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Fallout New Vegas Box Shot

As we approach the end of October, we receive more and more games that need to be reviewed. Civilization 5, Sonic 4, Enslaved are already online and Medal of Honor will be released in a few days – meanwhile, we’re going to publish a few diaries.

Fallout New Vegas just came through the mail and it looks pretty awesome, if you ask me. I’ve been playing it for about 15 minutes and I’m impressed, cool graphics, no bugs and an interesting concept. It’s nice to see this type of FPS/RPG games gaining so much ground… To be honest, I didn’t expect STALKER, Mass Effect and now Fallout to receive such positive reviews, but, on the other hand, I’m not that big of a fan. Don’t get me wrong, I love FPSs, but combining them with RPGs is not something I can appreciate as much as other might.

Anyway, while playing Fallout, I couldn’t help but notice how much the graphics have been improved. Of course, they’re not “Crysis material” :) and, for now, they shouldn’t even think about going that far. All things considered, it’s great to see RPGs going from poor to awesome graphics. It was long overdue and the fans surely deserve it.

But enough about that, let’s get back on track. As I was saying, the MOH and Fallout New Vegas reviews will soon be online and be prepared for the… Vanquish review, of course. Hopefully, it will be online in a week or so. The schedule is still under debate, as newly arrived Lionheart: Kings Crusade must also be reviewed… As I was saying… so MANY games, so little time!

Next month, we’ll also post two overdue (unfortunately) reviews: one for Serious Sam Second Encounter HD – which recently went “live” on XBLA – and Lego Universe. We’ll start working hard on those reviews as soon as we’re finished with the ones we’re facing right now, “the big guns”.

In the end, a short clip I’ve made during my first 15 minutes of playing Fallout New Vegas. I’ve removed the gameplay part, as I’ll leave it to the in-depth review to reveal its beauty :P

Last week, the guys at Sega were kind enough to send us a copy of Alpha Protocol, they’re latest RPG release.

As you can imagine, the reviewing team was all over this as soon as it arrived and now a review is online. And for those who are just interested in the numbers: Alpha Protocol scored a 9 out of 10, so it’s definitely a game worth playing, especially if you’re into espionage and such…

So, here’s the review and if you’re interested in reading a step-by-step series of articles, detailing some of the less known facts about Alpha Protocol, feel free to have a look at Softpedia’s Alpha Protocol diaries

On the other hand, if you’ve never heard of this game, here’s a little incentive:

Either way… Enjoy!