New Vegas features a new faction reputation system which affects your standing with the various Mojave factions that are present in different towns in the wasteland and will influence the way they treat you. New Vegas features the same kind of open-world gameplay one would expect from a Fallout title and allows the player to explore the wasteland, complete sidequests and tackle the main quest at their leisure. Afterward, instead of the restrictive vault setting we saw in Fallout 3, New Vegas sets the player loose right off the bat with the freedom to roam wherever they may please.
New Vegas begins with the usual character creator which lets the player choose the gender and appearance of their courier as well as the initial stats and skill levels of their character. The courier awakens and begins a trek across the Mojave seeking answers and revenge and learning about their place in a war that spans the entire desert. Before the delivery can be completed, the courier is shot and left for dead in a shallow grave, classic Vegas-style. This time, instead of playing a vault-dweller, players take on the role of a Mojave courier tasked with delivering a special platinum chip. In 2010, Bethesda released the newest game in the series, Fallout: New Vegas. Fallout 3 was released in 2008 to near-universal acclaim and was gifted with a Game of the Year edition the following year.
