What you have access to depends entirely on how you decide to interact with the world. These range from tedious fetch quests to self-contained adventures entwined in buckets of plot. An object this man has taken from you.Īside from finding him and regaining the stolen bounty, there are about 200 other quests you can pursue. You soon learn that you were a carrier commissioned to transport a very valuable object. This is after an unfortunate encounter the night prior, with a well-dressed man and his entourage, leaving you ten feet under. The game starts with you being dug-up by a friendly Securitron named Victor, who's taken residence in the small town of Goodsprings. The first-person perspective definitely gives the impression that it's you in-game exploring and learning about the world.įrom the start it's also very clear what the main quest line is and where it's going to inevitably lead you. From Fantastic's hilarious antics to Beatrix Russell's raspy come-ons. Even with subtitles enabled I found myself waiting to let the voice actors finish every sentence. This is further augmented by having separate voices for every single one with whom you can initiate dialogue. Each one has a distinct personality which unmistakably comes through during conversations. And when I say 'unique', I don't just mean a fancy piece of armour or clothing. There are 125 distinct locations to discover, most of which populated by a large number of unique NPCs. From the very beginning you are thrown onto an enormous map of the seemingly endless Majove Desert. While this of course has no effect on game play, it further contributes to the sense that this character is truly yours.īy far the series' greatest strength is in it's storytelling. The highly robust face creator from Fallout 3 remains, letting you customize even the minute aspects of your appearance. in many situations allowing you to avoid combat altogether.

Speech, stealth, lockpicking, and science, will all open up new ways to complete and discover quests. Barter and weapon skills will allow you the gear to survive direct encounters. This means you'll quickly find yourself in a vast and bleak world, running around completing quests for an unending number of interesting NPCs.ĭating back to the original Fallout, you've always had granular control in dictating how your character evolves your game experience will vary greatly based on the areas you focus in. They utilize the same engine and are mechanically equivalent. Those who have played the previous of the series, Fallout 3, will find New Vegas a direct descendant. Genre: Adventure RPG or some shit? I don't fucking knowįallout: New Vegas is a non-linear action RPG, which takes place in what remains of Nevada after some nuclear bullshit went down. So New Vegas was on my mind as I was trying to sleep, and figured shitting out a half-assed review would fix that.

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