Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition PS3

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Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition is the innovatively produced first person action role playing game brought to you by Bethesda. The Ultimate Edition contains the four expansion packs: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road, as well the additional DLC packs: Gun Runner's Arsenal and Courier's Stash.

Dead Money

• Your character is taken prisoner by a mentally unstable ex-leader of a faction known as the Brotherhood of Steel, comprised of the last remaining members of the U.S. Military. This ex-leader, who calls himself Father Elijah, tasks you and three other prisoners to find the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. Should you complete this expansion mission, you will gain achievements/trophies, perks, terrain, improve your level cap, and more.

Honest Hearts

• Your character is travelling as part of an excursion to the Zion National Park in Utah, when you are ambushed by tribal raiders. In your attempt to return to the Mojave Wasteland, you are caught up in already existing conflict between the tribes and the Burned Man. This individual is a New Canaanite missionary who was betrayed by the faction called Caesar's Legion. He is Caesar's former Legate, whom Caesar attempted to have burned alive after he lost the first battle for the Hoover Dam. Should you complete this expansion mission, you will gain achievements/trophies, perks, terrain, improve your level cap, and more.

Old World Blues

• Your character has accidentally become a lab rat in a science experiment; the same that has brought some of Mojave's mutations in to existence. Stranded in the research facilities of Big Mountain (Big Empty, Big MT), you can either choose to fight against those that are holding you hostage, or join forces with them to take on an even bigger threat. Should you complete this expansion mission, you will gain achievements/trophies, perks, terrain, improve your level cap, and more.

Lonesome Road

• Your character is contacted by an individual named Ulysses, a former member of the faction Caesar's Legion, and the original courier who was tasked to deliver the platinum poker chip. Lonesome Road will conclude the story of the courier, your own, and the game's main character. Should you complete this expansion mission, you will gain achievements/trophies, perks, terrain, improve your level cap, and more.

Alongside these four expansion packs, there are also two additional content packs:
Gun Runner's Arsenal provides a wide variety of brand spanking new weapons and artillery, as well as various modifications and ammunition types to go with them. These can all be found within the world of New Vegas. Courier's Stash gives you all of the bonus content that before now, was only available when you pre-ordered the game. This includes the Caravan Pack, the Classic Pack, the Mercenary Pack, as well as the Tribal Pack.

The storyline of the game centres in the post-apocalyptic Mojave Wasteland in Las Vegas, Nevada in the year 2281, four years after the events of Fallout 3. The campaign places you as a courier for the delivery service Mojave Express, assigned to deliver a platinum poker chip to New Vegas. Unbeknownst to you, this one simple task will place you in the middle of gang warfare, with three factions battling to gain control of the Hoover Dam and the entirety of New Vegas. Choose a side, choose confrontation, or choose to try and control New Vegas yourself; this game specialises in the affects that your choices make within the game, each decision shaping the overall outcome in one way or another.

Enjoy a new, wide, and varied range of weaponry and artillery. Another system has been introduced to allow you to modify your weapons to make them and your attacks more advanced and dangerous, with options such as mounted telescopic sights and increased magazine size available. You also now possess the ability to craft your own ammunition, completely tailoring your weapons to suit your favourite style of slaughter.

Alongside the campaign, there are also side missions and mini games to take part in. When your character enters a casino, you will be given the option to play a variety of typical casino games including blackjack, slots, and roulette. There is also a Fallout exclusive card game called Caravan, which can be played outside of the casino; all of these contribute to the never ending enjoyment you can find throughout the game.

Whether a new or old player of Fallout, this Ultimate Edition of Fallout New Vegas brings you the widely and critically acclaimed game, jam packed with bonus content that you definitely don't want to miss out on. This game can most certainly guarantee hours of adrenalin fuelled enjoyment, and will keep you on the edge of your seat with the vast amount of action it has to offer. (Cat Emerson)