Line #9 VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/FrankSinatra ♫ Blue Moon... you saw me standing alone... ♫]]'']]
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4	->''"Sorry you got twisted up in this scene. From where you're kneeling, it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck. Truth is... the game was rigged from the start."''
5	-->-- '''Benny'''
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7	''Fallout: New Vegas'' is the sixth game in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series, developed by Creator/ObsidianEntertainment and produced by Creator/{{Bethesda}}. Released in 2010, it chronologically takes place after ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', but it is [[GaidenGame not the next numbered main game]] in the series. A good chunk of the development team were exiles from the late Creator/BlackIsleStudios -- responsible for ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and the canceled ''[[VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren Van Buren]]'' -- and the game returns to the west coast setting of the originals. Thus, in a way, ''New Vegas'' serves as more of a direct sequel to ''Fallout 2'' than the actual ''Fallout 3'', wrapping up the region's MythArc while opening up new possibilities for future stories. Like its predecessor, ''New Vegas'' is a [[FirstPersonShooter first-person]] (with optional third person) ActionRPG.
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9	It's 2281, and [[RunningGag the Mojave Wasteland is an okay place to live]]. It doesn't have as many problems as most places do, largely thanks to the efforts of Mr. House, a pre-war business mogul who prepared Las Vegas for the Great War. Some even say he rules the city to this day, from atop his shining tower at the Lucky 38 Casino. But that may not be the case forever; Two new superpowers, the burgeoning federation of the New California Republic and the notorious horde of Caesar's Legion, have begun staking claims in the region, coming to blows over Hoover Dam, and New Vegas is caught in the crossfire.
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11	That's all somebody else's problem, though. You? You're [[{{Courier}} The Courier]], the best messenger this side of the Grand Canyon, as long as the package isn't too big. And this one ''really'' isn't. It's almost boring, even. But hey, you get to bring it to New Vegas, the biggest, brightest city in what's left of America. Should be pretty fun, right? ''Wrong''. Only a few days into your trip, a mysterious man in a checkered coat and his posse of leathered-up thugs shoot you in the head and take your package, [[LeftForDead leaving you for dead]] in a shallow grave. [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow Normally you would be dead now]], but luckily, you manage to cling to life just long enough for a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot friendly robot that thinks he's a cowboy]] to dig you up.
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13	The robot drops you off at the local doctor, and within a few days you're back on your feet, with ''most'' of your brain intact and three clear goals: find out what was in that unassuming little package, get it back, and deliver it -- after all, it's ''your'' paycheck on the line. Besides, it's not for naught that they call you ''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]'' Courier.
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15	But here's the rub: Once you find out what your cargo truly is... whither to deliver it?
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17	The game has four {{DLC}} add-ons:
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19	* ''Dead Money'': The Courier visits a legendary pre-war ruin, the Sierra Madre Casino, in a SurvivalHorror-style map with scarce supplies, enemies that run the gamut from {{nigh\|Invulnerability}}- to complete invulnerability, and many environmental hazards.
20	* ''Honest Hearts'': The Courier travels north to Zion National Park, finding themselves caught in the middle of a tribal war along with two Mormon missionaries with [[WhiteMansBurden differing ideas on how to settle the conflict]].
21	* ''Old World Blues'': The Courier is abducted by a gang of insane scientists who need help to escape the boundaries of their lab, which is full of amazing but horrific scientific advancements.
22	* ''Lonesome Road'': The final add-on, the Courier answers an "invitation" to travel to the Divide, a hellish wasteland ravaged by recent nuclear detonations, confronting the mysterious Ulysses, a man with a deeply personal grudge against them.
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24	The four add-ons are advised to be played in the order they were originally released, as listed above. Together, they form a MythArc, along with potentially-overlooked details in the main game, foreshadowing events and characters in later add-ons, all building up to the confrontation with Ulysses in the Divide.
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26	Two more small [=DLCs=] were released on September 27, 2011:
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28	* ''Courier's Stash'': A bundle of the four [[PreOrderBonus pre-order]] equipment packs.
29	* ''Gun Runners' Arsenal'': Adds more weapons, mods, ammo, and crafting recipes to the game.
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31	Finally, in February 2012, the Ultimate Edition was released - the game and all of its downloadable content in one package.
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33	As its predecessors, ''Fallout: New Vegas'' benefits from [[GameMod a lot of content crafted by the community]], from [[http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/36850/ silly inoffensive content]] to complete new questlines. Between those two points, name it (new companions, {{superboss}}es and {{Bonus Dungeon}}s, cosmetic graphical overhaul, new clothes, new weapons, drivable cars, fixes to weird developer’s decisions, smokable cigarettes, new perks, etc), you’re almost sure to find it. [[note]]Oh, and before you ask, [[TheInternetIsForPorn the answer is yes]].[[/note]]
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35	The following mods have their own pages:
36	* ''VideoGame/AutumnLeaves''
37	* ''VideoGame/AWorldOfPain''
38	* ''VideoGame/BeyondBoulderDome''
39	* ''VideoGame/DogCityDenver''
40	* ''VideoGame/FalloutDust''
41	* ''VideoGame/FalloutWhoVegas''
42	* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtVault5''
43	* ''VideoGame/ForTheEnclave''
44	* ''VideoGame/TheFrontier''
45	* ''VideoGame/HellOnEarth''
46	* ''VideoGame/HonestHeartsReborn''
47	* ''VideoGame/MikeburnfiresNPCsAndQuests''
48	* ''VideoGame/MorePerksMod''
49	* ''VideoGame/NewCalifornia''
50	* ''VideoGame/TheRockwellSeries''
51	* ''VideoGame/SilverPeakBunker''
52	* ''VideoGame/TheSomeguySeries'', with ''VideoGame/NewVegasBounties'' and ''VideoGame/{{Russell}}'' having their own pages on top of that
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54	It also spawned an AffectionateParody series, WebVideo/CouriersMindRiseOfNewVegas. As well as a FanFilm, WebVideo/FalloutLanius.
55	----
56	!!I got tropes that jingle jangle jingle (jingle jangle):
57	[[index]]
58	* FalloutNewVegas/TropesAToB
59	* FalloutNewVegas/TropesCToD
60	* FalloutNewVegas/TropesEToH
61	* FalloutNewVegas/TropesIToM
62	* FalloutNewVegas/TropesNToR
63	* FalloutNewVegas/TropesSToZ
64	[[/index]]
65	----
66	->''Enjoy your stay.''

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