Sixteenth round of Articles of Excellence sees a now-and-again reviewer take the prize. Machienzo won with his Fallout: New Vegas review for PC, a lengthy but in-depth and insightful review. Scoring the game a nice 4.3/5, he praises the game for several enjoyable aspects including storyline, gameplay, and audio. Though some issues, like bugs, held the game back from higher scoring.

The game starts off within the setting of Nevada, more specifically the Mojave Wasteland, in the year 2281, 4 years after the events of Fallout 3, and 204 years after the great war of 2077. As such, it revolves around a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, and focuses on many central themes to the series such as greed and war. The player controls a character known as “The Courier”, who themselves are developed directly by how the player chooses to proceed throughout the game. Everything from their gender, personality, skills and general socialisation is controlled by the player.

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