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Fallout: New Vegas

Obsidian Entertainment

2010•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 53 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionanimalshistoricalmafia/gangstermonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/dancerobots/ai/spacesportsfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashgame/competitionhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is expansive, weighty and morally murky. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

IGDB rating

85 / 100

2,454 ratings

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About This Game

In this first-person Western RPG, the player takes on the role of Courier 6, barely surviving after being robbed of their cargo, shot and put into a shallow grave by a New Vegas mob boss. The Courier sets out to track down their robbers and retrieve their cargo, and winds up getting tangled in the complex ideological and socioeconomic web of the many factions and settlements of post-nuclear Nevada.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The player takes control of "the Courier", who is hired by a delivery service to take an unknown package across the Mojave Desert to "The Strip" but intercepted, shot in the head, and left for dead by a mysterious man who steals the package. After being found by a friendly local robot, Victor, and healed by a man named Doc Mitchell, the Courier is thrust back into the desert to seek revenge and recover the stolen package. Through doing this, the player becomes caught up between various factions competing for control over the desert and it's most valuable asset, the Hoover Dam; ultimately...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionAnimalsHistoricalMafia/gangsterMonster/alien/supernaturalMusic/danceRobots/ai/spaceSportsAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashGame/competitionHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leads

Keywords

AliensBaseballMotorcyclePost-apocalypticBloodyDrugsAntsGuitar playing

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Details

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers: Bandai Namco Entertainment, 1C/Cenega, Bethesda Softworks
Released: 19 October 2010
Series: Fallout
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 21h rushed, 53h normally, 95h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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