When Bethesda released Fallout 3, it was lauded as one of the greatest open-world role-playing games of the time. And right they were!
This game destroyed alot of social lifes :D
Bethesda kept this great and revolutianary formula in New Vegas.
However with loads of new stuf: new weapons, new factions, better graphics, even better storyline.
Good or bad? Your decision, no jail.
To conclude: they took everything what people did not like about Fallout 3 and improved it.
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