Fallout New Vegas and My Personal History /w/ This Masterpiece

This is going to be a strange, yet extensive post that will cover the specifics of my personal experience with this particular game in an over-reaching, very popular franchise alongside Bethesda's Elder Scrolls titles.

Fallout: New Vegas.

What else can be said at this point about its pros with the few cons it has?

I won't be repeating any of that here. Instead, I'm going to tell you a story about the very first time I got my hands on it and the second time I met this game and how it stayed with me ever since and never really left.

I was eight years old at the time. It was 2010. I remember my Dad took me to a Gamestop just next to us, it takes half an hour to get there, and I saw this cool art for an Xbox 360 game. It was New Vegas, and the guy looked cool with that revolver, plus there was a dinosaur on the back of the case, so I didn't hesitate to let my Dad buy it so I can play right away. Admittedly, it's a blur. I got blown up by Victor-the robot who saved you from the grave after your attempted murder by Benny from the introduction-but that's not what interets me.

This is the cover art for context. You can see why I picked it up at 8 years old.

What interests me is the smell and just how peaceful everything was. I was in the rec room at the time, so it had this distinct smell to it. Not to mention the feel of the early 2010s. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney, Ridiculousness-still a good show-it all just oozed charm and innocence. I never forgot watching my older brothers play Dead Rising or watching my siblings play Dead Space for the first time.

It was awesome and I wish I could relive that time again.

Then it disappeared for a while. I didn't think too much of it, instead I was grinding Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare

Got this with FONV at the time. Again, you can probably tell from the cover why I picked this up.

My next door best friend, Nick, with his Playstation 3 are the main reason I got into Fallout New Vegas again and I never stopped thinking about it.

I usually watch him play it and when I do, I'm completely out of my depth since it's PS3 and I am not nearly as experienced as him.

Also, he had this amazing and soft banana chair. It was his spot and I had to sit on the bed.

Think of this but it's far more comfortable for you to sleep on. I was jealous then and I'm jealous now.

I introduced him to the Xbox 360 and he introduced me to Playstation 3, which influenced me to get a PS4-at the time, Xbox was doing some really stupid stuff with the Xbox One, so it was easy to just pick Playstation from then on. I don't like the current Xbox if I'm being completely honest. The original Xbox was awesome with Enter The Matrix and Star Wars Battlefront-the same can be said for PS2 as far as SW:Battlefront 2 goes and I'll die on that hill anyday. We'll discuss that for another time, but let's just say I hold the PS2 closely.

(PS2 was the golden age for classic titles alongside Xbox with their Halo. Early 2000s was goated as far as generations could possibly be.)

The PS2 Slim. Thank you, Dad, for having good taste.

I got my own copy of FONV on the 360 later on and, I won't lie, I was that one guy that talked up a game so much but never made it past level 10 or did all that much besides sell Benny to the Legion and then I crucified him. Other than that, not too much.

Nowadays, I do recognize how good it is because I've played it. To be fair, I haven't beaten it, but I'm doing really good with my progress for my first legitimate playthrough. I got to level 20 and I haven't stopped exploring and getting good loot while getting stuff done. I killed Benny with a Pool Cue because that was my only weapon at that time, but you'll understand when you've either played it or watched videos about New Vegas.

Still, I got FONV on Steam and I've just dabbled into it and I'm already addicted and I think it'll be that way for a while.

Only a glimpse of Fallout New Vegas fanart. Please look them up and put them on your wall. You won't regret it. The last one is my favorite of the bunch btw.

Anyway, that's my personal history with Fallout: New Vegas. A fantastic game you should play if you ever get the chance. Replay value is king and complexities are a plenty.

Still though, playing this game sometimes makes you wish for a nuclear winter.