Finally, we lay eyes upon a suited man standing over a figure lying dead on the ground, bag on their head and hands tied up. Something bad is brewing with these guys, that’s for sure. We watch some peculiar (but still threatening) Roman soldier types as they orbit the strip, moving with military coordination.
We follow a masked soldier's expertly aimed bullet as it travels through a spike-clad bandit's skull. As we pull out from the inside of a lifeless casino, we see a rabble of drunken soldiers milling about the famous Vegas strip, followed by a squad of imposing, broad-shouldered robots and a couple of gamblers in shabby suits not a usual Friday night on the strip, at least in our world.Īs the cutscene continues, we pull out further into the outskirts of Vegas and beyond. One thing is clear from the opening seconds of the game’s introductory cutscene: war may never change but Las Vegas has. So, as we approach the 10th anniversary of Fallout: New Vegas’ release, let’s explore exactly what makes the game's opening hour such a masterpiece. The question is, does it deliver that? Oh boy, does it ever it delivers with a radioactive cherry on top. For a complex RPG like Fallout: New Vegas, however, set in a world of conflicting factions, political turmoil and moral ambiguity, a meaningful opening with a pitch perfect tone is nigh on essential. With Tetris, players want to clear lines and they only want to clear lines anything standing in their way is bound to go down like a staple-filled sponge cake. Nobody’s begging each new Tetris developer to frontload the latest title with an emotional, exposition-filled preamble or anything of that sort. Obviously, introductions aren’t important for all games. There’s an art to crafting the perfect videogame opening, and as games get more complex, perfecting that art only gets trickier. Articles // 19th Oct 2020 - 1 year ago // By Jamie Davies Fallout: New Vegas and the Perfect Opening Hour
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