Over the last couple of days a flood of reviews has surfaced, based on an event Obsidian held in Las Vegas to showcase their game in progress. Additionally I’ve got a couple of older articles as well that I had still lying around.
To start with there are a number of bullet-point lists with information gleaned from various magazines and such. I won’t go over them in detail as I think most of the information there is now available in the new previews as well, but if you’re hungry for every tiny little detail then there might be a thing or two still in there.
[list:2nk26mjy][*:2nk26mjy][url=http://nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 0:2nk26mjy]Bits from an Xbox Live interview with J. E. Sawyer[/url:2nk26mjy][/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog ... w:2nk26mjy]Bits from the German PC Gamer magazine[/url:2nk26mjy][/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog ... s:2nk26mjy]Bits from the PC Gamer US magazine[/url:2nk26mjy][/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog ... s:2nk26mjy]Bits from the Official Xbox Magazine US[/url:2nk26mjy][/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewt ... 2:2nk26mjy]Bits from the US Xbox 360 World magazine[/url:2nk26mjy][/*
[list:2nk26mjy][*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/li ... m:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]What happens in 'Fallout: New Vegas'[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at USA Today.
A fairly short, older article (probably months old, but the article doesn’t include a date) from USA Today. It’s more an introduction than containing any solid information on the game (though it has a few bits).
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/sightseeing ... 1:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Sightseeing in Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at GamesRadar.
A short, almost two-month old, article that serves more as an introduction to try and make people want to read the full article in the Official Xbox Magazine. It’s mostly a couple of (low-res) screenshots from the game with some short accompanying text.
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.cheatcc.com/pc/rev/falloutne ... l:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas Preview[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Cheat Code Central.
Here is where we start getting into the newer articles. About a week old this preview at Cheat Code Central has a few nice bits of information, though is overall fairly short. Includes a bullet-point list of features at the end.
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/108/10871 ... l:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout” New Vegas First Look[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at IGN.
IGN has a three-page preview up with a fair bit of information, including a video interview.
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/article ... s:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]First Look at Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at The Escapist.
The Escapist also has a fairly meaty preview at four pages and is also worth a read. And they link to [url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/article ... e:2nk26mjy]a (text) interview with Feargus Urquhart[/url:2nk26mjy]. It talks about hardcore mode, list some of the guns, talks about the environment and about reputation, and more.
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fallo ... w:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas Preview[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Eurogamer.
Another decent preview at two pages in length.
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fall ... s:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas First Look[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at GameSpot.
Another meaty preview at three pages, also includes a video interview with Josh Sawyer.
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://kotaku.com/5528480/fallout-new-v ... e:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas Adds Hardcore Mode, Weapon Mods & More[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] and
[url=http://kotaku.com/5530358/fallout-new-v ... a:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas Preview: Meet Sunny, Dinky & Tabitha[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Kotaku.
Kotaku has two previews (the second one is the ‘real’ preview while the first talks about a couple of features).
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[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.vg247.com/2010/05/04/intervi ... /:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Interview – Obsidian’s Chris Avellone on Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at VG247.
VG247 has a relatively short text interview with Chris Avellone about Fallout: New Vegas as well as a couple of general Obsidian questions. A decent read.[/*
[list:2nk26mjy][*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3179108:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout New Vegas Preview[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at 1UP.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63625:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout New Vegas Preview: Playing the Odds[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Shacknews.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/fallo ... /:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Impressions: Fallout New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Joystiq.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/04/ ... /:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Preview: Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at TheSixthAxis.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/fallo ... 6:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]First look at Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at GamesRadar.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/61733/fa ... /:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas First Impressions[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at G4TV.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://pc-mmo.nowgamer.com/previews/pc- ... s:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas (PC) exclusive preview[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at NowGamer.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/fallo ... l:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas Preview[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at VideoGamer.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.atomicgamer.com/articles/103 ... w:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Fallout: New Vegas Preview[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at AtomicGamer.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://games.on.net/article/8841/Bethes ... s:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Bethesday Previews: Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at games.on.not.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/a-sinful- ... /:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]A Sinful First Look At Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Giant Bomb.[/*
[*:2nk26mjy][url=http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plug ... 2:2nk26mjy][b:2nk26mjy]Return to the apocalypse in Fallout: New Vegas[/b:2nk26mjy][/url:2nk26mjy] at Yahoo.[/*
Either way, New Vegas looks like it could be fun (assuming that you enjoyed Fallout 3 because otherwise this one likely isn’t going to be to your taste either). Now I just have to decide whether I’d want to try hardcore mode or not (my guess... probably not).
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