House” and his robot army of “Securitrons”, while the rest of the territory around New Vegas is controlled by the armed forces of the NCR (New California Republic), loosely based on the contemporary US military. Relatively prosperous and unscathed compared to much of the rest of the world, Vegas is now under the control of the enigmatic “Mr. With this latest title in the franchise the player is taken to the part of the Mojave desert directly surrounding Las Vegas, re-dubbed “New Vegas”. The world of Fallout is set in a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by nuclear war. Now observant people might recall that although decent, KOTOR II didn’t outshine its predecessor, so what about Fallout: New Vegas, did Obsidian manage to elevate it to new heights? Read on to find out… This time around the developer is not Bethesda Game Studios however, but Obsidian Entertainment, a group not unfamiliar with taking over a “grade A” franchise, see their development of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II for instance. Progress: Finished main campaign and reached level cap (level 30)Īlmost exactly 2 years to the day Bethesda published the follow-up to Fallout 3, one of the best open-world RPGs of this console generation.
