Fallout: New Vegas Game of the Year Ed

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 18 April, 2011

Amazon spills beans.

The inevitable Game of the Year version of Bethesda role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas has been revealed.

Online shop Amazon lists the game for PC (spotted by VG247).

It's available to pre-order for £20.62.

While the page does not divulge details, it can be assumed that the Game of the Year Edition includes all New Vegas game updates, patches and downloadable add-ons.

That means the inclusion of the already released Dead Money, an add-on rumoured to be called Honest Hearts and one other add-on, for a total of three.

The Obsidian Entertainment developed New Vegas launched last year to rave reviews and big sales.

Eurogamer's Fallout: New Vegas review returned from The Strip with a 9/10.

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  • ubergine #1 1 year ago

    Bullshit!

  • ruddiger7 #2 1 year ago

    Doesnt seem like you get a whole lot

  • StolenGlory #3 1 year ago

    Yeah um, if they are going for the five-DLC pack thing that happened with Fallout 3, wouldn't this be a little... early?

  • smithdown #4 1 year ago

    Hopefully they will have fixed some of the near legendary bugs, such as people's heads revolving at high speed, eyes floating disembodied 6 inches in front of faces etc. I've been hanging on from buying New Vegas until they solved these issues.

    EDIT: Amazon have GOTY listed for £32.49 on 360. The normal edition is only £11.66 at the moment (only 9 left!). I guess if there are 3-4 DLC packs at around £6 each (is that going price for DLC??) you are just about better off waiting for the GOTY edition.

    With Portal 2 out this week and a backlog of awesome games still to wade through, I'll hang on I reckon.

    I can't help feel that this isn't a very friendly selling model that we have at the moment. Fans of franchises buy the latest version of Game X at full retail on day 1 and buy all the DLC at full whack, then proceed to get dicked left right and centre by the introduction of GOTY editions which more casual fans pick up at a fraction of the price. It doesn't exactly inspire brand loyalty. But I'm damned if I can think of a way around it....
    Edited by smithdown at 18/04/11 @ 14:46

  • RageBoy #5 1 year ago

    And this is why I haven't bought New Vegas yet. Saved around £20 buying Fallout 3 GOTY.

    As long as DLC works out cheaper on the disc, that's how I'll buy games with significant DLC content.
    Edited by RageBoy at 18/04/11 @ 12:28

  • geeza2020 #6 1 year ago

    Well I recently picked this up on the 360, and really enjoyed it. The bugs that apparently plague the game only ever hit me once, and that was when I was trying to launch myself over some rocks to take a shortcut to a location, and I got stuck in said rocks. That cost me about an hours play time, which was annoying, but also, kinda my fault for trying to take a route which I clearly shouldnt have. All these other bugs (spinning heads, floating eyes) I never experienced. In fact I had many more problems playing Fallout 3 (broken quests + NPC's) than New Vegas. I think Obsidian are getting a bad rap around this.

  • Torkin #7 1 year ago

    I've been playing New Vegas for 20 hours and didn't find any bugs, guess I'm lucky. The only bug I got was when I was fighting the nightkin in Novac, using V.A.T.S., I launched my attack, the camera changed to a first plane of the nightkin and froze, while the creature was repeteadly punching me, then a minute later the game reacted again and my attack hitted him.
    Edited by Torkin at 18/04/11 @ 12:38

  • Augmentation #8 1 year ago

    The general consensus on The Vault (a large Fallout wiki) is that there will be three more DLC packs: Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road. So that'd be four known and I wouldn't be surprised if there was another DLC reveal hidden in the later packs (the names of the other DLCs have so far been identified by wall paintings and the like, in-game).

  • Whitster #9 1 year ago

    I have to concur with the other comments, I only had one freeze in the 35 hours I was playing and non of the other bugs.

  • PixelPirate #10 1 year ago

    does this version have all the bugs fixed?

    thought not, pointless cash in yet again.

  • Moribundman #11 1 year ago

    @Augmentation I am 100% with you there. As the Vault pointed out, it looks like there'll be a new snowglobe for each DLC and there's space for another 4 (in addition to Dead Money) on the additional shelf in the Presidential Suite at the Lucky 38.

    They're releasing a new patch this week prior to the 2nd DLC, they've all but confirmed that the leaked Youtube trailer for Honest Hearts is real and that'll be out in the next 2 weeks, and the image on Twitter put up by Chis Avelone or JE Sawyer or whoever it was suggests that Old World Blues (set in the Big Empty) is going to follow surprisingly close behind... I'm guessing Honest Hearts on the 26th April and Old World Blues on 24th May.

    Based on the way they did FO3 DLC they have 2 teams working on this, one per DLC so another two releases in consecutive months seems plausible and depending on the gap between the 3rd and 4th DLC would take us to the end of the year of release, give them time to fix everything and release an honest to goodness havily sold GOTY with a couple of months to spare before Skyrim.

  • Moribundman #12 1 year ago

    I would add that if they're taking pre-orders @ £20 for the GOTY then thats worth it and they'll have to honour the pre-order price.

    As for bugs, almost all of the major ones were totally eliminated by the first big patch, but if you loaded a save game that had already triggered a game breaker, more often than not that won't be fixed. I think the reason so many people are still complaining of game breaking bugs is that they (understandably) won't let go of a save they've invested tens of hours in, but if they replayed from scratch they'd find most of the bad bugs are now gone (broken quest recruiting entertainers for Tops and missing Veronica stayed in my old save post-patch, although the "missing DLC" bug was cleared. Second playthrough, no bugs at all aside from Loyal disappearing after completing the Boomers plot thread. Thats apparently one of the fixes in the new version).

    In short - if your existing save is broken, you could wait for this patch to fix it or you could start a new playthrough where the bug (probably) won't crop up and you'll find the game is much more stable than people give it credit for *when starting a NEW game*.

  • Monkey_Puncher #13 1 year ago

    Game of the year?

    LOLZ!

  • StolenGlory #14 1 year ago

    "thought not, pointless cash in yet again."

    Thought not? How the fuck do you know either way?

    Last time I checked I had two balls and neither of them are crystal; yours will be the same.

  • Mnia786 #15 1 year ago

    Quite inevitable but I hope like Oblivion and Fallout 3, it has the DLCs in.
    I bought both Fallout 3 and Oblivion GoTY - make a nice saving, get a bucket load of more content and because most of the bugs have been ironed out, its very enjoyable. Obvs the trade-off is you play it a yr late but better sooner than never!

    People always said Fallout 3 was glitchy but its only ever crashed on me once (mind it shouldn't at all tbh) but this and Skyrim is what I'm waiting for!

  • nuanimal #16 1 year ago


    I do wonder if there is a long-term psychological impact with DLC & GOTY editions.

    I've noticed that I've stopped buying games new, where I know the franchise will inevitably put out GOTYs - which generally works out cheaper than buying the game initially and then DLC. I was pissed when I bought Boderlands, and some of the DLC, only to find out in a few months time there was going to be a GOTY Ed.

    I guess there's more of an incentive to buy games like Battlefield and Ghost Recon sooner rather than later, where online multiplayer is a large part to enjoy. But looking at the GOTYs for Dragon Age, Forza 2, LittleBigPlanet, Resi5, GTA4... I can see I'd be happy to wait for the GOTYs - I don't feel I'm not going to miss much by waiting.

    I do wonder if in the long run devs & pubs might canabilise their first line sales? As I know that I'll wait for the Mass Effect 3 GOTY Ed before I play it.

    Edit: @StolenGlory #20

    Hey there good point, I agree there are games that people will just want so badly they will get them - I will still be getting Battelfield 3 on day one, even though I'm sure there'll be a GOTY as with the previous versions. The point I just wanted to make was that DLC & GOTY have changed my buying habits for certain games - usually RPGs, or game with a single-player emphasis.




    Edited by nuanimal at 18/04/11 @ 13:51

  • Moribundman #17 1 year ago

    @Mnia786 *In it's current form* I would say New Vegas was no more (or less) bugged than FO3 currently is.

    I just went back and 100% them both for achievements. Yes I am an achievement whore ;-)

  • StolenGlory #18 1 year ago

    @nuanimal

    I can see what you're getting at, but surely the type of preference for buying games which you KNOW will have an all-encompassing GOTY edition, is that like being the first and early adopter of new hardware; you simply don't want to wait to experience the game.

    And if the game is good enough, surely that would be the case?

  • Rack #19 1 year ago

    Hmm, I'll probably wait a while for more bugs to be fixed, more mods to be made, the GoTY package to drop a bit more in price and see if they're going to release some more DLC after the GoTY and do a Fallout: New Vegas Complete edition.

  • StolenGlory #20 1 year ago

    @Moribundman

    Good lord! Time isn't a very valuable commodity to you is it?

  • BonzoBanana #21 1 year ago

    I didn't enjoy New Vegas as much as Fallout 3 but still enjoyed it just not to the same level. I sort of lost interest in it. I actually went back to Fallout 3 and played that for more hours than New Vegas. The Fallout 3 map and content seems much larger and varied than New Vegas which makes Fallout 3 a much more believable virtual world. Fallout 3 is just an incredible game with a much better story and more interesting map I think.

    I'll never forget the experience of coming out of the vault for the first time and seeing the bleak post war landscape of Fallout 3. They could have done more with New Vegas I think.

  • Crea #22 1 year ago

    I hadn't experienced any bugs in the game, until about 30 hours in I suddenly hit a rich vein of them. Annoying ones too, including a couple of serious quest bugs that prevented me from completing quests in the way I liked, as well as freezes.

    Still an ace game though, worth getting if the odd bug doesn't drive you mental.

  • Moribundman #23 1 year ago

    @nuanimal If you buy a game like Fallout new, and play it to completion, you can take it to CeX/Game/HMV and get a decent price back in cash while leaving all save games in tact. You can happily ignore DLC until the GOTY and then buy that for a good price and pick up where you left off with a pre endgame save with the same character and a HUGE chunk of extra game.

    You can also rent these sort of games for a few weeks from LoveFilm or somewhere, and only actually pay for the game at GOTY stage.

  • arcam #24 1 year ago

    Monkey_Puncher has a point.

    Was this game of the year? If not, how can you have a Game of the Year edition?

  • BeersOfWar #25 1 year ago

    I've never been happier to finish a game as much as this.

    Such a massive fucking chore of a game.

    Admittedly, I probably burnt myself out too early with side quests.

    I didn't get this feeling with FO3. Can't really put my finger on it.

    Exploding sniper head shots shouldn't get old, but they did :(

  • ubergine #26 1 year ago

    Heaps of negs for my comment, but this story is still bullshit! A GOTY edition when only one DLC is out and none others are officially announced or detailed at all? Amazon are tugging you off.

  • metalangel #27 1 year ago

    After 150+ hours of Fallout 3, I arrived in New Vegas excited but unexpectedly discovered I was a bit burnt out. Frustrated by knowing there was much better equipment, what a higher levelled character could do, not really interested in grinding through deliberately easy quests just to work back to the good stuff.

    Thing is, rolling a new character is often great fun, trying out some new stuff and doing things differently. But in New Vegas I just can't be bothered.

    I also didn't care for the way the developers tried to make you take the long way around to get to the titular city, not least of all when it's constantly glowing on the horizon at night. So after the first town I pretty much ignored the warnings, avoided the dangers and ran straight to Vegas, quested around until I was outside, and finally got in. Turns out you REALLY aren't meant to do it that way, as I'd skipped a significant chunk of the story. Wandered around, got banned from all the casinos, nothing else to do, bored, turned game off.

  • DefendoCroc #28 1 year ago

    I had played 60+ hours before i even got to Vegas, im now at 75 hours and still have tons of stuff to do outside vegas let alone get on with the main story line. Its a very cool game and so far the only bug thats effected me (and still does) is that when i try to use a Stimpac on my follower (Boone) when he has been poisened it instantly kills him lol.

  • MaxHughes #29 1 year ago

    Gameoftheyearlol

  • Daikon #30 1 year ago

    I loved New Vegas to bits, but did any website publication actually name it its "Game of the Year"?

    Anyone who hasn't played this, don't let anyone whining about bugs put you off.
    Better than Fallout 3 IMO.

  • dangercopperfield #31 1 year ago

    Fallout New Vegas got 9/10 on EG, a broken game got one point less than being considered a masterpiece while Red Dead Redemption got 8/10.....hmmm.

  • deano2099 #32 1 year ago

    @nuanimal

    It's pretty much zero-loss though isn't it? You sell some people the full price game, then the DLC in extra bits and pieces, then you sell some people the GOTY edition at full price.

    You're still making more money than if you didn't have any DLC at all. Plus you get to keep the price of the main box game at full price a year after release, and get an extra marketing boost and more visibility on shop shelves.

  • OlMaster #33 1 year ago

    I can't honestly remember New Vegas getting any GOTY awards, but that said it was definitely my personal GOTY.

    I just felt it improved on Fallout 3 in every way. Moral choices weren't 'be amazingly good with no repercussions!' or 'you're an evil dick for no reason!', side quests had ramifications far beyond the immediate future and some arbitrary karma, the end game scenarios (of which there were many) were far more morally ambiguous and the writing was just miles ahead of anything Bethesda could achieve.

    Loved it.

  • Smoped #34 1 year ago

    I thought I was smart and waited for the big patch before buying New Vegas but the bugs still completely ruined the experience and I'm still waiting for another big patch, which will probably never come. Other than being nigh-unplayable it was a pretty great game.

  • karooo #35 1 year ago

    Game of the year? WTF.

    Which site gave that.

  • Smoped #36 1 year ago

    @dangercopperfield: Red Dead Redemption was pretty broken too, gameplaywise.

  • RodHull #37 1 year ago

    I bought and played the Fallout 3 GOTY edition and whilst I enjoyed the main game and DLC missions immensely, I prefer to be drip fed missions after buying a game at launch. So rather than playing a single game for a huge chunk of time, I can complete the full game, play something else and then a few months later go back to the game for the DLC missions. I tend to view DLC that is released within a month of the original game's release rather unfavourably as it does strike of exploiting us gamers (the Dead Space 2 DLC being released less than a month into the game's life springs to mind).

  • SomaticSense #38 1 year ago

    Hmm, quite a lot of "I had no bugs, therefore you are all liars!" negging bollocks going on here. Anyone who dares mention the problems the game had gets negged to oblivion.

    Quick, call the secret police!

  • andy10 #39 1 year ago

    Damn. I just picked up the vanilla edition for £13. That'll teach me.

  • PixelPirate #40 1 year ago

    Thought not? How the fuck do you know either way?

    Last time I checked I had two balls and neither of them are crystal; yours will be the same.

    Based on the fact this is Bethesda, and the last time I checked they hadn't stopped chucking out buggy crap, that wasn't in a fit state to be released to begin with.


    Edited by PixelPirate at 18/04/11 @ 15:45

  • Lord_Gremlin #41 1 year ago

    Gosh, they're shameless. This shit is riddled with bugs.

  • Lord_Gremlin #42 1 year ago

    Gosh, they're shameless. This shit is riddled with bugs.

  • Feanor #43 1 year ago

    Not even that well known website GameBanshee gave Fallout New Vegas Game of the Year.

    http://www.gamebanshee.com/editorials/10...

  • Zaiz #44 1 year ago

    Well, to be -completely- honest, this game was buggy, but it was on par for open world games. Including RDR. RDR's bugs were just funnier.

    As an RPG, NV was the best game of last year, and the infrequent bugs really shouldn't ruin your day.

  • peppergomez #45 1 year ago

    meh

  • ubergine #46 1 year ago

    Walked out of the Helois One building just tonight and Old Lady Gibson, her dogs and a pack of mole rats fell out of the sky on my head, doing some damage, before they fought each other to the death. Mole rats lost.