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VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The game’s maps are like walled areas of differing sizes so don’t expect open world or a sandbox. The cities are also walled and they differ in size so be prepared for that. I remember being disappointed with one city that’s built up and getting to it and finding out it’s about the same size as some others and there wasn’t much side content or exploration. The game’s writing is great and I think there’s various endings but I only played it once. There isn’t any romance with the companions but they’re well written l, there’s one in particular whose storyline I really appreciated as a queer person. Hope that isn’t a deal breaker for you as some Gamers have issues with things like that.

Overall I enjoyed it, just never felt like I needed to replay it like a Bethesda game, I play those once and do the things I want in it and move on.

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cod@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Duly noted. Appreciate it

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tal@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The game’s maps are like walled areas of differing sizes so don’t expect open world or a sandbox.

Overall I enjoyed it, just never felt like I needed to replay it like a Bethesda game, I play those once and do the things I want in it and move on.

Yeah, was kinda my take too.

You have freedom to backtrack, but there’s little reason to do so, so it plays kinda linearly.

And there’s little to “stumble upon” outside the cities.

The perks are almost all of the “slightly tweak one stat” variety, so there’s not a lot of excitement there.

Aside from the “science weapons”, which have some unique characteristics, the weapons you get tend to have pretty much forgettable characteristics, too, including the uniques. You’re not getting Ratslayer or the like.

It’s got a lot of similar elements to the Fallout series, but it didn’t click for me the same way.

Was pretty bug-free, though.

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