where do i even begin.. i was NOT ready for this game, the story it forces you down upon is one that i can't even begin to explain. Max is a very interesting character, early on in the game we find out she has supernatural powers, that being that she can rewind time and bend reality to her will. the first time we get the chance to use this ability is when Nathan prescott pulls out a gun on Chloe, max's former best friend before she 'bailed' on her.. You get to rewind time and save her, before all of this transpired, Max had taken a photo of a butterfly, something that is crucial to the ending and overall story of this game. The photo opportunities you get in this game are a really cool addition, made me actually hunt for them instead of take them whenever i pass by them. i am shit at writing reviews and whilst im writing this it is 2 am, i will edit this review another time to add on to it, i really enjoyed my experience with life is strange.. never played a game so disturbing, beautiful and confusing all at the same time.

9.2/10.
(played on xbox series s)

"war never changes"

my first time playing this, and my first fallout game. i am so happy i decided to play this, by far my favorite game of all time. yes it has a lot of game breaking bugs that can fuck up your playthrough, your save files can get corrupted out of no where, your game will crash at least 4 times whilst playing, your companions will get stuck or become invisible whilst your fighting some deathclaws in quarry junction, the ncr will randomly deem you a terrorist and unleash their entire arsenal onto you, but fuck is this game a 10/10 masterpiece. a plot filled with twists and turns, from the main quest to the many side quests dotted around the map, and so many choices. the 4 main factions you have a choice to ally with are: the ncr, the main faction in the game, the top dogs of the mojave and practically outnumber everybody in the wasteland. the legion, a group of slavers, psychopaths who ravage, rpe and murder their way through the mojave wasteland, but are not like any other of the smaller clans/groups in new vegas, they somehow manage to push the ncr back into their own territory and gain control over the towns and outposts the ncr have control other, these are the bad guys and have arguably the worst ending you can get. mr house, a greedy, partially immortal sack of shit who wants to control the strip and hoover dam, all the while he taxes the citizens of new vegas and uses his army of securitrons to enforce law and order inside of the strip. his tyranny would cost the future of new vegas and force the people of outer vegas to leave and make refuge somewhere in the wasteland, he also doesn't care about anybody or anything unless it revolves around his master plan, if the courier didn't have the platinum chip, mr house would of never ordered victor to save him and lead him to the strip. he's the guy you go to if you hate the ncr and the legion, and the final one, yes-man. the cheerful securitron owned by benny and programmed by one of the followers, he is the choice you go with if you hate all of the above and want to rule new vegas for yourself. by far my favorite character in the game, not complex or much backstory behind him, he's just a overly happy robot who lets you control vegas to your hearts content. there is nothing to hate about him, he's the most comfortable choice you can side with by a country mile. all 4 of those choices are for the main quest which is crazy, but with each of the factions comes the side quests and encounters you can have. like if you work with the ncr too much the you won't be able to work with the legion and vice versa, if you kill mr house and work with yes man the legion AND the ncr won't accept you, which leads to difficult choices at times. if your wanting to not bother with side stuff all that much, go with yes man, on the other hand if you want to do side quests i would say go with the ncr, baring in mind they control more territory and have more people with them, your companions won't ditch you if you work with the ncr either so that's a bonus. whether that's helping corporal betsy at camp mccarran with her scars, which she got by getting rped by cook-cook, one of the fiends leaders, or clearing out legion soldiers at nelson. the ncr gives the most quests but definitely not the most freedom, you do 2 or 3 jobs for yes-man or mr house, they won't accept your services anymore or will outright deem you a terrorist and attack you on site. yes-man gives the most freedom because he doesn't mind which side you pick, the legion or ncr. this review is getting quite long so if you want a really good retrospective/review on new vegas i would go watch SuperRAD's complete retrospective on it, it's 7 hours long but a great watch.
10/10.

a true masterpiece of the highest order.
where do i even start, this majestic piece of fiction changed my life in every aspect. it changed the way i looked at revenge, redemption, the ability to forgive and forget and actually changed ME. i will go off the beaten track and say this game isn’t “perfect”, no game is ever “perfect” per say, but it is to me. i cannot emphasise enough how long i have spent just picking flowers, riding my horse around, walking around the beautiful meadows of west-elizabeth and the swamps of lemoyne and even following the npcs of valentine around to see what they do next. red dead redemption 2 is packed to the brim full of content, features and things to do/ places to visit. the characters in this game are incredibly fleshed out, dutch van der linde becoming the reluctant, fierce leader to the stone-cold killer betraying his fellow gang members and arthur being the stone-cold killer to becoming a man who actually cares for others. the details on the guns, the horses, the clothes and even the mud are something people did not expect back when video games were first popular. the online mode was a failure and it’s very sad, haven’t played in years so won’t go into that. also fun fact in rdr2 horses nutsacks shrink in cold weather☺️ 11/10.