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Fallout: New Vegas
is fairly similar to
Fallout 3.
The same bugs exist,
the graphics look
identical and even
the game at large-
looks and plays
exactly like the
previous version.
Lucky for us, the
game is great just
like its
predecessor.
In
Fallout: New Vegas,
instead of a vault
kid, you begin as a
courier stuck in the
middle of an
upcoming war between
two big factions.
After the U.S. got
destroyed from
nuclear warfare,
civilization stayed
alive in vaults
underground and we
still make the same
mistakes. When the
vaults opened up,
humanity emerged
just as evil and
greedy as before,
maybe even more so
with limited
resources. Some
areas managed to
stay intact from the
nuclear war- one of
them was the Hoover
Dam- which can still
produce electricity-
a valuable resource.
It’s under control
by the New
California Republic-
a group that
believes in
old-world values…
mainly the law.
There’s one catch
though- a group
named Legion led by
a man who’s changed
his name to Caesar…
he’s out to enslave
humanity and get
control of the dam
and make the NCR
extinct. Who’s good
and who’s bad? Well
the choice is pretty
easy- but it’s up to
you to choose a side
and make an ending.
The
good with
Fallout: New Vegas,
is basically the
good that was with
the last game. It’s
an incredibly deep
and fulfilling
experience. It’s
challenging to kill
anybody; the
animations are
fantastic when they
go into a finishing
view and there are
so many side
missions that you
can take you about
120 hours of playing
time to go through
everything that the
game has to offer.
The main missions
don’t take that much
time, but if you’re
out to get
everything you can
out of a game then
this is the way to
go. The other big
bonus that Fallout:
New Vegas has
working for it is
how challenging it
is. You have to
apply strength
points to what you
can do well in the
SPECIAL context- and
you have to chose
what you can do
well- strength,
science, explosives,
melee weapons, etc
to compete properly.
You have to choose
wisely though-
because you’ll want
some bonuses with
science and
explosives early and
often or else you’ll
be searching for
magazines and other
items that give you
bonus skills before
you can start your
mission.
The
bad with
Fallout: New Vegas
is a carryover from
the last game- the
A.I. of your enemies
and of the guys
accompanying you (a
nice addition, by
the way) is
terrible. Your A.I.
buddy will have to
find the long way
around fences to
accompany you, when
you could have
easily jumped over
them, bad guys will
go to a door where
they know, or at
least should know
that you’re hiding
behind… The point
is, A.I. needs work,
but a hard game
would be twice as
hard if it were for
this so it might not
be a bad idea to
just avoid that
altogether.
Graphics are still
sloppy with
Fallout: New Vegas,
as they were in
Fallout 3.
The lip syncing of
characters doesn’t
match what they’re
saying, some
textures look rough
and some animations
look awful. There’s
one more catch-
there are three
possible endings to
the game- but you
can’t easily see
them all- you have
to play through the
game three times to
do it… not so great.
Fallout: New Vegas
features some good
additions including
a 3rd
Person mode which is
decent enough to
fire a weapon out
of, you can bring
two AI buddies with
you wherever you go,
and the hardcore
mode… is impossible
for the average
Fallout player, but
hardcore fans of the
game will get some
added game time with
the additional mode.
The same bugs exist
like poor graphics,
terrible animation,
and poor AI with
Fallout: New Vegas.
When a game has big
problems like
graphics and AI,
you’d expect it to
suffer, that’s not
the case with
Fallout: New Vegas.
It’s an extremely
deep game that the
advanced gamer will
love.
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