Main story: 271/2 hours
Main + extras: 591/2 hours
Completionist: 130 hours
Platform: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genre: First-person, third-person, action, open-world, role-playing, shooter.
Since its release in 2010, Fallout: New Vegas still holds its place as one of the best post-apocalyptic video games that entail role-playing. The setting of the game is in the Mojave Desert.
The game is super fun to play, but not easy at all no matter how many hours you invest. To save you the trouble and help you collect rewards a lot quicker, we created this quick guide that shares useful tips on how you can multiply your chances of survival as you travel the game’s wasteland. We also highly recommend checking out Wasteland Gamer, which is easily the best resource for everything Fallout games on the web right now.
For now, let us head straight to the survival skills!
Get a double dose of patience
For starters, playing Fallout is a huge investment of your time. You just can’t play it casually; you need quality time to make it past the game’s narrative, which makes up only five to ten percent of the total game.
New Vegas is not a ten, twenty or fifty-hour experience. Set aside a hundred or more hours to experience the game the way its developer intended it to be experienced.
Acquire skills
Skill 1 – Lockpick and Science
Lockpick skills allow you to unlock doors while science skills enable you to hack even the most protected computers. Put simply, these are the best non-combat skills in the game. If you want to uncover everything the game has to offer, you will have to build lockpick and science skills at each level.
If you neglect them, you are setting yourself up for endless sealed computers and locked doors.
Skill 2 – Speech and Barter
Speech and barter skills are equally crucial as their lockpick and science counterparts. Barter skills enable you to purchase items at a cheaper price and sell them for more money. You will also be able to successfully negotiate with people to give you other tasks, loot and prizes which will help you earn more.
Speech skills are more direct than barter skills. They will come in handy if you want to convince people to see things your way. The better your skills on this, the easier it gets to convince others to act the way you want.
Do not over explore
We get it, all Fallout games are centered around exploration. You are free to do what you want, but as with anything, there are consequences to your choices.
The point is, don’t be too eager to explore, especially when you are starting the game. When you are weak, hide in safe areas while destroying weaker enemies than you. Later on when your character is strengthened, you can begin exploring again.
Side-quest regularly
Make sure to side-quest often and as early in the game as possible. This strategy is not only beneficial in terms of earning experience points, but it is also an opportunity to create friendships with the town’s people.
As you work your way up in the game, you will make enemies which will cut you off from the quests you were getting. That’s why it is wise to side-quest early and regularly so that you can accumulate your quests before you start making enemies and be cut off.
Take care of your gear
The game has a strength-weight ratio that allows you to carry according to your character strength in S.P.E.C.I.A.L. So, you can’t carry everything. The important thing is not only to carry what you need but to always ensure that your gear is in excellent condition.
Always be aware of the condition of your armor. A weapon that is about to break down will not give you its full damage potential, and neither will it offer you protection.
Final word
As you battle your way through the Mojave wasteland to the Vegas Strip, you will come across all sorts of characters, mutated creatures, factions and much more. Completionists will love this video game because of its length, coupled with their overwhelming desire to finish each video game.
Remember to save your games. As a lengthy game, you might want to reload a previous game to see where you had messed a quest or missed an important thing. If you practice patiently and put your wits into this game, you will slay this gigantic game while having fun at it. Good luck!