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4. Fallout New Vegas - Play In Hardcore Mode

Although it doesn't change too much from a mechanical perspective, turning on New Vegas' Hardcore mode transforms Obsidian's title into a full-on survival game where you have to eat, drink and sleep if you want to keep at full strength and make it through the wasteland unscathed.

While these major additions change the way you approach the world, it's actually other, subtler ones that make the experience so interesting.

For instance, the inability to heal your broken bones unless you visit a doctor (or have a doctor's bag on hand) completely alters your approach to firefights. Scraping through an ambush against the odds but receiving two broken legs for your troubles, only to have to stumble back to a town, gun on your hip and hoping that nobody else comes around the corner, can be thrilling.

Unlike Fallout 4's survival mode, which skewed too far towards punishing the player at every turn, New Vegas' Hardcore twist perfectly balances Fallout's inherently fun mechanics with more demanding gameplay systems.

Despite the title recommending that you actually don't choose Hardcore when you first boot it up, it's the only way to get the full New Vegas experience.