I'm giving this five stars because I've been modding and patching it for almost a decade now so I can fill in most of the cracks this game has. Otherwise I'd probably knock off a star for the bugs and INCREDIBLY rough writing surrounding the Legion as well as some of the voice acting. But anyway, easily one of the best written games ever seen. The consistent theme of 'letting go' finds its way into all the companions, faction quests and DLC in a meaningful way. There's a great variety of weapons even if the combat is functional at best but what really makes this game stand out for me is the use of all your skills in dialogue meaning every character you make will have different solutions to most quests. I've sunk hundreds upon hundreds of hours into this game and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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Damn I played 2 amazing games in a row and they set the bar on rpgs so high idk how I will play another one. Anything I will say about this game probably has been said before. But I will still ramble on about how good this is. Because goddamn this was an experience. I think what makes this game so great is the freedom it gives you. You will go into a quest with 2 outcomes, each outcome will have 3 paths to it and each path will have its own consequences to it. And every path you go with feels good. For example in the ending of the game. I went with ncr the whole game then towards the end the caeser invited me and cleared me for everything I did. Now by doing this the game basically made it so that you can play the early game however you want . Still you will able to go for the caeser ending. Thats freedom. But I didnt want to go with the legion. Nor I wanted the support ncr . Then came another choice "Yes Man" oh and Im pretty sure I could have ended the game with benny on my side too. But still I finished the game how I wanted and it felt great. I didnt care about the factions for example and the game said fine you can just ignore them if you want. I think I rushed the game in the end because it really tired me out though so I will probably come back to this game and Im pretty sure I will have a whole new experience