Joshua Graham
Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing video game that was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, is set in the Mojave Desert of North America 204 years after a devastating nuclear war. The player controls a courier who wakes up after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant. While tracking the assailant, the courier becomes embroiled in a larger conflict between different governing factions that are vying for control of the region. Fallout: New Vegas features a freely explorable open world. Much of the gameplay revolves around combat, and the player can use a variety of weapons, such as melee weapons, conventional guns, and directed-energy weapons. There is an optional difficulty level called Hardcore Mode that adds survival mechanics, such as the need to regularly eat, drink, and sleep.