This review contains spoilers
Just like Dead Money, its just kind of okay.
Weirdly enough, the problems I had with this DLC focuses on the exact thing I praised Dead Money for, its story.
With that being said, I always prefer starting with the positives so let me begin with that. The gameplay is extremely similar to the original game. In this DLC, you choose what items to bring to Zion, so unless you're feeling a little risky, you usually just fall upon the same weapons you used in the main game. The atmosphere and general feel of the location isn't too far off from the Mojave either, albeit its far more rocky and narrow. Many of the enemies are also copy paste versions of ones you find in Nevada and California, like the geckos, scorpions, and the White Legs acting as your generic raider-type enemy. Now all this rehashing may seem like a bad thing, and that's not necessarily untrue, but as I enjoyed the gameplay of the original game it translates fairly nicely over to this DLC. As for the positives of the story, overall its fine and the moral dilemma over the fates of the White Legs and the Sorrows was somewhat interesting and had me thinking for a good few minutes about what decision to make. It's not bad, it's just not really good either. Also, Joshua Graham is pretty fucking sick.
Moving on to the negatives, its really just focusing on the story. It's just really milquetoast and uninspired. It all hinges on the one decision you make near the end of the game but the build-up to that decision is extremely short and barely takes any time to put in any form of nuance. Why should I care about the safety of the White Legs if they're just psychopaths who randomly kill people? Hell, why should I even care about the Sorrows or the Dead Horses? I barely get introduced to them before I have to make a big decision on their behalf. To touch up on some other points before I get finish, the mountainous regions were annoying to navigate and the side-quests were pretty much all uninteresting. Otherwise, it was just... kind of okay.
As far as I'm concerned both DLCs I've played so far (Dead Money and this one) were both flawed but I generally got more fun playing them then pain so I think this rating is pretty fair. Despite giving both the same rating, I'm 100% sure in saying I slightly preferred Dead Money to this one, but the original game was still superior to both. Would recommend for those who enjoyed the original since its mostly more of the same, but it's not really worth it otherwise.
Weirdly enough, the problems I had with this DLC focuses on the exact thing I praised Dead Money for, its story.
With that being said, I always prefer starting with the positives so let me begin with that. The gameplay is extremely similar to the original game. In this DLC, you choose what items to bring to Zion, so unless you're feeling a little risky, you usually just fall upon the same weapons you used in the main game. The atmosphere and general feel of the location isn't too far off from the Mojave either, albeit its far more rocky and narrow. Many of the enemies are also copy paste versions of ones you find in Nevada and California, like the geckos, scorpions, and the White Legs acting as your generic raider-type enemy. Now all this rehashing may seem like a bad thing, and that's not necessarily untrue, but as I enjoyed the gameplay of the original game it translates fairly nicely over to this DLC. As for the positives of the story, overall its fine and the moral dilemma over the fates of the White Legs and the Sorrows was somewhat interesting and had me thinking for a good few minutes about what decision to make. It's not bad, it's just not really good either. Also, Joshua Graham is pretty fucking sick.
Moving on to the negatives, its really just focusing on the story. It's just really milquetoast and uninspired. It all hinges on the one decision you make near the end of the game but the build-up to that decision is extremely short and barely takes any time to put in any form of nuance. Why should I care about the safety of the White Legs if they're just psychopaths who randomly kill people? Hell, why should I even care about the Sorrows or the Dead Horses? I barely get introduced to them before I have to make a big decision on their behalf. To touch up on some other points before I get finish, the mountainous regions were annoying to navigate and the side-quests were pretty much all uninteresting. Otherwise, it was just... kind of okay.
As far as I'm concerned both DLCs I've played so far (Dead Money and this one) were both flawed but I generally got more fun playing them then pain so I think this rating is pretty fair. Despite giving both the same rating, I'm 100% sure in saying I slightly preferred Dead Money to this one, but the original game was still superior to both. Would recommend for those who enjoyed the original since its mostly more of the same, but it's not really worth it otherwise.