Fallout: New Vegas

Despite the numerous bugs, New Vegas is a magnificent RPG, one that stands head and shoulders above its predecessor. More importantly, it's also the game that Fallout fans have been waiting for.

In New Vegas, the fun Fallout 3 formula is intact, with more polished combat, high-quality side missions, and the exciting setting of the Vegas strip. Unfortunately, the bugs also tagged along for the ride. If Obsidian and Bethesda had polished up the game by fixing the AI, improving the animations or even gotten it to run smoothly, perhaps it would feel less like a giant expansion of Fallout 3 an...

Welcome to New Vegas. This wasteland is home to Super Mutants, Elvis impersonators, radscorpions, flying robots, and tumbleweeds. The deadly bugs around here are blue and fly, so ain't that a kick in the head?

It really is — there is no way we could possibly see everything the game has to offer and still meet deadlines and cover other games. New Vegas is like a vacuum, it sucks you in and refuses to let go. It is a beast of a game, brimming with content, exploration and objects to interact with. It's more than a game in many ways, it is an experience. It's an experience that demands time, that demands f...

Despite minor disappointments however, this is a very engaging title. Those who missed some of the more trademark Fallout elements in Fallout 3 should be somewhat satiated in this game, as Obsidian really bring that flair to the franchise once again. The glitches, whilst highly annoying, will hopefully be patched soon after launch, but again we can’t help but feel that as time goes on there’s less...