Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Set in the Mojave Desert 204 years after a devastating nuclear war, the player controls a courier who wakes up after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant. While tracking down their assailant, the courier becomes embroiled in a larger conflict between different governing factions vying for control of the region. Fallout: New Vegas features an open world map that the player can freely explore. Much of the gameplay revolves around combat, and there are a variety of weapons the player can use, such as melee weapons, conventional guns, and energy-based weapons. An optional difficulty level is Hardcore Mode, which adds survival mechanics such as a need to routinely eat, drink, and sleep.
After the release of Fallout 3 in 2008, Bethesda contracted Obsidian to develop a spin-off game to the Fallout series. Las Vegas and the surrounding Mojave Desert was chosen as the setting, as they evoked the 1950s style that the series was known for, as well as the post-apocalyptic imagery of Mad Max. Project director Josh Sawyer wanted the story to focus on the themes of greed and excess, and used the history of Las Vegas as an inspiration. Obsidian used data collected by the United States Geological Survey as well as reference photos taken by Sawyer to design the map. Bethesda gave Obsidian 18 months to develop Fallout: New Vegas, which several journalists have noted is a very short period of time to develop a Triple-A game.
Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing game that can be played from either a first-person or third-person perspective. It is set in the Mojave Desert, years after a nuclear war left much of the United States decimated. The player controls a courier who survived an assassination attempt from an unknown assailant. The goal of the game is to complete a series of quests to find the assailant, which eventually culminates in a war between different governing factions vying for control of the Mojave Desert. In addition to the main quests, the player can participate in optional unrelated quests known as side quests. Kristinie Stiemer of IGN estimates that it takes around 100 hours to complete every quest in the game.
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