2 Years
posted by Sperethiel (LEXINGTON, AL) Oct 23, 2010
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8 = Very Good according to the review standards here. Keep this in mind.
I love Fallout. I've played since the first on PC back in the day. Fallout 3 was spectacular. Fallout New Vegas is "VERY GOOD." However, it only deserves an 8 for many reasons.
1. They have not improved the engine. In fact it's the same engine. That's fine; it still looks good. But you can't bank on it forever.
2. The bugs are still there, if not worse... 2 years later. Whether it's my arm jumping up and getting stuck in the middle of the screen, things floating in the air or being stuck in the dirt, or my game just deciding to turn itself off randomly. There are bugs. I understand that games have bugs, and this environment has a million possibilities for being so open. But I know I'm not the only one. And you need to fix some major stuff 2 years later.
3. Load times... very long.
4. Poor main story. But it does make up for it in an amazingly deep game full of things to do and side quests.
There are others, but I think those to be the major. Now onto the good!
1. Hardcore mode - You need to sleep, drink, and eat. It's hardcore man. Ammo has weight, and much more. Not for the feint of heart.
2. Crafting and Gathering - it's cool and not mandatory.
3. New weapons, armor, and effects of things like disguising yourself. Neat-o! Oh and you can track kills and other achievements which give added perks.
4. City Reputation - Good information to know and makes it nice to see where you can get a discount!
5. Mini-games. Gotta love it, it's Vegas baby!
6. Dark Humor. Without it, well, it just wouldn't be Fallout.
Overall - It says something if I still have put hours and hours into a game that has this many problems. A patch would be nice, but I won't stop playing it even if they don't put one out!
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