FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS (Zero Punctuation)

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This week, Zero Puncuation reviews Fallout: New Vegas.
Fast-talking Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw reviews a new game each week in this animated series that combines informed critique with cutting humor. Watch the next episode of Zero Punctuation a week early, only on The Escapist.
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[@cleothehermetichermeticist8391]

“I set out to the north.” *laughs mysteriously*

[@cocososupergeek]

ah, the old going-north-of-goodsprings-and-getting-eaten-by-cazadores.

[@J0NES250]

pyromaniac aardvark Cazadores are annoying to begin with, but we must not forget the Deathclaws at Quarry Junction. If you conga your way north from Goodsprings along the Long 15, you might end up sliced and diced by the damn things some time after passing Sloan. Thank RNG I went south from the get-go.

[@hknt3638]

Fun fact: with a 9 mm SMG loaded with hand crafted JHP ammo it's actually winnable. Needs at least level 6 for the perk though..

[@genetictavi2451]

I ended up at the concentration camp and got blown up some dude throwing dynamite. On my second try I got Insta killed by a sniper and when I finally got around I got raped by about 7 scorpions in a valley.

[@IONASPHERETHREE]

Nah, forget all that gear. Just go in rocking the .32

[@Fir7shadow]

+Judson Joist If someone has the Ultimate edition, it comes with all the small pre-order bonus packs, including a 40mm grenade launcher, which makes short work of the Cazadores to the north, allowing you to reach New Vegas a lot quicker. Conversely, the Weathered 10mm Pistol works just fine if someone sets the difficulty to the lowest setting.

[@TheVIDEONINGA]

I made it to Vegas on the north road once....because a Deathclaw ripped my spinal cord out and threw me half way across the map.

[@mast0rwiz0rd]

Deathclaw's are so friendly, the first time I met one in fallout 3 it tore my head off in a single swipe; a moment in gaming i'll never forget.

[@bobmcbob49]

***** Haven't fought one yet. Mainly because I primarily use melee weapons, looked through the binoculars at a group of them, and thought "fuck that shit"

[@mast0rwiz0rd]

Hahaha. Never really tried melee myself only for gimicks, seemed under powered when most enemies bring guns to a 'knife fight'. If you don't have good stuff and low level wouldn't bother with them; they run faster than you so little to no escape once you're seen lol.

[@bobmcbob49]

***** Melee actually isn't bad. Using a repar club right now, which essentially cripples whatever it hits. I would assume that includes deathclaw legs.

[@deathangellink]

i actually accessed New Vegas while i was only level 4, i spended some time getting as much stimpack and stealth boy as i could find and some ammo. i was able to sneak 98 % of the Qazador with the use of 3 stealth boy , but one spotted me and sting me. it took me 8 stimpack to survived, i barely survived it, but were able to walk toward new vegas, i was able to avoid thoses punks gang and reach new vegas. SUCCESS!!

[@Ously6]

*When you know exactly the direction Yahtzee took*

[@jacksongrantham4848]

Yep, he either went north skirting great khan territory or north around quarry junction, and he was not talking about massive mutant lizard bears, so he must have been perforated by cazadores

[@proudpapaprick]

That moment when a video game bad guy killing you sounds like getting gang-raped by Mexican cartel members when described.

[@jacksongrantham4848]

@ObjectivelyInoffensiveUsername Yeah, but holy shit man, I posted that reply 8 months ago

[@BFedie518]

@@jacksongrantham4848 and your initial response was to a comment three years older than yours.

[@jacksongrantham4848]

@@BFedie518 Yeah, so? It was a topic I had knowledge on and I wanted to get the most out of my two cents.

[@pentadeuce1086]

"I then killed them with a newfound moral superiority, and then took all their stuff. Which isn't stealing by moral law of go fuck yourself." I like this law.

[@Kornilovite]

*international law

[@scringly]

Penta Deuce Ditto

[@irontiger6170]

I could use this law

[@akiraigarashi2874]

Works great in Skyrim lol

[@theveyking5442]

So essentially, Yahtzee began in Goodsprings and followed the main story to Primm, doing the side quest where he ended up in the NCRCF, then going into the destroyed Nipton where the Legion were and then heading to Novac to drink from a toilet before dealing with the great Khans in Boulder city, reaching Freeside and then freezing after entering the strip.

[@PalmerDudeGamingChannel]

+neenomorph nerdlinen he froze cause the debt collecting was and still is i believe glitched causing your game to freeze up or run like shit so yeah dont do that one maybe

[@theveyking5442]

makes sense

[@aaroncow1824]

That explains why most of the routes Yahtzee described seemed familiar.

[@James-th2oo]

No, he doesn't mention Primm at all. He simply says the correction facility. Sounds like he went over Primm entirely.

[@theveyking5442]

James Witteveen oh ok I just assumed he went there for the quest

[@JordyTwoShoe]

I want more videos like this. Him just kind of telling his story in the game.

[@Kmab77]

Chaintooth Yea I wish he did it for shadow of mordor

[@jellydonut0]

Chaintooth You should watch his Elite Dangerous review then

[@raick8588]

He did it for demon's souls and elite dangerous as far as i remember

[@ryanhammock1181]

Would be a better review if he told the song at day 1 song

[@emzedjiklool511]

n0_punctuation I rewatch his skyrim video because of that same reason

[@strategossable1366]

"I proudly strolled up to new vegas, then I proudly strolled around New vegas looking for the fucking entrance" Too true.

[@Rajyrr]

A liquid will only start to dehydrate you if its solute content surpasses the solute content of your blood. Water from your blood will end up diffusing out of your bloodstream to balance things out. That being said, it is possible to drink fluids that actively cause you to start dehydrating. The problem is that soda pop doesn't come anywhere near that point. As he points out, rightfully so, "it's not sea water". What I think people are trying to say is that things like coffee, soda pop, tea, orange juice, alcohol, etc, have higher solute concentrations than standard drinking water. Therefore, drinking anything other than standard saline solution (drinking water) will hydrate you _less_ than the ordinary water will. Now I'll slink back into my corner until I'm needed again ...

[@chukyuniqul]

I was lowkey looking for this, but either I'm too tired or my english is failing me because zi don't understand how you explain the fenomenon. I just assume it dehydrates you because mostly everything that isn't water or 100% natural juice has a diuretic effect somewhere. Either tha tor they just thought that it dehydrates because you feel thirsty aafter drinking it.

[@justjoeblow420]

@@theshamurai5767 Yeah every one forgets how hardcore of a diuretic caffeine can be when bringing up this point Just look into how often regular coffee drinkers are basically constantly in a state of mild dehydration it's even well documented by the medical field with a lot of heavy soda drinkers having the same issue.

[@jmckendry84]

@@theshamurai5767 drinking a pack of Monster in a single day is just not a good idea under any circumstances.

[@dragonheart1236]

Also, it's like, 200 year old radioactive soda

[@jamesverner9132]

Sound logical

[@johnostenfeld5190]

I often think of how Yahtzee essentially missed three quarters of the game because of a crash.

[@prointernetuser]

@regi grenski this was way before the scourge of open world games when he had to coin a degrading term for it. He said that FO3 was pretty good FNV was pretty much more of the same. I have watched ZP ever since he still had (un)licensed music for intro and outro, I think I have it on good authority to say that he enjoyed FNV. His take on the story would have been great since it is unique and his play-style of messing around does affect the outcome of each faction mission.

[@KingRidley]

@regi grenski sorry, would have*

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

The jazz song playing is Glen Miller "In the Mood"

[@Mr_T_Badger]

You are a scholar and a gentleman. 😊

[@Pyrocynical]

Is it just me, or does Ben's review just make you want to play New Vegas again?

[@DoratTheKiller]

It kinda did

[@speedwagon9274]

Yeah i did get that feeling

[@witwoo1825]

I never realised lesbians liked fallout new Vegas reviews

[@lordmoncef5494]

What the fuck !?

[@jayvanx154]

Just make a new vegas video already

[@Hawkeye83627]

"International law of go fuck yourself." xD Currently dying from that.

[@Maeve_Rose]

+Hawkeye83627 specifically "International Law of GFU" Section 12 Paragraph 43. "In the case of bandits attacking ones person with or without provocation, it is lawful to procure any items a person my find on their dead corpse."

[@JGD714]

Did you die tho.

[@Lwarrior6]

"when ever does a plus sign indicate a negative effect" during a HIV test

[@ZigealFaust]

Or a pregnancy test.

[@SadButter]

Yahtzee, the iron sights aren't any worse whether you're using a rifle or a pistol. It's just that compared to literally any other gun in the whole game varmint rifle is absolute garbage.

[@nathanclark2424]

Butter of Sorrow well, he did have a point, as most of the weapons have AWFUL iron sights

[@Billy-I-Am-Not]

@@nathanclark2424 well I'm sorry that guns that have been lying around for 200 years have suffered from a bit of wear and tear

[@Axl4325]

That rifle is also terrible because it uses really expensive bullets that work wonders on any competent gun, but when the game starts it's the only thing you have

[@LordGame2222]

I think it more likely that he had low strength. If you can't meet the strength requirement for a gun, the ironsights are borderline unusable.

[@RaidsEpicly]

i thought he was describing the cowboy repeater sights, which are legendarily bad

[@SlingingHashSlasher]

Is it just me or do all people have trouble determining cazadors depth relative to themselves. I remember seeing a hoard of cazadors in the distance and a millisecond later their in my fucking face

[@uberd3323]

they move faster than sonic the hedgehog on a sugar rush

[@Guru_1092]

*Sonic the Hedgehog on a metric fuckton of speed.

[@tactictoe]

nothing wrong with your depth perception, that's just how they say hello.

[@panstanley9183]

No, it's just that they move at the fucking SPEED OF LIGHT.

[@Toasty667]

*they're

[@NecxZhor9]

I really hate it when reviewers say New Vegas is just an expansion to Fallout 3. They are as different as games made with the same assets could possibly be.

[@Duspende]

No. That would be the difference between Elder Scrolls and Fallout series.

[@NecxZhor9]

Duspende I disagree. Fallout 3 and TES games in many ways are the same games with different settings.

[@NecxZhor9]

***** the overall design philosophy is the same. Maybe it's unfair as Bethesda only did one Fallout game and it made sense for them to stick with what they knew, but with New Vegas you know it was made by Obsidian. With Skyrim and F3, you know they were made by Bethesda.

[@Dogga4life]

***** New Vegas is fallout 3 in a different location. You know this if you play fallout 3 because they talk about new Vegas XD

[@NecxZhor9]

Lachlan Rhodes Not getting it.

[@SpartanWolf222]

You know, coming back to this review it's quite apparent that Yahtzee told the game's story entirely of his player actions, which is the greatest part of New Vegas.

[@Florescentia02]

yeah, when he said "i kept the money for myself and went into new vegas" im like "thats a choice! a choice you made! aint that cool"

[@TechnologyWitch]

Great game. Wish someone could explain Caravan to me, though. I suck at card games.

[@ICantSplel]

Caravan can go back to whatever hell it spawned from.

[@Rec1usiarch]

its not that hard i found an app and ended up learning by trial and error from my phone

[@blazingwaters7469]

ICantSplel It's actually really easy to understand if you read the manual Ringo gives you, and remember what the face and ace cards do.

[@Requ1escat1nPACE]

I never got the hang of that shit either, my friend.

[@Morbuzka]

Quick explanation. TL;DR - Get your stacks between 21 - 26 before them. Ace is one, King doubles the value of what it's put on, Jack removes the card(s) its put on, Queen reverses direction of the stack it's put on. You're trying to get each one of your caravans (the 3 sets on the bottom) to be above 20 and below 27, so if they are 21 all the way up to 26, you're good on that one. Your enemy will try to do the same. Try not to let them get 2 caravans into that range before you, using the techniques below. If you both have 2 caravans in range and the game hasn't already BS'd you or anything, you'll want your caravans to be closer to 26 than their caravans. If one of your caravans is exactly on 26, it's perfect, and you should work on setting up the next one in range or destroying one of your enemy's caravans to guarantee your chances of winning. Numerical cards do exactly what you would think, they add that number to your deck. The ace counts as the 1. The order at which you can place cards is determined by the second card you place in that caravan. So let's say you put a 9 on your left caravan, then you put a 3 down, that caravan is descending and you can only place a lower numerical card on that caravan, such as a 2 or an ace. This is where the queen comes into play. The queen reverses the direction of numerical value. So let's say you have a descending caravan and you put a 2 on it, but you need to quickly tack on more value, you'd put a queen on that 2, during your next turn. Now, instead of having to place a lower value card, you can place a higher value card, such as a 10. The king is very useful in that it doubles the value of the card you put it on. If you have a caravan that's at 18 because it has a 10 and an 8, you could drop a king on that 8, it would make it a "16" and your caravan would be at 26, the upper limit. What makes the card so much more useful is that you can almost always place it down onto your enemy's caravan also. If they are within the 21-26 range, and have a high number that could destroy it, like a 10, you can put a king on the 10 and they would have to forfeit that caravan and start it over. Useful for when you have low value cards and need to slow them down. The jack is sort of like the anti-king. It removes the card it gets attached to from play completely. Forever. If your enemy has 26, from two 10s and a 6, you can put a jack onto one of their tens, and that caravan will drop down to 16. This is also useful if your enemy puts a king on one of your caravans to make it go over. You can put a jack on top of that king, which will remove both the king AND the card it doubled from play. Although most likely you won't end up in the 21-26 range from doing so, it's a much more desirable alternative to completely forfeiting that caravan. Not even I know wtf the joker does ¯\__(ツ)__/¯ Happy caravan-ing!

[@BaronPraxis8492]

Ben "I prefer games with stories then quit before I actually get to story" Croshaw.

[@alkillsall4844]

+BaronPraxis8492 I can't blame him. That game has a great story, but with how much it freezes, it's infuriating. I traveled all the way from Quarry Junction, clearing out the Deathclaws, all the way to Black Mountain and almost killed all of the Mutants before my game crashed. An hour of my life died, and I never bothered to revive it.

[@coolbeans9583]

+Al Kills All Save early, save often.

[@alkillsall4844]

TheGingerMenace Amen to that.

[@genetictavi2451]

If you can call new Vegas' "story" a story

[@BaronPraxis8492]

Genetic Tavi Oh boy here we go. So why wouldn't one consider it a story?

[@MuttonTheDragon]

Honestly, I tried to get into the Fallout games a few times. I tried the first one, didn't hook me. I tried the third one, didn't hook me. New Vegas actually hooked me for some reason.

[@Necroskull388]

+The Mutton Chop Gamer I actually got NV on a sale and tried it out, immediately hated it. Then I tried it again a few months later on a whim, and I _fucking adored it._ I tried playing FO3 to prepare for FO4, but it just feels so vastly inferior to me.

[@idnyftw]

+The Mutton Chop Gamer pretty much written by the guys who did the first two, that could be why

[@ArborDaze]

+The Mutton Chop Gamer one starts really slow, and the timer on the main quest means you can't really explore at your own pace. I can understand it not hooking someone.

[@bellissimo999]

+Dagda holy shit yeah whenever I play fallout 3 I think of playing new Vegas

[@HexPLAYSPlus]

Because it was actually good

[@Resentius]

"Fallout doesn't need meaningful decisions! It just needs two different shades of brown!" "Screw this! I'll make my own Fallout game! It'll have blackjack and hookers!"

[@nathanclark2424]

Robonator7of9 not to rain on your parade but I think blackjack AND hookers have been a fallout staple since the first game

[@nathanclark2424]

Wait. Joke. Fuck

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

In fact forget the fallout!

[@fordarkseid736]

Ahh screw the whole thing:D

[@elishahahn3064]

Only yahtzee could make a video primarily criticizing one of my favorite games of all time and have it entertain me.

[@_Ignalis]

Personally I loved New Vegas, mainly due to nostalgia since it reminisces Fallouts 1 and 2, being the first RPGs I ever played.

[@tweedledee5613]

F:NV was my first Fallout game, and I absolutely LOVED it. Never bugged out for me,m maybe because I was on PC.

[@TooCooFoYou]

Jpthebomb You were just lucky. I play Fallout 3 and NV on Xbox, and while it bugs, it doesn't do it to the point where it's unbearable and unplayable.

[@duaneblommaert976]

Jpthebomb I play it on pc aswell and I bug out a shitton the ones annoying aren''t ingame however I get a startup freeze so sometimes I have to repress play for 10 minutes before I can finally play

[@corporateevolution4031]

Ignalis Yeah I loved NV but I waited ages until there were all the expansions released and good mods. Then the game felt fully fleshed out.

[@dillonkenny8330]

I hope everyone realises that these reviews are just jokes

[@yeenmachine206]

Man fuck cazadores

[@rocksteel9238]

+Gavin MacDierney Its not just that they can take off large chunks of your health using poison thats annoying its the fact that the sound the game makes when your poisoned is just so damn infuriating

[@alkillsall4844]

+Rock Steel I got mutilated by them at Silver Peak Mine at level freaking 19! Seriously, I can waltz through an entire squad of Super Mutants without much effort at all but somehow logic dictates that a swarm of giant flies is supposed to magically be more effective at killing me that a swarm of Hulk wannabes with machineguns and napalm launchers. Just, fuck cazadores.

[@alkillsall4844]

-ACE GUY- I'd prefer to avoid it altogether.

[@alkillsall4844]

Vollification Honestly, I think it's best to treat them like deathclaws. Use a powerful weapon that can hit multiple enemies at once. If you have a heavy incinerator or a missile launcher (launcher should only be used from a range and only once, as reload times will hurt you) you should use those. A minigun or LMG can work pretty well too. If your energy weapon skill is good, then the Laser RCW is very effective against them, at least in terms of picking them away.

[@awsomness239]

+Al Kills All riot shotguns are your best friend

[@sonofawil]

I finally played New Vegas and I now realize how little of the game Yahtzee is actually describing here. I think he should give it another try, if only for the story.

[@Joel-ik3sz]

Yeah. As funny as he can be, depth is something he doesn't offer in reviews. Understandable since he has to grind for his job.

[@LtLard]

@@lilwerner1518 which recent video did he mention it in? Very curious.

[@sebastianquintana5412]

@@LtLard probably outer worlds which was also made by obsidian

[@dillon2130]

@@LtLard Outer worlds and he Acknowledged its popularity during his Review of 76. Honestly The story and vastly superior Dialogue is what makes NV better. And Fornthe Purposenofnthe review I imagine He had to skip most of it.

[@zyad48]

"i learned quickly not to listen to mustachio'd spider people" I'm pretty damn sure thats a reference to the New Vegas intro glitch XD

[@zyad48]

Leon FunkMeister yeah... thats what I mean

[@servingzombies]

"Brutal Romantic Conquest"

[@mm-gy5ir]

THICC BOI in the swing

[@sedefendendo8851]

Translation: Buttrape

[@SadButter]

So did anyone else watch/rewatch this video after a playthrough of New Vegas to recognize the places and events he mentioned?

[@DexFlames]

I've played through the "reaching New Vegas" phase of Fallout: New Vegas so many times that I didn't even need to have played it in recent memory. Just getting to New Vegas is such a time consuming pain in the ass.

[@michaeljames9894]

yes

[@WaterLines333]

He attempted to go though the canyons outside of Goodsprings, got killed by the big fuck off flies. Then he went to the NCRCF. After that he went down towards Nipton, killing the raiders at the road stop. After that he headed up North and arrived in Boulder City and saved the two soldiers. After he went to the Northern entrance to Freeside and I think he went too one of the casinos. Dont know, I just got a fake ID and went into Vegas to go brain Benny with a fucking pipe-wrench.

[@aballard2939]

I just went north goodsprings ran like hell from the deathclaws got to new vegas and realized i skipped 30% of the game and had no where near 2000 caps (not as clever as i thought i was). Since I'm commenting ill also (needlessly) whine about the huge (to me) build up regarding star caps. So i searched everywhere for these caps to get me that treasure everyone kept going on about only to find it was about 3000 caps and a pew pew gun that was completely useless by the time i gathered all 50 (could be wrong) caps. All that aside where's my damn fallout 4?

[@DexFlames]

Monk3ywrench It's not that hard - you can do it without getting aggro from any of the Deathclaws. It's not a glitch, you just have to take the right route. If you run straight down the road you're screwed, but with a decent perception you should be able to see the Deathclaws on your compass and avoid them. Gratuitous quicksaving can also help.

[@drdogface3]

What they should have done was make soda hydrate you, but not last very long, making it viable for when there's nothing else while still keeping water as a priority

[@xOnixKiller33x]

It doesn't though

[@drdogface3]

xOnixKiller33x it doesn't make you immediately thirsty either

[@xOnixKiller33x]

thats why the plus is only like +22

[@_Gingermf_]

adam wickens no but it would dehydrate you faster because of the sodium and sugar in it

[@jtroopa]

adam wickens I believe the idea isn't that it satisfies your thirst, but is a readout of your body's need of hydration. But I can see what you mean, if it would give you a temporary sense of sated thirst like soda does in real life.

[@lautrecembarrest3503]

fallout new vegas is my favourite game of all time.

[@EldritchAugur]

One of the few times where I can actually understand that opinion.

[@lautrecembarrest3503]

maybe for you

[@bearlyismyname]

Cody M Well I wouldn't know because it doesn't get along too well with Windows 7.

[@seiban8455]

It has a better world. however new vegas has more sound mechanics.

[@FatrickAteman]

Cody M opinions they make the world go around...

[@midnitemayhem5155]

New Vegas should be remastered

[@DOOMSLAYER1376]

Look for Fallout 4 New Vegas

[@TheOnlyToblin]

It was released less than ten years ago. WTF?

[@SuperBellyflop]

Yeah but you know Berhesda would screw that up.

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

But see then Bethesda would have to endure a years worth of articles and youtube videos and twitter hot takes talking about how new vegas is better than any of their fallout games (which is true) and god knows they dont wanna give Jim Sterling more reasons to call them the spawn of satan XD

[@leerman22]

By Obsidian.

[@NoQuestions4sked]

Glenn Miller - In The Mood Knew I recognized that song!

[@riquelme3764]

+dup Thanks!

[@christineamador2574]

+dup UR A SAINT

[@merrittanimation7721]

dup Thanks!

[@the-chillian]

Aaaand... about 99% of the audience outside Australia had no idea what that arrow pattern at 2:45 was supposed to mean...

[@zachzent8287]

So, what does it mean? I kind of get the idea, but what is it?

[@the-chillian]

Aaron Teitelbaum It's called the Broad Arrow, and is an old heraldic symbol to mark government property. When Australia was a penal colony, prisoners arrived wearing it.

[@zachzent8287]

+Lytrigian Learn something new every day. Thanks

[@thefreebooter8816]

+Lytrigian Classic comic prison wear, lovingly pilfered from Late 1800's penal system

[@felixfarside1210]

+Lytrigian No no. It's the t-shirts they give out to the Wasteland DDR champions.

[@Furahri]

I wish Yahtzee made more reviews like this one. This is my favourite Zero Punctuation video.

[@therealdavidcage4761]

Obsidian 2016: Make Fallout great again

[@ashleybrown5135]

honestly id ve content just to have a patched new vegas in the fallout 4 engine. Imagine how new vegas would look and the amount of diverging paths you can have exceeds even that of fallout 4

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

+Charley Grindey I have an idea for a fallout game. It takes place in Michigan in the year 2302. A group of settlers thirty years earlier found a secret vault loaded with the location of a shit ton of oil underneath the Great Lakes, thousands of different kinds of animals, and a geck. However, security attack the settlers and the GECK gets damaged by the fight. This causes weather anomalies in Michigan and the settlers escape, news of their discoveries spreads everywhere. The NCR, the legion, the brotherhoods the enclave, everyone starts heading for Michigan so they can get all the stuff. You play as an overseer running a vault run by waste landers. You can play as a human, a ghoul, a super mutant, a night kin, or a synth. Then, one day, your vault is destroyed by an unknown group. You leave your vault to get revenge and decide the fate of Michegan.

[@kaiserkase3621]

+Charley Grindey Imagine a remake of Fallout 1 and 2 on the Fallout 4 engine by Obsidian.

[@jackstevens7790]

You do know that Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4 are using the same engine, aren't you?

[@therealdavidcage4761]

Alex Dark According to them they're always eager to make another Fallout. It just depends if Zenimax wants them to.

[@Manufan-og1xg]

It's crazy how much quality content this game has. I've got 60 hours on my goody two shoes playthrough and then I branched off with some new saves for the last ten hours just burning through all the Caesar's Legion quests before I go back to my original playthrough to beat the rest of the quests and DLC and explore the rest of the map. An absolutely fantastic game.

[@BillehBobJoe]

erm, fallout 3 would turn the water brown? new vegas would do that fallout 3 would turn it a very sickly green

[@solar2696]

Nah NV would be a spoiled tangerine colour.

[@czardeaner7713]

Was looking for this comment

[@Trygyl]

Gotta say, I'm impressed he found Nipton before Primm, especially when you consider his location the night prior was just a stone's throw away

[@RaidsEpicly]

I love that he mentioned the cowboy repeater sights as 'aiming down a fucking brick' That's exactly how I feel when I try to use those ironsights, even though otherwise the gun is great

[@xX_Skraith_Xx]

That nice keeper also gave away a sub machine gun. In a safe behind armed guards.

[@Quarter324]

This is a hilarious review, but its a shame that you didnt mention the improved story and the dynamic factions. Not to mention the more well written characters, the companions especially. I feel like Yahtzee should give New Vegas a more in-depth play-through. New Vegas is worth the time.

[@Northreyar7314]

That's all fine and good, but it too sounds like an easy way to shave off criticism of your review criteria, its easy to throw shit at something (though this is not the case) and then say it was all for the funsies when the audience responds negatively. I know that this isn't Yatzhee's aim or purpose, but it just seems silly that these ''reviews'' don't go in any sort of depth even if titles like new vegas need them

[@alexdurain3753]

Quarter dynamic factions? I was at the front gate of New Vegas when I got a notification saying the NCR idolized me. I only gave them one town.

[@the-engneer]

Quarter that's because yahtzee bitches about game's more than he actually play's them

[@discoder]

In fairness, the New Vegas crash bug was horrible until they patched it.

[@Robert399]

It's a not a review show; it's a comedy show.

[@Andrewnuva199]

Fans: New Vegas is the best Fallout game since Bethesda got their lazy hands on the license its story is fucking incredible. Yahtzee: *doesn't notice because he's too busy wandering around in hardcore mode and crashes before he can chat with Mr House*

[@bottomlefto]

the fact that he doesn't notice and is too occupied with just taking in the game his way attests to the immediate improvement new vegas has over bethesda's fallouts. fallout 4, while having fun combat and exploration, has terrible characters and story with a basebuilding system that makes all npc's seem like idiots with the survival instinct of babies, relying on a single person to feed and defend them all.

[@ZigealFaust]

@@bottomlefto This. Yahtzee being so invested in the world through his characters eyes shows that New Vegas really was the last good immersive RPG made. To this day when playing it I find myself making decisions in the game based on my CHARACTERS made up story/persona not my own. The hallmark of a truly good role playing experience.

[@theGreenGoblin]

Yes, Yahtzee. Caffeinated beverages (including cola) leave you more dehydrated as they pass through your system. Anyone who's worked a physically demanding job will tell you that.

[@zjackshot]

This is not true they don't leave you more dehydrated they contain a diuretic which causes you to lose water via urination but you bout lose more then you gained by drinking the drink you can survive on just drinking Coke

[@Hemulion]

+theGreenGoblin if that was true I would be dead because I have went through extremely long periods without drinking actual water. It doesn´t hydrate just as much but it´s still at least 99.5% water so... it is possible to survive even on alcoholic beverages although they start to have a lot of negative impact as well, and on long term you would get really sick .. but fuck you can even survive for some time just by drinking your own urine.

[@Hemulion]

+12345F12345 like 1-2 months, given that dehydration hits in only 2-3 days yet I haven't felt sick about that should prove enough. I know drinking only soda is unhealthy but I'm underweight and haven't had changes in years and don't eat sweets at all anymore. I also know what true dehydration feels like, suffered from that in multiple occasions in my army service.

[@Hemulion]

+12345F12345 Nah, I'm already eating as much as I can without feeling like overstuffing myself :p Some people feel comfortable with different amounts of nutrition.

[@Hemulion]

+Leon FunkMeister well I didn´t imply I know how nearly dying from thirst feels like but how basic dehydration feels like. The situation I refer to was when we were on an attack run in a combat exercise continiously for 12 hours with around 10 miles moving with many simulated engaments with enemy units and building and moving encampments along the way, around 45 pounds to carry including the combat gear, +28-30 celsius and 0.5 litres of warm water to drink. In the end of it I was a bit delusional and nearly all strength had left my body.

[@HoodieProduction]

New Vegas only crashed when I tried to play Old World Blues, other then that the game ran perfectly. Probably in my top 3 favorite games.

[@Lil_Brimstone]

Old World Blues, oh my god, it crashes every 30 minutes...

[@Lil_Brimstone]

***** It was nightmare to do quests here!

[@HoodieProduction]

***** oh yeah it does, played it a couple months ago and it was still pretty bad.

[@maxmarkel1794]

yeah, I love New Vegas, I think its a lot of fun, in my top 3 games too

[@aperturesciencegames]

Lucky I had to install Mission Mojave Bug Fix 4GB New Vegas (Too Many Mods, and willow wont fuck off out of my game) stutter remover, but I got to say, not a single crash ever again, in fallout, that's saying alot

[@Pyrocynical]

Might even post it on my channel ;)

[@ballisticbadg3r851]

Hello Pyrocynical

[@caspianbell9556]

Hello baby pyro

[@uhhhscizo6531]

Hmmmmmm

[@JowoHD]

holy shit

[@CT--ox2iu]

Good a time as any really

[@Tempiere]

The song Yahtzee uses is Glenn Miller - In the Mood, by the way, if anyone was wondering.

[@thekingofcardboard]

the reason i prefer new vegas to fallout 3, and even fallout 4 is because of this in fallout 3 you can work for one of two factions, both think they are making the world a better place. in fallout 4 you can work for one of two factions, both think they are making the world a better place. in fallout new vegas you can work for the new government, or a digital dictator, or you can work for cesar and be the world's biggest asshole, or you can take over yourself.

[@nathangordon4891]

+thekingofcardboard there's 4 sides in fallout 4, although the endings are all the same

[@seannunemaker5492]

+thekingofcardboard Not to mention in F3 and 4 groups like raiders or gunners/mercs are just generic bad guys you have to kill with no back story. In new vegas raiders were different groups like the Khans, Vipers, etc. that were all a little different and a couple you could even join and become a jackass raider. You could even sell drugs to the leader of the fiends if you want. This is what always bugged the shit out of me about 3 and 4

[@jecsquire9508]

+Sean Nunemaker I always thought they missed a trick by not letting you refuse the minuteman job and give you the option of building a raider force instead

[@seannunemaker5492]

+James Cooper It restricts you to being a kinda bad guy with the institute. What if I wanna be a straight up evil mfer and join/start a raider army? Besides stuff like that I still liked f4 though

[@trikstari7687]

Why does this seem to not be getting mentioned by anyone? Why did Bethesda no pick up on this? We want the ability to tell our own story, not the ability to choose from maybe 3 different stories in which you murder 2 of the three factions and end up being little more than an errand boy. Why are the mod-makers not fixing this completely obvious oversight in Fallout 4?

[@babypolerpopster]

3:30 Little did he know that it was just one old lady and that old lady used to be a Vertibird Pilot... For the Enclave.

[@ICantSplel]

+Cave Rave Since he said "couple", I'd wager he was referring to the old couple who have the little farm that gets attacked by a nightkin at night.

[@majik5194]

You idiot

[@enjikap1217]

"New Vegas is just an expansion pack of Fallout 3" ummmm no

[@tarikarifhodzic3334]

I think he had that experience with the game since he tries to finish the main story of a game before doing any side questing. He's said this before in other open world game reviews. And since he gave up on the game before the end he never got to do any of the amazing side quests the game is filled with he just saw it as fallout 3+. It's a damn shame that he never got to play the best and most interesting parts of the game though, bet he would've appreciated the amazing enviromental storytelling that fills so many of New Vegas' quests

[@enjikap1217]

@@tarikarifhodzic3334 honestly this review really made it seem like yahtzee had a bad first impression and decided to base a review off that. damn shame, but not unexpected given his shallow review style

[@tarikarifhodzic3334]

@@enjikap1217 yeah it is a damn shame

[@tabulldog2743]

Right?! New Vegas is ten times the game Fallout 3 is. Better writing, better gameplay, better everything.

[@BIadelores]

Gameplaywise that is exactly what it is.

[@kasunex1772]

Tbh, this is probably Yahtzee's worst review. Not because the video itself is bad, but because it does no justice to the game whatsoever.

[@jakehamilton4053]

I don’t care that this is eight years old it’s amazing and I want to see more of him just taking the piss out of this game specifically in a narrative form

[@owlwithagun8249]

Hooh boy this aged like fine wine, didn't it?

[@April_a26]

It's funny how the best story-based western RPG had It's story ignored by yahtzee.

[@guguy00]

tbf unless you get mods New Vegas is unbearable performance wise.

[@glctcthnkr8059]

guguy00 I never really had that many problems when I played on Xbox one. As for pc, I’m not sure how it runs but I’m sure it can be fixed with mods somewhat easily

[@guguy00]

@@glctcthnkr8059 PC is a mess. New Vegas Anti Crash and Stutter remover are just the tip of the iceberg wtih this thing. Interesting that Xbox One is okay though, since Obsidian wasn't given much time on this the coding is frankly a disaster.

[@glctcthnkr8059]

guguy00 yeah, I kind of figured that. Obsidian was done dirty by having to rush out the game so fast, especially when there was some truly incredible cut content they wanted to add

[@guguy00]

@@glctcthnkr8059 Could have been more awesome if they had the time, but there are actually mods to restore said cut content on the Nexus. And I also have to stress that NV is my favourite RPG of all time.

[@pizz4639]

I can't be the only one who murdered everyone in the Casinos and stuffed them in doors so they would glitch out.

[@WordedDrake]

I just walked up a mountain 'till the game wouldn't let me move anymore..

[@bennyli2211]

Wtf?

[@posadistpossum]

Drinking soda does dehydrate you though.

[@MessiahComing]

JellyBabe02 I'm with iworshipM40A3. The chemicals in soda dehydrate you, while making you feel refreshed. You should watch How it's Made, or look up the chemicals in soda. It has all the information you need.

[@VYScuti]

JellyBabe02 it has a lot of salt...

[@skysnow2495]

Red Judas That is kind of the problem, it may dehydrate you in the long run but at first you feel refreshed. So it should decrease your H20 at first but you then get thirsty faster making it a net loss. You don't instantly become more thirsty after drinking a soda.

[@Mazoni]

JellyBabe02 No you dont "lose fluids" but the sugar in the soda works like salt, at a lower intensity ofc, binding the fluids in your body in order to break down the sugar. Ofc the effect in the game is a "bit" overblown but it does happen... eventually :)

[@Vsor]

I can assure you with zero doubt that soda does not dehydrate you. (though it is not the best way to get hydrated)

[@MMMM-vq1yr]

The only problem I had with this game is that the developers didn't have enough time to work on it really. It came out buggy as shit and required like a thousand patches. New vegas wasn't as big as the development team had planned or hoped. Area's and storyline's had to be cut. The legion wasn't grey, they were just all black. Which in my opinion is a huge problem with fallout when it comes to some of the factions, some of the factions just don't feel human, like their only job is to be mean i.e. legion whose only 'good' trait that I remember is that they protect their roads, I also hate the karma system, stop trying to apply your bullshit morals to a scenario like this. No Legion companion, in fact if you follow the 'good' side as in don't join any of the obviously evil guys then you probably won't come into too much conflict with possible companions. Still a solid game.

[@supereldinho]

You thought New Vegas was buggy as shit? Oh my, where were you when Fallout 3 came out...

[@nickadams211]

To be fair, the reason it was so buggy was zenimax, the developers of NV, had Obsidian on an 8 month development deadline, while Fallout 3 had close to 16 or 17 months. If they had 17 months to work on the game, it would've not just been great, but a masterpiece. Blame it on zenimax. :(

[@nickadams211]

mike sadaw Not developers lol my bad producers, obsidian are the developers.

[@MMMM-vq1yr]

I honestly feeling like Bethesda and Zenimax are getting lazier and lazier with their games.

[@nickadams211]

Its really not bethesdas fault, these games take forever to make and are so high requirement that it gets repetitive for the devs. Plus, being a game developer is one of the worst jobs someone could have. On the flip side, zenimax is just money hungry.

[@donniedewitt9878]

I hope Yahtzee review some of the old fallouts one day

[@SergioSergio12345]

3:44 Yahtzee it is ironic you went inside New Vegas by using the caps from that quest, since you only get 700, and getting in costs 2000, specially because if you continue that quest they tell you to get inside New Vegas by helping a faction called "The Kings", and you do so by doing a side quest that is very short, and you don't even need to kill anybody in a that quest And when you finish the quest you talk to the leader of the Kings and he tells you he can do you a favor, and that favor can be getting inside New Vegas for free! Remember Yahtzee Fallout gives many ways to do many things You can even get in if you have Science 75 and you talk to one of the robots guarding the entrance Oh, and one little thing: Finish the game before reviewing it! There are over 4 main endings! Seriously I can't believe your PC crashed at New Vegas, I didn't even have lag at that place! Though I supposse you didn't say what you did at the end to not give any spoilers, but you could say that a spoiler is coming, like you did in some review like you did in the on of The Last Of Us Now that my long comment has ended have a good day And excuse my bad english, it is not my main language (Oh an btw, my comment should actually be longer, but KZbin crashed when I tried to post this comment, seriously fuck you KZbin)

[@MrSamulai]

sergiocast345 If only it had been 20000 or something. I had 2000 when I left Brimm.

[@SergioSergio12345]

OkarasChimera why would you even do that like, the max I got in Fallout 3 was 20000 caps, and that is a lot I mean just why the fuck would you do that?

[@MrSamulai]

sergiocast345 How to do that? Step 1: Complete 1 dlc of your choice. Step 2: You're set.

[@Necroskull388]

MrSamulai Alternately: Get your Luck stat really high, and gamble in the Atomic Wrangler or Vikki and Vance.

[@SergioSergio12345]

Dagda Mor does your luck stat really makes the thing different? So that's why I always lose

[@DapperBrick]

Every time I try to get off, I see a video about a game I own and know, dammit I need a life.

[@Didact13]

I will take very buggy, beautifully written Obsidian games over slightly less buggy, generic and tiring Bethesda game. God, JE Sawyer and Chris Avellone are what made Fallout great. Bethesda just made a lame attempt at an Elder Scrolls/Fallout hybrid with a dull story that ignored most of the originals. Black Isle lives on in Obsidian..

[@TheDarkFable]

Didact13 But the game was boring. Story was great but there was so much empty space in between everything. In 3 at least the little things you find in between were interesting. There are two stonking great areas in New Vegas covered in fking ants and no loot or story or anything mildly interesting. All the farmsteads North of Vegas are empty bar the odd Fiend/Jackel etc Yeah it was more faithful to the older Fallout, but there was SO MUCH SPACE. SO MUCH NOTHING. There was so much crap between the good bits I kept getting bored. Sure 3's story was completely unfaithful and cheesy, but at least DC was interesting, so many little nooks and crannies with little stories.

[@Didact13]

I really had no problem with the game. The DC wastes appeared to be 12 copy pasted metros and grey-brown buildings with nothing inside them. I honestly hated DC, and loved the Mojave. I explored shit tons in Fallout 3, LOOKING for something mildly interesting and found nothing. Yes, there were more buildings/areas, but there wasn't anything of interest in them. I've heard this argument a lot and frankly I just don't get it. I spent hours scouting the Mojave or the surrounding areas, making my own little side stories. In 3, it was more of a chore to explore place. Yes, there was loot in these places. Was it, say, interesting loot? Worthwhile loot? Hell no, the best weapons and armour came from a few scattered missions. In New Vegas, there was a reason to explore. Killing all the Legendary Creatures, collecting the unique weapons, or just finding discarded notes and audio logs. You see empty space in the Mojave? I.. Really don't get that. I mean, there were more hubs in the DC Wastes I guess, but they were all godawful. Except the Citadel. Filled with Brotherhood pretenders, yeah, yet I liked it. After going to Rivet City or Megaton and doing all the missions, I never wanted to go back. Places like Red Rock Canyon, Jacobstown, or even the BoS bunker compelled me to return every now and again. So, what I'm saying is, there may have been more content in FO3, but it all seemed empty.. Dull. To me, at least

[@DeadRider135]

Didact13 Interesting that you had to "make [your] own little side stories".

[@Didact13]

Have to? No. It's just what I do in RPGs that put me in creatively stimulating environments. You know. With a colour palette that isn't limited to variations of gray. Environments that encouraged me to keep playing, even after finishing all available side quests. I get you're trying to be clever here and dissect one bit of what I said, but the implication that I found it fun to use my imagination in an RPG being a bad thing is... Just a hilarious one. Really. Stellar. Had to? No. I just did. And still do, on occasion. Whereas my Fallout 3 disc hasn't been touched in a while. For good reason. Mainly, that I think it is an inferior, shallow game. My opinion though.

[@rocksteel9238]

+Didact13 Dude to tell you truth the reason people all say New Vegas's world was bland compared to fallout 3 is that a lot of the towns and locations seemed relatively bland and samey compared to fallout 3. I mean fallout 3 every town you visited had its own distinct personality I mean just compare the starting town which was built around a nuclear warhead to goodsprings. And it had other great towns as well ones built upon overpasses, and in mueseums. The reason to explore was simply to find these amazing sights. Its not that their werent some good sights in fallout new vegas its just that they weren't nearly as numerous and were connected by what felt like a whole lot of filler. And also the lack of color did help establish a really strong atmosphere (for me at least). And by the way I liked new vegas more but common by calling it a bad shallow game you seem to forget that nearly everything in new vegas from its combat loot system was built off of fallout 3

[@Bindleton]

sorry i hate to be that one guy but soda has sodium and a bunch of other shit thrown into it which will actually make you dehydrated.

[@Lewtable]

Curious thought, whats the point of being able to drink it in the game then?

[@joshuakim5240]

Lewtable U know...that is actually a very, very good question. Wtf is the point of a drink that doesn't quench thirst?!

[@papi_dummy]

Caffeine is a powerful diuretic

[@zZGzHD]

Then why can people drink only soda and live?

[@Bindleton]

zZGzHD I don't think you can

[@colbys1234]

Is it weird that this is the first thing I did for Christmas 2020? Watch fallout New Vegas review?

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsc1447]

im suprised the fallout community didn't rip this guy limb from limb for saying nv is just an expansion of fo3

[@Auraborias]

lol

[@Cmoth040]

Fallout 3 / New Vegas on console: a huge glitch fest riddled with game crashes and corrupted saves. Fallout 3 / New Vegas on PC: a massive good time with free mods making it 10 times the game of initial release with the added golden nugget of stability.

[@TheBronf]

u forgot about the common freeze's, ai bugs, and oh and the easy way to cheat :D

[@Cmoth040]

Console commands are an inevitable temptation with pc gaming.

[@XCombatXCarrotX]

Cmoth040 so true tgm n tcl are just too tempting to pass up

[@fenilogic1470]

Playing on Console is a gamble, there is a chance that it will glitch, but it might not.

[@Cmoth040]

@@fenilogic1470 the absolute terror of going through a door to load the next area. Hours of gameplay, gone when you forgot to periodically save.

[@Totenlieder]

It's called In The Mood

[@realkekz]

Holy shit 240p we've come such a long way since 2011

[@TheBangooman]

"...where all the females look like a more boyish Natalie Portman"- I need a new keyboard now, thanks Yahtzee.

[@LongLongLists]

wtf m8

[@TheBangooman]

LongLongLists coffe all over it, burst out laughing.

[@TheBangooman]

LongLongLists wtf xD

[@manny27392]

soda has sugar or cornstarch or fructose! of course it makes you thirsty. it s like saying you dont crave water after eating an ice cream

[@narutorasbat]

True but unless is actually made of sea water soda wont dehydrate you, it wont hydrate you but there shouldn't be any negative effects.

[@CSLucasEpic]

Best. Playthrough. Ever.

[@thirdcoinedge]

It's amusing looking back on how critics like Yahtzee saw New Vegas as just a "Fallout 3, but MOJAVE!!!!!" expansion pack that was buggy at launch, only to have it now be considered one of the best role-playing games ever made. Weird how that happens, isn't it?

[@TomLehockySVK]

I started playing New Vegas again with Project Nevada mod. Awesome.

[@music4thedeaf]

fuck fo4

[@Degas93]

Abiasaf López funny you should say that, because project nevada in essence turns NV into 4

[@music4thedeaf]

fo4 story is shit. bethesda dosent know what fallout is.

[@123darkelf]

Abiasaf López i was more bothered by how the karma system is removed....that sounds lazy to me. Make the Karma system more complex, don't fucking remove the damn thing.

[@music4thedeaf]

Kain Copper yeah a bunch of features which added depth to the game were removed.

[@Shajirr_]

As others mentioned, the game is actually quite stable on PC and almost never crashes/freezes. The only thing that will probably crash your game is installing incompatible mods.

[@jacobtebbe4435]

“New Vegas is functionally just an expansion pack of Fallout 3,” let me correct that for you. “New Vegas is Fallout 3 done correctly.”

[@allenpate3307]

it's a soda in survival situations soda has so much sugar they even used the sunset sarsparilla brand in game to tell all the side effects the sodas give halitosis digital numbness anxiety, obsidion actually used that knowledge to explain why soda gives you more dehydration and possibly other symptoms

[@Ahourigan]

"When does a plus sign ever indicate a negative effect." Ladies and gents, remember THAC0?

[@josephmort4039]

What the Hell is it with you and spiders?

[@averagebritishguy7082]

He lives in Australia. The spiders eat you alive up there.

[@danieldorokhin9757]

watching this actually makes me want to go back and try hardcore more.

[@apothecary4371]

1:46 It may seem counterintuitive, but soda is a diuretic in real life. I'm glad I could make this totally not pedantic correction in a timely manor relatively soon after the video's release.

[@homefront1999]

im i the only one that prefers this fallout more than 3

[@xoxakstarkiller02]

isaiah belter Nope. Me 2015

[@FatrickAteman]

isaiah belter [Intelligence 1] WUT NO 3 IS BETTER AND IF U DISSAGRE YOU DENIE SCIENCE WEGOJFSJGSIGJSIDUFSIJDGNSDIUF i like it better then 3 as well

[@Odysseusx86]

isaiah belter I liked the story in 3 better but new vegas had better gameplay and exploring

[@davidcoaker274]

+Odysseusx86 new Vegas had a much better story

[@Odysseusx86]

Just That Gamer Well that's your opinion, and I disagree

[@VanguardFencer]

Its a pity he didn't get very far, I wonder which side he would chose in the end? House? Caeser? NCR?

[@alwest4472]

His own?, am I the only one who sided with mister happy dude or whatever

[@TrickyVic13]

By the way, the song during the transitions is "In the Mood."

[@markokecman1177]

+General Patton Thank you! Just wanted to ask that!

[@TrickyVic13]

+Marko Kecman No problem.

[@TrickyVic13]

+AngelsSabrina Definitely has that vibe, yeah.

[@markokecman1177]

***** Well of course.. Tom and Jerry comes from those times... Btw that's the best cartoon ever! Seriously. Name me other cartoons that gained 7 oscars!

[@jamesreid9284]

+Brian Griffin God, I love that show. I hope Netflix has it.

[@barryherbers6090]

"Wait a second drinking Soda makes me more thirsty; how does that make any sense"

[@barryherbers6090]

@@Phier554 my mother didn't tell me that, but I guess someone else lied to me lol. It's just "less hydrating than you'd expect given the amount of water that's in it" says google

[@witchdoctorwill1796]

"Wait, drinking soda doesn't hydrate you in this game?" Uhh. Or in real life...

[@VanessaMagick]

Soda still hydrates you because it's mostly water. A lot of sodas have diuretic chemicals in them, but soda doesn't inherently dehydrate you

[@playedtoomuch5259]

He forgot a better new feature, being an actually good game.

[@mrpuddingpop1]

Sometimes I come across videos like this and I remember Yahtzee’s review style is mainly backed by gameplay and not storytelling despite his claims of games as art. It’s only art if the shootings good I guess

[@alecc.5610]

Wow, that's exactly what I did up until meeting the robot guards in New Vegas. But what about Victor?

[@Katie-hj5eb]

It's a shame that even Yahtzee boiled new vegas down to more fallout 3

[@RadeonX0X]

One of the few times I have to admit Yahtzee's review was surprisingly shortsighted. It seems like he just wrote the game off as an expansion to Fallout 3 and was only remotely interested in the hardcore mode, which is the least defiining feature that sets New Vegas apart.

[@VanessaMagick]

He has been pretty positive of New Vegas in the past, saying it's better and more deep and generally far better written than Fallout 3, but that he just can't get immersed in the Bethesda boggled-eye conversations, messy interface and bugginess. So he has at least played it properly in the years since.

[@louisvaught2495]

A lot of New Vegas is just Fallout 3 assets kit-bashed together because of the short dev cycle, which is how strange things like Rotface wearing Eulogy Jones's suit happened. It's closer to a for-profit TC mod than anything else. That's not a dig at NV though. Some mods are just outright better than the original game.

[@Lady_Sleepless]

I wasn't much of a fan of FO3. It was always one step away from a super mutant fight and cowering in the corner hoping that you have enough bullets/stimpacks or whatever to get past them. While New Vegas was a colourful, fun world with much more to explore. The ending to FO3 was great and so was Mothership Zeta, but compared to the whole of NV and all the DLC FO3 doesn't stand up much. I suppose it comes down to whether people want the gritty and constant fear of FO3 or the more upbeat and poppy style of NV. For me, I love the wacky yet dark nature of NV.

[@xX_Skraith_Xx]

It's like that until you meet up with the Outcast Steel Rangers who give you 18 stimpacks / 5.56mm ammo / something I can't remember for nabbing a laser/plasma pistol/rifle or a suit of power armor and giving it to them. However, don't go waltzing up in a suit of Outcast armor you found lying on the ground, because they'll take it from you and ridicule you for not leaving amazing (looking) armor on the ground.

[@felipegutierrezcortes8474]

The end of FO3 was fucking lame

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

OnceWasARose Upbeat and poppy? Have you played Dead Money? Or Lonesome Road? Or the game itself?

[@ManiacX1999]

1:50 It makes complete sense. Sodium, is salt, salt absorbs liquid, thus making you thirsty. Soda has a lot of sodium, it's so that when you drink one up, you're thristy enough to go an buy another one. A reason why sailors say not to drink the sea water when stranded, it's salt water and you'll only end up even thirstier...

[@ldmt1995]

It seems that there is a debate on which of the two newest games is the best which to me doesn't make sense since there is obviously no contest at all both games are the same they where made in the exact same engine but New Vegas gets the advantage of having learned from FO3's mistakes *I keep hearing that fallout new Vegas is less optimized than Fallout 3 now first I used to play it in my Xbox 360 and only once it happened that my character sank into the ground and it looked like a hat had claimed life and started roaming the wastes but that's the one ocassion now granted in the PC version I've been getting a more crashes and a few glitches but there are mods that the community is so fucking proud of that can take care of them forever and that goes for both games so... *I'm not gonna cover DLC's because those cost money that not everybody has and therefore not everybody can experience *This is where you can notice the improvement and the learning of the mistakes I talked about earlier first fallout New Vegas improved all the silly animations from FO3 they still look like shit but was it just me or did my character looked like a duck whenever I walked with my pistol out *In fallout 3 there where like 12 weapons and 4 of them where shit In fallout new vegas there where a lot more and even variations of the already existing and where much more useful even the one that weren't so powerful because you only came across them in your first levels and they where efficient against the kinds of enemies you would face then besides the inclusion of ammo types and weapon modifications that make combat more dynamic since you can choose different approaches to different occasions Both games have huge maps with impressive locations that are rich in history but I have one problem on the way Fallout 3 makes you explore every time you need to get somewhere you have to get inside an intricate train station that has a bunch of enemies that are sometimes just annoying to have to deal with it just doesn't feel good and I don't understand who thought it was a good idea to hide all the scenery of the capital wasteland to make you traverse the same designs of railways over and over again both games had great enemies that where powerful and memorable so *A lot of people claim Trhee Dog for his incredible performance which is just out of place for me every time you turn on the radio it's a 2000's radio DJ presenting songs from the 80's which really sticks out like a sore thumb to me whereas Mr New Vegas is a chill charismatic (person) that does the job just fine that's the only problem I have with them they both give news about you and present good music *The character in both games are likable memorable and can honestly make you care about them but the companions in Fallout New Vegas are more intricate and have a richer backstory also they respond to your interactions with the world leading to some of the best quests I've ever seen for example "I forgot to remember to forget" beautifully executed and implemented quest *Both stories are great but the main quest in Fallout 3 there is no room for elections which they probably didn't need but it adds to replayability in Fallout New Vegas you can choose from 4 different factions to side with 4 different outcomes to the main story, in fallout 3 you can only have the good ending or choose someone to scarify So in finally Fallout 3 was amazing Fallout New Vegas was better Fallout 4 will be even better and Skyrim sucks, good night.

[@thenewmase]

Yeah soda is basically sea water irl

[@Andaril2]

10 years... Fuck...

[@jontobin5942]

The gang in question at the standoff is the Great Khans and their intent was to escape the NCR soldiers not kill people. The NCR's goal was to resolve the issue peacefully and retrieve the hostages but a lot of bad blood exists between the two factions due to an earlier debacle in which a platoon of NCR people killed a whole innocent town of Great Khans in a "They have weapons of mass destruction" style hash up. Hence, the needless standoff. (Which, by the way, you can resolve peacefully and get everyone home scot-free by asking soothing questions and passing a speech check of 45)

[@bluecoin3771]

Fear and Loathing in New Vegas

[@iim4xii129]

I must be the only one who never thought to go north of Goodsprings. Outta sight, outta mind.

[@BojanglesMcduff]

I tried it on the second playthrough and quickly learned it was a bad idea.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

I'm 19 years old and I think I should go play New Vegas.

[@WMJ_OFFICIAL]

Dude (or dudette) it s his opinion. Like that you like the game or i dont care for games of that nature.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

Lord Gnome Child He bashes great games though. He didn't bash Resident Evil Remake however, which is good because the game is a pure masterpiece...too bad Capcom cared about money more than the original fans that they moved away from horror and went into action because of, "sales".

[@WMJ_OFFICIAL]

He is a critic which requires him to be highly critical of games both good and bad

[@AlphaZeroX96]

Lord Gnome Child ...He bashes people too.

[@Booba-Fett]

"Waaaah, someone doesn't like a game that I like, waaaaah why is his opinion different than mine?" - Nightcaster460. You're right though, it's not a review. It's a criticism, as Yahtzee is a critic not a reviewer. He points out flaws and generally lays out his opinion. If you already know you like a game, why are you seeking validation for your opinion?

[@communistpropagandist4608]

2000 caps is all the money in the world? You can get 2k from playing caravan in goodsprings

[@FableTyrrant]

And this is what happens when Yahtzee tries to make a "Lets play"

[@DexFlames]

Yahtzee's personal channel is all Let's Plays of old adventure games.

[@FableTyrrant]

DexFlames It is? Oh man! I gotta see this! Thank you :)

[@acewolfgang276]

@@FableTyrrant Is the personal channel still up?

[@a.monach7602]

@@acewolfgang276 yes, but they finished that channel with Portal 2.