I love geopolitics, this love has motivated me to pursue a path in life that I am proud of, the wish to be a lawyer. This love for diplomacy is better explained by a game than even a thousand words could.
When you imagine politics in games, you imagine the same shit over and over, even in moral questions. telltale-like games are fucking infested with this, the illusion of making a good or bad choice, knowing most people will choose the good option most of the time. many games shy away from making complex and/or intricate questions relating to moralism, and New Vegas is not one of these games.
In my first run, I sided with the NCR, as I believed they were the best short term solution for the wasteland, but I was shocked as I went forward and noticed how every single faction has a reason to be sided with, be it the Legion with the argument of “New times require old solutions” or Mr House’s monologue of sending men to space, every part of my journey I had to really think if what I did was right

Games are not toys, and New Vegas shows this. Possibly one of the greatest stories that a videogame has told.

When I play a game, I focus on the story that is being told. If we want games to be viewed as more than toys, we need to valorize the good stories. And this game is absolutely a toy in that front.
The factions in this game are actually f*cking Horrific. They took BOS and transformed them in Robot Fascists, the institute is the worst faction in the whole series, the railroad is just dumb, and the Minutemen seem like the route the game wanted you to take.
I hate the radiant tasks. I absolutely hate the Radiant tasks.

I believe that everyone has a story, or game, that will touch you on a personal level. A story that when experienced seems like it was tailor made for you. Until I played persona 3, i thought that was bullshit, because all these really good games I’ve played haven’t done anything to me in an emotional level. Maybe because I didn’t resonate with the message, or already knew what it tried to say.
Persona 3 started normal for me until the last full moon, when the chairmen betrays you. From that point on, i started to notice the people with apathy syndrome remaining in the city, I started to turn on the Tv in the dorm, just to hear more on it. I was hopeless, because I did not comprehend how everyone was just… cool with death. It is silly to say but I was that immersed in the game
When New Year’s Eve rolled around, and the new music started playing on naganaki shrine, I did not want to leave the area. Memories of the city was just so… gorgeous a song, I could not just… leave. Then when I left, the music started playing in the over-world and I almost fucking cried. I noticed that was the end of the journey

Maybe it’s because I am really scared of dying, but everything this game did just worked for me.
When I heard all the hype surrounding this game, I was doubtful at best. I did not really like the persona franchise, but I am not sorry I played this game.