So I tried playing FALLOUT NEW VEGAS In 2022...

Fallout: New Vegas is a game that didn't get its roses until much later in its lifecycle. It took the borderline downfall of a franchise to spotlight just how well this game nails it. Returning to it in 2022, it's time to highlight what defines it as a top tier role playing game.
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[@ye6973]

Fallout New Vegas, Black Ops, Red Dead, Halo Reach, Battlefield Company 2, Mass Effect 2, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood…. 2022 really could never

[@bcav712]

Idk if any year could ever lol

[@sirfog7066]

Holy smokes what a line up. Every game you named is the best in its franchise. Except I kinda preferred black ops 2 two years later.

[@drinknukacola5315]

@@sirfog7066 that is your opinion

[@Gbag34]

@@sirfog7066 Call of Duty 4 will always be my personal favourite. However, personal bias and nostalgia aside, I think Black Ops was the peak of the CoD franchise. The highest quality content for your money. Everything in that game was solid. Every map, every mode, it was all great. It’s also by far the most community oriented game in the franchise. I remember how closely knit it felt being able to see what everyone in your friends list was up to and how they were progressing. Black Ops 2 is exceptionally overrated in my opinion and has tons of flaws I can point out. Especially with its zombies design philosophy and campaign narrative.

[@ye6973]

@@bcav712 true. 2008 is probably the closest for me. Fallout 3, GTA IV, Bioshock, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, World at War, and Mario Kart on the Wii haha

[@vietshlong]

The game that truly made deathclaws a nightmare as a kid.

[@kinagrill]

Especially on Hardcore....

[@ye6973]

most difficult deathclaws we’ve seen

[@michaelgillespie9112]

I took 3 full grown ones on at once, Granted I was lax level 30 (since I didn't have DLC), and had to burn though my entire stash of stim packs, they broke my armor twice over, and I almost died multiple times. But I won.

[@AnarickTheDevil]

@@michaelgillespie9112 The 50 cal + sneak makes deathclaw's a joke.

[@zoltar0205]

@@AnarickTheDevil the shotgun perk that makes enemies fall over also makes them a joke

[@therizzler0609]

Ah yes, 2010 was quite the year for gaming, New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption 1, star wars the force unleashed 2, assassin's creed brotherhood, truly one hell of a year

[@williamperry4519]

Only scratching the surface of the golden Era

[@therizzler0609]

@@williamperry4519 2007 to 2013 was peak

[@ScumDog420]

Fallout New Vegas had some of the best DLC's.Probably the last time I really got excited for any type of DLC was the ones made for FNV.

[@KrimsonKracker]

Mass Effect 3 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake both have what are widely regarded as PHENOMENAL dlcs...

[@eljefe2998]

Yes dead money was my all time favorite

[@JK27x]

The dlcs in fallout 3 were also good

[@KrimsonKracker]

@@JK27x Good, not great. Nobody would put Fallout 3's DLCs on the same level as New Vegas... Operation Anchorage was cool but felt awkward due to how disconnected it was from the rest of the gameplay (inability to take your own weapons, etc), but at least it was unique. I loved Point Lookout conceptually, but the map was a bit bleak visually and barren gameplay-wise. The Pitt was also cool but struggled with technical issues. Mothership Zeta is everyone's least favorite but I kind of like it with the silliness and homage to classic 50s "B-movie" tropes (even if NV did it much, much better).

[@JK27x]

@@KrimsonKracker I agree with you to a certain extent, fallout 3 dlcs were good in there own way I try not to compare both games cause in my eyes there both gems and should both be appreciated.

[@samellis8155]

New Vegas took over my life when it came out, no other game has quite captured the atmosphere that game immersed me in since.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

I've had that experience multiple times in my life luckily. Left 4 dead, fallout, elder scrolls, the Witcher, BioShock, cod back when it was good like BO1 I could go on.....so many memories. Gaming really is a art

[@fredericksinclair]

@@thedoomslayer5863 Last time i felt that was definetly the witcher 3, been pretty dry since.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@fredericksinclair if there was even ONE from that list i mentioned u didnt play i strongly advise u do so, it will rekindle that dormant flame in u, all it takes is one masterpiece to remind u why u fell in love with this art form (dragon age origins was another one i left out and forgot about, if u want a more modern kind of that game divinity original sin 2 is great too)

[@waytodank735]

agree the intro main menu screen music is soo good

[@fredericksinclair]

@@thedoomslayer5863 Played all of them and they truly are great games, thinking about replaying bioshock or some of the older elder scrolls games. Wish they still made games like these.

[@camelx162]

My roommate recently played through fallout new Vegas for the first time and absolutely loved it. He went through the original ME trilogy as well. He's now playing through dragon age origins. He thought he wouldn't enjoy them because of their age (ik they aren't too old) but he's enjoyed every second of playing through these old games. Next is KOTOR. Idk if he'll go through with it. But I gotta try

[@vladimirchernikov4249]

Recently spent some time with KOTOR for the very first time, and if he liked ME and I he'll dig KOTOR

[@camelx162]

@@vladimirchernikov4249 that's what I've told em lol

[@gas481]

I envy someone who has yet to play games like this. To be able to go back and play these classics again. Especially kotor the goat. See if he wants to get into red dead too!

[@berzerkbankie1342]

Tell him not to waste his time with KOTOR and play NV again

[@Cal97g]

I'm gonna do fable, ME & dragon age (not inquisition tho probably)

[@Nobody-11B]

It's absolutely criminal that it hasn't even received a remaster. This game is going strong years later! The gaming industry should be ashamed of itself!

[@stevovimy]

Why does it need remastering?

[@turkishkedi]

​@@stevovimythe games dialoges are good but its combat and graphics SUCK.using a machete or any close ranged weapon is just M1+W.the guns atleast feel like their dont feel they are airsoft guns Dont even get me on the energy guns But the explosives are good thought

[@alecroberts5060]

I absolutely love this series!! Maybe you could make a part two to both fallouts where you just talk about more of you favorite moments or something. You could also try looking at some of the iconic dlcs in the Fallouts to keep the series going. Keep up the fantastic work you do! Thanks a lot!

[@SwissDontMiss]

I'd say New Vegas is my 2nd favorite game of all time. God it's so good. Even after like 10 playthroughs and who knows how many hours, I can still find stuff that I've never seen before. Such a masterpiece

[@erick7704]

Whats your #1?? It’s my fav of all time

[@SwissDontMiss]

@@erick7704 Probably The Last of Us I think. Or Nier Automata.

[@Synkronist]

It is my #1, and I've been a hardcore gamer for 15 years or so.

[@kidnamedfinger2840]

​@@SwissDontMiss i first thought that nier automata was some weirdo anime weeb type of game, boy was i wrong lol. Damn near gave me depression, only other games to accomplish that are tlou2 and red dead 2

[@Emmet_Bryan]

​@@kidnamedfinger2840 how dare you disrespect anime fans

[@d.a.3003]

It's crazy that from 2008 to 2016 we got Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4 and TONS of DLCs and now they want us to wait maybe another decade for Fallout 5. It would be a 15-years long wait from Fallout 4...Bethesda, you really have to do something, we want more Fallout. P.S.: yeah, I know there's 76 too but that's an online game, it's a different story.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

It really doesn’t matter when another game comes out it will suck and be all about micro transactions and money a year of being a good game. So sick of new games being released at full price and they are broken and don’t work. Bethesda seems to be going in the wrong direction. I hope I’m wrong but I doubt we get another good single player fallout game

[@dwhartwick]

@@alanluscombe8a553 FNV was unplayable for many at launch and your gripes about microtransactions sound a lot like the gripes people used to have about DLC. It's still quite buggy. Regardless, RPG fans are so starved for games they consider it a classic.

[@zionistjew2050]

Bethesda is intellectually bankrupt

[@MrMatt3046]

It's like they hate FO and don't want to make money.

[@Nobody-11B]

With the tens of billions of dollars we've collectively dumped into this franchise for them not to have a dedicated team to pump one out every few years is despicable. And the fact New Vegas didn't even get a single remaster is criminal in itself!

[@NostalgiaNet8]

I'd love to see a remaster with all of the DLC so bad. I know the game is FPS Boosted, but some bug fixes would be great, including content that got cut from the game.

[@connorsmith6517]

Fallout 4: New Vegas. It’s a complete remake of Fallout New Vegas with the updated engine that Fallout 4 used. It’s a relatively small team of modders, so it’s not going to be released for another year or two. But from what they have shown it looks absolutely amazing. Very impressive. Check it out on their KZbin channel.

[@nihilus___]

@@connorsmith6517 reminder people was hyping up the frontier for 8 years

[@Leboobs22]

@@nihilus___ amd it gave us genuine driving cars for the classic fallout engine

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@connorsmith6517 look these things are cool and all but it's hard to give a shit about something that "may happen in multiple years" I hear about this shit and then forget about it quickly as it's likely gonna happen years down the line or not at all

[@connorsmith6517]

@@HK-tn2ny it’s literally like 80% done. They released an entire gameplay trailer. I’m not trying to be rude but this is an extremely ignorant comment. Would you say the same about Skyblivion? For Fallout 4 New Vegas the entire world space is finished, all that needs to be done is the voice acting and questing. Along with minor things like functioning gambling, bugs, etc. Which is a lot of stuff, but to say “fan made projects that will never say the light of day” is just ignorant.

[@Peter-yc5kl]

When I played this game I don't think I ever turned the radio on. The soundtrack is so good at setting the tone of the game and it's one of the reasons that it is definitely in my top 10 favorite games of all time.

[@spectrecommand7]

I'm actually playing New Vegas for the first time in almost 10 years. I never complete a run of this game before and I'm enjoying it a lot but man... I hate those stinger bugs that start with the letter C. I can't remember how to say their name but man, I HATE them! Lol Ah, yes. The Cazadors. Matty found them. They're the biggest pain idk how to get passed them to get into New Vegas. Lol

[@ReplicantRibbitsMindescape]

follow the main quest line itll lead you to a path that doesnt have cazadors lol

[@whereta3097]

If you ever end up dropping it and have an itch to learn of a certain quest line, checkout oxhorns lore videos

[@spectrecommand7]

@@whereta3097 thanks I'll definitely do that

[@joshkuempfel9826]

Just take lots of antivenom, but yeah I agree they are a nightmare 😂

[@andrejz8954]

Automatic weapon like smgs or laser rcw and they're easy peasy

[@averageadam5001]

Just started playing new vegas. Never played the fallout games growing up but tried playing fallout 4. Man was that hard. I couldn't get through it. Playing New Vegas in 2023 is amazing. Games used to be so story driven and deep. Man games just aren't the same

[@williamperry4519]

But fortnight is the future bro don't worry about these old relics.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

Fun fact if you press Z on the brahmin skull its a little tutorial leftover. My guess was meant to be part of Doc's tutorial to check if you could still grab things but was forgotten to be removed or was forgotten to be finished due to the limited amount of time.

[@Paztopher]

I still have the NV collectors edition box that I bought on release. It comes with a deck of cards, Fallout comic and poker chips. Awesome little collection to have.

[@Yaedon]

Just wanted to say that if this video doesn’t blow up like your other videos that I hope you don’t let that stop you from making these kinds of vids. Eventually a new audience will build up that appreciate these vids as much as I do 😀

[@jerrypocalypse1180]

Josh Sawyer's own patch for hardcore mode is definitely the way to go with modern NV playthroughs as well. He rebalances a TON of stuff that he wished they'd done during development.

[@Tuite.]

I played a Very hard playthrough + Hardcore mode with his patch and it was a very good challenge. I really enjoyed many of the re balances in the Sawyer patch.

[@nickelakon5369]

Pretty sure joshua sawyer considers his version kind of bad though, there's a better one made by someone else, it's called jsawyer ultimate. Fixes a lot of bugs and some weird stuff that was in the jsawyer mod while implementing cut content (like the varmint rifle being chambered in 22lr) and has way better compatibility with other mods.

[@bruzzer13tre]

Anybody else notice how the pipboy feels like a downgrade in fallout 4

[@ScumDog420]

That's pretty much everything in Fallout 4. Power Armor doesn't feel as badass anymore and Deathclaws have become push-overs.

[@Charsept]

Out of 3, NV, and 4. NV is the one I go back to and play the most. Like 5 to 1.

[@bradsanders2198]

Same, It’s really not even close. I would probably have played Fallout 3 more, but it’s a broken fucking mess on PC that despite my modding knowledge and understanding I can never get to work.

[@Digger-Nick]

Even fallout 4 is better than 3. 3 was ok at the time but after playing these it seems so bad

[@pender7]

@@Digger-Nick lol NV > 2 > 1 > 3 > 4. Fallout 4 is not a fallout game. I would compare it to The Outer Worlds instead. However, it is a fun open world shooter. But, they got rid of the karma system, fucked up the SPECIAL, and destroyed the RPG element that defines fallout. You cannot be evil in fallout 4, but you can be a sarcastic douche. 3 beats 4, but New Vegas is and will always be king. I get why you don't like 3 though, Bethesda isn't good at respecting the lore.

[@Lukemasonmedia]

@@Digger-Nick you're smoking crack if you think 4 is a better fallout game than 3.

[@Digger-Nick]

@@pender7 3 is bad because the story is illogical and the setting is horrible. Combine that with how karma doesn't matter and now your argument is useless. Thought it was just ok the first time I played it on release. Played it again recently with ToTW and it was still just as mediocre.

[@RYANG-THE-MANG]

I definitely didn't love NV as much as I did fallout 3 when it first released, for a lot of the same reasons, seemed empty and less overwhelming like fallout 3 definitely had going for it, with it being more populated with buildings and city like area. But honestly, my perspective changed shortly after finishing new vegas, and I can say year after year that NV proves to be the better between the 2 and the best overall in my opinion and a large portion of fallout fans seem to feel the same. The only thing that remains a criticism for me is the atmosphere doesnt feel as " fallout " and " apocalyptic " as 3 did. But the character progression, the choices, quests, quirk, content and D.L.C. remain top quality out of any game to this day. Especially the dlc. I'm not sure I'll ever experience better content in my life than I did with dead money, OWB, lonesome road, and honest hearts. Something about them trying it a locations only heard about in prior games and now finally being able to see these places and then feeling so grand. It blew me away. Which is why I'm so sad Bethesda is what it has become now days. I feel they slowly have become worse with each release starting with skyrim, like they put less love, less attention, less depth into their games. They make them more open, more shallow and bland. And that makes me so sad :/ I really hope obsidian gets the opportunity to make another fallout title now that Microsoft owns them all. Great video btw! Sorry for my rant but I dont get to discuss this stuff often. I full playthrough 3 and NV each year lol

[@IsItFunorNot]

Well to b e fair 3 and 4 are not "fallout" and have never ever felt like fallout lol if you player 1 and 2 then NV feels right at home. You have a console bug that matty has and you're first experience is a game that is nothing like the actual fallout world and tbh fallout 3 is very empty and boring compared to its world space, yes its a cityish and blah blah blah but there is literally nothing to see in that city but the metro and the museums which after twice are forgettable while Fallout New Vegas was boring but a return to form environment wise was actually a treat to explore, because you expect to find nothing but stumble across this and that.

[@matthewkalinowski4135]

Bethesda gave the Obsidian devs just 18 months to make this masterpiece. 18 months. Bethesda developed Fallout 3 for almost 5 years.

[@SteefPip]

And Fallout 3 had nearly 3 times the content.

[@canadaman9373]

@@SteefPip it also had 3 times the shit half of that content was broken the stiry is shit and there is no real choice

[@renatocustodio1000]

@@SteefPip not really. New Vegas has a lot more content and quests than 3.

[@theBOSpaladin101]

@@SteefPip objectively untrue

[@Jetstreamsamdidnothingwrong]

Fallout 3 had to make everything from the ground up while new Vegas had a template to work off of

[@LastWizardKing]

Crazy how different our experiences were. I played fallout 3 first hated it then came back a few months later due to lack of other games and slowly warmed up to it and by the end liked it a decent bit. Then I played New Vegas and instantly fell in love and played through the game 3 full times before putting it down and playing any other game.

[@exodus3461]

Very well thought out and put together video! It's great to see older games being discussed.

[@KyleS.1987]

Cazadors are pure nightmare fuel.

[@BrandonJamesPLUGS]

The writing in NV is the best of any game I’ve played.

[@Sothpawman]

Fallout 2 and even 1 have much better.

[@rebelwithoutaclue9387]

Really? Seriously? The Best? That’s a rather disappointing opinion! Have you only played a few games in your life? But to each their own I suppose!

[@BrandonJamesPLUGS]

@@rebelwithoutaclue9387 It's not like I said my opinion to please you lmao

[@thedoomslayer5863]

Try The Witcher 3. It's characters, world building, story, lore, writing, voice acting it's all just so god damn top tier. Game literally claimed the #1 spot for me in all of single players and that was with some FIERCE competition. It's just on another level in terms of qualities such as the ones I mentioned above. Shame that same company flopped so hard with cyberpunk..... The Witcher series is what put CDPR on the map and made them a industry darling.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@COHOFSohamSengupta that in no way shape or form discredits the amazing talent that you have to have to make a "Witcher 3" Their skill at least back when TW3 team was all there was impeccable. It's why cyberpunk failed. Many of the TW3 team left. That and they needed more time like 2 years more time and were not allowed to get it

[@Lunar_Pendragon]

I absolutely love the graphical style of New Vegas. I think the brown and orange tiny, and the immensely rough textures of the graphical limitations, really helps elevate the actual brutal tone and oddly beautiful atmosphere of the Mojave Desert. I'd argue the art style, design and graphical presentation itself is what always brings me back to the game - it's utmost immersive and of course, in typical Fallout fashion, unusually comforting and warming. Thank you for this awesome review, Matty - your perspective is always admired and nuanced!

[@Spaced92]

I don't think it played well in marketing, I remember thinking how orange everything looked and this was in the era of everything being brown so it wasn't a breath of fresh air. But once you play it, it is an oddly warm feeling while giving Fallout 1 and 2 nostalgia. I went back to Fallout 3 a while ago and it's a very different feeling. Although I don't dislike the green filter, it's very cold.

[@theemulationportal]

Thank the lord for modding, vanilla Vegas is rough, especially on PC. Luckily the foundations/skeleton is amazing so mods fix up most of the bugs, quality of life features, cut content, visuals, animations, LOD distance for textures etc... Whilst keeping to the original vision. Although the Z fighting flicker will never be fixed on distant LOD 😂

[@vertebralis-fw3gb]

There is one mod that making all lod slightly foggy or dusty. Its not breaking atmosphere (even adding) and its fixing lods

[@TheBuster0926]

Try Robco Certified

[@robertcamel183]

Differ from many, I think the DLC is one true magnum opus throughout the whole gaming history. I can still remembered vividly how it totally shocked my youth mind when I first saw the final ending slideshow, then the sad yet beautiful voice of Vera flows out from the farewell broadcast of the Sierra Madre. Never before in my life have I had this deep emotion that even resonances 'til this day. Since then, with each sadness and losses I've endured like every grown-ups do in real life, I've often thought of this DLC. When realized I failed my dreams, When got betrayed by once thought friends, When lost my loved one to cancer. Things happen, it's the very nature of life and there's nothing you can do to it. Yet you can also always pull yourself up, but: " The only way to begin again, is letting go. " And so just like Dean, Christine and Dog in my game, Letting go I did. Not many games can do this.

[@erick7704]

It’s absolutely amazing. Such an incredible DLC and ending

[@maiden5427]

I can't believe I brushed this game off twice. Once in 2011 and again in 2019. I gave it a chnace during covid when we were all stuck at home. Now I'm wondering how many great games I missed out on.

[@thememeilator2633]

Sams here, i spoiled myself on New Vegas and it's DLCs before i was willing to give it a chance. Makes me think it won't be worth playing now

[@PeterGriffin-rp9iq]

@@thememeilator2633hell no play it. I’ve played it like 7 times through and the itch is returning after a year or 2 of no play

[@ichigo9171]

new vegas might be the only game I would be willing to call a masterpiece. it really is just that special I think.

[@Sluglove]

this is the funniest thing I’ve ever read

[@Originalchili]

Ehhhh the obvious huge amount of cut content doesn't make it a masterpiece for me, they didn't even fully flesh out Caesars legion which is my favorite faction in the game, their storyline was rushed

[@nigeldean3726]

@@Originalchili the whole game was rushed... Bethesda pushed obsidian to get it out faster, if they didn't didn't would have made the best fallout game out there

[@Zanoladab]

@@nigeldean3726 it already is the best fallout game ever lol

[@erick7704]

@@Zanoladab exaclty, imagine if their Vision was fully fulfilled

[@samd2013]

Good video, I always loved new Vegas. The Wild West fee of the game is one of my favorite aspects. The way that you talk about the hardcore mode here and how it completely overhauled the game for you is exactly what happened with me with Fallout 4 Survival Mode. I think FO4 survival mode takes the hardcore mode from NV a step further in terms of the mechanics it introduces. That mode truly in FO4 completely changed the way I played the game and in a lot of ways it feels like that game was built around that mode. For me it’s the definitive way to play FO4. I’d be very interested to see your take on FO4 survival mode in a possible video. I’ve been enjoying these revisiting old games videos.

[@willietanner7085]

The good old days when we got three single player open world RPG's from Bethesda inside of three years!

[@thedoomslayer5863]

They went from that to now taking over 10 god damn YEARS for a new elder scrolls game.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

@@thedoomslayer5863 now every game they release is broken and doesn’t work and is all about money. I doubt we ever get another good single player fallout game

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@alanluscombe8a553 cross our fingers obsidian still has the magic touch and makes new Vegas 2 that might be our only hope for a new good fallout. It's possible now. They're both under Microsoft

[@waidixon8965]

The amount of endings in the main quest, and how other faction quests/side quests can tie into and affect it, really made it the best Fallout main questline for me.

[@JoeKnowsWorst]

I know most people don’t feel this way, but this is why I love Fallout and Elder Scrolls having online games in addition to the main games, because I always have new content to go back to, and the games never end, especially ESO that has been getting an expansion every year and new story being added on a regular schedule you can rely on!

[@paulanthony9906]

I think the thing I miss most about Fallout 3 and New Vegas is explosives like grenades in VATs. I was so annoyed when they switched to the more streamlined FPS mechanic used in Fallout 4. I once played an entire grenadier/heavy explosive weapons build in New Vegas that focused almost solely on grenades with VATs at points. You haven't truly enjoyed New Vegas until you've played Dead Money as a grenadier on hardcore mode chucking your limited hand crafted microfusion cell grenades at ghost people. That was my absolute favorite playthrough next to my Caesar's Legion melee beast with the ballistic fist.

[@bombdatguy4833]

Still the best fallout after all this time

[@Sothpawman]

That would be Fallout 2

[@thedoomslayer5863]

You're god damn right it is. Objectively this is correct

[@SpiritOfBagheera]

Fallout 3

[@iwillmeltyoursouls5885]

​@@Sothpawman The tabletop style of Fallout 2 puts me off, in my opinion, fallout is more of a franchise that should be played in 3D so that you're fully immersed in the atmosphere of Fallout

[@the__man]

love this medium-length form content, i can leave it on and its not too long to get boring. I would watch a series of these though, like if you continued this playthru for instance

[@logandenton6467]

Should try playing fallout 4 on the series consoles, me and a bunch of other people haven't been able to actually launch the game past the title screen. It's been bricked for some users with no fix for like half a year, but somehow works on the one's.

[@Angel-ov2it]

I turned off fps boost and mine works now on series x

[@logandenton6467]

@@Angel-ov2it Tried that and more, still crashes, only difference is instead of it crashing at the launch, it just doesn't launch period.

[@9-b_b-9]

Ironically enough your Fallout 3 video made me want to play New Vegas again and im loving it all over again 🤗

[@NotDustyDrB]

Love this series, Matty. Reminds me of ACG's Walking the Walk, with a good dose of your own Retro Rebound. Getting in there and discussing why we love the game, what that first experience was like, how and when it clicked with you.

[@WarNvrChanges]

I’ve been playing New Vegas just as much as I have Fallout 4 recently.

[@stormlives6051]

This is a fun video series! I think the best games to do this type of content with is those that you are passionate about. Like some titles from your ultimate rpg tier list. Maybe even showcase some DLCs like Shivering Isles. It could also be interesting to show some classic Activision titles. Things like Prototype and the Transformers games by High Moon Studios.

[@speakless653]

One thing I liked about new vegas was the contrass between new vegas wasteland and the strip. being the strip was way more colourful and lived in, like a safe haven whereas the wastland being death and destruction and remnants from the pre war. still to this day no Fallout game has captured that in the same way as new vegas.

[@tylerjacobson4300]

As I've gotten older I started to like fallout 3 over new vegas more, but the DLC in New Vegas is what sets it apart for me

[@TheGoldenMan888]

In my case sometimes i prefer fallout 3 and sometimes i prefer FNV, what can i say i can't choose which of these two i love more

[@samd2013]

FO3 and FNV are some of favorite games, I go back to them a lot. But FO4 Survival Mode is my favorite fallout. I find myself going back to that one most, as long as it’s in survival mode.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

Really? Wouldn't it be the opposite? Hell as I got older I began to see the weakness in writing, story, characters, protagonist impact on story ECT of many games. Fo3 for me I only had it's rating lower the older I got. Mind you I still like it but lile Skyrim the older you get you just see the flaws in it's world, story, characters, plot, dialogue ECT

[@Hybridizm]

Why? What exactly do you like more about FO3 to NV? Most I know that drop the nostalgia goggles for their first FO experience tend to still like FO3 but recognise FNV as the better game, so it's odd seeing this take lol. Explain away man.

[@samd2013]

@@Hybridizm I don’t think it’s too insane to prefer one game over the other. I think one of the main reasons why some people prefer FO3 is because the capital wasteland is a setting they like more than the Mojave wasteland. I personally love both games equally but for different reasons and the atmosphere of FO3 is one of the reasons why I love that game. Also megaton is probably my favorite fallout city in general, it truly is the most apocalyptic looking cities in the franchise. Personally though I prefer FO4 survival mode to both FO3 and FNV lol. But all 3 are excellent.

[@rig-zag]

That New Vegas radio soundtrack tho... I still have Johnny Guitar stuck in my head. And Kick in the head. And just Wayne Newtons voice in general. And yeah, you just have to enable Wild Wasteland. Wouldn't be the same without it and the little icon and tone that pops up when you discover something weird. Loved it for about 300 hours.

[@Breegullbeak]

I actually played through New Vegas again this year. Finally got the last two achievements for winning 50 games of Caravan. Was my first Bethesda game back in early 2011and I've been a fan ever since.

[@BearsNGym.]

Couldn’t agree more, the game is fantastic.

[@sethvelazquez8143]

You know how to play caravan?

[@BearsNGym.]

@@sethvelazquez8143 I know how to play blackjack and poker, but no, I don’t lol.

[@Breegullbeak]

@@sethvelazquez8143 barely. I know enough to win.

[@QuietGuitaristfan]

It was outsourced to Obsidian. This is an Obsidian game through and through.

[@chickmagnetwampaone]

Started up a fresh playthrough this year and I got hit with a bug rescuing president Kimball and it erased like 10 hours of my game time to load the previous save. Always keep multiple saves!

[@comradekolbot2220]

Fallout1:Conflict is intrinsic to all life Fallout2:Eugenics is still bad Fallout3:Help others FalloutNV:Greed Outpaces Integrity Fallout4:Things change Fallout76:IDK…leave me alone🤷

[@crazy-daves-ramblings-shp]

Fallout 76: "it just works"

[@sudafedup]

Fallout 76: 16 times the detail.

[@ctrlaltdelooms]

Finally received my Steam Deck the other week and the first game I installed was Fallout NV. Always wanted to play this masterpiece on the fly, and as of yesterday I’ve smacked Mr. House with a lead pipe whilst enjoying a coffee on a train 👍🏼

[@digheanurag]

That’s a dream

[@michaelhucke8204]

This is 100% what I’m looking forward to doing as soon as I get mine

[@thedoomslayer5863]

I only ever had a 3ds and a ps Vita. Not really a hand held guy. How's the steam deck? Can it at least do games on 1080p 60fps? Can it go over 60fps?

[@jinnitachi]

i’d totally watch u play through this game, i’m just now starting fallout in general with this game and i’m so immersed into the Mojave i feel like a gecko. can’t imagine when i have enough money to buy a pc and add a sprint mod and up the graphics

[@IsItFunorNot]

fallout 4 new vegas will be out in a year or two which is a mod that brings new vegas to the creation engine.

[@roach-ol9gu]

I have played this game every year since it came out and I still learn things about this game to this day like the vault dwellers that show up from vault 34 after you save them

[@yapyap1581]

I love the amount of weapons, weapon mods, and ammo types in New Vegas, I always remember them when I play through Fallout 3, I do like how Fallout 4 took weapon customization to new level, I just wish 4 had some more weapons from New Vegas, and 3.

[@carlosmagnomacieira8210]

fallout new vegas is the only game in that engine that i do not need any mod (okay, maybe one that add cats)... because it has a lot of blood, you can aim with iron sights, you can run, has less bugs than 3, and quests with consequences... and did i mentioned iron sights? anyway, bethesda games ( and the ones using their engine) are amazing for their freedom...and the ability to go anywhere and touch anything, pick anything...and that together with the story telling that only obsidian seem to know how to do made one of the best games ever...

[@conmanreloaded4249]

Honestly my favorite part about new Vegas character creation is that it’s the only game in the series where they don’t give you a really in depth Backstory. Your not a vault dweller or tribal leader trying to save your home or someone looking for missing family, Your just a mail man that got shot in the head, where do you go from there? Do you get revenge on the person that shot you and try to find out what was so important about that chip? Or Do you decide to steer clear count yourself lucky and make your own path in the wasteland? Choice is up to you to define your characters journey without it feeling like your characters a scumbag abandoning the people depending on them and I love that

[@freddylafonza3058]

I still remembering buying two FNV so when one disc got to hot, or was crashing all the time, switch to the other disc and keep playing. Good times, good times

[@zrico4361]

I have anxiety and your videos on fallout are some of the few comfort things that I watch Thankyou ~Ricardo from Alaska

[@DrAtomics]

Ironically I've been playing Fallout New Vegas again for the first time since 2011, got all the dlc and have blasted through everything except Old world Blues and Lonesome road, just started Old World Blues, and as a scientist (physicist), I gotta say it's the best DLC I've ever experienced because even the dialogue hits home with how scientists would squabble in a work-place environment, they do actually act like that lol 🤣 Kicking out Dr Mobius for his passionate talking about neuroscience is hilarious given they wont shut up about their own fields rofl, so hypocritical, like alot of scientists lol.

[@Originalchili]

Shivering isles was my favorite dlc for the insane atmosphere, I loved how one city was manic, and the other side was demented

[@GouieLabay]

Hey Matty, it’s funny that you put this video out today because I started my first ever New Vegas play through YESTERDAY! I watched your two long-form new vegas vids and u made me want to take the first dive. Let me know about any tips if any fellow watchers have some stuff I should know about!

[@amethystwyvern]

The number one thing I disliked about New Vegas and why I rank Fallout 3 ahead of it are it's invisible walls in the middle of the map. The game kind of forces early game players to go a specific way to New Vegas, if you want a lore direct route you have to face deathclaws and those nasty hornet things at a level that you can't beat them at. Sure you can sneak by if you're lucky (I did it a few times) but the game really wants you to go all the way around and hit certain locations and characters before you get to Vegas.

[@sebastiannemeth-ramirez2160]

Surprised you didn't talk about how beast Skilled is, or how you can cheese the game to give you extra stat points, by picking it, and then rebuilding your character when given the option. It's a lot more fun when you have 10 to all skills right at the start of the game, for a negligible 10% reduced experience gain. New Vegas is so massive, with so many ways to gain XP, that it won't matter. You'll still be able to max out at 50 if you want, or even higher if you have mods that increase the max level. Wild Wasteland can be good, but if you are mix-maxing your character and want the best, most powerful, and more importantly, most useful weapon in the game, don't take Wild Wasteland. You'll get the Alien Blaster instead, which has limited use compared to the non Wild Wasteland version. For me, I chose Skilled and Good Natured. Coupled with the exploit mentioned above, gives an even greater increase to some of my favourite skills in the game, as it can make entire sections of the game far easier in my opinion. Having high Science and Speech allows you to bypass brutal areas, or get the best completion bonus from a quest. That more than makes up for loss to combat skills, especially when using companions.

[@LiTTleGaBi21]

This was the first game I bought on my new laptop I got with my summer job money. I went to my local game store to buy GTA IV but they didn’t have any copy on PC. I saw the box art of the NV and read the back of it. I remember the slip cover with velcro. Bought it and fell in love with this masterpiece.

[@waidixon8965]

If you think about New Vegas without its 4 major DLCs, I do understand why the reception back in its release wasn't as great as it is today. Personally I found the 4 DLCs really added a lot more value to the game. They helped varied up the look and feel of the environments, tons of new weapons and armor, and just a lot more interesting and grand scale questlines.

[@hornick18]

I started my 3rd or fourth playthrough a few weeks ago. Aside from the bugs, it still holds up great.

[@highvoltage7797]

I know Fallout 3 gets credit for a better world but I’d honestly say NV is equally good or better in most regards. Like New Vegas has great atmosphere and memorable locations.

[@Gbag34]

It’s also far more believable. We know where people get their food, water and electricity. We also see the importance of couriers, farmers, and caravans. It ties its world together far better and leaves less unanswered questions. It feels far more real.

[@personman1148]

Fallout 3 feels like it should have been 100 years after the bombs at most of even just 80 because the way the outside is structured cells similar in the ways things were structured in F1 it would explain the enclaves numbers and it would explain the differences in the brotherhood and it could show the progression of a rebuilding society on the east coast cut off from the west.

[@TheGoldenMan888]

@@Gbag34 different games yes so similar, Fallout 3 does that too its just people like you are lazy to play the game and only hear the opinions of other KZbinrs lol

[@TheGoldenMan888]

@@personman1148 nah Fallout 3 is good as it is, as its based in the capital of the United States it was bombed to hell, what people expect from a nuclear bombed place with full of FEV monstrosities of course it will remain a chaos.

[@Gbag34]

@@TheGoldenMan888 I’m not sure what you mean. I’ve put thousands of hours into all of the mainline games and New Vegas. I have gotten every one on release day since 2008. I have thorough enough experience with each one of them to have the objective information. I know what is and isn’t in these games. That being said, Fallout 3 doesn’t have very good world building at all. I am more than willing to hear you explain these things to me. I mean legitimately explain them using proper in game evidence. Not head canon or fan theories. Not tweets Pete Hines or Todd Howard made in 2012 after the fact to bandaid the lore and stop fans from asking questions. I’m talking about tangible evidence from the source itself. The game Fallout 3 and it’s DLCs vanilla. Where does everyone get their food? Their water? Electricity? Where are the caravans keeping these settlements alive? Like I said, I got Fallout 3 on release and have put unthinkable time into it. Completing every quest, trying every different choice, exploring the world. It simply doesn’t have nearly the attention to detail that Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and New Vegas have. You don’t get answers or explanations for most questions you will have about the world. Where does Megaton get its food? Why did these people decide to build around a potentially live nuclear device instead of take shelter in the nearby town which already has buildings and resources? How is Paradise Falls even in business when nobody seems to have slaves and it is widely shunned for some reason? How does Tenpenny Tower get any resources of any kind for its people to survive? How does the Nuka Cola lady survive when she’s so busy tending to her memorabilia collection? Why the hell is there a comic book character standoff in a town with seemingly no resources during a supposed water crisis? Speaking of water crisis, where the hell is the water crisis? Your whole family dies for this cause which is the main plot point, but they can’t even portray it in the world in order to make you care. Water is ironically far more centric in New Vegas and that game has nothing to do with water in the magnitude Fallout 3 does. The Dam holds all of the fresh water in Lake Mead. Which is a huge part of why it’s so important to the plot. There are pipes running to Vegas from the lake. There are water vendors and caravans that you learn have specific water licenses from the NCR so they can use these pipes instead of bucketing water from the lake. There are entire in depth quests regarding the water pipes and pump stations which send water to different farms in the region that use the water from the lake for their crops. In New Vegas there is extensive information and quests regarding clean water in the area and how people obtain it. In Fallout 3, the game focussed on a water crisis, there is absolutely zero representation in the world for this plot point besides 3 copy paste water beggar NPCs. One outside Megaton, one outside Tenpenny Tower and one outside Rivet City. The absolute bare minimum in world building for the main plot of the entire story. There should be people in every settlement all over the place talking about how hard it is to get clean water. However, it seems as if nobody cares. They are all too busy collecting Nuka Cola posters and land mines. Don’t get me wrong, I still love Fallout 3 and play it regularly. However, it just objectively has a ton of issues. Especially when it comes to writing and world building. There is so much unexplained or lazily bandaided within the games narrative. It’s still Bethesda’s best Fallout, but I wish so badly they would put more care and effort into their RPGs. Fallout is such a rich universe with so many stories to tell. Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 are excellent examples of that. New Vegas is proof that using Bethesda’s engine and going 3D FPS can still tell exceptional stories with great characters and an immersive world if you know what you are doing. I don’t hate Bethesda or Fallout 3. These are simply criticisms of mistakes in their game design and myself and many others simply want to see them do better in the future. We know both Bethesda and Fallout are capable of so much more.

[@anarki777]

I actually remember Fallout: New Vegas not being particularly popular when it first came out. A lot of people were ragging on it. Personally, I liked it a lot. I don't remember if I preferred Fallout 3 or NV more because it was a long time ago now... but I do remember defending NV.

[@spectrecommand7]

Is Matty doing livestream letsplays anymore? I just haven't seen any in a long while it'd be nice to hang out with him in the chat again.

[@MisterAnonymous1000]

Dude, I pick up this game like every 3-6 months, for the past 10 years. That's just about how much I love this game.

[@notorioustito8515]

That's too much

[@neojd]

Great video Matty. I preferred 3 over NV for story purposes but this makes me wanna replay both again.

[@cosmic_jon]

NV was great, and everyone should play it. It had more role-playing opportunities and was mechanically superior. I definitely think exploration is a lot more fun in FO3 and FO4 however, and that's the primary reason I play BGS games, which is why NV is not my favorite Fallout.

[@IsItFunorNot]

its a complaint a lot of fallout 3 fans have, but truly if you play a tale of two wastelands, where you actually go back and fourth, fallout 3 is so very dead and very boring in comparison tbh actually try both back to back you'd explore and actually role play waaaaay more in NV and I think matty even has this fallacy. TBH F3 and 4 are boring to traverse in comparison. its why most fallout fans think NV is a return to form. You're like the splinter cell fans who love conviction but at the end of the day its not at all a fallout game just like 3 and 4.

[@cosmic_jon]

@@IsItFunorNot I think we are just prioritizing different aspects of the gameplay. There is a long writeup that I largely agree with called "Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas: A Comparison Through the Tales of Two Wastelands Experience".

[@AdamC_465]

@@IsItFunorNot Personally I don’t think 3 and 4 are comparable. 4 is just so much worse imo

[@Hybridizm]

@@AdamC_465 FO4 suffers from many of the shortcomings FO3 does, but improves in other areas. Gunplay for one being a key one, which is a key part of the game as it loops into exploration. FO3 has a stronger atmosphere when compared to FO4, but the latter has a better exploration loop. Both have weak writing across the board and suffer from the same pitfalls that Bethesda can't seem to get away from.

[@Originalchili]

@@IsItFunorNot I disagree, I think NV open world is pretty empty, they may be able to get the rpg mechanics a bit better than Bethesda, but Bethesda blows obsidian out of the water with its environmental storytelling

[@sukapow]

Fallout NV deserves a remake/remaster so newer audiences can see how good the game was back in the days

[@Bornking34]

I beat the game on normal but do you recommend playing on hardcore mode? who did you choose mr. house or NCR at the end? would you do a video on this?

[@tubbymunchkin7254]

It’s crazy bc I first played this game 2 years ago and I thought I wouldn’t like it due to the graphics. But I ended up being infinitely more immersed than fallout 4. Story building and role playing elements really carry a lot of weight

[@356z]

I love how the thumbnails "why you should play" he looks stoked. But when it's "I played it" he looks concerned.

[@lunch_trey]

With the other Fallout games, I had an idea of what kind of character I wanted to play (pure evil, Wasteland Jesus, etc.). New Vegas was different. When I started the game, I wanted to be a gun for hire and I was for most of the game... but then the endgame came into sight and I felt like I strongly needed to pick a side. Instead, I killed Mr. House (who was my main employer), sided mostly with the NCR and forced the Legion out. Then I forced the NCR out and made New Vegas an independent nation. It wasn't about the caps anymore; it was about making New Vegas stand on its own two feet. Any game that can make me seriously reconsider how I want to wrap up my character's story is solid.

[@rikstan15]

In my opinion New Vegas is the ultimate open world, you can go anywhere you want but the game guides you towards a certain, hand tailored path where you loop around the central mountains because the direct path towards Vegas is far too high level, and all the quests nudge you forwards to follow the right path, along with the highly visible landmarks like the Ranger statue, Nipton burning or the dinosaur at Novac.

[@JustZaker]

id love to see a play through of every fallout dlc

[@bornfacemulela1219]

"I bet you don't have anything as nasty as Yao Guai out where you come from".

[@user-cd4ms6cf8l]

Nice to see others returning to the classics. Hard-core made me fall in love with it

[@Xxbte96xX]

New Vegas was just a special game for me. It actually released on my 13th birthday, and I remember watching my Dad play it for a long time before I even jumped on it. I think I was still playing 3 at the time.

[@thebuzzing]

I beat every mission in this game. Always said I may never return but this hardcore mode makes it seem like a nightmare but worth a revisit in the future. I also bought the mini nuke anthology as a shelf looker last week and this now makes me want to experience the game on PC… hmmm

[@WarNvrChanges]

Imagine getting Fallout 3 then just 2 years later getting Fallout New Vegas. Fallout 4 was my first Fallout game, which I absolutely loved but after putting hundreds if not thousands of hours into it I was ready for more Fallout………… only to get Fallout 76. With no new Fallout game in sight for the next decade. It must have been a really good time to be a Fallout fan back in 2008 - 2010.

[@jeremyroberts8822]

It bums me out knowing we aren’t gonna get a new fallout for a very long time. We got starfield next year and elder scrolls 6 prolly a couple years after that so we may not see a new fallout till like 2027 or beyond

[@samd2013]

76 is just fallout online, just like elder scrolls online isn’t the same as the traditional single player version of the games. When 76 was coming out I wasn’t too thrilled for the game because I already knew it was going to be Elder scrolls online all over again. But I’m that it exists though for those who really like MMOs and stuff. But I’ll wait for the single player games lol.

[@sinthetic4878]

Pretty much the reason I got an Xbox One X was to be able to play my old Bethesda and Bioware games. New Vegas holds up so well. I really hope they don't do a remake of it. Would much prefer a sequel.

[@1ButtonDash]

this is the one game I want a true remake of. It will never happen thou. Yes I know there are mods but it's not the same. Also I always pick that one trait at the beginning that gives you +1 agi but your limbs break easier. The negative side to that trait actually works in your favor cuz after you break your limbs a certain number of times you gain a secret perk that makes you stronger.

[@jinxghoul588]

The only think I hated about the game, and what ultimately turned me off from it, is how empty the wasteland outside of quests were. I understand it’s certainly because of the short dev time and budget, but nevertheless it’s just not fun to explore. It felt like everywhere I went there was no loot at all, no lore, no interesting buildings, etc. Basically the world has nothing on Fallout 3, but I respect it’s staggering amount of player choice.

[@gastronomous]

I'm getting into it now on PC with animation and graphic mods (ENBs). Heavily recommend, it's lit

[@afgh1408]

Same just started a playthrough today

[@SlappyMcSlappster]

Matty will you be going to the goodsprings bar / pioneer saloon event next year is n Vegas???

[@nathansamuelson]

For a game that was rushed out in a year and a half NV is incredible. Relevant character building, thoughtful map layout, choices that matter, well worth it dlc, and it has that fallout feel but still improved on it. It's not perfect by any sense but I can tell the devs put love into it.

[@godclothshango1194]

Nice, I started playing this game sense it first came out a few weeks ago.

[@Shadowbot074]

When you first go to nipton and that music plays from fallout one. Oh my goodness something bad is happening

[@Paul-fs8ox]

It’s funny how the reputation of New Vegas has improved so much over the years considering it was launched in a broken state and when it came out the opinion of most people at the time was that Fallout 3 was the superior game.

[@Chaoitcme]

I would love to see remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas. The original games hold up today but it would be nice for them to be upgraded.

[@nex_1ne]

Primer boxes become a necessarily regular purchase once you become an ammunition craftsman.

[@bcav712]

Been playing modded New Vegas for maybe a month now and it’s so fun. Been a while since I played it before this so it feels fresh. This was also my first time beating Old World Blues and man that’s such a good dlc.

[@TheSGBrown]

The 4 expansion DLCs are LONGER and have more dense content than some ENTIRE GAMES during 2023!

[@nighthawk244]

I just got a new PC today and now I really got that New Vegas itch! You should look into some of the mods matty!

[@brucewayne33497]

Oh hey here's two cool things about Fallout New Vegas there's a mod that actually allows players to continue after the final main quest & there are some modders that are fans of Fallout & Star Wars & they're working on a star wars mod for fallout new vegas that adds an entirely new game world,space travel,weapons,clothes,armors,characters,quests,enemies,bosses,classes,perks,food items,medical items & quest items

[@mrzsmusiclessons]

Still haven’t played this one, so it was cool to see your perspective on it.

[@wg8561]

Wow that's funny I was a little underwhelmed when I first played NV also. When I really got into it though it hooked me big time.

[@WUZLE]

The first time I played New Vegas I got lost and was eaten by coyotes. Later, somehow Rex the dog died and stayed dead. It’s gotten better.