Fallout: 10 Reasons New Vegas Is The Best One
A vengeful mailman with a tolerance for pain. What more needs to be said?
Fallout is one of gaming's biggest names. With five main series titles, three spin-offs and a myriad of cancelled games, the series is one of the most prolific in the industry. And with so many titles to choose from, it is only natural that heated debate begins to arise when considering the quality of each game, and, of course, when deciding which of the series is the best one.
It comes down to personal preference in the end: whether you prefer the open-world exploration of Fallout 4, the heavy role-playing aspects of the original isometric titles or the bombastic nature of Fallout 3. However, when dealing with fundamentals in each game (story, game-play, DLC, characters, interactivity and the such) there is an incredibly strong case for Fallout: New Vegas.
Developed by Obsidian, New Vegas is one of the rare examples of Bethesda shipping their flagship IPs over to other developers. Because of this switch, New Vegas had such a fresh and welcome reception from fans. Its focus on the role-playing side of the series won over the fans of the old games, whilst the vast explorative world helped keep fans of Fallout 3 on board.
But what truly makes the game the best in the series? Well, an awful lot it turns out.
10. Play Your Way
'Play your way' is the gaming industry's favourite phrase to spout out whenever they want to appear like their game has choices. But rarely is that the case. Most of the time being able to play your way amounts to having a choice as to which gun you can use. Or whether you use stealth or go in guns blazing. Maybe, if you're very lucky, you can choose which door to use.
New Vegas, however, laughs in the face of those choices and lets you do what you want. If you want to side with a faction, you can side with that faction. If you get bored, you can betray them. If you feel like it, why don't you stroll into the enemy camp strap their leader up with explosives and entertain the wasteland with a fireworks show?
It's probably best explained by the fact that you can completely ignore all the factions and conquer New Vegas yourself. If you can think it, the game likely allows for it in some way.