Thoughts on Another 10 Hours of Fallout New Vegas

November 24, 2010 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

While our first 10 hours of Fallout New Vegas were anything but horrible, the overall lack of charisma and reliance on the Fallout 3 engine had us a little cranky. With another 10 hours of gameplay under our belts however, we can easily say things have changed.

Missions involving the White Glove Society and a clan of cult ghouls definitely added more spice to the story. Meeting Mr. House early in this cycle as well gave the game much more of a purpose. Looking like you may inherit New Vegas if you play your cards right, this game’s story just picked up big-time.

The addition of so many extra side quests, originally thought by us to be annoying is actually turning out to be quite fun. While it takes us away from the main story a bit too much at times, it allows you to explore the Mojave and meet all the different types of people, clans, animals and everything else.

The fact that you can have a companion around much sooner than Fallout 3 is also fun, as you feel like this person is carving their role in your journey with you.

In spite of all of this though, the game’s bugs have reared their ugly heads a bit too often. In the pool room of the Ultra Lux, our character literally fell through the floor and managed to float back over the course of a few seconds. There was another incident where a bark scorpion’s stinger was the only thing that was above ground. Lastly, there were even times when our companions would get stuck on the map and not be able to move at all or in even worse situations, attack friendly brahmin for no reason.

The overall enemy range seems to be a bit off in the game, as unassuming brahmin show up as enemies. As well, it’s almost impossible to find locations using the pip boy 3000. At times, you’ll feel like you’re right where you need to be, to only find out you’re either on the wrong floor or not as close as you thought you were. As a result, the game can get frustrating at times.

Nevertheless, if the story continues to get juicier and the dudes and dudettes over at Bethesda release a patch to get rid of the game’s bugs, then Fallout New Vegas would easily be one of the best titles of the year.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14321 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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