GameSpot: Fallout: New Vegas Review

Fallout: New Vegas is all about more. There's more to do in New Vegas than in Fallout 3, its superb predecessor; there's more complexity to its gameplay mechanics; and sadly, there are far more bugs than you should expect from a modern role-playing game. Fallout: New Vegas' familiar rhythm will delight fans of the series, and the huge world, expansive quests, and hidden pleasures will have you itching to see what other joys you might uncover.

[Jerk120]

I blame the Ps3 for this.

[CommanderShepard]

I'm Commander Shepard and I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions *Reports*

[AndrewRyan]

Lucky for me I preordered a PC version.

[ChineseDemocracy]

When i popped this in my PS3 I was taken aback by the visuals... And how awful they looked.

Games like Mass Effect, Uncharted, Castlevania, Batman, GoW3 make this look ancient. I haven't run into any glitches yet, but my screen has 1 second lockups about every minute, and the framerate is super inconsistent. I really like the game, but 7.5 seems appropriate under the circumstances.

[jeseth]

While probably a great game, New Vegas just looks luke a big expansion pack of Fallout 3.

7.5 is fair. Good game in its genre, doesn't innovate much or bring much to the table. And visuals haven't improved much.

[STONEY4]

"When i popped this in my PS3 I was taken aback by the visuals... And how awful they looked."

I agree, even though I'm playing this on PC. The increased colors feel like it makes the graphics look even worse. I'm hoping the guys over at Fallout Nexus get some nice graphics mods released soon, Fallout 3 looked amazing with the proper mods.

[Jamegohanssj5]

Woot! The second real review.

TGSI

[DarkBlade4658]

What was the first?

[Jamegohanssj5]

The one that gave it a 6.5 lol.

TGSI

[clank543]

What? That doesn't even make sense. Anyways, this review seems pretty accurate. A game this buggy shouldn't get over an 8. It doesn't matter how good a game is when you can barely even play it. If they patch it up, then the score should be changed, but there is no excuse for these glitches.

[ASTAROTH]

If the PS3 version oviously look and plays as good if not better. The real thing is that this game is just a copy paste of FALLOUT 3 with a new setting. Nothing bad if you are a fan or a newbie but, if you get tired of 3 this will tired you prematurely. Ohh and blame the 360 because if this game was exclusive to fit the Blue Ray it will be ginourmus...LOL!!!

Enjoy the damn game no matter what console you own little green soldier!!

[Incipio]

Go away, troll.

[come_at_me_bro]

Played this for about 8 hours on the PC and haven't experienced a single bug. Probably explains why the PC version doesn't have a score up yet.

[Incipio]

Bugs, by nature, are not uniform. Some get them, some don't.

Unfortunately, the nature of the aging Gamebryo Engine tilts the scale towards a majority of users facing near or complete game-breaking bugs. I honestly don't know how the Gamebryo engine ever got past the alpha stage when it was being created...surely they were able to foretell all the bugs they'd come across. (and to think people wouldn't notice the bugs despite choosing to continue using it for the next 5 years?!)

And it's only gotten worse since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. How the heck does that happen? Engines are supposed to improve, not degrade and introduce new problems over time.

[Chucky2003]

i'm playing it on PC and its full of them,monsters going into the ground,one time i started VATS and fell trough the floor from some stairs(lucky that i landed on another floor and i didn't had to restart,lol),the game is full of glitches,now depends how you play the game,maybe you went to other areas that i was

[fuckoffodion]

I blame your parents for feeding paint chips.

[Heisenberg]

But there's literally a bug every 30 seconds, which is bullshit considering it's a carbon copy of Fallout 3.

Edit: it just froze up on me again for the 4th time tonight.... A little frustrated...

[PS360fanboy]

The PS3? C'mon, the game is still very much enjoyable...besides, they fixed Fallout 3 on the PS3, they can do the same here.

[fuckoffodion]

I swear the mods here are pathetic. Especially the 360 fanboy Odion.

[Incipio]

"sadly, there are far more bugs than you should expect from a modern role-playing game"

I dismissed the game entirely at that point. Unacceptable.

[Apotheosize]

You know I kind of agree with this, Fallout isnt a bad game, but a lot of it is unacceptable nowadays. Visuals are still sub par, engines filled with bugs, animations are terrible. 7.5 is the perfect score

[saint_john_paul_ii]

seriously, im not buying this game until there's a price drop. its unacceptable to see a game like this with so many bugs on top of graphics. not even GTAIV had this problem, it was actually very minimal.

its been 2 years. these guys should of known what problems needed to be fixed on each respective platform.

[-Alpha]

It's inexcusable, and they've only got themselves to blame for the reviews. But there IS a patch coming that should render the criticism void, so hopefully it fixes a lot because it's the only real thing keeping this game down it seems

[NecrumSlavery]

I caved and got this for PS3, even after the bullshit. No bugs yet, no lagging frame rate. Loading in and out of buildings takes 2-5 secs max. Everythins is pretty smooth. A few jaggies but its clearly improved over FO3. I recommend this to any FO lover. Score fits.7-8s is right. No more free passes on outdated engines(COD next on the verdict), but this is a good game. And I personally think all the reviewers haven't put a solid 75-100 hours to really judge let alone the 25 for the main story.

[PirateThom]

Fallout 3 got a few patches and the issues still remained. It's not the game's fault, it's the core engine and no amount of patches or fixes are going to overcome the fact Gamebryo is just a poorly optimised engine for any platform.

[buckethead_X]

and I'm really disappointed that I was right :/ after getting a repellent stick permanently stuck in my Fallout 3 inventory and seeing the game flip out and crash 500 times, I was hoping the next game would be less buggy. Maybe this one will get some better patches. I understand how hard debugging is, but I just can't buy the game in its current state and price.

Maybe a beta for the next one?

Edit: I read the article again to see if any specific bugs were mentioned, and it actually made me want the game more. The more I thought about a new Fallout fps in a new location, the more I want to play it. Argh I hope they patch it soon. A lot.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

This game needs Coop Mode online, like Borderlands or something, that will justify my purchase.

[visualb]

LMAO get outta here! =P

[Chuk5]

I like it but it's so fucking buggy.I 've reloaded the game like 5 times and restarted my xbox a few times. I'm 4 hours in and I'm going to return it and get fable 3.

[meganick]

I'll hold off on a purchase until they patch this game and remove most of the bugs and glitches.

[Asuka]

still a good game imo, though no one can argue that the engine is showing some age.

I am about 2hrs in and i haven't seen any glitches yet. Certainly didnt have the good doctor have his head spin around LOL =P

[dkgshiz]

Either way they are going to patch whatever problems occur. This is Bugthesda as you know. Well, Obsidian.

[Letros]

Let the modding begin, already downloaded a couple, here's a pic, two present in here and a sun tweak I did.

http://www.uploadhouse.com/...

[frankymv]

Fallout 3 had a shitload of bugs on PS3........the ending was literally unplayable. I can't even imagine how bad New Vegas is.

[joel_c17]

I played it just fine... Did you have problems playing it on ur ps3? Hahahah stupid question we know you've never played it on the ps3

[PirateThom]

You really don't remember the slow down and feezes with Liberty Prime?

[frankymv]

THE ENDING WAS UNPLAYABLE ON PS3....yes...Liberty Prime.

[n to the b]

to be fair, now that you mention it I'm remembering experiencing a bit of annoying slowdown on my 360 version during Liberty Prime.

[Blaster_Master]

Ive played the game on the ps3 all day today and I notice some hitches in the frame rate, but other than that its fine. You guys sweat the small stuff way too much.

[Amiroo]

the game was great much more better than fallout 3 . boo gamespot boooo

p.s: i finished the game

[CrazyOrange]

Well deserved. Next time dont sell broken game.

[mobijoker]

The game is better.They are deducting marks for small bugs.That's why i don't trust these reviewers.

[BARF]

i havent had any of the glitches that all these people are bitching about. this website and all the sheep decide when they dont like a game(just like enslaved), and then do nothing but bitch about it. if you dont like fallout, why comment? people on this site basically suck at life.

[XabiTheHumble]

HAHA well deserved!

[romancer]

i am getting a 404 message on the review link above (lol).
Maybe glitches are infectious.

For the record: I am playing FNV from a HD install on the 360.
While it is still fairly early in the game, (I am level 6) i have not had a single freeze
or glitch so far.

[DanSolo]

I think that the bugs with the PS3 version varied for different people.

I had heard all about the many many bugs, and yet I barely had a single problem for about 20+ hours of gametime, and then just very rarely I had the game freeze up on me and I had to restart my PS3. I just got into the habit of doing a quick save every 30 minutes or so, to insure I didn't have the game freeze on me after having put lots of hours in.

I do agree completely with what some people above said about how after these years and both Oblivion and Fallout 3 running on this engine that the problems should all be sorted... I think it's time they got a new updated engine built!

[Truth]

Playing through on hardcore right now, love it! Really like water, food and sleep management... being able to cook food, ammo types, just feels more fluid and lifelike than Fallout 3. Crashed on me when I first started and I've had one freeze, but aside from a few floating NPC's I haven't been too disappointed. Guess we'll see how the next couple of power gaming sessions ( 5-6 hrs of just straight playing ) have the game hold up. Just save all the time ;)