Fallout: New Vegas

First things to do:
> turn on the radio on your Pip-Boy 3000
> get your first gun (even a small piu-piu is enough to not get screwed by the local fauna)
> try not to get ptsd from geckos and cazadors
> earn some bottle caps
> try to learn how to play caravan (low chance of success)
> lose all bottle caps because of caravan
> earn some bottle caps
> get better gear
> find new vegas

If you succeeded in all of the above, you can continue the game (you can forget about the caravan as if it never existed in the game)
Good luck!

This game has a good story but it is shame i cant do it because i killed some annoying NPCs

Absolutely love this game, one of my ALLTIME faves and probably favorite Fallout game out of the ones that I've played (Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and if you count it; Fallout shelter). The main downsides I've found are as follows: No sprinting unless you install a mod that specifically add sprinting, increasing your agility points are the only way to affect speed. The infinite loading glitch is a glitch that- well, causes loading screens to last forever. Some mods may work, but the workaround I found is starting a new game, making a save right after leaving doc Mitchell's house, and then loading that first save, and then loading your active save from that first save; afterwhich loading saves and leaving/entering locations should work fine. Wild Card: Sidebets: In this quest, if you tell Yes Man you want to "Ignore" a faction, you cannot do ANY quests from this faction, nor can you complete the game with them. If a quest involves a "forgotten" faction, that quest should be fine as long as the questgiver isn't a member of said faction. Disguises do not fix Wildcard: Sidebets like they will with low reputation.

"Truth Is, The Game Was Rigged From The Start."

One of the best western RPG experiences of all time, and one of my all time favorite games. While the Game hasn't aged the best and needs mods to run properly, It is totally worth the hassle. The modding scene for this game is insane, allowing you to completely craft a whole new experience, add more content or just tweak existing systems, and of course plenty of bug fixes and QoL changes. I highly encourage anyone who hasn't played this to try it out, especially if you enjoy any other fallout titles or RPG games. Game is constantly on sale for less the 5$, try to avoid paying full price.

Played and enjoyed it a long time ago on playstation 3. One of my favourite games. Despite the jankiness, I enjoyed it so much I brought it again.

the only fallout game worth playing since 1&2 require a phd while 3&4 require a zip bomb's worth of mods in order to resemble fun

Do not, I repeat DO NOT switch the game into spanish and switch it back to english, the pip boy texture will forever be in spanish.

10/10 best fallout game 👍

With 193 mods active at the time I finished, I have no idea how jank the base game is. But no mods can fix how a game is written, and New Vegas does that phenomenally. The worldbuilding the dialogue and the ideas are really nice. The game never gets too much into one end or the other, and consistently pulls a balanced narrative that really shines in its variety. There's always humor in the wasteland, as much as there's horror like in Vault 22. Solid 8.5/10 game.

New Vegas is a great game. However, even with the most recent mod support, it crashes. Unless a huge patch is released, this is a challenging game for the modern era.

I understand, enjoy, and am successful at Caravan.

this game is really good but lord the glaze is out of hand everyone gasses this game up crazy but its more like walking simulator, its fun but dont let the intense overratedness fool you

Every girl should play this game as a way to let loose do not let it intimidate you, just chem up and have fun

I've completed the game and now for some reason I really want the platinum chip i went on eBay and bought a replica and now I have this weird feeling that it will not arrive

amazing game can only recommend

with a bit of modding for stability and crash fixes, without a doubt one of the greatest rpgs ever

i'm in love with the amount of freedom the game offers. the absolute balls it takes to allow the player to kill ANY main quest-adjacent npc is remarkable. though i've only done one playthrough, i'm absolutely itching to replay it every day.

crashes like theres no tommorow but story and gameplay are legendary.

I spent 20 hours on a save file forgot to make manual saves when my save file became corrupted 10/10 game

I've realized today that this is my fav game ever made. Modded/Un-Modded, there is enough content in this game that I put well over 300 hours into it on my 360. Now I'm putting even more hours into it on pc a decade later. I'm still finding new interactions & stuff I missed, it's that magical and I'll never grow tired of this game. There will never be another game like Fallout New Vegas and it's tragic

Simply the best Fallout. One of the last great games of Bethesda and Obsidian.

fun game. im sure theres a way to play it fast paced but i find this game relaxing

After playing this again more than 14 years later from my first playthrough as a kid, Fallout NV Still a top 5 RPG ever made, even today.
The story, the factions, the companions and weapons all come together in this game to make it one of the best in the Fallout series.
The fact you can approach most quests in a multitude of ways to get an outcome is brilliant, such as ways to deal with Benny when you reach him at the Tops or how to deal with the powder gangers when you first start in Goodsprings. It truly makes you feel that you have the ultimate choice and not the game choosing for you and saying its an RPG.
All the factions and endings have their pros and cons which makes your choices that much harder and your companions will show approval or disagreement based off some of these which is a great touch for 2010.
Glad to see the DLC has also held up from when i played and you can tell this had a lot of effort put into the world building and story telling.
Not to mention, no characters in this game are un killable as well. leaving you full choice to do what you want as a true RPG experience.
Overall 10/10 would recommend

keeps on freezing my pc when i try to load saves. i dont have any mods installed so thats not the issue. great game but definitely a waste of money on steam.

Boring game. Don't tell me about the story because it doesn't fix the bad gameplay and empty lifeless world that just isn't interesting.

Will crash occasionally, but besides physical issues it is one of the most thorough games in the Fallout series

I gave this game 2 long attempts at vanilla playthroughs and both times I ended up dropping the game to the insane times it crashed and how the game felt old and sometimes annoying regarding things like movement and gunplay.

I already considered this game to have some great world building and both main and side stories were written with a lot of love and thought behind them, so I gave it one more chance after many people recommended me to mod the f**k out of this game and I cannot insist enough on how much this game improved, I barely saw any crashes compared to my original playthroughts, loading screens turned out to be super short, I could tab out of the game, so many QoL was added into the gameplay from visuals, weather to combat systems and even animations making everything feel more solid which prevented for most of the burnout I encountered in my first playthroughs and this allowed me to finish what I consider one the best stories told through this medium.

Yes, it is a grind to get through the bugs, and yes the graphics are outdated. But man... it is so worth it.

Fire your writers and hire obsidian to write every fallout game from now on thanks

I love this game, it's my favorite one overall.
Love the wild west type of feel, the mechanics, the setting.

All in all, give this game a shot. Gunplay is a bit dated, which is to be expected, but as an rpg it's one of the best.
The game is very replayable, lots of factions to choose from, questlines to follow, and even after 500 hours in it I still find new things.

Not to mention the mods for it are great of course and can make it x10 better. Lotta issues like crashing, bugs, etc can be fixed by them.

very great world and story with amazing dlcs

Never gets old
amazing game, you could easily put in 200 hours into it. Highly recommended because it just proves you don't need the latest graphics to make an amazing game with hours upon hours of fun.

An amazingly written story with fantastic gameplay. A game i would recomend to whoever asks.

Constant cloud sync errors. Can't even get the game to open.

By far my favourite Fallout game in the entire series. Classic game!

the pinnacle of western RPGs. i love how the DLCs are interconnected with one another and how it directly ties-in with the main story. however, there is quite a bit of jank and you need numerous mods (Viva New Vegas) to even get it running on modern machines, but this is an experience unlike any other.

Very good game. a lot of choices, outcomes, funny dialogues, can be good, bad, or neutral.

Even with mod support, the game has tons of crashes. It's sadly not playable anymore :(

Far too buggy. Will not stay stable even with applied bug fixes and patches thru vortex. And this in in 2025 long after bethesda should have all patches in place. just junk.

Fallout: New Vegas – The Gold Standard of Open-World RPGs
Hours Played: 7.4

Fallout: New Vegas is a masterpiece of storytelling, player choice, and RPG mechanics. Even though it's an older game, its branching narratives, deep world-building, and freedom to shape your character's journey make it one of the best RPGs ever made.

The Good
✅ Unmatched Player Choice – Your decisions genuinely affect the world and story.

✅ Engaging Story & Factions – Multiple factions with deep lore make every playthrough unique.

✅ Classic RPG Mechanics – Dialogue skill checks, perks, and roleplaying freedom are top-tier.

✅ Expansive Open World – Exploring the Mojave Wasteland is rewarding and full of secrets.

✅ Incredible DLCs – Some of the best expansions in gaming history (Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, etc.).

The Bad
❌ Dated Graphics & Clunky Combat – Aiming and animations feel stiff compared to modern FPS games.

❌ Buggy Without Mods – The game is infamous for crashes and glitches (but mods help a lot).

❌ Slow Start – The early game can feel rough before you get good gear and perks.

Final Verdict
With 7.4 hours, I’d say Fallout: New Vegas is still an RPG masterpiece that’s worth playing despite its age. If you love deep roleplaying, great storytelling, and impactful choices, this is one of the best open-world experiences out there. Just be prepared for some technical hiccups along the way.

Rating: 9/10 – A flawed but legendary RPG. 🎰☢️

Met a cute girl in the desert. My VATS said I'd had a 0% chance to hit that.
10/10. such realism

amazing story and game play and the mods are fun and unique compared to fallout 4

Great game but Crashes every other loading screen causing you to Save an annoying amount of times and killing the vibe.

One of the best games ever made, written by some of the best people to ever do it, modded by some of the most talented people to ever love it.

My most played game on steam for a reason. The sole reason I want to move to Nevada.

Play it vanilla (or Viva NV), then mod it as you like or download a collection after your first play through; do EVERYTHING.
Infinity/10.

The last good Fallout game and one of the last good CRPGs ever made.

Follow the Viva New Vegas Extended guide, add a few of your own mods on top of it if you must, but DO NOT install any outdated (Pre-2020) scripts, needlessly big mods (Open Strip/Freeside) or anything made by incompetent modders (Check the 'Mods to avoid' tab on the VNV page) and you'll have NEAR zero problems with this fantastic game.

Always check the 'bugs' and 'posts' sections on anything you get from the nexus.

Best fallout game. HOWEVER this pc port is the crappist, laggiest, slowest, constantly crashing piece of absolute crap! No matter what mods I install or no matter what I change in options, IT ALWAYS CRASHES! It's 2025 yet still?! FIX!

Very good game. a lot of choices, outcomes, funny dialogues, can be good, bad, or neutral. Unfortunately the game won't allow you to kill children

Fallout New Vegas is a very. very good game.
Often called "One of the best games of all time" and better in every way than Fallout 3.
The story is well-written, the atmosphere is great, the role-playing systems are important.
But it has its flaws. The combat is mediocre. The graphics are low-quality.
However, people don't care. Because it's just that good.

The game is very fun, but on some systems it requires some work to make it run and even more to make it run without crashing, let alone smoothly

Despite how rough around the edges it is this is definitely one of the best fallout games ever. The dlc is absolutely the best in the series

This game is the best, I swear. You can either help the government, Ancient Romans, a robot that only exists to hype you up, or a slightly less evil Walt Disney. You can have a companion who's battle strats are "Punch" and "Punch again", Elvis asks you to fix his cyborg dog, you can gamble at a bunch of casinos and you get to sleep with Chandler from Friends if you play as a female. One day, Josh Sawyer snorted a line of Pop Rocks and decided to make an amazing Fallout game with cowboy music and gambling, and we bless him for it daily.

It is a fun story filled game it's the best fallout game ever unlike 76 which in my opinion fallout 76 can go die in a ditch but this is the most fun fallout game i have ever played besides fallout 4 this game and dlc's are a master piece but i wish bethesda would make a game like this again and revive the good gameplay and storytelling like New Vegas and keep alot of the horror aspects that fallout 1 and 2 had and the addition of the creation club and modding capability like fallout 4's with mods you can install from the mods section of the bethesda website and if this review somehow gets shown to bethesda maybe they'll make a game like this again and not make a failure like fallout 76 and NOT have a multiplayer with millions of people on it just like 76 but a 2 to 4 player co op mode and a singleplayer mode and where it can be like all of the dlc's from all the games 3,new vegas, 4 and have the option to go to california and visit camp navarro and acctually allow the enclave to exist in a larger form along with all the other factions from over the years and it would kinda be like the fallout show where every game is mashed together and full of refrences and if fallout show season 2 comes out if harold from fallout 1, 2, and 3 is mentioned which harold isn't even a reference anymore because hes been mentioned in every other game of the fallout franchise so i really hope Todd Howard can have the balls to make a game like this again and revive the fallout franchise entirely so Maybe bethesda may do this in the future and if they do i hope so anyway Bethesda if you somehow see this go back to the old ways of making fallout games like this one and thank you for the post apocalyptic game franchise we know and love P.S hope you make another game like new vegas again thank you

Through and through this game is amazing to play i love these games you get to side with people that you want to side with 10/10 would recommend to fallout players and new people to the franchise Enjoy!