• Fallout: New Vegas
  

  137 hours playtime

  45 of 75 achievements

that . . . took me a while. which works because once it got going i certainly enjoyed it! i’ve been playing through the fallout series starting with the original and each has really worked out for me. seems pretty common that i struggle a bit at the beginning, but after leveling up a couple times i get into the stride of taking down enemies and helping people throughout the wasteland.

while i made it through most of fallout 3 without any companions, this time around i met multiple people where there were clear dialogue options to ask them to join me. not sure if there weren’t many companions in 3 or if i just didn’t notice them. either way i appreciate that new vegas made it clear, though i didn’t realize there were two types of companions and i could have one of each type until i came across that in the wiki.

new vegas has everything i’d expect from a fallout game: interesting story, random game crashes, choices that affect the ending, and more. i bought the ultimate edition with all the dlc. the 4 mission dlc were excellent (though i found some parts of dead money annoying) but i barely used the other 2 and could have gone without them, but it’s probably a better deal to get all of it, especially with a discount. a fun bonus of this game was recognizing dave foley (one of the kids in the hall) as the voice of one of the characters.