was one of the biggest and best games of 2008, frequently winning 'Game of the Year' awards from critics across all three platforms (indeed

Large amount of content, locations and hidden story. Available on multiple platforms. Hardcore mode makes for a realistic action RPG experience. Explore a detailed post apocalyptic Las Vegas. Follow the main quest or get lost in the endless side quests.

Massive game world – Hardcore mode gives a realistic challenge

Some bugs (most are fixed in the Ultimate Edition

By this point, the courier should know better than to pay heed to the anomalies that periodically pop up in the wasteland. In Old World Blues, Fallout New Vegas' third downloadable expansion, it's once more through the wringer for the fearless desert wanderer.

Although big name franchises usually mean some sort of high-profile success for a studio, it also comes with high-profile pressure. It is human nature to want to try something different, but gamers are notoriously resistant to any sort of change.

I absolutely loved Fallout 3. It's probably the game I've spent the most time with during the last couple of years. Big shoes to fill for Obsidian Entertainment, but then again with a team bursting with talent from the original Fallout developers at Black Isle. What could possibly go wrong?

I loved Fallout 3 . I clocked up to fifty hours in Bethesda's post-apocalyptic wonderland, so when I heard a sequel was in development, I was excited, to say the least. Excited, but cautious. A new setting, a new adventure and, most unnerving of all, a new team.

Exactly what you'd expect from a Fallout game; Deep customisation; rewarding progression; An excellent story

Plays it safe; Combat is still a chore; The engine is beginning to creak

There may still be a market for 360 gamers, however the transition to current gen platforms makes me no longer want to play the 360 or PS3 simply because I know how outdated newly released games would feel. Ride pretty much confirms my theory.

Fallout New Vegas is another sequel that is marginally better than its predecessor, and yet not quite deserving of the same accolades. Fallout 3 revolutionized the series and was a true unique experience. New Vegas expands that with much better writing and improved quests.

Fallout 3 was a game that got into your blood, even if you resisted it. I hated the game when I first played it. I couldn't see what made the damn thing so great, even though the very concept of it was exactly my kind of thing. Then, one day, it sunk its claws into me and never let go.

I am a man not of the past, nor of the future, nor of the cloth. I am a man of the wasteland, and the wasteland is the present. This is the undeniable truth that stands before me, for that is all I will ever be assured.

More Fallout 3; Plenty of side quests; Hardcore mode; Reputation and factions; Companion Wheel; Lasts for weeks; even months; Color; via The Strip

Can't issue companion commands from afar; Glitchy