It's kinda hard to classify this game for me as it's such a goodie bag. But with goodie bags, sometimes you get candy you love and sometimes you get Twizzlers.
The story and world of Fallout: New Vegas is incredible and deserved 110% of the praise it's received over the years. Every time I've replayed this game I've come across new characters with interesting ideas, opinions, feelings, quests, motivations. Some of the quests just have so many different possibilities and outcomes that are all ridiculous and entertaining (Beyond the Beef, mi amor).
At the same time, however, many complaints people have are completely fair and reasonable. For example, many parts of the game world are completely empty with little to no content available in what could've been an extremely fun combat encounter or quest. I actually thoroughly love the combat system in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, however the game doesn't have many combat encounters to begin with. This really ends up limiting the fun of recurring playthroughs. Many of the only truly fun combat parts of the game come within the final hour of play (Hoover Dam, mi amor) or towards the end of the DLC expansions.
Speaking of the DLC expansions, WOW. New Vegas really isn't New Vegas without these. Honest Hearts is pretty mediocre gameplay-wise, but the story is adequate and Joshua Graham is such a delight to see every time. Dead Money is probably (HOT TAKE WARNING!!!) my favorite DLC ever. I absolutely adore the concept of searching for a lost treasure in a ghost casino that's been locked for 200 years. I mean how genius is that? Each character in Dead Money is very unique and ever-so memorable. The stealth gameplay is super dope too. Old World Blues and Lonesome Road largely go hand-in-hand. They're fun too.
The story and world of Fallout: New Vegas is incredible and deserved 110% of the praise it's received over the years. Every time I've replayed this game I've come across new characters with interesting ideas, opinions, feelings, quests, motivations. Some of the quests just have so many different possibilities and outcomes that are all ridiculous and entertaining (Beyond the Beef, mi amor).
At the same time, however, many complaints people have are completely fair and reasonable. For example, many parts of the game world are completely empty with little to no content available in what could've been an extremely fun combat encounter or quest. I actually thoroughly love the combat system in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, however the game doesn't have many combat encounters to begin with. This really ends up limiting the fun of recurring playthroughs. Many of the only truly fun combat parts of the game come within the final hour of play (Hoover Dam, mi amor) or towards the end of the DLC expansions.
Speaking of the DLC expansions, WOW. New Vegas really isn't New Vegas without these. Honest Hearts is pretty mediocre gameplay-wise, but the story is adequate and Joshua Graham is such a delight to see every time. Dead Money is probably (HOT TAKE WARNING!!!) my favorite DLC ever. I absolutely adore the concept of searching for a lost treasure in a ghost casino that's been locked for 200 years. I mean how genius is that? Each character in Dead Money is very unique and ever-so memorable. The stealth gameplay is super dope too. Old World Blues and Lonesome Road largely go hand-in-hand. They're fun too.