Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas
Developer(s)	Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Bethesda Softworks
Director(s)	Josh Sawyer
Producer(s)	Mikey Dowling Jason Fader Matt Singh Tess Treadwell
Designer(s)	Josh Sawyer
Programmer(s)	Frank Kowalkowski
Artist(s)	Joe Sanabria
Writer(s)	John Gonzalez
Composer(s)	Inon Zur
Series	Fallout
Engine	Gamebryo
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
Release	NA: October 19, 2010 AU: October 21, 2010 EU: October 22, 2010
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Fallout: New Vegas is a role-playing video game. It was made by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was made after Fallout 3 and is very similar to it, but it is a sequel to Fallout 2 (because Fallout 3 started a new story). This is because some of the employees at Obsidian Entertainment used to work at Interplay Productions and Black Isle Studios, the companies that made Fallout 1 and Fallout 2. It takes place in Nevada 204 years after a nuclear war destroyed most of the Earth.

The game was released on October 19, 2010, in North America, on October 22, 2010 in Europe, on November 4, 2010, in Asia, and on October 21, 2010 Australia. It can be played on a computer, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 3.

Plot

In the year 2281, Robert House, a wealthy businessman, hires a courier service to deliver the Platinum Chip to him. Before the Great War, the chip had been made, but it was lost before it was supposed to be delivered; the very day of the Great War.

The courier sent to deliver it, known as Courier Six, is shot in the head by a man named Benny, who wants the chip for his own purposes. The courier is left for dead, but is rescued by a securitron robot named Victor. His wounds are treated by Doc Mitchell, a doctor living in a small town named Goodsprings. From there, the courier leaves the small town to change the fate of the wasteland forever.

Factions

Fallout: New Vegas features four different factions that the courier can side with.

• Robert House - a rich businessman who hired the courier to deliver the Platinum Chip. Siding with him gives House total control over the New Vegas strip and Hoover Dam, a major producer of electricity in the region.
• The New Californian Republic (NCR) - a government similar to real-world governments. Siding with them allows them to annex Nevada as NCR territory, and take control of New Vegas and Hoover Dam.
• Caesar's Legion - a roman society of pillaging soldiers, led by the ruthless "Caesar". Siding with them causes New Vegas to be overran by their forces, the death of Robert House and the eradication of the NCR.
• Yes-Man - a literal "yes man" securitron robot owned by Benny, who proposes to the player to take over the strip for themselves. Siding with them allows the Courier to have the majority of control over New Vegas, cutting out any other faction.

While not considered "factions", there are smaller groups that the player can choose to ally with their chosen faction.

• The Brotherhood of Steel - a small chapter of knights and clerics part of a larger nation-wide army. They are led by Elder McNamara, who is imposing a lockdown on the bunker and its inhabitants.
• The Boomers - former residents of Vault 34 who have settled in a large airfield, defending it against intruders using powerful missiles. They are led by Mother Pearl, who is having trouble keeping their group organised.
• The Followers of the Appocalypse - a humanitarian group of doctors who heal anyone who needs medical attention.
• The Great Khans - a raider tribe and descendants of the New Khans from Fallout 2.
• Enclave Remnants - a group of former Enclave members that can be formed by the courier through a special quest.
• White Glove Society - a secret society of cannibals that dine on human flesh.

Gameplay

Fallout: New Vegas has very similar gameplay to Fallout 3, as it uses the same game engine. It also re-uses some of the same assets, such as surface textures, clothes, weapons, and NPC models. However, it features iron-sights by default, which allows the player to aim down the barrel of a gun when in first-person mode.

The game is roleplay-centric, and the courier does not have a voice, allowing the player to roleplay as a character of their own choosing. The courier's background is also mostly unknown for this reason.

Many different bullet calibers are available for different gun models, as well as bullet variants such as armor-piercing, and hollow-point, which increases damage against unarmored enemies.