Bethesda Fallout: New Vegas – Playstation 3 Ultimate Edition

Had everything it described in the title
New vegas with all the fixings I feel like god across the Mojave

This is the game I’ve been waiting for. I bought it a year ago and am still playing it. For gamers interested in navigating through a complex world where each of your decisions (no matter how small they may seem) has the potential to bear serious consequences, it doesn’t get much better than New Vegas.

As far as gameplay goes, this latest installment in the Fallout series continues with all of the wit and intrigue of its predecessors. There’s tons of loot hidden in clever places, lots of special weapons, riddles, word games, mind games, and an interesting card game called Caravan. The open-world gameplay allows for freedom of movement in all combat situations (and with the sheer number of mines, explosives, and weapons to choose from, there are near endless ways to deal with your enemies).

There’s also a good deal of desert survivalist/Old World cowboy swagger sewn into the story lines– of which there are MANY. Even when you travel through the expansion stories, you will find clues about villains you’ve faced in other worlds. And slowly, you begin to uncover the truth. Of all the stories, I would have to say that Dead Money is my favorite, followed closely by Happy Trails. It’s unusual to find a video game where the creators have put so much thought and effort into crafting the main story– much less several interlocking side-story arcs. But that’s precisely what the creators of New Vegas have done. And it’s a thrill from start to finish.

The only real “Con” I can think of is that it is rather buggy, in places. There are times when the game freezes unexpectedly as you’re just running around. There are times where the V.A.T.S. mode gets locked up– leaving you in defenseless, slow-motion limbo while the battle rages on around you (especially if you have the “Miss Fortune” perk). And there are also a few “trouble spots” where the game becomes jumpy or freezes nearly every time without fail (ie., when a player exits to the Think Tank balcony in Old World Blues).

These bugs appear to have been deal-breakers for several other reviewers, but call me a masochist– I was too intrigued by the world to quit. My advice to anyone interested in purchasing this game would be to save early and often. If you ever do something in-game, just ask yourself if it’s something you’d want to do over again. If the answer’s “No,” then stop and save. It only takes about twenty seconds, and can save you hours of redo work.

Content Review

Parents considering buying this game for their children, please be advised: Fallout, New Vegas is a game that has certainly earned its MA rating.

Violence: Yes, and a lot of it. From the refuse found in Deathclaw dens, to the contents of the drug addicts’ tribal lairs– dismembered corpses abound. In V.A.T.S. mode, players can watch in slow motion as their enemies’ legs are quite literally blown out from under them. There are perks that allow you vaporize, cauterize, and otherwise reduce all in your path to geysers of glorious red. So if you feel a bit queasy at the prospect of rooting through a field strewn with the eyeballs and intestines of Caesar’s Legion for loot, this game is probably not for you.

Sexual Content: It’s “New Vegas,” so … yes, there are hookers. Yes, you can hire them. Once a hooker is successfully employed, the screen will fade to black and a reel of suggestive moans will play (or suggestive drilling sounds, if you peruse the services of Fisto! the sex-robot). Surprisingly, there is no true nudity in the game– though one of the ladies of the evening that can be found dancing outside of Gomorrah wears nothing but a short skirt and two X’s over her … details. Players are not required to sleep with anyone, and there appears to be no advantages/trophies to be gained by doing so. Therefore it’s purely up to you. The only other thing I can think of is that there are speech perks that will allow players to flirt with some of the NPCs (of the same and opposite gender). Some of these conversations can get a bit suggestive, but are never graphic. Also, some of the speech options with Cass can get pretty … crass.

Language: Legion. In this post-apocalyptic desert society, people have little regard for the things that come out of their mouths. D—, s—, and f— are all used frequently. Though I will say that the overall language has improved from Fallout 3, where players couldn’t avoid having the f-word screamed at them every time they entered a bandit’s den. So kudos to the Fallout team for keeping most of the foul language within the dialogue boxes, this time.

In conclusion, Fallout: New Vegas has been my all-time favorite game. I love truly open worlds that allow for countless hours of exploration, the development of intriguing story lines, and where the player’s decisions have the power to alter the course of society. I’m really looking forward to seeing what they do with the next installment.

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I bought this game last week because it finally came up for 23 dollars with free two day shipping. I got it 6 days ago, and I can’t stop playing it. I didn’t think that the expansion packs were going to be so huge and add so much, but I have only been playing the old world blues expansion and it is amazing. I was afraid that it was going to be all glitchy like it was when I first owned new vegas back when it came out… but i’ve played for over 30 hours and it hasn’t frozen up on me once!

WARNING:
Do not buy this game right now if you are:
-In school. You will not be able to stop playing it even though you have 4 exams this week that you haven’t studied for.
-Have a job. You will get very sick and call your job coughing and say you can’t come in because your radiation level is too high.
-Have a wife. She will start to get irritated when you keep asking her to combine items from the fridge to make something that gives you more HP and less rads.
-Wanting a tan. You will see plenty of sunlight while playing, but it won’t be the kind that gives you warmth and a tan. It’s more of the kind that makes you feel sick and get a headache because you’ve been staring at a screen for 6 hours.

Buy this game now if you:
-Love being immersed in a great game and getting XP and upping your stats.
-Love searching every nook and cranny of a room for hidden items.
-Have nothing important that you need to get done in the coming months.

-Have a lot of self control.
-Understand how to turn off the game before the splitting headache and nausea start.
-Do not have any loved ones.
-Don’t have any pets or animals to take care of.
-Have a lot of food storage.

Trust me, this game is really good. I don’t know how to stop playing it. If you are worried about the low reviews, worry no longer. 30+ hours with absolutely no freezing yet. I don’t feel like it will change as I keep playing but if it does i’ll let you all know.

UPDATE!! OCTOBER 27th

Well i’m back to give everyone out there an update. Ive played at least 30 more hours or so. It’s been working out great and not really interfering with my life like I thought it would. I was worried about my exams because this past week I had 4 mid terms, but fallout actually helped me! I aced all of my exams but it makes sense to me now because I used the Intense Training perk to raise my intelligence. I thought I was going to get fired from my job but they actually gave me a raise! I did not expect it at all, but once I hit 75 barter skill I was given some unique dialogue with my boss and he gave me the raise i’ve been waiting for. Also, my wife isn’t getting angry at me anymore, she dissapeared… Im positive that she’s a permanent companion so she’s probably just waiting outside the door of my house, ill check later. So basically the game is still running fine, and I actually found a few new locations that I didn’t even think were in the ultimate edition. I walked away from my PS3 and discovered a house, I might explore outside but when I aproached the back door of my house it warned me that I should be at least level 30 before exiting… better wait a little bit. I really like the book chute in the Big MT expansion, it takes old books and converts them to blank books so you can make some skill books… it’s slightly bugged though because it doesn’t accept books from the house map that I just discovered. I try to put them through the ps3 and the tv, neither work. Im sure there will be a patch for this soon. Anyway, I can’t write much more because my science skill is only 50 and I don’t want to get locked out of this terminal. That’s what you get when you focus everything in lockpicking! Oh well, ill be back after I get some rest… both my legs are crippled and my head would be too if I didn’t have my brain taken out in Big MT.

November update:

Well everyone, all I can say is stay away from the strip. I went there and killed that guy who shot me in the head, but it took forever to walk around the casino because I was moving at like 1 frame per second. I got out of there and headed for the hills and all was good after that. I went into the divide and finished that expansion pack with no problems. Left there and went over to the Zion canyon expansion, finished that with no problems. So basically all the expansions are working great. Put all those together and you have yourself an excellent game.