Fallout: New Vegas

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5712 Ratings

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  1. nintendo-sekta
    Nov 1, 2018
    10
    Игра отлична. Главный квсет средний. Дополнительные квесты отличны. Дополнения отличные.
    Главный минус это баги. Часть времени от прохождении заняло это понимание чего хочет игра.
  2. retard6897468
    Nov 1, 2018
    9
    One of the best dialogues and story. Feels like an adult games, not a story for kids where everything is explained and told. A lot of context to every quest and character.
    However, graphics are bad and shooting is terrible.
    Also this game was the best DLCs with amazing story connect with the Fallout lore. (personally, I find DLCs more interesting than the main game)
  3. Hayter
    Nov 10, 2019
    8
    Впервые вижу игру, оценки которой от игроков выше чем от критиков, но игра реально неплохая и заслуживает даже более высокой оценки.
  4. LynnetteJJW
    Nov 10, 2018
    10
    Fallout New Vegas was a bit of a mess on initial launch. I ran off a disk version of the game on review in a non internet setting. After a good feel and level in the game. i quit out and enabled internet, patched up everything, and relaunched. Most if not all bugs have been fixed. I ran the game from the ladder. It was amazing, the story was rich, the choice was dynamic and amazing, theFallout New Vegas was a bit of a mess on initial launch. I ran off a disk version of the game on review in a non internet setting. After a good feel and level in the game. i quit out and enabled internet, patched up everything, and relaunched. Most if not all bugs have been fixed. I ran the game from the ladder. It was amazing, the story was rich, the choice was dynamic and amazing, the assortment of weapons to the amount of ammo was a great ratio. Barter was set perfectly. And the over all main story kept me wanting more, even in the end. The side stories where interesting. Helping communities and factions played an important role later in the story line. The DLCs are deep in narrative and what i like to call "Wet Story" (not dry story, heh.). The story is always something unique, something interesting, something that you can effect and change. The gun play is a bit on the low side. Though, this engine wasnt designed for it. But that isnt this Developers fault.

    I loved this games dynamics in story and RPG. the return of the Traits. and the better use of skills and survival system. Customization and ammo types where a grate idea. The return of a mutant friend. And the backstory linking him around. The backstory on several characters where very very nice nostalgia trips. Even if you didnt play the classics, the game still had good backstories to each character. Even standard enemies that didnt need backstories, got atleast something explaining what they where doing there and what lead to it.

    Fallout is a title and a series that i loved. i am in the No Mutants Allowed camp.
    I grew up on Fallout, learned morals and what to say from Fallout 2, and tactical and reasoning to conflicts and decision making from Fallout Tactics.
    I played over 600h on Fallout 3. and have reached over 1000h of Fallout New Vegas.
    Wish i could say the same for Fallout 4. i have only played a total of 423 hours of Fallout 4.

    Lets all hope Fallout, the game that wiped out america, gets better down the line. its 2 latest titles dont seam to give us what Fallout is.

    My rating? 10/10.
    Pre-bug fix? about an 8/10. But we can blame a specific other company that actually owns the title right now, for not providing enough QA Testers.    … Expand
  5. TylerJL1
    Nov 14, 2018
    10
    This is in my top 5 games of all time. I would give it a 9 because no game is perfect but because this is one of my favorites I'll give it a 10, if there is one post-Fallout 2 Fallout game that deserves it it is New Vegas.
  6. leo_0slo
    Nov 17, 2018
    10
    One of the greatest rpg's ever made, the world feels alive and everything you decide/do puts an affect on the world.
  7. gregthebunny
    Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Things I did on my summer vacation:
    - just wandered around looking for something to do
    - made friends with strangers and had them shoot my enemies
    - stumbled across a deathclaw and lived to tell about it
    - stumbled across some cazadores and didn't
    - fought a giant mechanical scorpion to get my brain back
    - drank from countless radioactive toilets
  8. MillersWeeb
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Лучший фаллаут и лучшая рпг всех времен. Одна из моих самых любимых игр. 10/10
  9. M150
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Now im not that in love with New Vegas as it seems every other Fallout ''Fan'' is but im just going to say this game is absolutely amazing. Thing is its a badly optimized piece of buggy garbage which makes it hard to get into but hey still giving it a 10.
  10. BekS
    Nov 17, 2018
    10
    Well, I always wanted to play this game and I ain't disappointed. On first run over 100 hours of playing
  11. Radiationbum
    Dec 7, 2018
    9
    Obsidians Fallout New Vegas takes the foundations of Fallout 3 by Bethesda and not only improves it but also expands on it, bringing a deeper and more connected role playing experience to the player and their character in short Fallout NV dose what Fallout 2 did for Fallout 1, taking the frame work of the successful past game (Fallout 3) and improving it in almost everyway with the returnObsidians Fallout New Vegas takes the foundations of Fallout 3 by Bethesda and not only improves it but also expands on it, bringing a deeper and more connected role playing experience to the player and their character in short Fallout NV dose what Fallout 2 did for Fallout 1, taking the frame work of the successful past game (Fallout 3) and improving it in almost everyway with the return of the trait system of the original Fallout games, iron sights, hardcore mode and most importantly more player choice. Fallout NV brings back a darker tone with mature themes and issues that would be more prevalent in the nuclear post apocalypse, that's filled with a great cast of characters to meet.

    However there was a large number of bugs when FNV came out ranging from player characters arms blocking the screen when sneaking, broken quests and crashes, although story & gameplay is just strong enough to get us to forgive the buggy launch state and once the patches rolled out we were left with truly one of the best games of 2010. if you factor in 2-3 good/great pieces of DLC (less said about Lonesome road the better) and you have a great GOTY edition of a game to play.    … Expand
  12. Bbplayer
    Jul 23, 2022
    8
    Honestly it is a decent game, the characters and setting are amazing and it is an all round fun time. I found the DLC's a bit disappointing but the main game is great.
  13. Diermacx
    Nov 27, 2018
    9
    It was made in a year and a half! The work that Obsidian put to the game is amazing! Of course, it uses the same engine as Fallout 3, but the atmosphere is very different. Probably the thing that changes the most is the player's options, roleplay and rpg elements, there's hours and hours of quests, dialogue and fun stuff. I would really recommend the game to someone that has already playedIt was made in a year and a half! The work that Obsidian put to the game is amazing! Of course, it uses the same engine as Fallout 3, but the atmosphere is very different. Probably the thing that changes the most is the player's options, roleplay and rpg elements, there's hours and hours of quests, dialogue and fun stuff. I would really recommend the game to someone that has already played the original games, New vegas is super inspired by them. It's definitely a game that you should check out. Of course, the game has issues and bugs, but to be honest, they don't really destroy the immersion or anything, it's only a problem when it comes to bugs or glitches in the main quests. The game crashing is also an issue but if you don't use much mods you will probably experience little of them. Gameplay is not bad, in the start of the game it is a problem because the weapon shakes a lot (You need to upgrade your weapons skill to shoot straight) Though, the combat is still very cool. The animations are everything you should expect from an rpg, nothing really impressive but again, they don't ruin immersion, not for me at least. But what does DESTROYS the immersion in the game are the invisible walls. They were a minor problem in Fallout 3 but here you will encounter them EVERYWHERE is ridiculous how you can't jump a 2-feet rock because of an invisible wall, specially because sometimes you need to climb stuff for gameplay mechanics, what if you want to climb to that mountain to snipe enemies? NO you can't because there's an invisible wall blocking the way. If you are trying to put one of these invisible walls in a giant mountain just so the player doesn't glitches, that's ok, but sometimes is just plain ridiculous. Now talking about the DLCS : They are not really that surprising, while they do tell backstory of characters and places, and interesting stuff, they are not really that great, they are usually repetitive, dull and sometimes even frustrating. Some enemies from the dlcs are just bullet sponges, or maybe the game adds a new mechanic that seems nice, but very often glitches or doesn't work. Probably the worst thing that some of the dlcs do is remove all of the players's weapons, which is annoying because sometimes it doesn't make any sense to remove player's weapons (especially in dead money) I guess you can say that they add a little something to the game, probably the best things are the weapons you can get, but aside from that they are not really that great or memorable. BUT what i reviewed was pretty much the game itself. It's not bad, it's fun, i have completed it... I don't know, 4 times? It's super fun, even more when adding mods to the formula... I hope this review helped you in any way. Bye!… Expand
  14. KirkyyWirky
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    This game is nothing more than a masterpiece, beyond brilliant. I have 56 hours on steam and far more on xbox and i have loved every second of the game.
  15. Dante_Williams
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    This is the best Fallout game that exists currently in my opinion. Out of all the Fallout games this does the best at being an RPG where your choices are influenced by your skills and there is always more than a few ways to complete a quest that even after the game came out 10 years ago I still sometimes find choices I didn't know about.

    Played this game on PS3 when it first came out    This is the best Fallout game that exists currently in my opinion. Out of all the Fallout games this does the best at being an RPG where your choices are influenced by your skills and there is always more than a few ways to complete a quest that even after the game came out 10 years ago I still sometimes find choices I didn't know about.

    Played this game on PS3 when it first came out then got it on PC a few years later when I built my first PC and it still remains one of my all time favorite games. With over 50,000 mods on the nexus this game has more than enough extra content to keep you going for years like it has for me.

    Make an effort to at least try this game if you are someone who likes RPGs or you will miss out on an experience that many games even today fail to emulate.    … Expand
  16. Insert_Name201
    Nov 30, 2018
    10
    An absolute classic of a game, especially compared to the modern Fallout games. Although you could not exceed 4gb of ram in the pc version, you can easily fix this with a mod. There is one slight problem, but it applies to all of Bethesda's Creation engine games, the save files for the game are a different file that windows defender does not properly recognize, therefore denying access toAn absolute classic of a game, especially compared to the modern Fallout games. Although you could not exceed 4gb of ram in the pc version, you can easily fix this with a mod. There is one slight problem, but it applies to all of Bethesda's Creation engine games, the save files for the game are a different file that windows defender does not properly recognize, therefore denying access to save. There is a simple fix, disable Windows defender and turn off read only on the save files.
    Overall the best 3D fallout game and absolutely an amazing game with all of the dlc,
    Without it it's a nightmare...    … Expand
  17. SplitScream
    Dec 1, 2018
    9
    After Playing the game with all the dlc and bug fixes, this game has brought back Fallout's identity of a post apocalyptic America and those struggles of the player to make sense of it, and it does, by giving you the choices Bethesda's Fallout's were not able to deliver
  18. Comradely
    Jan 24, 2020
    10
    Would be hard-pushed to name a more consistent and replayable game for me. I revisit it all of the time and have a great time idly playing through it on PC while I have important stuff to do now that I'm older and sh*t. Picks up and *knows* intimately the RPG elements that the original games were known for in a way that Bethesda's titles just don't even come close to. The characters areWould be hard-pushed to name a more consistent and replayable game for me. I revisit it all of the time and have a great time idly playing through it on PC while I have important stuff to do now that I'm older and sh*t. Picks up and *knows* intimately the RPG elements that the original games were known for in a way that Bethesda's titles just don't even come close to. The characters are actually good and dynamic parts of the world, not tissue paper sandbox polygons resembling something like an NPC like in F3.… Expand
  19. LKN
    Dec 27, 2018
    10
    Love this game! It's kinda buggy, but i guess you can always download patches.
  20. goodmanjoe
    Nov 7, 2019
    10
    good game too bad the graphics are **** and the AI is retarded and the gameplay is over it's head but it got good writing and RPG so if you are a boomer give it a shot you might like it
  21. 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!
  22. LLIAKAJLobzorit
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    The only real Fallout in 3D. New Vegas is not an arena shooting range with auto-generated quests. The authors (Obsidian) are not afraid to dose the content and do not try to shove the maximum amount of content into us in one go. Any minor quest in the wastelands of the former state of Nevada is done with soul and resourcefulness, and the significance of the decisions made is really felt.The only real Fallout in 3D. New Vegas is not an arena shooting range with auto-generated quests. The authors (Obsidian) are not afraid to dose the content and do not try to shove the maximum amount of content into us in one go. Any minor quest in the wastelands of the former state of Nevada is done with soul and resourcefulness, and the significance of the decisions made is really felt. Fallout New Vegas goes all-in and puts on a role-based approach even where it’s not customary to bother now. Almost any situation (if desired) can be resolved without the use of weapons and violence, and the role system fundamentally affects the gameplay. Nevertheless, there are players who say something like: "I don’t understand why so much noise and attention around this Vegas, a bunch of boring dialogs and filler scenes. Boredom!" This is a blatant injustice. If you share this opinion, it means that you were either dramatically mistaken in the genre, or you didn’t even try to take advantage of the charms of an authentic RPG and create an authentic character. 2008 was generous with the sequels, and if you look closely, you can see that more than others succeeded those who were extremely careful about their own canons and heritage. In the case of Fallout, New Vegas became such a continuation, but by the time of release it was overtaken by the fate typical of Obsidian releases. The nuclear potential was drowned in technical problems and bugs, but today and now, when these complaints have long been exhausted, we have the peremptorily best Fallout of the 21st century and one of the best RPGs of all time. If someone considers himself a fan of first-class RPGs, but to this day has not passed New Vegas, rather make up for this unforgivable omission.… Expand
  23. N0rdicPT
    Feb 15, 2019
    10
    The gameplay isn't much different from Fallout 3, but given the amount of time Obsidian had to work on New Vegas, it's a huge improvement, specially story-wise. This game has a rich and well branched story. It's DLC's are also real gems.
  24. opium4free
    Feb 17, 2019
    9
    The only one thing i didn't like in this game is poor FPS component. I know RPG component is pretty important, but damn what if i want to shoot up some raiders or like that. The game doesn't fully allow you to play some kind of non-pacifist character cause shooting is bad enough.
  25. griefin
    Feb 17, 2019
    8
    Finished the game only from second attempt, which tells how slow is the story told. Interesting characters, some curious quests, enough role-playing in choices and customization. Cumbersome inventory management, frequent travelling, long empty roads, short play-list. Enjoyed this game though it has serious flaws. 8/10
  26. Darkbrother
    Apr 16, 2021
    10
    This game is not without its issue because this thing is running on the Gamebryo. The story and character development in this game very well done. Of course, Bethesda didn't give Obsidian another chance coz they know they are gonna knock it out of the park because the game didn't get the score BGS set for. Obsidian, I am waiting for a new Fallout game from you guys.
  27. rezo_21
    Sep 19, 2021
    9
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 91 IIIIIIIIII====================
  28. VincentVegan
    Mar 4, 2019
    9
    Ein großartiges Rollenspiel, dass süchtig macht. Schade, dass die Fallout Serie danach konstant bergab gegangen ist.
  29. TheHosdadal
    Sep 21, 2020
    10
    New Vegas 2
    New Vegas 2
    New Vegas 2
    New Vegas 2
    New Vegas 2
    New Vegas 2
    New Vegas 2
    Please!!!
  30. CortoPunzante
    Feb 17, 2022
    9
    The years and above all Bethesda's reputation for delivering buggy titles (glitchy animations, slow motion that sometimes runs too long, or simply the game just closes) are noticeable.

    However, New Vegas is wonderful. It is the first Fallout that is complete and brimming with charisma, an extensive map and full of life, despite being set in a post-apocalyptic setting, with a latent    The years and above all Bethesda's reputation for delivering buggy titles (glitchy animations, slow motion that sometimes runs too long, or simply the game just closes) are noticeable.

    However, New Vegas is wonderful. It is the first Fallout that is complete and brimming with charisma, an extensive map and full of life, despite being set in a post-apocalyptic setting, with a latent conflict, being able to choose between the major factions and other secondary ones.

    New Vegas is a territory rich in history and characters. The gameplay is a mix of FPS and RPG, although it sometimes falters, it doesn't disappoint and keeps the missions with a certain difficulty, always calling you to think strategically about your resources and where you stand.

    And above all, I loved the space it gives you to role-play and customize your character, creating more than one way to solve the problems that come your way.

    Totally recommended for RPG lovers, and have a good trip Messenger.    … Expand
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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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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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