NEW VEGAS!

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Seems like they learned a lot from Fallout 3 and made New Vegas a lot more interesting. (Atleast for me)

The hardcore mode is awesome. I finally need to worry about food and water. No longer I go "screw this, who needs water? I GOT STIMS BABY!!!!". It also makes you scavenge for things different then your future best gun/armor/hat. The fact you can live in the wilderness just by what it has to offer is also a really cool thing. You could make a ranger-like character and almost never visit the towns, feeding yourself by all the plants.

Another nice bonus is the iron sights. It wasn't something I -REALLY- begged for, but it's a cool feature.

Another epic bonus is the fact the game is no longer 8 hours of playtime. So far I've played around 8 hours of relaxed playing, exploring slowly, taking my time with things and to be honest I have a HUGE list of quests that need to be done and from what I saw in the wiki page, that's probably less then half from all the possible quests.

The companion/follower system is also looking better now. Especially the fact some companions comment on things they see. (Atleast the one I have does) And the fact your characters have a story and can be asked questions is a neat bonus aswell.

I like the different types of ammo and mods aswell. No longer I need a sniper rifle, now I can be using my hunting rifle with a scope I brought for it.

Another nice things are the classifications of armors and the fact agility matters for running speed.

Also the fact you need to pay attention to what people say makes things more interesting. Just today I got my head blown up by NCR troops because I got too close after being warned. (I was running and couldn't stop, but it still make me rethink blindly charging at things)

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Now the negative things are a few bugs here and there, but I bet they'll be fixed with a few patches.

Also I know some people get a bit edgy that New Vegas isn't what Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 looked like. (In turns of 50s view and other things)

And the Roman Soldiers might be a lulzy thing, but hey - he though of a nice way to make other people follow him through showing what an ancient nation used to be. It's not like here on Disco we don't copy things from our history, even though we try to be original. Yet the guy did it to control the world! *cough* ... Well Mojave atleast.

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