Fallout: New Vegas PC Game Review

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Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing video game in the Fallout video game series. The game was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. It released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in October 2010. Downloadable content and expanded re-editions followed in 2010-2012.
The game is based in a post-apocalyptic, open world environment around the area of Nevada, California, and Arizona. The player takes control of the character known as the Courier, who is hired by a delivery service to take an unknown package across the Mojave Desert to the New Vegas Strip. During the delivery, the Courier is intercepted, shot in the head, and left for dead by a mysterious man who steals the package. After being found by a friendly robot, Victor, and healed by a man named Doc Mitchell, the Courier is thrust back into the desert to seek revenge and recover the stolen package. By doing this, the player becomes caught between various factions competing for control over the desert and its most valuable asset, the Hoover Dam, ultimately coming to shape the future of its inhabitants.
Even though it directly succeeds Fallout 3 in order of Fallout game releases, offers a similar action role-playing experience, and shares its engine and legacy content with Fallout 3, New Vegas is not a direct sequel. It marks the return of some elements found in Fallout 2. The game was a critical and commercial success, shipping more than 5 million copies altogether.

[@EldritchAugur]

This game is so good that I played it at sub-30fps with the game crashing every 20 minutes for over 115 hours my first playthrough. I was stuck on a laptop at the time.

[@winter20k67]

***** You could have downloaded a patch for the game on the nexus.

[@EldritchAugur]

Nate M. I'm referring to the game on release which was anything but stable. Now with patches and mods it works great. But it was not great on launch.

[@SpaceLight202]

***** ONE ENCLAVE,ONE AMERICA!

[@bluemonsteronlamesa]

thats dedication right there

[@kummakummakummakummakummac8606]

+Kolbe Howard This was also my experience. After 3 days it was patched and didn't crash as much. I honestly didn't even care about the bugs/glitches/crashes. So much fun.

[@rondus18]

They did make Vegas so empty for technical reason. They originally had big plans for it and it wasn't going to be broken up into several loading screens, but the PS3 and Xbox 360 just weren't able to match the dev's ambitions.

[@DreamyWoIf]

rondus18 There would have been major problems with the pc too, so they had no choice but to tone it down.

[@DreamyWoIf]

ultraszgb But prone to crashing too.

[@DreamyWoIf]

***** No I'm not. I know the mods that make it the way the developers intended and they're very performance demanding. Not a chance to run them perfectly without a 4gb patch and a much-better-than-minimum requirements hardware. Do you always assume it's about the ''peasants'' vs. mustard race fight?

[@DreamyWoIf]

***** I know all of these mods because I use all of them, New Vegas Anti-Crash included. But the NPC mods will always be a major risk because they seem to be the biggest struggle for the outdated engine. Also, that does not mean it's more stable. Fallout 3 and win 7/8 stability is only a matter of changing the Havok Threads .ini setting from 1 to 2, with the Fo3 unofficial patch, of course. Obsidian made quite some changes to the engine and they ended screwing up more than they should have.

[@GatorMilk]

rondus18 This is why I hate consoles.

[@Lunkwow]

Cazadors gave me PTSD.

[@enterpheionex566]

Cazaclaws

[@CiabanItReal]

OMG right, fuck I hated those things, nightstakers suck in there own right, but Cazadors were just awful. I found the best way to deal with them was take out a wing, and then pound them when they're on the ground.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

*First time playing the game* Oh look,it's just some bugs,they can't be hard enemies *Dies instantly* *Comes back to Goodspring later with average armor and heavy weapons* OKAY NOW I CAME TO TAKE REVENGE! *Dies instantly*

[@enterpheionex566]

XD

[@wh3nderson95]

I loved the Cazadores as an enemy type. :-D

[@antimaster6432]

fallout new vegas destroyed my social life. i played it for 3 months straight in the summer. now i'm at the brink of suicide but it was completely worth it.

[@leon1234578]

Lmao

[@mxj67x3]

Same

[@iGuy28]

+OG Kush420Master SAME.

[@terrrific7600]

Ikr so fucking fun

[@mariosuck123]

Im doin that this summer babyy

[@James-xv8xv]

these reviews are seriously professional man. you offer an open mind, don't spoil anything and keep it entertaining. keep up the good stuff

[@Gggmanlives]

butch the birthday ruiner Thanks Butch. You Tunnel Snakes aren't so bad.

[@James-xv8xv]

Gggmanlives hahah yeah as long as i have my sweet roll.

[@dadshouseconfessions3440]

You can also be independent, I had a crazy ending because I started shit with every faction and gang.

[@AgentDanielCross]

Ahh, the time when you can just say: "WHO WANTS TO START A FIGHT?!" And suddenly, you stand on a pile of NCR and Legion corpses with Yes Man on your side, and your Gatling Laser is blowing smoke.

[@deadrivers2267]

a Redguard what's wrong with Goodsprings and Followers of the Apocalypse tho

[@eddieguererro46]

My favorite ending. Dealing with Legion: A long philosophical, economic and militaristic talk with Lanius that ends in mutual respect. Dealing with NCR: "Yes man, please throw the general off the dam."

[@AwayWithYouVileBeggar]

You take a sip from your trusty vault 13 canteen. :)

[@masterstoner666]

Gow did you know :O

[@AwayWithYouVileBeggar]

@@masterstoner666 Magic *Snort* *Snort*

[@masterstoner666]

@@AwayWithYouVileBeggar lucky bastard I grinded on 2 hand

[@itaybron]

actually the planned scope of the game was meant to be a hell of alot bigger with the new vegas strip being the epic center of it but due to console limitionations of the time the game had to be scaled down to be able to work on the ps3 and xbox360.

[@thatmartyfella5305]

itaybron Also it had a short dev time. Less then a year.

[@itaybron]

Marty The Fallout Guy wow didn't know about the short dev time. reminds me of gta vice city which was devloped in 9 months i think.

[@thatmartyfella5305]

itaybron Didn't GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas get made all a year apart from each other.

[@itaybron]

Marty The Fallout Guy i believe they were yes.

[@Web720]

+itaybron making games back then wasn't that time consuming compared to now. not to mention 3, vc, and sa was on the same engine and shared many resources together.

[@vrekman256]

much better than professional review sites.

[@dharry411]

Anyone is better than the "professional review media". They just work for ads and clicks. This guy here is a one-man army.

[@azminek7154]

To be fair, GmanLives is more of an FPS player than anything else and gets things wrong with some other genres. Like in this case clearly because he missed out on Fallout 1 and 2. He probably wouldn't have touched it if it was played like Wasteland 2 (and the original 2).

[@smittywerbermanjengson8500]

Ign gives things 1s just because there's a single bug, then gives another game a 9 for being a buggy mess and absolute shit.

[@LoomisPC]

so much better

[@DMTInfinity]

Indubitably.

[@fossilfern]

This game is the reason im not overly excited about Fallout 4. Fallout is one of my favourite series, fallout 2 being my favourite in the series but I was let down by FO3 when it cane out. Shallow Role Playing and a very black and white story really frustrated me about FO3 but I still enjoyed it for what it was. When New Vegas arrived it just blew FO3 out of the water, despite its bugs. Better Role Playing, better writing, more interesting characters, everything is not so Black and White etc. If obsidian were working on FO4 id be more excited but Bethesda post Morrowind are just not as good as they once were.

[@CssHDmonster]

fossilfern In a perfect world, bethesda would design the world and areas, while obsidian does story,characters and the rpg elements

[@RomanImperialXII]

fossilfern While I totally agree with you in New Vegas being a better game and felling more "Fallout" (hell some Obsidian guys worked on the previous Fallout games), I'm still exited for Fallout 4, even if Bethesda fucks up completely with the writing, the stuff they showed in the gameplay trailer looks fucking sweet! - Building settlements - Owning a Vertibird - Voice for the player character (what? I like it, deal with it) - The fact that power armor is no longer just a "suit" you put on - and has a frigging jetpack! - The world finally has some color! I just hope they don't make the game as easy as FO3, and I also wish they adopt the hardcore mode from New Vegas and improve it.

[@CssHDmonster]

i said this somewhere else, but fallout 4 excites me because the engine and gameplay look solid, which would make it perfect for obsidian to take and refine, i like skyrim, but after 200h of playtime i remember maybe 3-4 things about it, and after 20h i got bored of fl3 and i remember only that the combat shotgun was neat *****

[@anthonyj4735]

Bethesda has done good writing before and rpg systems, I have faith that fallout 4 will be amazing.

[@CssHDmonster]

Faith is something you should never have towards any dev. Anthony J

[@caoilinnplaysyt8297]

[speech 100] Would you kindly review Fallout 4 when it comes out?

[@Gggmanlives]

jonn smith [success] Yeah okay.

[@hotsexspy2267]

Gggmanlives New Vegas is barren due to the limits of the consoles. It was meant to be much, much bigger if you look at the concept art. Personally Fallout 3, along with Morrowind have a hatred for me and crash way too much for their own liking, New Vegas only crashes for me when I'm at New Vegas ironically. Even the game is trying to hide the let-down of the reveal of New Vegas. Fun fact: most of the new editions for New Vegas came from mods in Fallout 3.

[@MarioFrenchHorn]

jonn smith A Fallout and Bioshock reference in one sentence? Here, take your dirty thumbs up.

[@shivarampersaud2332]

Mario Chapa I concur

[@helloguysdadehere260]

jonn smith wow so much speech skill dude

[@pitch_blaccck]

I think it's safe for me to say that Fallout New Vegas (Particularly modded with PC) is one of the absolute best games I have ever played in my life. After so many years though, the first few hours are really rough and a lot of the time I get annoyed of it before just giving up. But once I finally push through the first 5-6 hours the remaining 60+ hours are second to non.

[@jackleague3086]

Completely agree, started it several times and bailed. Once you make it past that initial opening tho its amazing and the world really opens up

[@SpaceIceIsMyHero]

Have u tried alternative start mod

[@DarDarBinks1986]

I've got a good few playthroughs to my name. Mostly, I end with the Independent Vegas ending. I've only sided with Mr. House twice and the NCR once just to see what kind of ending I'd get. I'll NEVER play a Legion-aligned character, though. Slavery, misogyny, and Luddism are WRONG! Whenever I do a playthrough, I always do the DLCs before ever entering the Strip. I did all the DLCs in the "right" order on my last playthrough, beginning with Dead Money and ending with Lonesome Road. Dead Money for the Holorifle and gold bars; Honest Hearts for She's Embrace and Salt-Upon-Wounds' Helmet*; Old World Blues for the Heartless and Spineless perks, Sink holotapes, and the fact that Dr. Venture is in it; and Lonesome Road for the ED-E upgrades and Fist of Rawr. By the time I've started Lonesome Road, I already have max or near-max Speech, Science, Survival, and Medicine skills because of all the skill checks Ulysses gives you. I always talk him down through the Speech checks, then nuke both the Legion and NCR for the post-DLC loot. I can always get back in the NCR's good graces when I visit the Lucky 38 for the first time anyway; til then, I just use disguises. If you enter the Lucky 38 and then exit on your first visit, a NCR trooper spawns near you and gives you the message from Ambassador Crocker, setting your NCR reputation to Idolized. Your rep gets upgraded even if you were a terrorist in their eyes. So if I play a anti-NCR character in any capacity, I'll milk the infamy for all it's worth but leave certain NPCs alive so I can do certain quests later. Last playthrough, I used this method to get Boone in my party and keep him after killing Kimball without ever getting any warnings from him.** When it came time to do You'll Know It When It Happens, I shot Kimball using NCR armor, Turbo/Implant GRX, and a Stealth Boy, killing Kimball in disguise and intentionally failing the quest. *I recommend getting The Legion Will Ryse because the modded SUW Helmet you get with this mod is infinitely more badass than the vanilla version. Thank you very much, Oxhorn. **The trick is to wait until AFTER you've first spoken to Mr. House to recruit Boone. Remember the fame exploit described above? Ditto Arcade, if you helped the Legion in any way before.

[@nicholascauton9648]

Amen to that. New Vegas modded with PC is definitely the embodiment of turning something great into even greater. For example, I hate how you cannot sprint in the vanilla game. The fix? Just Vanilla Sprint mod. Or how about the marksman carbine (and the All-American) where its scope is more of a sniper scope rather than a reflex sight? The solution: Marksman Carbine Scope Edit mod. These are just a couple of examples I feel New Vegas was missing among other things.

[@2FingerTuesday]

Yeah, I loved Fallout 3 but I gave up on Vegas in the first 5 or so hours. It just looked so dull and felt like a grind. I may give it another shot because of all the extra praise I've heard recently

[@sebotrp]

About Strip and Casinos being rather empty... Yes, it is because of technical reasons. More specifically: console limitations.

[@anxdmeme4208]

I never had New Vegas crash on me. Fallout 3 on the other hand, that crashed like once every 40 minutes. Thank God for quicksaving.

[@OlviMasta77]

There are Nexus mods fixes for that

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

Great review. It is worth noting, and as a Fallout 1 & 2 fangirl* I feel it is my duty to point out that the reason this game is much truer to what Fallout originally was and truly is in its heart is because Obsidian was founded by and houses many people who worked at Black Isle studios, the creators of classic Fallout. Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, Brian Menze, J.E. Sawyer, and so on were all key people at Black Isle and all of those names except J.E. Sawyer were people that worked on Fallout 1 & 2, though Sawyer still had a hand in some of Black Isle's other masterpieces namely Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment. I admit that when I heard that Timothy Cain _THE_ father of Fallout joined Obsidian, I squeed. I really hope Bethesda will give Obsidian another shot, _especially_ with Timothy Cain now being a part of them. That... that would be incredible. *Don't interpret this as me being one of the people who yells "FALLOUT 3 IS THE SHITTEST RPG EVER AND ISN'T FALLOUT ARGH." My thoughts on Fallout 3 are such: It's a good game on its own merits, and I honestly feel I would rather Bethesda did what they did and give us their own personal vision of the Fallout universe and make a game with the methods they have experience with rather than attempt to imitate Black Isle in gameplay and writing perfectly. It's not the type of RPG they have experience making, and by making a game in the style that they _do_ have experience in the game managed to benefit greatly from those particular strengths regardless of their differences to what strengths the originals had in their type of RPG experience, and at the end of the day Bethesda didn't bastardize the universe or the art to the point of being unrecognizable so they earned the name.

[@TheXBRGUY]

I think objectively speaking Fallout New Vegas is better. It delivers much more on the idea of being an RPG, since the choices aren't a generic "Yes" or "No" option,and the game focuses much less on killing enemies than it does offering ways to get *around* killing enemies.

[@alexknight1991]

The Angry Little Alchemist You deserve a medal for your pic lol!

[@TheXBRGUY]

Alex Knight Thanks! R.I.P. Iwata ;(

[@asada4L]

The Angry Little Alchemist Been a while since i seen a comment from you

[@White_Tiger93]

What happened when Fallout 4 came out? While the game does allow me to play the sniper and assassin archetypes that I love in shooters, it rubs me into the problem I've had with the game's overhaul to Skills ever since I heard the news about it. That you're dependent on Perks to build your character, unlike Skills of past games where you could specialize in a few and make yourself very good at one thing very quickly, with Perks to round out the rest. This arbitrary restriction placed on game mechanics means that until I'm at the right level, or have the right SPECIAL stat, I'm hamstrung in how I can build my character. Moreover, this proves how little Bethesda understood about what made SPECIAL, Perks and Skills separate yet versatile things for character building when they took the approach they did for this game. (Take note of the various stats on offer, as well as the choices of Skills. This is what Bethesda sacrificed on the ARPG altar. i.ytimg.com/vi/gFerNt8_OCg/maxresdefault.jpg ) Things that are Skills like Lockpicking and Hacking should not be restricted to Perks, because they are not unique bonuses, just as Sneak, Unarmed, Barter and the like should not be dependent on SPECIAL stats with no way to improve them outside of SPECIAL increases and Perks, because these are not inherent abilities. By restricting Skills to Perks, Bethesda bloated the Perks system and subsequently took away some of its appeal. Gaining levels no longer feels special because all you’re given is a single Perk point versus a pool of Skill points, and in fact, you can let your points pile up before using them, just as you could in Skyrim. It’s the kind of progression system I expect from Action-RPGs, not Fallout. And then there's a lot of Skyrim Syndrome on display with this system. By this I mean there are a lot of parallels to the inefficient design of Skyrim's "Perk Trees", and the style of benefits a player gets for their point investments. If you go back to Skyrim right now and look at the first Perks available for any of the 18 trees, what do you find? 12 that are percentage increases to effectiveness, 5 that reduce Magicka costs for certain spells, and one that allows new Armor creation. All of these are bog-standard upgrades for an ARPG, with the Armor one being little more than a key to unlock something that could work independent of the avatar you choose. And then you climb the trees and notice something else: You're forced to drop points into things you may not want to reach things you likely will. In terms of enemy AI, it’s a step up, but not far enough of one. While enemies have new moves and attacks -- Deathclaws will bob and weave, as well as throw environment clutter, mole rats and radscorpions dig underground then pop up when at low health, and humans will now use cover and throw grenades to flush players out of hiding -- in practice, it only works half the time. Enemies can still get stuck thanks to pathfinding or other issues with the navmesh, and melee enemies will always charge your position, even if you're riddling them with bullets/energy as they do so, as though they know it’s their destiny to get left-clicked to death. The same applies to Super Mutants and Synths, the former of which have a new type: Kamikaze Mutants. Just like melee enemies, they’ll charge right at you, completely self-aware of their destiny, hoping they take you down with them. I’d like to know who thought this was a good idea, even if it works in the player’s favor when a successful hit on the bomb they carry is made. Lore-wise, it’s a contradiction. And then there are the flying enemies. They’re smarter than the ones in New Vegas, sure, but if you get any sort of lag while fighting them, the stronger types will deplete your health in seconds. In turn, VATS becomes the best way to counter their speed and hit them. In Fallout 4, the one to three word descriptions are often too vague, and sometimes can make the character say something completely different than what you think. Not only is this bad design, but Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a 2011 game, showed how to make this work. Put the descriptions on the left, and the textbox on the right, with your dialogue listed in full in the latter. (Take it away, Adam Jensen. tsupp.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/maxresdefault.jpg ) And then there’s the loss of Skills, which puts all the weight of dialogue checks on the Charisma SPECIAL stat. Perks are never put to use in dialogue where they could be, for example using Robotics Expert to shut down Ironsides, and the ones that do affect dialogue do not do so with direct effects. Just passives that improve the chance to succeed when a check comes up. What’s more, these dialogue checks are not shown with numbers, but colors, and they do not change even if you have Lady Killer/Black Widow maxed out. I'm sure many who were paying attention to the pre-release hype for Fallout 4 remember what happened when the news leaked that your character's son was going to be one of the big names among the factions playing at controlling the Commonwealth. Fans who thought this was a huge spoiler went crazy, the joke about how to kill your son went viral, and then we had Pete Hines enter the fray with a statement that regardless of this reveal, players would have more than enough to like about Fallout 4. (i.redditmedia.com/jXxmvZm9c....jpg?w=320&s=baf0d119ef19e411e699b049ce9c851b) Sorry Pete. That's a lie if I ever heard one. In essence, what he was admitting to was this part of the main plot, the part that pulls the Sole Survivor into and through the world of Fallout 4, is completely forgettable and not as big a deal spoiled as it would've been unspoiled. Here's a comparative example, just to show how dumb this is. Let's say Fallout 1 had the same caliber of hype surrounding it that Fallout 4 had, and then some players got their hands into the core of the game early, found out about how the main plot ends, and then posted things like, "Hey, don't ask the water merchants to supply your vault. You'll lose more easily that way." And then let's say Tim Cain (Sorry, Tim) came forward and said, "I'm sorry this got spoiled for you, but it's just one option in our game. You can try it if you choose, though." See how dumb this gets? Finding the water chip is the crux of the early game in Fallout 1, and you're on a timer, so of course the water merchants making trips to extend your time seems like a great idea, but being told that choice, and its consequence, is not that bad spoiled versus unspoiled is a blatant lie because it changes the outcome of events in the game in a big way. Speaking of the Brotherhood, the third faction in this, they’re one that Bethesda tried to return to their roots, with no success. The Brotherhood are supposed to be isolationist, not getting involved with the events of the outside world, only ever letting outsiders in if they perform a remarkable service. What we got instead was a genocidal Elder, a descendant of the Maxson family no less, who not only persuades the people of the Commonwealth to assist him, he makes an outsider a Sentinel within a few months. Speaking of traditionalists, New Vegas handled this far better than Bethesda did. Throughout Veronica’s quest “I Could Make You Care”, we saw that because the Brotherhood were so focused on pre-war tech, while making no changes to the outside world, they were fading away, suffering a slow, sorry death in isolation. The isolationism was also causing problems with food and supply scavenging, leaving them unable to repair their aging and malfunctioning bunkers, and creating conflicts with the more militaristic leaning members.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Too bad that other than that, this game is complete garbage, because it keeps crashing no matter how many fixing mods you use, how many times you patch it, or how good your PC gaming engine is

[@pfclumi]

It's so empty because of Covid-19.

[@Pugsliee]

dude u are reviewing every game from my childhood, i'll sub for that.

[@highgrove8545]

I personaly think Fallout: New Vegas triumphs over Fallout 3 in almost every aspect except for interesting locations to find.

[@peppermillers8361]

I don't know, I thought New Vegas had it's good share of interesting locations.

[@sebs4238]

eh, alot of them where just abandoned shacks and camps

[@BIadelores]

Well a lot Fallout 3's locations were just copy pasted subway areas.

[@jimeral2468]

True very true

[@Crimson50]

Undead Viking IT DIDS THAT TOO

[@kongchr]

How to get back in the good graces of gamers: 1. Call up Obsidian 2. Ask them develop Fallout 5 3. Everyone loves you again. Do it, Todd.

[@Puzzl3man]

What if its shit tho

[@kea9809]

to get people compare and shit on fallout 4?

[@randomdude5993]

You really want obsidian to make another game like this? Like, they are not famous for being too competent Their games always have awful, repetitive gameplay,and way too many bugs Focused on lore instead of gameplay Their games are literal definition of "unpolished"

[@lilnuttt2974]

@@randomdude5993 I'd rather them give it another go and actually make a decent fallout game instead of just another shooter like Bethesda keeps doing, yes outer world's is debatable but at least they kept the same single-player rpg aspects from fallout that made it good instead of trying to change the whole formula and say fuck it let's just make it a shooter (fallout 4) and fuck it let's make it multi-player (fallout 76)

[@randomdude5993]

@@lilnuttt2974 difference is - Bethesda knows what type of games they want to make, and they always deliver exactly what they want No less, no more Meanwhile Obsidian games barely work Each one has very awful gameplay and quest design, while having very unpolished skeleton Take a look at New Vegas, kotor 2, outer worlds None of those games is even barely finished None of those game VIDEOGAMES prioritize gameplay over lore, which itself is told in very obnoxious way Bethesda knows how to make gameplay fun, a tell stories with environments instead of forcing convoluted plot down players throats In videogame you can avoid side mechanics such as talking/reputation etc., but it is impossible to avoid core gameplay such as shooting and exploring That's why Bethesda titles are better - because their games focus on exactly those aspects I don't know how about you, but I will choose gameplay over anything else any day of a week

[@bloodorange6713]

The New Vegas soundtrack is the best as well.

[@peppermillers8361]

That's because it uses the soundtrack of Fo1 and 2 (but yeah, some of the music is it's own).

[@shdowhunt60]

New Vegas has the distinction of being the one time I think that Inon Zur actually composed something interesting and cool.

[@mikeehrmantraut1899]

even New vegas has a world record for having the most dialogue about 64,000 than fallout 3 and 4

[@simondaniel4028]

@@shdowhunt60 um. icewind dale 2?

[@simondaniel4028]

yo Doc Mitchel's theme is straight up the theme of the game. what a piece.

[@zerginfestorhots6132]

For the vegas issue, yeah, it's a technical problem, two-fold, actually. 1. Is the consoles being extremely lacking in the power that Obsidian wanted, and 2. The very game engine itself gets a heart attack whenever more than 10 NPCs are on screen.

[@ernie371]

If you have played the original Fallout games (1,2,tactics) then New Vegas is the only good FPS Fallout sequel. You may argue about Fallout 3 and 4, but as Fallout games, they are bad, breaking the lore :new power armor, shitty enclave, GECKs being used for water purification (GECKs are high tec fertilizers, not purifiers, they should have just taken a water purification chip) I like Fallout 3 and 4, but i hate them at the same time, but Fallout New Vegas was made by Obsidian, who were the former devs of Interplay, the guys who originaly made Fallout, and the devs knew what they were doing, so it is a really good game.

[@r3v4n21]

Fallout 4 just dumbs down the already dumbed down Fallout 3. I mean you now longer have random critical hits. Think about that for a second. And the whole East Coast setting just makes it feel more like a spin off.

[@acnudus]

+Jay Mex you should also try UnderRail, it hit every nostalgia nerves and bones that F3 and F4 grated against :)

[@elvisneedsboats7856]

Exactly! It worries me that the series seems to be straying away from its roots with F4 basically being F3.5. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Obsidian is going to make another Fallout like 1,2, and NV.

[@clashmanthethird]

+Dr. Steve Brule Well, considering the 84 Metacritic score, I'm not too sure obsidian would want to work with Bethesda again.

[@ernie371]

+Clashman The Third I'll check it out bro! :D

[@masteryoda9052]

Official and personal list: Map size: Roughly same size (16 square miles) Map layout: Fallout 3 Gameplay: Fallout: New Vegas Factions: Fallout: New Vegas Story: Fallout: New Vegas DLC: Fallout 3 Weapons: Tie. Fallout 3 had good weapons and Fallout: New Vegas had weapon mods, as well as, more weapons. Continues original lore: Fallout: New Vegas What i personally like better: Fallout: New Vegas Area: Tie. Combat system: Fallout: New Vegas Companions: Fallout: New Vegas Overall score: ----------------- Fallout: New Vegas | Fallout 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

[@s_for_short2400]

agreed but sometimes you cant convince the newcomers to the series that played FO3 when it came out and thought it was the next big thing, not knowing the backstory and lore and thinking "wow this town was made around a nuke, thats awesome" or "wow this green everywhere really makes it look like an apocalypse" and being a god 2 hours into the game. Then playing new vegas and getting annoyed that theyre not as good, that theres no illogical stuff like a town around a nuke or a green hue everywhere even tho its been 200+ years since the war. Those people cant see good writing and would just like to run in a random direction, find a raider camp, kill them all, continue in said direction and do everything again.

[@definitelyfamousbutyoudont1810]

nv dlc wayyy better

[@SugarWeasel1227]

NV dlc was interesting, especially that they were all connected

[@stememcphie623]

My list: Map layout: Fallout: New Vegas (close, but NV's map has actual structure) Gameplay: Fallout: New Vegas Factions: Fallout: New Vegas (duh) Story: Fallout: New Vegas (duh) DLC: Fallout: NV (by far IMO) Weapons: Fallout: New Vegas Combat system: Fallout: New Vegas Companions: Fallout: New Vegas (duh) What I personally like better: Fallout: New Vegas Overall score: ofc it's Fallout: New Vegas

[@diavolo1326]

Master Yoda I disagree with the dlc. Fallout new Vegas has far better dlc. Dead Money is honestly not as bad as everyone says.

[@lopey5035]

Think your channel will ever get BIG big? I mean your reviews (most of the time) are well constructed.

[@Gggmanlives]

+Logan Sanborn Most of the time huh? lol

[@iGuy28]

+Gggmanlives we've got ourselves a comedian here

[@12370david]

Doubt it. Most of the big reviewers only bother with brand new stuff, but this guy just doesn't give a shit and reviews whatever game from the decade. Not that's a bad thing, I love these reviews for it, but it's because of this that he doesn't get too many new viewers and won't blow up any time soon. Might change though since lately he's actually been keeping up with new releases, but it wasn't like that for most of this channel's life.

[@raycocker639]

Eventually

[@byu768]

what i like is how this guy has concise reviews. angryjoe's channel or totalbiscuit's reviews are TLDW and take half an hour to an hour even.

[@heftybat1087]

Man, I swear, Gggmanlives is one of the best reviewers that ever existed, always backing up why he thinks this or thinks that. Undoubtedly the best part is the he doesn't go nostalgia-blind over games, something most reviewers suffer from. These two are some of the many reasons I love your reviews. And on a side note, somehow I never get tired of hearing you voice... Okay, that just sounds weird...

[@MrNewVegas101]

I come back to this review every now and then, Long Live New Vegas, my personal favourite game of all time !!!

[@TimeForDunston]

I love both fallout 3 and New Vegas, I never realized so many people were so divided 😳.

[@bladehaste205]

Yeah apparently New Vegas was meant to be a massive city with heaps to explore and tons of things to do but they couldn't because of tech limitations for the consoles or so I was told

[@Triggerhappy4480]

*tear falls* *sniffs* I miss you New Vegas.

[@matthew1882]

DarkWo1f997 We all do.

[@jasonfenton8250]

Install it then?

[@masterbison8957]

I don't.Mostly because i'm replaying it for the third time this year.

[@wormhistoryhour5]

Well you could replay it

[@Groaznic]

Love your reviews! Would love to see you do a review for the Fallout 3 DLCs and one review for the New Vegas ones if you got the time.

[@jameskattoor1415]

I just played for an entire week without even shutting down my pc for a break. I just paused it, had a meal, then went back into it. It kinda feels like my homeland more than my Actual homeland.

[@Josh_2976]

NV is my most played game on steam and I'm pretty sure I prefer it But Bethesda gave fallout 3 a unique atmosphere and the world was amazingly crafted. Let's all stop arguing and admit the best fallout game is fallout 2. :P

[@lasarousi]

The best 3D fallout is a tale of two wastelands.

[@f.lab.4490]

New vegas is one of my favorite fallout ever, it is truly a rich game but GGGmanlives didn't talk about the links between the very first two fallout games and new vegas, I hope he will make a review for these one too (because I think players need to know that bethesda quiet betrayed the franchise's background , even if their new fallout formula is still great)

[@mikeehrmantraut1899]

i like there easter egg and reference to fallout 1 and 2

[@rosskaske6357]

the writing in this game is top tier

[@ManDuderGuy]

Fallout 4 is fucking _clownshoes_ compared to New Vegas.

[@Bigdaddymittens]

I used to hate New Vegas, but I was able to get past the horrendous early game, and I haven't put it down since. Fallout 3 feels more inviting, but it's much more shallow. New Vegas is hard to get into, but it's overwhelmingly rewarding, while Fallout 3 is ridiculously easy to pick up and play, but the writing, and game design are lacking by comparison.

[@ManDuderGuy]

You are so right!

[@reeloykenjins2835]

"Clownshoes?" Are you Dukov from Fallout 3?

[@calebcipparrone120]

you sir have gained a subscriber, keep up the fantastic content

[@Gggmanlives]

Thanks!

[@Ryerman8]

the thing most people usually miss about the legion burning down the town is that it only appears evil on the surface, if you look the people they killed were powder gangers, so they’re really just doing what you would if you got there first

[@lasarousi]

The difference is that they crucify and kill slowly, the player just obliterates them.

[@cyn6440]

They also killed all of the citizens dude

[@---lf5rf]

@@cyn6440 which where criminals and NCR

[@GuyOnAChair]

0:42 Holy fucking shit a human being in the year 2015 called something a series. I could kiss you!

[@Elysium346]

If this game got a remastered with better combat mechanics inplemented and even more content it will be an epic experience. Bethesda - make it happen... Or go the extra mile and make something which surpasses all the predecessors, records are a beginning yet mark and end. They symbolise victory yet defeat is the platform from which they stand. Make fallout 5 stand on the grand platform...

[@hennyzhi2261]

You might as well say that the No. 1 rule of any Fallout game is that it's going to be riddled with bugs, so you might as well wait to get it on PC when the mods for bug fixes, hd textures, and anti-stutter come out.

[@DandySoleil]

This is my favorite Fallout for a 'Dumb Run'. Never gets old

[@Brush19138]

This game still holds up on PC. After switching from console... I can see that PC games hold a much longer shelf life on playability and graphics. I'm gonna say it. Long live the PC master race.

[@abdulmukitmajumder4106]

Survival skill was meant for hardcore mode. It’s a must in this mode :3

[@SillyPangolin]

Best game ever made, i've been playing this game since day one and it never got old

[@GuyJustChillin]

First run through right now.... Loving it so much

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

Good review I can only hope to have reviews as good as this. But which do you prefer 3 or new Vegas?

[@Gggmanlives]

***** NV I'd say.

[@Northernmight]

Much better than Fallout 3, and a million times better than Fallout 4. Obsidian should just buy the license.

[@TheDutchGhost]

+Northernmight I don't think they did or could afford to make an offer back when the Fallout IP was sold by Interplay, but the original project head Tim Cain who worked on Fallout 1 tried to make an offer. However as he ran a small studio he could not really compete with Zenimax Bethesda.

[@miguellemir242]

You know...Everytime I heard the Blue Moon theme in this game, it draws a tear on my eye. Remind me of my first gaming rig, about friends now long gone, about when me and brother were kids. About good times...

[@kodan7879]

Oh god. No... NOOO. I watched this video. Now I need to play Fallout New Vegas.... for the 50th time.

[@patead138]

Man, your reviews are freaking great gotta say, well written that go in depth without a huge amount of spoilers, well done. Regarding the game, Fallout NV is great from my experience( 30+ hours i played ), the writing is pretty good in the quests, nice variety of weapons, nice setting, nice pace and alot of choices, well rounded RPG, my cup of tea really. Can´t compare it to Fallout 3( only played it for like 2 hours xD ) tho but certainly Fallout NV holds itself pretty high, even comparing with the "all time classic" Fallout 3. Rate 8.5/10.

[@AdemTumerkan]

The best Fallout game IMO - And now after stumbling across this video, I’m going to reinstall it on Steam for a new play through

[@Catalion100]

Make a review about Morrowind please.

[@CynicalAnomaly205]

Well he already reviewed Oblivion snd Skyrim, so maybe one of these days he’ll review Morrowind. Gman is a patient man, he can take as long as he wants.

[@OriJ123]

I loved Fallout: New Vegas for the constant choices that the game gives to you.

[@theaxemurderer80]

One of the greatest RPGs of all time

[@TomLehockySVK]

Outstanding game. And a great review !

[@atticuskoch2965]

If you confront benny before you go to the town that was burned down by the legion, vulpes inculta talks to you once you leave the casino. If you go to the town afterwards, he says something like "Oh, I remember you. I didn't have a dog on my head when we first met."

[@syncmonism]

Despite its flaws, I consider this to be the best game ever made to this date

[@huru2guru]

I like how you not only review commercial games but also showcase cool mods in Mods corner, so I have little suggestion for it, I am sure you wont mind. ;) It is called *AMC TC*. Dont know, if you heard about it, but it is big thing in Eduke32 community. I would dare call it as some sort of love letter to various classic 2.5D FPS games from 90s. But it unfortunately gets very little recognition from other old school gamers, so I think it deserves more publicity. P.S. For those who played it, 2nd episode got released.

[@cameron-yo6zp]

I preferred NV to 3, but after playing Tale of Two Wastelands, I can't imagine one without the other.

[@Tracer_Krieg]

I like the atmosphere of 3, the story of NV and the gameplay of 4. I hope that 5 or whatever else it's called somehow incorporates all three.

[@pira707]

I like the atmospheres of both 3 and NV but 4 is like way too bright

[@elizabethmajdanska5619]

I think that Obsidian deserves more respect for Fallout New Vegas because it was awesome! 👍 Anyone agree?

[@randomguy6679]

Especially in such a short development time

[@mikeehrmantraut1899]

18 months and a year in a half i mean Obsidian has no choice but to use Bethesda shitty ass engine but oh god Bethesda engine just SUCKS

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Apparently, the strip being relatively barren was a matter of console limitations. They even had to segment it into parts, something they clearly didn't intend to do based on the intro alone. I know you're going to hate me saying this, but... there are mods to help that.

[@kebubas]

What's up with the random "Sunny Jim"? Is that like your thing or something ?

[@Gggmanlives]

+Tadas Armonavičius No reason, I just do what I want.

[@kebubas]

Gggmanlives roger that... :D

[@GamingTHUNDER]

+Tadas Armonavičius i reccomend the phantom pcs from ibuypower to play the newest games

[@ricmamaddafakka7248]

+Tadas Armonavičius no actually he talks to his son , named Jim . *sigh*

[@blazeshredz904]

he has a sonny slimjim up his ass

[@pajamas720]

"stimpacks are much rarer than in fallout 3" me with 100 stimpacks and the kings dumping more on me: wha

[@bucket9486]

I like apple pie and New Vegas. So I guess it's a win-win for me.

[@hitmanwolf]

Something that i only realized now... like the "Burned Man" and many other Legends of the Wastes. "Courier Six" was molded into a legend by just stumbling along trouble and earning a reputation naturally... but in reality, he just followed that one rule: "What doesn't kill you, makes you strong enough to kill them." and the fact that me, the player, mentions my avatar as a character shows how much commitment was put to makes us feel like a part of the Lore. if only Bethesda understood that...

[@BarendCombrink]

Man, I love this game. I'm so glad they made it. It similar enough to Fallout 3 so that I enjoy the game mechanics, but different enough to feel fresh when coming straight from Fallout 3. I really hope we get a similar spin-off game after Fallout 4.

[@wh3nderson95]

There are some gaming "news" outlets that speculate that Bethesda will give Obsidian the rights to make their own spin off game after South Park. Seeing on how awesome New Vegas is. I cannot fucking wait.

[@BarendCombrink]

wh3nderson95 I really hope that happens.

[@luckoftheirish8708]

The NCR and Brotherhood of Steel were there from the start, ever since the first Fallout

[@lukatosic4447]

it was ruined by tech-limitations consoles ruin so many things

[@clashmanthethird]

It's not consoles that ruined the strip, the engine was just terrible, it still would've ran horrible on PC.

[@lukatosic4447]

Clashman The Third who created the shit engie? oh bethesda! shit is all they make these days. :(

[@clashmanthethird]

luka tosic It's actually just another terrible engine that they modified.

[@lukatosic4447]

Clashman The Third :( gambriol engie is terrible and people in it look like dolls or muffin men if u can call them that

[@AmazingPotatoFarmer]

Wrong. Sure, the engine is shit and should've been replaced years ago, but the engine is still capable of far more than what the 360 and PS3 where able to support. Just take a look at all of the mods for the PC version that massively boost the NPC count across the game. They function just fine, and only the most extreme ones such as the all out war mods actually damage the frame-rate to any reasonable degree. Just admit it, the game was limited due to the limits of consoles far more than it was limited by its engine.

[@botep5529]

Companion side quest in NV: let your companion experience how other groups provide for themselves and survive the world. Help her try to convince her family that staying hidden away is not the answer and ultimately helping her with the existential crisis of staying with them or carving out her own path. Companion quest in outer worlds: Help your companion go on a date. Yeah that's about as far as I got in that game before I shut it off and never played it again.

[@hariharanjayashankar8932]

I tried fallout 3, but I couldn't play it for too long. I guess there were interesting places to find but I didn't get immersed what so ever. Dialogues always show you what the best option is and the god damn quest marker somehow seems to have a much worse effect than other games with the quest marker. And just in general, the story wasn't all too riveting I thought. Is fallout new vegas better in immersion?

[@johnknoneborg]

Hariharan Jayasankar fallout new vegas is definitely more upbeat and cheery and filled with actual color lol but personally I like new vegas more then three by miles but i do love both individually. Id buy it and if you didn’t like it you could always return or refund it.

[@WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight]

How was it?

[@bensmith5218]

best reviews on KZbin. . I only saw you're channel last week but I've watched loads

[@Cheesefist]

Can you review brothers in arms trilogy please?

[@cuddles.monster]

I second this comment

[@Xenoforge78]

Austin Williams The most overrated WWII shooter in existence riding off of the hype at the time of Band Of Brothers with unnecessarily wonky gunplay mechanics and overly simple squad commands. There.

[@Cheesefist]

Xenoforge78 GGGManlives did you change your name? ooh wait nevermind your just a nosy nasissistic ass

[@Xenoforge78]

Austin Williams Are you butthurt someone's opinions don't line up with your own? All I did was sum up the series. The first two games are simply not fun. If I wanted a realistic WWII FPS, i'd play an ARMA 2 mod or Red Orchestra.

[@Cheesefist]

Xenoforge78 No i got mad because you answered a question that I Intended to another person

[@GnarlyDude970]

Loved Fallout 3 but I just couldn't get into this one, it seemed off somehow.

[@doomgrinder123]

Best video game reviewer off all time. Your detail and how you give your opinion with clear reasoning is amazing. Love from vegas!

[@DMTInfinity]

*Absolutely fantastic review homie..!*

[@mynameachef8614]

its empty because the engine has a hard time with a lot of people in a closed space, there is a mod that puts crowds on the strip and it lowered my fps by around 5 fps,not a lot but considering i have a 980ti a huge amount

[@leon30517]

MyName AChef Did you use FNV4gb? these games tend to have issues with memory usage

[@Samiby]

Here's my honest 2.5 years late review on Fallout: New Vegas @ www.thelategamer.com/video-game-review/pc/fallout-new-vegas/

[@D00MTR33]

Great review sunny jim, you describe NV to the tee. It's not a sequel to 3 as much as it is to 1 and 2 and it just depends on which fallout you prefer. I like Bethesdas Fallout games and who knows, if it wasn't for them tactics would've been tje last fallout game. That said I much prefer NV because it's a true rpg and a continuation of the original series.

[@codezero7638]

The New Vegas Area was suppose to be bigger. The East and West side was supposed to be a lot bigger too. This however got scrapped because of console limitations.

[@bobbumbo9584]

Nice review at first I found new vegas dull but a week ago I started playing it again and now I love it.

[@morradi10000]

Have fun, mate!

[@bobbumbo9584]

morradi10000 Thxs!

[@Dr.Strangelewd]

One of my favorite RPGs of late and a proper sequel to the series that is very close to my heart. If only they had proper budget, more development time and weren't restrained by godawful Gamebryo engine. I'd love to see Obsidian get a chance with FO4 in the future, though who knows if they're still up to snuff, after all, majority of NV content was gathering dust on the shelves since Van Buren.

[@NoMastersNoMistress]

Personally I only had two major complaints: it ends, and you can't play as a ghoul.

[@Pin3C0ne]

This game was my first foray into the awesomeness that is the fallout games. I first played it over Christmas break in TechSchool for the Airforce after basic. I basically only left my room to do my daily cleaning duties and PT (only because I had no choice ha-ha). This is one of my favorite games of all time and you did an amazing review for it!

[@PerilsofPokey]

Hit the nail, right on the head. I've dumped 72 hours into this game, still haven't beaten it.

[@Vladisar]

Just watched, both this and your Fallout 3 reviews. Both Excellent reviews! Very professional and the info you discussed very relevant to the games. Thank you so much. definitely looking forward to your future reviews, especially Fallout 4. Again, Great review!

[@MrNuclearturtle]

My only real gripe with this game is how barren it is. I know it means there are less combat encounters which may make it better for some, but it sometimes makes new vegas more lifeless than the grey/green world of F3. Given the fact that new vegas wasn't heavily affected by the bombings of the war it makes sense, but still, everything else in the game is great....Except cazadors....fuck cazadors

[@Zeon081]

it's note barren. it's huge misconception, people are just to lazy to explore and get off the road. and exploration often pays off with skillbooks and unique weapons.

[@theorangebear5809]

it is fallout 3 always had something happening there are stuff to explore but fallout 3 had better exploration imo

[@MrNuclearturtle]

@@theorangebear5809 Bethesda makes better worlds to explore but the writing has always been inferior

[@GothGfGG]

I always return to Fallout 3 and NV at least once a year to make new characters, im still discovering new quests and new ways to complete familiar quests in New Vegas seven years later. I absolutely adore this game and the lore.

[@kraigisboss]

The reason it's so glitchy is that it's using the garbage fallout 3 game engine which barely worked to begin with. The fact obsidian got the engine to work is a miracle.

[@INMATE2468]

in 18 months no less

[@randomguy6679]

They didn't even want to use the engine in the first place, they wanted to use their own engine that they were working on. Fun fact: its the same engine used in the Pillars of Eternity games

[@Cammo031]

This is an old video but I’ve only just decided whether or not I want to buy fallout new Vegas as I’ve gotten into Bethesda games recently. The review here is well structured and informative good work

[@fattony75]

I like NV a lot - but I prefer the Fallout 3 setting in Washington over the desert setting of NV

[@yigilantis]

I believe you should start reviewing the DLCs as well. didnt play F3 DLCs but the ones prepared for NV were absolutely unique. Each one had its own style

[@AJMASTER7]

New Vegas is the best and the end of all Fallout.

[@pancholopez8829]

I totally agree on the crashes and bugs. But mainly crashes. It was to much for me that I had to return the game due to the amount of time I got so far with no save, only for a crash to come up and make me lose my progress.

[@davido5317]

I played this game when I was like 12 and I maxed out everything and cheesed the game pretty easy... Probably was less easy than fo3 but not really enough for me to notice or care

[@Tonydaling]

I really love your reviews man! I've watched all the major outlets like Gamespot and IGN with their reviews for years and after watching independent peeps like you, I'm sticking to ya! Plus you're Australian like me! Whereabouts do you hail from good sir?

[@PtEthan]

As much as I love this game I must admit... It crashes TOO MUCH

[@garretteverett2613]

So many good points here. I wish that we could have New Vegas mechanics in the Fallout 3 world - the empty, invisible wall-ridden landscape is really a tunnel rather than a truly open world, and the larger settlements look and feel like they have been scaled up to double or triple size just to pad the play time of fetch quests. I skip anything related to the McCarran Airfield because it takes five minutes just to find someone to talk to.

[@noahkirkland5844]

My only wish in life is to play through this game with graphics mods on my PC, without it crashing every 5 minutes. . . And its not even the mods doing that, without them it still crashes every 5-10 minutes and a crash fix doesnt really help. . . The game just doesnt work on windows 10 very well :(

[@eiszapfenderwutendenwinde3233]

The game doesn't work on any system very well. Even the freaking console versions are utterly broken! The 360 hardlocked multiple times at all kinds of occasions! Just like Fallout 3 did. Bethetics gamebryo and creation engine is such a disgusting POS of underdeveloped software. Its mind baffling that actual human beings created it. And not some degenerate Neandertals or brain lobotomized Apes!

[@korakb5213]

I don't know why everyone complains about crashes. Back in my Win 7, I played it for 60+ hours with just 2 crashes and that was probably because i had accidentally used conflicting mods. Just got lucky, I guess

[@noahkirkland5844]

Korak Bhattacharyya It crashes like hell with windows 10 m8, can't run it for 5 minutes even with anti crash mods without it making me have to reset my PC

[@korakb5213]

Noah Kirkland You make me glad that I got hold of this game before upgrading to win10 lol. Ps> May seem obvious but have you tried messing with compatibility mode? Win 10 isn't exactly the best for gaming

[@noahkirkland5844]

Korak Bhattacharyya I haven't actually, completely forgot that was even a thing haha

[@osetraceur]

Great stuff man. U should do review of Fallout and Fallout 2 and Killap's restoration project!