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IGN UK: Fallout New Vegas Review

Fallout: New Vegas is the game that many wanted Fallout 3 to be. It's harder, more ruthless, better written and more morally ambiguous. It's a game we’ve been wanting to play for more than a decade, a real modern re-imagining of the Fallout series, complete with that deliciously black humour. But it's also more of the same, aesthetically and technically identical to Fallout 3, wonky facial animation and all. The ever-so-slightly ageing technology only marginally detracts from what is otherwise an expansive, fulfilling and ambitious game, unmatched in scope and maturity. If Obsidian were to make another Fallout game, we certainly wouldn't say no.

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Quagmire4974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

Wait, these are the same people who made Alpha Protocol? Why couldnt Alpha Protocol be this awesome too?

Chuk54974d ago

Most of obsidian worked on the original 2 games.

kanetheking4974d ago

time.and most of the team went to do fallout so only a few work on ap.so i guess they saw a better offer in fallout

mantisimo4974d ago

but is it a 1st person or 3rd person as It seems to be both?

Sorry new to the fallout franchise.

Cenobia4974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

It is both first and third person. I usually like third person better in most games, but in Fallout's case first person is the best choice.

The character animations in Fallout are pretty fugly, so I got tired of it fairly quick. Also, you tend to explore pretty cramped environments.

It also switches to third person when VATS has been activated (VATS is essentially a mode where you freeze time and select the targets you wish to hit with whatever weapon you have equipped. It kind of melds turn based rpg elements into traditional FPS, but you don't have to use it.)

zeeshan4974d ago

I got this baby already and started playing it. I am not sure if it is a bug or something but Easy Pete's basically dead and he isn't supposed to be dead cuz well, I need his dynamite. I think I will have to start all over again and NO! I did NOT spoil anything. It's just an optional quest that you do in Goodsprings :)

SilverSlug4973d ago

They are going to be the studio that does sequels to great games and not their own stuff.

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BeOneWithTheGun4974d ago

And yes, it is excellent. I have already stolen enough stuff to go to prison for the rest of my life, laid waste to a vendor who had a lot of stuff I couldn't afford (shotty to the face) and have seen some creepy things in the hills that I am avoiding like the plague.

As much as it is killing me, I HAVE NOT gone to New Vegas yet. I am hitting the surrounding areas and trying to get as many caps as I can.

The graphics are the same BUT there is a lot of neon now. COLOR! Stores have neon signs hanging on them, work benches have crisp blue vices on them and vegas is awash in color hues even from a distance. I can't take 5 steps without running into some stony old fart or some crazy creature, I am hoarding ammo and guns and am having a blast. I went to a midnight release and took today off from work. IT WAS WORTH IT!

This game is going to suck 200 hours outta my life.

hennessey864974d ago

i gave fallout 3 a try and didnt make it out of the first shelter. I was just so bored. But hey each to there own

ReservoirDog3164974d ago

I'm a guy who never picked up FO3. To the people who have both, would you say I should try FO3 first or just go straight to New Vegas?

Bubbles for anyone that helps out.

PooEgg4973d ago

You don't have to play FO3 first, but why not since I am sure you can get it at a good price these days, plus FO3 is excellent. Just be ready to invest a lot of hours, because the game is long and very addictive. Plus you have to play through it twice once good and once evil, to get the most out of it. Enjoy.

ReservoirDog3164973d ago

Haha, thanks. That sounds like a plan.

+bubbles

zeeshan4973d ago

You should defenitely go for FO3 not because it is connected to New Vegas or anything because it is NOT but the fact that you can get it real cheap (go for GOTY edition if you can) and because it is a great game. The graphics suck! I mean compare it to ME3, Killzone, GOW, Uncharted and you'll simply hate the graphics and then there are glitches and some extremely bizzare stuff like slide walks and weird jumps but then again, you don't play Fallout for all that. You play it because there is tons and I mean TONS to do in that game and you'll get easily addicted to it.

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Chuk54974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

In all fairness, bugs in a huge open world rpg aren't the same as bugs a linear racer.

BeAGamer4974d ago

whoa, you better not be trolling GT5

LAME!

Chuk54974d ago

who's trolling? It's naturally harder to account for all bugs in a huge open world rpg versus than a racer.

Kalowest4974d ago

Nope not buy this game, till they release the GOTY Edition.

S4NDM4N4974d ago

"Fallout: New Vegas is the game that many wanted Fallout 3 to be. It's harder, more ruthless, better written and more morally ambiguous. It's a game we’ve been wanting to play for more than a decade, a real modern re-imagining of the Fallout series, complete with that deliciously black humour."

This reviewer must be a fallout 1 and 2 fan. Not some stupid fallout 3 fan.

This is what I have been waiting for.

New Vegas here I come.

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Jdoki4974d ago

That was the paragraph that made me start thinking about buying or renting the game.

I was going to pass on it, but I love F1 and 2, and thought F3 was pretty boring.

foss34974d ago

If you look at Fallout 3 without comparing it to Fallout 1 or 2, you have to say it's a great game.

I can understand the disappointment in hardcore fans but for the masses it was a huge hit. I know a ton of people who never played Fallout 1 or 2 and loved 3.

New Vegas looks awesome and I can't wait to go home and play it.

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Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

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Terry_B29d ago

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

Vits28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

darthv7228d ago

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

Kaii28d ago

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

anast28d ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

INMATEofARKHAM28d ago

It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.

gunnerforlife28d ago

Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.

S2Killinit28d ago

That game was just plain good game. It didnt improve, it was just good.

gunnerforlife28d ago

I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!

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Fallout Anthology Edition Looks Pretty S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

The Fallout Anthology Edition is coming to PC very soon, and is packaged with some very S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bonuses.

-Foxtrot50d ago

It’s an awful downgrade to the last one they did

They included physical disc back then

ocelot0749d ago

Forgot I ordered this until I got the dispatch email.

FPS_D3TH48d ago

I want the first two games to come to iPhone/android

Friendlygamer48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

I would love the classic fallout games on console. Closest I could find was atom rpg, I liked that one a lot

saint_seya48d ago

I though it was a new Killzone when i saw the image, looks like a hellghast..

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Fallout 3 And Fallout New Vegas Come Free On Amazon Luna

Getting free games is never a bad thing and Amazon Luna has new offerings for Fallout fans looking for free adventures in the Wasteland.