Fallout: New Vegas Is Genius, And Here's Why

Did you know, In the British version it’s called the “platinum crisp”

Thinking about it, Caesar ironically made two of the biggest mistakes Rome ever faced. He tried to expand farther than he could actually govern, and he didn’t set up a clear line of succession (even though he knew he was dying). It’s actually depressing that he read all that history and, instead of truly learning from it, he just repeated it, glaring flaws and all, on a smaller scale.

Rest in Peace Matthew Perry, thanks for shooting us in the head

I've put well over 500 hours into new vegas and I've never discovered the sewer people, so that just goes to show you that there's always more to explore in these games.

in the fallout universe bisexuals are known for their ability to deal 10% extra damage to everyone.

New Vegas has one of my favorite jokes "They asked me if I had a degree in Theoratical Physics. I told them I had a theoretical degree in Physics. Got the job"

The water quest goes even deeper. When you investigate the cistern, there's even another party affected. Vault dwellers. And if you choose to save them, you actually find them later and they're very thankful.

Coming back from Baldur's Gate 3 (great game) and being rather underwhelmed by its villains, I've really come to appreciate the way the Legion was written. Yes, its incredibly frustrating dealing with people who unironically support the Legion, a faction that the writers have specifically made it clear are straight up evil rather than being "morally grey" like the others, but it goes to show that the game has done an excellent job at creating a villain faction that may look silly on the surface but could very likely exist for real if society suddenly collapsed Cause in real life, there are no shortages of bald, angry little men who hate women, defend slavery, and obsessing over the Roman empire as this "perfect" society

What Bethesda never realized is Fallout is a world where people are rebuilding society after an apocalypse. Not just wallowing in the ruins.

The thing that lives forever in my memory of New Vegas is my wife almost bricking our console by finding as many of the little plastic dinosaur toys as she could, bringing them to her hotel room, and dropping them one at a time. Once she finished, going into that room required almost half an hour of loading and everything in the room exploded in dinosaurs , often damaging her character with accelerated loose physics objects. What a good game.

“Using bluff to convince [Lanius] there’s a trap up ahead” The best part about this particular moment is all the things you’re pointing out are like “Do you really think the NCR was this incompetent?” and he agrees “Hmm, you’re right, it was too easy.”, when really, yes, the NCR was just that incompetent. It ties back to how little the NCR leadership cared about the whole Mojave campaign, that all their issues with lack of manpower and supplies were so bad, you can convince an enemy general they were strategic choices.

Fun fact: I actually stumbled upon the violin before meeting Agatha and didn't know what it was for so I donated it to the Rivet City archive guy. I lost karma but had no idea why. Once I finally met Agatha, I learned what I had done and felt so bad.

Even the caps that are in the game aren't just nuka-cola caps -- they're predominately sunset sarsaparilla caps which was more popular in Nevada before the war, making New Vegas feel like it has it's own distinct subculture and they're not just trading in generic wastelander money.

My favourite part about Caesar is how he is the only member of the Legion who doesn’t speak in a formal dialect, he swears more than any other NPC in the game.

I have never once played New Vegas without Hardcore mode. Best addition ever. Especially in the early game, food goes from being disappointing to, "Thank God I'm not gonna die!" and purified water becomes as valuable as it should be in the wasteland.

RIP Matthew Perry, really made Benny a good ass character

Yeah, yeah "The Gary vault is so funny, haha!" My name is Gary. That vault was terrifying

“My favorite game ever, 84/100” That’s both a great joke and incredibly true.

Jorge "Obscuro" Salgadob is the real reason that game was amazing. He was an epic level modder. He spent years making and polishing the most popular overhaul for Oblivion, OOO. He was noticed by Obsidian and they recruited him to work on New Vegas. I think the addition of him to the team helped, not only due to his high level of coding skill and understanding of game design, but as a kind of interlocuter/mascot for the modding community.

The fact you can make a feature film length video about New Vegas, and still completely leave out my favourite moment (the lottery) really shows just how incredible the game really is. Most games would be blessed to create just one moment of that calibre and this game has so much incredible stuff going on that it can easily be skipped over.