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Gamespot, 7.5/10.<blockquote>Fallout: New Vegas is all about more. There's more to do in New Vegas than in Fallout 3, its superb predecessor; there's more complexity to its gameplay mechanics; and sadly, there are far more bugs than you should expect from a modern role-playing game.
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This latest trip into the desolate American landscape possesses many of the same elements that made Fallout 3 such a successful role-playing game, but its story doesn't boast as many memorable moments. The large-scale combat scenarios are less epic, and the surprises are less dramatic than Fallout 3's mid-game reverie. </blockquote>PAL Gaming Network, 8.5/10. <blockquote>Is Fallout: New Vegas a good game? Unquestionably. Is it better than Fallout 3? That's a little harder to answer. Fallout 3 was a bit of a revolution for its time, providing immersion par excellence, and a world that was actively changed by your decisions (see: Megaton). New Vegas builds upon all of this, providing a deeper world with harsher repercussions for your actions, but somehow missing the immersion of its predecessor. And unfortunately, it inherits all of the problems of its forefather as well. Two years is a long time in the video game industry, and at times New Vegas' technical limitations hold back the experience. If you liked Fallout 3, you will like this game. If you liked Fallout 1 or 2, you might find more to attract you with this title as it re-introduces some of the deeper aspects of the role playing genre. If you like great RPG games, you will like this game. Just prepare to stick with it for the long haul, and explore everything you can. In New Vegas, it's worth it. </blockquote>Cheat Code Central, 4/5. <blockquote>We do have a few complaints about New Vegas. We encountered some significant glitches, including everything from ridiculous physics errors to full-on crashes; we imagine these will be fixed with an update, so those who plan to play on a machine that’s connected to the Internet might want to wait a bit before diving in. The enemy AI seems to have gotten worse, with your foes frequently moving in odd patterns and making themselves easy to kill. And overall, we wouldn’t have minded a little bit more of a departure from the Fallout 3 formula. Even with all the aforementioned tweaks, New Vegas still feels a lot like an expansion pack.
But is that such a bad thing? Fallout 3 is one of the best games of this generation, and fans should be thrilled to see a new story told in a similar fashion. We’re looking forward to spending more time in New Vegas, and checking out the DLC when it comes out.</blockquote>CNN provides no score. <blockquote>"Fallout New Vegas" has a good storyline and a familiar feel if you've played "Fallout 3" before. There are only a few new things to the game-play, but it still works well.
There is a lot to see and do throughout the game and you can spend many hours just exploring all the different regions and locations.
Bugs and graphical issues plague the game in spots, but if you can overlook those instances, you will be rewarded with an exciting time as you make your way to New Vegas and through the adventures that lie within.</blockquote>Rock Paper Shotgun provides no score, but the tone is clearly disappointed. <blockquote>Bethesda went to great lengths to infuse their D.C. wasteland with colour. It was populated by kooky, occasionally even cartoonish characters- it’s no accident that super mutants and the Brotherhood of Steel featured so prominently. Then you had the independant towns, which were all built in or around visually striking setpieces, and Bethesda even built a labyrinth out of the subway system. Whatever direction you walked in Fallout 3, you felt confident you’d find something interesting.
Whatever direction you walk in New Vegas, you might find something interesting, but it’s much more likely you’ll find something pretty uninteresting, like an empty shack or an NCR army outpost where you’ll hear two different potato-faced soldiers voiced by two different actors say the same line of dialogue about the Mojave being hot. There’s also a slim chance you’ll find nothing at all but a few irradiated creatures, since the game has entire acres of barren scrub and desert that you absolutely would not see in Fallout 3. In my whole time with New Vegas, I found nothing as architecturally entertaining as Megaton, and nothing as eerie or inventive as Little Lamplight. Hiking long distances felt like a chore.</blockquote>Gram.pl, 9/10. <blockquote>I'll warn everyone looking for "cinematic" narration and linear plot - this is not a game for you. You'll be bored to death within the first three hours of play.
The rest - including myself - will be in heaven. Both the game itself and the main plot are very open. Almost every minute we have to take decisions that influence not only our fate, but also the balance of power in the area, the disposition of the local residents towards us and to the factions, relations between the factions, and even such things as store prices. Example? We help a local community maintain order, we choose one of the options, people are happy, they thank us, and then... the store owner raises all the prices by 50%. Well, the new authorities have him pay high taxes. And who will be affected in the end?
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Our decisions are the essence of New Vegas. We really feel their weight and meaning here. It is very important to know the situation before taking them, and sometimes even guess what the consequences might be. The creators should be praised for not including any hints like "doing this quest will make group X hate you". We simply have to know the game's world. Without that, we can regret our choices quite often; especially that the interests of most factions (even the minor ones) most often clash. One of the things I love is that, keeping up with the Fallout tradition, there are no factions designated as clearly good or bad. They're grey, sometimes a darker or lighter shade, but never purely black or white.</blockquote>CDAction, 9/10. <blockquote>New Vegas should not be treated as a Fallout 3 add-on - it's more of a replacement. It is not fantasy with swords and forests remade in a post-nuclear world, where we need to chase our dad and make his altruistic dreams come true. It is not a sweet story about the savior of the wastes who doesn't want anything for himself. New Vegas finally brings the real Fallout world into the 21st century and boldly adds new elements to it.</blockquote>Gamezilla, 8/10. <blockquote>Fallout: New Vegas initially made a very bad impression on me, as before I really immersed in the plot and the world, I encountered annoying bugs that should not have made their way to the final game everywhere. In the later part of the game, they became less important, and I was taken in by the great atmosphere and a surprising number of decisions with serious consequences. Trying to find out all the ways of finishing the game is a satisfying and time-consuming task, as well as the exploration and side quests. Unfortunately, this is still not enough to convince people who did not like Fallout 3. The gameplay and graphics are identical, and minor enhancements and choices will definitely not convince those who see New Vegas as yet another "Oblivion with guns". However, those who liked Fallout 3 even a little, will enjoy the Mojave Wasteland even more, despite a large number of bugs.</blockquote>Games.cz, 9/10.<blockquote>Verdict: Fallout in its third incarnation was inconsistent but now it comes back to its roots and brings big portion of great atmosphere, outstanding story, huge world to explore and foremost almost infinte number of ways you can play the game. Sadly the game suffers from obsolete graphics, yet still this is a hot candidate for game of the year. </blockquote>GameZone (which awarded New Vegas with a 6.5 lamenting a large number of bugs) pulled its rating from the review. Here's their motivation:<blockquote>This review is an accurate portrayal of my experience, which was less than ideal, and at times disastrous - too disastrous not to arouse suspicion. Bothered by discrepancies among the accounts of other reviewers, GameZone’s visitors, and myself, I purchased a second copy for Xbox 360. Although still early in the game, I have yet to experience any of the issues that plagued my previous playthrough. Perhaps the bugs I encountered were the result of a bad installation, or an early error that toppled a line of dominoes, or perhaps the bugs simply aren’t present in the 360 version. As a result of these uncertainties, the score for Fallout: New Vegas is being temporarily removed until I have completed the 360 version, and the PS3 and PC versions are given fresh installations and assessed a second time. This is a self-imposed decision. As a devoted fan of Fallout since the beginning, I would not want to discredit New Vegas without absolute certainty.</blockquote>Also, the guys at Duck and Cover have a brief interview with All Roads editor David Marshall.
Thanks Ausir and Smejki.
Gamespot, 7.5/10.<blockquote>Fallout: New Vegas is all about more. There's more to do in New Vegas than in Fallout 3, its superb predecessor; there's more complexity to its gameplay mechanics; and sadly, there are far more bugs than you should expect from a modern role-playing game.
[...]
This latest trip into the desolate American landscape possesses many of the same elements that made Fallout 3 such a successful role-playing game, but its story doesn't boast as many memorable moments. The large-scale combat scenarios are less epic, and the surprises are less dramatic than Fallout 3's mid-game reverie. </blockquote>PAL Gaming Network, 8.5/10. <blockquote>Is Fallout: New Vegas a good game? Unquestionably. Is it better than Fallout 3? That's a little harder to answer. Fallout 3 was a bit of a revolution for its time, providing immersion par excellence, and a world that was actively changed by your decisions (see: Megaton). New Vegas builds upon all of this, providing a deeper world with harsher repercussions for your actions, but somehow missing the immersion of its predecessor. And unfortunately, it inherits all of the problems of its forefather as well. Two years is a long time in the video game industry, and at times New Vegas' technical limitations hold back the experience. If you liked Fallout 3, you will like this game. If you liked Fallout 1 or 2, you might find more to attract you with this title as it re-introduces some of the deeper aspects of the role playing genre. If you like great RPG games, you will like this game. Just prepare to stick with it for the long haul, and explore everything you can. In New Vegas, it's worth it. </blockquote>Cheat Code Central, 4/5. <blockquote>We do have a few complaints about New Vegas. We encountered some significant glitches, including everything from ridiculous physics errors to full-on crashes; we imagine these will be fixed with an update, so those who plan to play on a machine that’s connected to the Internet might want to wait a bit before diving in. The enemy AI seems to have gotten worse, with your foes frequently moving in odd patterns and making themselves easy to kill. And overall, we wouldn’t have minded a little bit more of a departure from the Fallout 3 formula. Even with all the aforementioned tweaks, New Vegas still feels a lot like an expansion pack.
But is that such a bad thing? Fallout 3 is one of the best games of this generation, and fans should be thrilled to see a new story told in a similar fashion. We’re looking forward to spending more time in New Vegas, and checking out the DLC when it comes out.</blockquote>CNN provides no score. <blockquote>"Fallout New Vegas" has a good storyline and a familiar feel if you've played "Fallout 3" before. There are only a few new things to the game-play, but it still works well.
There is a lot to see and do throughout the game and you can spend many hours just exploring all the different regions and locations.
Bugs and graphical issues plague the game in spots, but if you can overlook those instances, you will be rewarded with an exciting time as you make your way to New Vegas and through the adventures that lie within.</blockquote>Rock Paper Shotgun provides no score, but the tone is clearly disappointed. <blockquote>Bethesda went to great lengths to infuse their D.C. wasteland with colour. It was populated by kooky, occasionally even cartoonish characters- it’s no accident that super mutants and the Brotherhood of Steel featured so prominently. Then you had the independant towns, which were all built in or around visually striking setpieces, and Bethesda even built a labyrinth out of the subway system. Whatever direction you walked in Fallout 3, you felt confident you’d find something interesting.
Whatever direction you walk in New Vegas, you might find something interesting, but it’s much more likely you’ll find something pretty uninteresting, like an empty shack or an NCR army outpost where you’ll hear two different potato-faced soldiers voiced by two different actors say the same line of dialogue about the Mojave being hot. There’s also a slim chance you’ll find nothing at all but a few irradiated creatures, since the game has entire acres of barren scrub and desert that you absolutely would not see in Fallout 3. In my whole time with New Vegas, I found nothing as architecturally entertaining as Megaton, and nothing as eerie or inventive as Little Lamplight. Hiking long distances felt like a chore.</blockquote>Gram.pl, 9/10. <blockquote>I'll warn everyone looking for "cinematic" narration and linear plot - this is not a game for you. You'll be bored to death within the first three hours of play.
The rest - including myself - will be in heaven. Both the game itself and the main plot are very open. Almost every minute we have to take decisions that influence not only our fate, but also the balance of power in the area, the disposition of the local residents towards us and to the factions, relations between the factions, and even such things as store prices. Example? We help a local community maintain order, we choose one of the options, people are happy, they thank us, and then... the store owner raises all the prices by 50%. Well, the new authorities have him pay high taxes. And who will be affected in the end?
[...]
Our decisions are the essence of New Vegas. We really feel their weight and meaning here. It is very important to know the situation before taking them, and sometimes even guess what the consequences might be. The creators should be praised for not including any hints like "doing this quest will make group X hate you". We simply have to know the game's world. Without that, we can regret our choices quite often; especially that the interests of most factions (even the minor ones) most often clash. One of the things I love is that, keeping up with the Fallout tradition, there are no factions designated as clearly good or bad. They're grey, sometimes a darker or lighter shade, but never purely black or white.</blockquote>CDAction, 9/10. <blockquote>New Vegas should not be treated as a Fallout 3 add-on - it's more of a replacement. It is not fantasy with swords and forests remade in a post-nuclear world, where we need to chase our dad and make his altruistic dreams come true. It is not a sweet story about the savior of the wastes who doesn't want anything for himself. New Vegas finally brings the real Fallout world into the 21st century and boldly adds new elements to it.</blockquote>Gamezilla, 8/10. <blockquote>Fallout: New Vegas initially made a very bad impression on me, as before I really immersed in the plot and the world, I encountered annoying bugs that should not have made their way to the final game everywhere. In the later part of the game, they became less important, and I was taken in by the great atmosphere and a surprising number of decisions with serious consequences. Trying to find out all the ways of finishing the game is a satisfying and time-consuming task, as well as the exploration and side quests. Unfortunately, this is still not enough to convince people who did not like Fallout 3. The gameplay and graphics are identical, and minor enhancements and choices will definitely not convince those who see New Vegas as yet another "Oblivion with guns". However, those who liked Fallout 3 even a little, will enjoy the Mojave Wasteland even more, despite a large number of bugs.</blockquote>Games.cz, 9/10.<blockquote>Verdict: Fallout in its third incarnation was inconsistent but now it comes back to its roots and brings big portion of great atmosphere, outstanding story, huge world to explore and foremost almost infinte number of ways you can play the game. Sadly the game suffers from obsolete graphics, yet still this is a hot candidate for game of the year. </blockquote>GameZone (which awarded New Vegas with a 6.5 lamenting a large number of bugs) pulled its rating from the review. Here's their motivation:<blockquote>This review is an accurate portrayal of my experience, which was less than ideal, and at times disastrous - too disastrous not to arouse suspicion. Bothered by discrepancies among the accounts of other reviewers, GameZone’s visitors, and myself, I purchased a second copy for Xbox 360. Although still early in the game, I have yet to experience any of the issues that plagued my previous playthrough. Perhaps the bugs I encountered were the result of a bad installation, or an early error that toppled a line of dominoes, or perhaps the bugs simply aren’t present in the 360 version. As a result of these uncertainties, the score for Fallout: New Vegas is being temporarily removed until I have completed the 360 version, and the PS3 and PC versions are given fresh installations and assessed a second time. This is a self-imposed decision. As a devoted fan of Fallout since the beginning, I would not want to discredit New Vegas without absolute certainty.</blockquote>Also, the guys at Duck and Cover have a brief interview with All Roads editor David Marshall.
Thanks Ausir and Smejki.
. Seriously its a barely 5 seconds download that fixes more framerate issues than Beth's zillion MB patch.
