DOZAH

Still going strong...despite the Legion assassin's best efforts to thwart me. They're rediculously tough but I can hardly complain when they bring me cool new toys like the thermic lancer. Finally made it to New Vegas at around 30-40 hours in. The challenge level is high, I really feel like medicinal supplies are a valuable resource. I love how the game will irradiate you to hell, then, with your head still reeling from escaping a toxic pit, blow you to bits with some well-hidden landmines. It's great! Makes me wonder if the game would have gotten more favorable reviews if it had been released slightly later. I picked it up when I was thinking that I should go back and play Fallout 3 and then thought "wait, I'm going to play New Vegas now!" and I really believe I'm appreciating the experience much more for it. Nevertheless, I suspect this will be the game that keeps me occupied until the release of Bethesda's next opus. I'm probably even going to subject myself to the trials of hardcore mode, eventually. Having a great time of it. Thanks for the hard work and good luck with your future projects. I need to remind myself to remove NWN's 2 from my backlog. Now if you'll please excuse me, the wasteland beckons...

I originally posted this on Steam forums and was summarily ignored so I decided to register here and post it to where it belongs. Out of all the games I've bought during this summersale I've been playing New Vegas all day and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. I put off buying it for so long because I played through Fallout 3 about 5 times and thought I was burnt-out on all things post-apocalyptic. I made myself wait until I felt like playing through that game again before I got New Vegas and luckily for me it just so happened to exactly coincide with a sale! I'd just like to extend my gratitude for such a finely crafted piece of digital art. The much darker tone of the game compared to FO3 is so much more fits the setting exquisitely. Stand-offs between groups of enemies seem so much more frequent and intense and character interactions seem much more complex, both in story and mechanics. The factions add a really nice dynamic to the game, like I'm playing as some kind of cowboy secret agent. It's just awesome. Even though I've only been playing for about ten to fifteen hours, I can't believe how much I'm being drawn into the world and having a blast playing! Hopefully once my playthrough is conclued, this sentiment will remain unchanged and I'll return here to post more love-letters to the developers For all the hard work put into the game and to anyone who might be undecided whether or not they should play the game, you should know it definitely has my two dismembered thumbs-up seal of approval. Just an outstanding experience so far, Thanks!