Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money

 Xbox 360
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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 83 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 22 out of 83

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  1. Heroicpotatoe
    Jun 12, 2011
    5
    Dead Money is really hard and is not exciting at all. The DLC is painful to play. There is a positive though its Fallout and that saves this DLC from becoming a nightmare.
  2. TheQuietGamer
    Mar 6, 2011
    7
    Dead Money while fun was a huge disappointment, as a huge fan of every one of the Fallout 3 DLC I expected a lot more from this game, let me start by saying that I had to re-upload this three times just to get the thing to work, while the atmosphere is great it's hindered by stupid design choices, like a mute character who communicates with hand gestures, but when you just reading linesDead Money while fun was a huge disappointment, as a huge fan of every one of the Fallout 3 DLC I expected a lot more from this game, let me start by saying that I had to re-upload this three times just to get the thing to work, while the atmosphere is great it's hindered by stupid design choices, like a mute character who communicates with hand gestures, but when you just reading lines about her doing these motions while she's standing as still as a statue is just plain retarded, I really enjoyed the fact that it extended the level cap to 35, all in all I would only recommend this to the most hardcore Fallout: New Vegas fans.… Expand
  3. jasonk1229
    Mar 15, 2011
    7
    Good Add on, correct about the repetative actions similar to new vegas but cool fireworks show. I loved fallout 3 and this title definately fell short of that.
  4. greed378
    Jul 30, 2011
    7
    This DLC is a great buy, if a little difficult. I won't go over story here, but it is great if you are into deep stories ie. reading dialogue etc. I play on hard mode and this dlc is by no means impossible, but definately harder than the base game. The background may feel a little repetitive after a while, and some things aren't challenging, they're just plain annoying (the cloud, a gasThis DLC is a great buy, if a little difficult. I won't go over story here, but it is great if you are into deep stories ie. reading dialogue etc. I play on hard mode and this dlc is by no means impossible, but definately harder than the base game. The background may feel a little repetitive after a while, and some things aren't challenging, they're just plain annoying (the cloud, a gas that damages you when you enter it, and the abundance of bear traps.) However that wasn't enough to deter me a dlc with a great story.… Expand
  5. OutdoorMoney70
    Aug 9, 2013
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a HUGE fan of the Fallout games i figured that Dead Money was gonna do justice of having to survive. In this DLC you get 3 new companions and a new storyline through the area of the Sierra Madre casino. The storyline was pretty well set up as you are knocked out and put into the villa outside the casino and forced to go through fighting "ghost people". Stimpaks are limited as are other healing items. Radios and speakers are a challenge to find and destroy because they are hidden and annoyingly scattered around the area. level cap gets increased by 5 and you get to bring back some loot (isn't really good loot though). enemies are annoyingly hard to kill if melee isn't up high, fast travel is unavailable, and also the ending just wasn't good because you panic to leave the area for any closure. this is a good dlc with a well brought up story but wasn't really fun and felt like a boring chore to go through with alot of back tracking.… Expand
  6. afxcollin
    Dec 26, 2010
    7
    Dead money is a tough quest thatâ
  7. KUJOtheSLOTHMAN
    May 16, 2011
    5
    The promos for this DLC made it sounds oh so cool. A lost casino in a city of the dead with ghost people and deadly red cloud? And you have to work together with 3 other people to break into the vault?! Cooool. Well, not really. The city of the dead with ghost people is little more than the claustrophobic streets of a small villa that look the exact same in every zone you go into. IThe promos for this DLC made it sounds oh so cool. A lost casino in a city of the dead with ghost people and deadly red cloud? And you have to work together with 3 other people to break into the vault?! Cooool. Well, not really. The city of the dead with ghost people is little more than the claustrophobic streets of a small villa that look the exact same in every zone you go into. I frequently got lost, the map is hardly useful and the poisonous clouds spread across the area only served to intensify my irritation. The "working as a team" part of the DLC is very misleading. Instead of actually working as a team with each of the other 3 unfortunate souls who are also stuck in the Sierra Madre, you actually end up just dragging them to preset locations so they can complete a task. The story is semi-interesting. You'll need to go out of your way exploring all of the villa to find the information needed to understand the story completely, which is not worth the headache of traversing the villa zones.

    The atmosphere of the entire area is excellent, though. It is dark, silent and you don't have the protection of all the awesome weaponry you acquired in the main game. It appears the developers were going for a survival-horror theme in this DLC and they hit the nail on the head. Getting into the casino only furthers this great atmosphere with dark corridors lit only by inhuman, glowing holograms.

    Outside of the atmosphere, I was disappointed with this DLC. If you're looking for something quite a bit different than the rest of the Mojave wasteland and you don't mind a headache inducing map then this might be the DLC for you. IF not, I recommend saving your money for the next three DLC releases    … Expand
  8. CouchWill
    Jan 26, 2011
    6
    This DLC was alright, the story was interesting but not fantastic. Sadly the visuals have no variation at all, the Villa is just one big maze that looks the same everywhere you turn. The enemies have no variation at all except for name. Too many factors are annoying, and the difficulty curve is ridiculous, if you're planning to play this on Hardcore your'e in for a fight. It's an okay DLC,This DLC was alright, the story was interesting but not fantastic. Sadly the visuals have no variation at all, the Villa is just one big maze that looks the same everywhere you turn. The enemies have no variation at all except for name. Too many factors are annoying, and the difficulty curve is ridiculous, if you're planning to play this on Hardcore your'e in for a fight. It's an okay DLC, best part is it raises the level cap. Hopefully the next one will be much better.… Expand
  9. Josh_47ra
    Apr 2, 2012
    6
    Started out fun, but is really wonky on when it is and isn't fun. The companions are great to hang out with, but the missions get really tedious until you enter the casino. Then its fun again and boring and fun. I weakly recommend but only if you want to learn about Father Elijah (you could also just read the wiki)
  10. watithink123
    Jun 11, 2012
    7
    Dead Money I was not if was for me be at the end of it it was good dlc. No amazing weapons in this dlc but it has a amazing story line. Some very annoying gliches in it. I died a lot but never found this dlc hard. I will soon be doing a review on old world blues soon so please catch that when I review it. Dead Money is the dlc so far. Fallout New Vegas - Dead Money 7.7/10
  11. JangerGR
    Aug 5, 2013
    7
    When someone mentions Dead Money all I can do is sigh. The three characters you meet are some of the coolest characters in the game, and the area looks outstanding. Surprisingly, this DLC haunts me to this day. When you walk into the cloud, you can't worry about the cloud, because you're worrying about the ghosts, but you can't worry about the ghosts because there's bear traps everywhere,When someone mentions Dead Money all I can do is sigh. The three characters you meet are some of the coolest characters in the game, and the area looks outstanding. Surprisingly, this DLC haunts me to this day. When you walk into the cloud, you can't worry about the cloud, because you're worrying about the ghosts, but you can't worry about the ghosts because there's bear traps everywhere, and you can't worry about the bear traps because your collar is beeping. It will drive you nuts. By the last hour of the game, you just want to get the prize and go. If you like difficulty, you'll love this. If you don't, good luck.… Expand
  12. somethingguy912
    Mar 9, 2013
    7
    Dead Money was the last, but not best expansion that I played out of this group. First and foremost the difficulty curve was a huge slap in my face, even considering the "recommended level' i needed to play this game and the level I was. I was over it 3 fold. And yet I still had trouble, particularly that this DLC begins by stripping everything you had and leaving you with a slow to fire,Dead Money was the last, but not best expansion that I played out of this group. First and foremost the difficulty curve was a huge slap in my face, even considering the "recommended level' i needed to play this game and the level I was. I was over it 3 fold. And yet I still had trouble, particularly that this DLC begins by stripping everything you had and leaving you with a slow to fire, hard to handle Pump Action Energy weapon with A SCOPE of all things. did I forget to mention low ammo? What else that makes this game a chore to play through it's extremely hard playthrough is the constant poisonous clouds, radio frequency meters and the ghost dwellers that make the deathclaws look like a box of kittens when dealing with these matters all at once. But, it does provide a lot of tension, maybe too much for one to take, but it does it well. The story itself is solid and coherent, as you try to get your group of somebodies, each with a unique story to tell and each that play in part to your role to break into the casino and their relation with the former BOS elder gone mad. Still, would it be enough trouble for Obsidian just to make this DLC a little easier? There were really only 4 weapons that were of any real use to me, one of which in the original game, and for this being the longest game I had to play through, it was the hardest for me to enjoy because of it's difficulty curve. But, I score it slightly higher than Lonesome Road because this one actually manages to have a story that I can follow and provides a good deal of side quests, dynamic action and actual open world exploration, even if the exploration is all around the villa of this long forgotten casino.… Expand
  13. iLightning
    Sep 20, 2013
    5
    Dead Money offers players 6-7 hours of extra gameplay, but they may not be the most enjoyable hours Fallout: New Vegas has to offer. The Sierra Madre casino is dark and eerie, which is a nice change to the bright and open expanses of the Mojave Desert, but this novelty soon wears off and the alleys of the villa soon become dreary and navigating the place becomes a chore. The finale of theDead Money offers players 6-7 hours of extra gameplay, but they may not be the most enjoyable hours Fallout: New Vegas has to offer. The Sierra Madre casino is dark and eerie, which is a nice change to the bright and open expanses of the Mojave Desert, but this novelty soon wears off and the alleys of the villa soon become dreary and navigating the place becomes a chore. The finale of the DLC drags on slightly too long and the boss battle is underwhelming.

    The characters of Dead Money are better. Christine, Dean Domino and God are interesting new characters and your interactions with them have a profound effect later on, which was a great feeling. In other words, piss one of them off and they're not going to do you any favours later on. Elijah is a fairly unremarkable villain, however. A stand out was the back-story of the casino, which was a nice touch.

    New gameplay additions include a few new, fairly run-off-the-mill weapons, sturdy Ghost People enemies and various annoyances. These annoyances include radios and speakers which can blow your head off, and invincible hologram enemies that shoot lasers. The former are infuriating from the start but I personally found the holograms sinister and scary, complimenting the overall atmosphere the DLC tries to create. Overall, Dead Money is the worst Fallout: New Vegas DLC and is nowhere near essential even for a die-hard fan.    … Expand
  14. LongSlayer
    Oct 19, 2014
    5
    Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money is disappointing for being the game's first dlc. This dlc has so much potential but isn't executed correctly. Wondering around an abandoned ghost villa and unexplored casino seems like quite the adventure, but it's so flawed. You lose all your belongings when you start the dlc, so you have to scavenge all your supplies, which are very scarce, the enemies areFallout: New Vegas - Dead Money is disappointing for being the game's first dlc. This dlc has so much potential but isn't executed correctly. Wondering around an abandoned ghost villa and unexplored casino seems like quite the adventure, but it's so flawed. You lose all your belongings when you start the dlc, so you have to scavenge all your supplies, which are very scarce, the enemies are very hard, and the villa is contaminated with a toxic cloud that makes you lose health constantly. VATS is very buggy for me where you enter the system and your character just stands frozen for like thirty seconds while the enemy is beating on you. The biggest complaint is that once you leave the area, you can't comeback again. I wasn't aware of this until I left. It made me angry because I still needed to grab some more items and get the exclusive snowglobe. The only positive things I can say is that the characters are very well done and are interesting, and the ending reward is amazing. This dlc isn't terrible, it just has a lot of issues that should have been changed before it was released.… Expand

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. GameCritics
    Dec 28, 2011
    90
    The adventure is of a satisfying size, the writing and characterizations are strong, and it offers an experience that is uniquely different from the main campaign. As a matter of fact, it even includes some surprising revelations that will entice players to play through the other three DLC episodes that follow. From every angle, Dead Money is a winning hand.
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  2. Gameblog.fr
    Mar 8, 2011
    80
    Obsidian delivers a first DLC that matches their Fallout: New Vegas : tense, captivating, despite its linearity. With a tiny bit more difficulty! Once more, we'd almost forget about the aging 3D engine of Bethesda and the poor AI. I experienced it like a little pen & paper RPG scenario of a single night. My thanks to the Obisidian Game Master.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Feb 14, 2011
    75
    Dead money is all about the companion interaction and offers a decent addition to your game time for 800 points. [Mar 2011, p.94]
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