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Story: Fallout: New Vegas follows the typical format of a Fallout game; your main character is someone by the name of the Courier. Of course, Courier doesn’t have to be the standard name you can change it to anything you want. As well, the character can be customized to look however you want and can be male or female. The Courier basically is someone who was tasked with delivering a package he/she gets ambushed by Benny (voice by Friends Star, Matthew Perry) who promptly puts a bullet in your head, yet for some reason the courier manages to survive and basically has to track down Benny during the first part of the game after that the game offers you four different ways towards an ending, how you decide the game ends is totally up to you.
Gameplay: To put it simply the game feels a little more linear this time, there are some side-quests that will earn you achievements but what’s most interesting is that there are so many ways you can go about ending the game, will you side with Mr. House? The NCR? Caesar’s Legion? Or will you perhaps go your own way. The game play this time around has very little difference from Fallout 3, except there are more locations and a much bigger map to play with so you will definitely be putting some hours into this game. There are a couple new add-ons, the addition of Hardcore Mode, I admit I didn’t choose this mode because it sounded Very Hard but if your able to complete the game on this difficulty my hats off to you. The other add-on is that you are now working on a faction system, every mission you do won’t just have an effect on your karma but it will also have an effect of where you stand with Opposing factions meaning trying to do everything in One play-through may be impossible, However that is why the Game Gods invented the save option, so you can save multiple files. One place this game loses marks on is the glitching, it’s still a very glitchy game, and I’ve seen the hilarious: dead enemies twitching like crazy and the infuriating: whatever you do, resist the urge to jump to the top level of a bunk bed! You will never get down and likely will have to restart from the auto save position, which is not completely bad since it would likely be only the last place you entered the room, still nothing is as frustrating as it is waiting for this game to load. The loading screens in this game are painful, sometimes it feels as if it's taking an hour to load, Bethesda seriously needs to fix this it's completely irritating.
Visuals: Of course, this is the Fallout series major strength, its visuals are downright beautiful, but how can you call a game that sets you into an apocalyptic world beautiful? It's pretty much the minor touches that really make this game standout, The most amazing moment in this game for a lot of players will be when you reach the Vegas Strip, as soon as you step into the Vegas Strip you feel like a million dollars, I admit I felt like a little kid at Christmas when I got to this place, I couldn't wait to gamble.
Re-playability: This is why Fallout ranks among some of the Best Video Game series of all time, you can easily spend over 60 hours on this game, to get all the achievements you really need to do at least two playthroughs or at least save at the appropriate time.
With 4 different endings that require you to please different factions, you will definitely be putting in a lot of time on this one.
Last Thoughts: Overall, Fallout New Vegas is a real Kick in the Head (as Dean Martin would say), it does suffer from some poor programming at certain times but that is why God invented Patches, There is a patch that came out for the game to fix all sorts of errors just a few days after launch. However, do not let this deter you, this is still an A+ game and even really good games have glitches.
Rating: If you play fast like me you can rent it and easily get two of the four Endings, but to truly get everything this game has to offer I recommend you buy this one.
Jack
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