What makes New Vegas so special?

Fallout: New Vegas is special for its deep RPG mechanics, player freedom, and rich storytelling, offering complex faction choices and consequences, robust skill-based dialogue, memorable characters, and high-quality DLC, setting it apart from other Fallout titles by prioritizing player agency and meaningful role-playing over simpler action gameplay.
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What makes Fallout: New Vegas so great?

Different factions that held varied beliefs with moral grey. More fun unique dialogue choices. The expanded factions and reputation features. In addition, many old mechanics from previous games reworked into a first/third person RPG. That's why people like New Vegas more.
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What's the most successful Fallout game?

Fallout 4 is the most commercially successful single player game in the Fallout series - that's not a debate. It's highly likely that it's made more money than 76 as well but it's hard to compare because of the microtransactions in 76.
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How many hours to 100% FNV?

To 100% Fallout: New Vegas, expect around 130-150+ hours, as a true completionist needs multiple playthroughs for all faction endings, but the base game's "Main + Extras" takes about 70-80 hours, with DLC adding significantly more time to see everything and max out skills/achievements, making it impossible to get everything in one single run due to quest conflicts. 
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Can you sleep with Red Lucy in New Vegas?

You can sleep with Red Lucy after the quest, Bleed Me Dry.
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Will Veronica hate you if you destroy the Brotherhood?

Telling her about destroying the Brotherhood will cause her to express shock and lead her to say, "Well in that case: This is for them," and attack. Becoming Vilified with the Brotherhood of Steel causes Veronica to quit as a companion.
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Can you find Boone's wife?

Boone's wife, Carla Boone, was sold into slavery by Jeannie May Crawford to Caesar's Legion, and Craig Boone, unable to rescue her from auction, performed a mercy killing with a sniper shot to spare her from Legion horrors, a tragic story players uncover in the "One for My Baby" quest in Fallout: New Vegas. You don't find her alive, but by helping Boone with the quest, you learn the truth and can get his unique beret.
 
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Why isn't Area 51 in New Vegas?

Area 51 was never planned for inclusion in Fallout: New Vegas from the start. When asked why, Joshua Sawyer stated that the land between New Vegas and Area 51 was not close nor interesting enough for inclusion.
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How many endings does NV have?

Fallout: New Vegas has four main endings based on who controls the Mojave (NCR, Caesar's Legion, Mr. House, or Independent), but these branch into hundreds of thousands (or even trillions) of unique variations due to your actions, karma, and interactions with minor factions and settlements, creating distinct ending slides for nearly every playthrough.
 
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Is Fallout 5 ever coming out?

Yes, Fallout 5 is officially coming, confirmed by Bethesda's Todd Howard, but it's a long way off, slated to be the next major RPG after The Elder Scrolls VI, meaning a release is likely no earlier than the late 2020s or even 2030-2035, as development on TES VI is still ongoing. Bethesda is working on it, but the studio is prioritizing Elder Scrolls VI, with potential for the Fallout TV show's success to influence future game ideas. 
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Which Fallout game has the darkest story?

Honestly though all of them somewhat have a dark setting but which one is even dramatic and dark ? The darkest for me was FO3, the setting is so desolate and depressing. I personally thought that NV felt a little more joyful, because there's more civilizations, better factions, and less overall depression.
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What is the #1 most sold game?

The number one selling game of all time depends on the criteria, but Minecraft is generally considered the best-selling individual video game with over 350 million copies sold, while Tetris often tops lists when all its platform versions (especially mobile) are combined, reaching over 520 million sales, and the Mario franchise leads all video game franchises. For current sales (2025), titles like Battlefield 6 and NBA 2K26 lead by revenue, though these lists often exclude some digital sales. 
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Is Fallout 4 LGBTQ?

With the release of Wastelanders in 2020, living humans started to return to Appalachia, allowing players to meet and interact with living LGBT people. As with Fallout 4, they are primarily bisexual and include Johnny Weston, a gentleman Crater operative, and two romanceable C.A.M.P.
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Why did America get nuked in Fallout?

“The reason [the United States] got nuked is [that] bio weapons were illegal, and somehow China found out we were doing FEV [the Forced Evolutionary Virus, which is responsible for many of the series' mutations]. And they're like, 'You have to stop it! ' and we went 'OK,' and all we did is move it.
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What is considered the best RPG of all time?

Top 5 RPGs of all time
  • Dragon age origins (awakening one of the best dlcs out there)
  • Baldurs gate 3.
  • Elden ring.
  • KOTOR 2.
  • fire emblem - three houses likely but I do love most of them (persona 5 could also go here)
  • the elder scrolls morrowind (love all the franchise but this one has a special place)
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Why can't you play New Vegas after ending?

Fallout: New Vegas has a definite ending. Once you've completed the main quest, you will receive the end credits. From that point, you'll only be able to start a new game.
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Is it possible to max every skill in New Vegas?

With two or more DLCs installed, 10 Intelligence, the Educated perk, and having consumed roughly 20 skill books, it is entirely possible to max out skill points by level 40. With all four DLCs (max level 50) it is possible to max out all skills even with low intelligence.
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How many DLCs does NV have?

Fallout: New Vegas has four major story DLCs: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, which add significant new areas and quests, plus two item-focused packs, Courier's Stash (pre-order bonuses) and Gun Runners' Arsenal, for a total of six official add-ons, all available in the Ultimate Edition.
 
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Is CX404 dogmeat from Fallout 4?

Yes, CX404 from the Fallout TV show is the series' version of the iconic companion Dogmeat, a nod to the beloved German Shepherd in Fallout 4 and other games, but CX404 is a distinct Belgian Malinois with her own Enclave origin story, connecting the show's narrative to the games.
 
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Did Shady Sands get nuked?

According to Fallout: New Vegas, a game set in 2281, 15 years before Prime Video's Fallout series, Shady Sands was a strong and operative city during the game's events. But the Fallout series reveals that Shady Sands was actually destroyed by a nuclear bomb dropped by Vault-Tec's Hank MacLean in 2277.
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What is Big MT based on?

Big MT and what's shown of the surrounding area in the add-on intro resembles the real-world locations of Dome Mountain and National Criticality Experiments Research Center, closest to Area 30 and Area 6 of the Nevada National Security Site near Death Valley in Nye County, Nevada.
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Who actually sold Boone's wife?

In the video game Fallout: New Vegas, Jeannie May Crawford, the proprietor of the Dino Dee-Lite Motel in Novac, sold Craig Boone's pregnant wife, Carla, into slavery to Caesar's Legion for bottle caps. The player discovers this by finding a "Bill of Sale" in a safe in her motel office as part of the quest "One for My Baby". 
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Why does Boone hate the Legion?

Fighting the Legion is one of the few goals he continues to hold onto that keeps him going. His hated enemy's fondness for kidnapping and enslaving has also ingrained a general hatred of slavery of all stripes.
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Can you save Christine in Dead Money?

Yes, you can save Christine in Fallout: New Vegas's Dead Money DLC, but it requires specific, kind actions and avoiding betrayal, especially during the "Mixed Signals" quest where you help her bypass a traumatic room, and the "Last Luxuries" quest where you must avoid triggering a fight at the elevator by being honest about Elijah and her fate, allowing her to live and potentially join you or at least survive the Sierra Madre. 
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