RETAILBIZ: FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS 48 MCV 24/09/10
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Bethesda’s new post- apocalyptic shooter RPG leaves the dirt behind for the lights of Vegas…
by Dominic Sacco
FORGET the wasteland from Fallout 3 – Bethesda is taking gamers on a gambling-centric trip down an alternate version of Las Vegas. Fallout: New Vegas offers the same single-player FPS gameplay and RPG dynamics that made Fallout 3 such a success, and is again set in the post- apocalyptic US, but adds a variety of new quests, weapons and skills. In October 2008, Fallout 3 debuted at No.1 in the All Formats Top 40 chart with a whopping 4.7m copies shipped worldwide in its first week. It outstripped the combined sales of all previous Fallout games in just two days. Fallout 3 also won several Game
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of the Year awards from the likes of IGN, GameSpot and the Golden Joystick Awards.
Bethesda is confident that New Vegas will eclipse these figures thanks to a whole host of new features and the Las Vegas setting. While Fallout 3 was originally described by many as ‘Oblivion with
guns’, the franchise has now firmly established itself as shooter RPG in its own right.
In fact, the title blew away the sales of its predecessor – the aforementioned Oblivion – with the 360 version selling 57 per cent more than the fantasy epic. Anticipation among the established fanbase is high for New Vegas, setting
“With its new setting and features, Bethesda is confident New V eclipse F
egas will allout 3’s sales.”
the sequel in good stead for a strong sales performance at retail.
WAKING UP IN VEGAS
Players begin the game as a courier in the wastes of Nevada, who is promptly attacked and left for dead. After being shot at and narrowly escaping, gamers will then have to make a name for themselves in New Vegas before finding out who attempted to murder them. The nearby desert oasis town is a mix of desperados all trying to follow the
American dream in their own factions. Players have the option to side up with whom they choose – whether it’s the New California Republic or the slave- driving Caesar’s Legion.
This will affect how difficult quests become later in the game. For example, if the user is tasked with looting an object from a faction’s stronghold, it will be easier to obtain if they are already friendly with them. Then there’s the mutants, giant scorpions and other ravaged beasts to deal with, all reeling from the effects of a nuclear blast made several centuries before the events of Fallout 3. But it’s the flashing casinos and luxurious hotels in New Vegas that bring welcome contrast to the grim colours and dark setting that featured heavily in Fallout 3. Players are even able to play poker and bet on slot machines to gain extra in-game money. Fallout 3’s popular ‘V.A.T.S.’ system returns, allowing gamers to pause combat and target specific enemy body parts, then watch their gunfire rip through their opponents in slow motion.
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