindel
    Mar 29, 2020
    10
    To be honest, this the best fallout 3D game even for 2020. Obsidian has made a marvelous job. The main thing in this game is story and the genre. The retro-futurism in this Fallout, as it is in all Obsidian’s Fallouts, is significant part of ambience. Weapons look stunning, armor looks amazing. But that wonderful pipboy. Obsidian Entertainment made even unforgettable work with icons. MaybeTo be honest, this the best fallout 3D game even for 2020. Obsidian has made a marvelous job. The main thing in this game is story and the genre. The retro-futurism in this Fallout, as it is in all Obsidian’s Fallouts, is significant part of ambience. Weapons look stunning, armor looks amazing. But that wonderful pipboy. Obsidian Entertainment made even unforgettable work with icons. Maybe radio there are less radio stations in New Vegas than in Fallout 3 but their quality is very good. The ambience reveals itself not only with visual design. NPCs in the game are made fantastically, they live, they want something, they help you and eventually, you find yourself attached to them. And what about genre? This Fallout is good old RPG that Black Isle Studios (Obsidian Entertainment now) made many years ago. I’m talking not only about many variants of completing the game, I’m talking about ways of playing: from being peaceful eloquent savior to a daredevil that murders everyone and everything that can be murdered (or being drunk addicted, cause it is a game, why not lol). Fallout: New Vegas, unfortunately, has some minuses. Graphics is lower than in Fallout 3 but more than acceptable, though. Obsidian needed more time to polish the game, it has some bugs but like with graphics it’s acceptable but unlike the graphics it’s not more than it. So, what do we have? A brilliant game of brilliant developers. Minuses don’t matter in this case. But, personally me, wouldn’t enjoyed this game if I were 13 because I liked different types of games and it was normal for this age. Fallout: New Vegas is a game that definitely should be played and bought, don’t use torrents, people worked really hard to make this game and they should receive money from this masterpiece… Expand
  2. ThePSButton
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    El mejor RPG del siglo. Hace que Fallout 3 y Fallout 4 se vean como pequeñitos y miserables.
  3. rotene81
    Aug 27, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fallout new Vegas the best game in the world. Fallout 3 looks like **** !!!!!!!… Expand
  4. Obligaviews
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    I must have played through this game about five times now. As a big fan of the Fallout series (for the most part), New Vegas is the one I go back to the most. Its RPG elements are the most focused upon out of the newer games, and its writing is what you'd expect from Obsidian: A+. I'd give this a 9.5 rounded up to a perfect 10.
  5. Clockworknate
    Jul 30, 2021
    10
    PAY UP WHAT YOU OWE TO OBSIDIAN, BETHESDA!!! WHAT A P.O.S COMPANY!!!! I hope Todd coward and the gross ceo drown in his lies and more people wise up to his b.s. Side note New Vegas is an awesome RPG!!!
  6. blazingking153
    Apr 27, 2020
    10
    Very good game yes yes very good fallout yes very good indeed very good game hmmmm yes very very good
  7. darcy01
    May 1, 2020
    10
    This is the best 3d Fallout experience you can get. The other 3d games largely fell short in what I expected from a Fallout game, and undermined the lore, setting and expectations from a Fallout game so much that I cringe thinking about what the IP has become. A game this timeless doesn't need a good engine, though it would help. This game demonstrates WHY Bethesda is constantly ridiculedThis is the best 3d Fallout experience you can get. The other 3d games largely fell short in what I expected from a Fallout game, and undermined the lore, setting and expectations from a Fallout game so much that I cringe thinking about what the IP has become. A game this timeless doesn't need a good engine, though it would help. This game demonstrates WHY Bethesda is constantly ridiculed by fans of the series.… Expand
  8. Drorpre
    May 7, 2020
    10
    Still, the best thing Bethesda has done with the IP. And Bethesda didn't even make it!
  9. Mrfunnyswag
    Jun 3, 2020
    10
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  10. Berner669
    Jun 4, 2020
    10
    Still the best Fallout franchise game. Atmosphere is just great. Awesome OST, fantastic quests and good locations. Needs several graphic and gameplay DLCs in 2020.
  11. Les_Nik
    Jul 14, 2020
    10
    Лучший РПГ в который я играл, спасибо за незабываемые 40 часов. Но не забывайте. Казино всегда в выигрыше!
  12. Dwindie
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Fallout new vegas is a game where you can pursue what ever you want, want to be a Brotherhood of Steel member and walk around in their armor? Get on their good side, as it's up to you with what you do, if you get the game on PC make sure to mod it if you dont want to encounter alot of bugs and with the DLC, it's a smorgasbord of goodness
  13. line2453
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Despite a lot of bugs, the story in the main episode and in the DLC makes the player immersed. Even after a few years, this game is one of my best games.
  14. underlis24
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    великолепная, лучшая игра. Обьективно говоря, лучшая игра десятилетия заслуженно. Потратил на эту игру с модами порядка 500 часов.
  15. Boomershack
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Stunning. What an RPG should be. At first I had no clue on what the game was. But then I played and was instantly immersed and pulled into the best gaming experience of my life.
  16. MurrayBeachtel
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This game is legendary in its storytelling and variety of choices and endings. Easily one of my all time favorites. The exploration is one of its best elements. Voice acting is in the next level. The only downside is it is a little buggy.
  17. Blueghost9822
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Honestly it’s an amazing game and I still play almost a decade later and I never get bored of it
  18. Newvegasbest
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This is the pinnacle of role playing games in my opinion.The setting is fantastic,the story is deep and complex,with some of the best writing that you can find anywhere in any media ever.The game is one of the greatest ever made is my favorite game of all time.Please buy it,you will not only be getting a great game,but also supporting obsidian entertainment.Why couldn't meta critic justThis is the pinnacle of role playing games in my opinion.The setting is fantastic,the story is deep and complex,with some of the best writing that you can find anywhere in any media ever.The game is one of the greatest ever made is my favorite game of all time.Please buy it,you will not only be getting a great game,but also supporting obsidian entertainment.Why couldn't meta critic just have given this masterpiece an 85 or above,rather than an 84.… Expand
  19. SewAwOw
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Одна из самых любимых игр, именно она открыла для меня удивительный и разнообразный мир Фоллаута.
  20. SKAFLIN
    Jul 13, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Лучшая ролевая игра десятилетия! Замечательный сэтинг,прекрасная атмосфера!
    Крч шедевр    … Expand
  21. Sew4x
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    Even after 10 years, I can't stop admiring this game. The variability of action, skills, characters, storyline, locations, atmosphere, and one of the best radio music in games at all! I love Fallout, and it's the best game in 3D series, though it's pretty old: graphics, textures, version of engine, shadows and everything what is normal for past-gen games. Shooting is not the best, and itEven after 10 years, I can't stop admiring this game. The variability of action, skills, characters, storyline, locations, atmosphere, and one of the best radio music in games at all! I love Fallout, and it's the best game in 3D series, though it's pretty old: graphics, textures, version of engine, shadows and everything what is normal for past-gen games. Shooting is not the best, and it has plenty of bugs but it's engine problem I guess(mods in help). Obsidian tried to do their best, and they succeeded. And even after all this time, if you would like to play a good single RPG, I'd recommend you Fallout New Vegas!)… Expand
  22. KingPink
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    The best fallout of the bethesda era, the gameplay is the same than Fallout 3, (Tho it is really fixable with mods), the story is amazing togeheter with the characters. I don't know how many hours i put when i was little playing with my ps3 to this game, but in steam i have 303h thanks to the mod community who are amazing. Also the game has 4 dlc that are all really interesting having DeadThe best fallout of the bethesda era, the gameplay is the same than Fallout 3, (Tho it is really fixable with mods), the story is amazing togeheter with the characters. I don't know how many hours i put when i was little playing with my ps3 to this game, but in steam i have 303h thanks to the mod community who are amazing. Also the game has 4 dlc that are all really interesting having Dead money turn the game into a survival horror, Honest hearts being the most short and probably easy at expands the lore (Looking at you Motorship zeta), Old world blues is strange but really intersting and i won't say anything about Lonesome road, just play it.… Expand
  23. MegaMoiz
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    Been a gamer since 1994 and this is one of the best rpg games i ever played in my life. I played this game at launch and it was buggy at the time big surprise a fallout game with bugs imagine that but after a few months it got fixed and over the years i kept revising it and kept playing and enjoying it more than any other fallout game. The combat is not the best since it is basically theBeen a gamer since 1994 and this is one of the best rpg games i ever played in my life. I played this game at launch and it was buggy at the time big surprise a fallout game with bugs imagine that but after a few months it got fixed and over the years i kept revising it and kept playing and enjoying it more than any other fallout game. The combat is not the best since it is basically the same game engine as fallout 3 and has a ton of reused assets of fallout 3 as well. Amazing thing they were able to pull off given the insanely small time period they gave obsidian to make it. I just wish that they would remake this game with newer game engines and better visuals and performance. If you are into rpg games and post apocalyptic world rpg honestly this is the best rpg to explore that but again be warned since time has not been kind to its visuals but then again who plays an rpg like this for the graphics.… Expand
  24. Adventuregamer5
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    One of the most enjoyable game plays I've played
    Amazing RPG, amazing fallout.

    10 out of 10
  25. ViniRochaa
    Dec 15, 2022
    10
    My favorite game of all time, perfect story, memorable characters, interesting locations, excellent DLCs, this game is amazing, if you like: FPSs, Action-RPGs, Atompunk aesthetic, Mojave Desert, just play this game. This game has some extra points due to the radios, I love old rock 'n' roll mainly because of this game. This game has some problems, it has bugs and glitches, it is kindaMy favorite game of all time, perfect story, memorable characters, interesting locations, excellent DLCs, this game is amazing, if you like: FPSs, Action-RPGs, Atompunk aesthetic, Mojave Desert, just play this game. This game has some extra points due to the radios, I love old rock 'n' roll mainly because of this game. This game has some problems, it has bugs and glitches, it is kinda ugly, but, with mods, any game can be perfect, just search for the right ones.… Expand
  26. TheCourier7
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    If you knew this game's developing story, with limited budget, tight schedule and the obligatory use of an ancient and flawed engine (more so for a game from 2010); and did not knew about its critically acclaimed reviews from critics in general, you would be pretty skeptical about its potentials, and you would be right.

    Fallout: New Vegas can pretty much be summed as a miracle final    If you knew this game's developing story, with limited budget, tight schedule and the obligatory use of an ancient and flawed engine (more so for a game from 2010); and did not knew about its critically acclaimed reviews from critics in general, you would be pretty skeptical about its potentials, and you would be right.

    Fallout: New Vegas can pretty much be summed as a miracle final product, it had everything to be a bad game, but the hard work and love for the franchise from developers made it not only the best game of the franchise overall, but one of the best RPGs from the 2010's.

    I will not elaborate about the whole developing cycle and problems this game had during its production, you can read more about it in other reviews here or even in other places if you look for it. Basically Obsidian was in a pretty bad spot in the making of the game, and they were rushed to finish the whole product in only 2 years, for compairson that's half of the time it took to make Fallout 3 and even less than the time Bethesda used to produced the "fourth" game in the franchise, even though both Fallout 3 and 4 had way bigger teams and budgets; people usually points out that Fallout 3 had to be produced from the scratch and thats why it took longer to make, but thats a half-truth since the third game of the franchise used the same engine as TES:Oblibion with some changes.

    There're a few aspects that make this game stand as the best game of the franchise (mainly as an RPG experience) and one of the best RPGs from the last 2 decades. One of those aspects is the progression system, it is quite simple, but you really feal like you're building your own character with its own set of abilities and singularities, you actually need to focus on some atributes and you wont be able to become a jack of all trades like other recent RPGs like Skyrim and Fallout 4, games that I would like to emphasize as amazing experiences, but more as adventure like games with RPG elements than RPGs by itself.

    Other than the progression itself, its necessary to consider that the way the story starts and progresses throughout the game favors the character you're building in the game; it gives you liberty to 'role-play' as pretty much any type of person you want to be at the ingame world, since you don't have big cues about your past predetermined by the developer; along with the progression system displayed in the last paragraph and well written dialog, those aspects makes FNV close to an perfect RPG.

    Other than the RPG feeling itself, the world (in that case The Mojave Wasteland) and the story of the game are incredible. One of the best things about the Fallout series overall is the grey area of the morally right and wrong in the post-nuclear war world. As we can see in the first game for example, we have relatively big hubs of corporations like the Crimson Caravan that basically works as an mercenary group, not exactlly good or bad, but a group of people doing what they can do best to survive in the wrecked world of the series, the same goes for the other so-called factions like the signature Brotherhood of Steel that serves as one of the landmarks of all games; they all have their share of wrongdoings - and righteousness. In FNV this is still the case, more so than even other segments of the series like the the third game and Fallout 2, where its pretty obvious which factions are good (almost perfectlly good) and the ones that are bad. Don't get me wrong, FNV still has an evil faction, but even the evil one has its reasons to act the way it does (which are pretty convincing in some points), I will not elaborate in that aspect longer than I have to as to not spoil the experience of the game if you seek the whys of each faction, but the bad faction mirrors itself in Ancient Rome (that includes accepting slavery) but not just to be bad and all powerfull, but to restore the purpoted Pax Romanna, that is, the piece that comes with the unification and uniformization of all tribes and cultures.

    Other than the amazing characters, factions and progression system; the quest structures are usually packed with contet and intricacies that can be achieved in many approaches, not the traditional 'talk or shoot' of many RPGs, I suggest GMTK's Anatomy of a Side Quest on Youtube if you permit yourself to be spoilled of a single side quest from the game to acknowledge the many ways you can proceed throughout quests. In that aspect FNV is closer to an ImmersiveSim than a RPG, because it gives you many ways to progress.

    Besides all good stuff I said until now I would not consider FNV as an flawless game; the Gambryo engine utilized in the game is horrible, filled with bugs and glitches that you will see often during the game - gamebreaking bugs are not frequent tho, and with my 400+ hours I havent experienced one yet, other than frustrating crashes both on PC and Xbox 360. I gave a perfect 10 to this game considering production drawbacks.    … Expand
  27. nikola______
    Aug 30, 2020
    10
    This game is the best of all time..........................................
  28. liljoeytraks
    Sep 11, 2020
    10
    I made an account just say that this game is the best game in the world because there’s so many things you can do in this game and the combat and story and everything about this game is great
  29. FoxyReview
    Sep 22, 2020
    10
    This is one of my favorite Fallout Game The story Is great Got Great character The voice acting is good and locations I like the reputation system and ho w you chance cloth so the faction that hate you don't attack you I like how the choice you made Is not black and white like other Fallout game and your choice matter unlike other Fallout Game.
  30. Groomlake
    Sep 25, 2020
    10
    As late as this is its because i always comeback to it i love the faction system and how the story changes every playthrough and guns aren't always the way to solve problems
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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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