Just, in a more theoretical sense-not necessarily the kind that lurches around snacking on people. “He’s one of the living dead,” Schweighöfer says. Bizarre run-ins with grandmas wielding rolling pins are really just the tip of the iceberg, so let's jump right into it.As it stands now, Dieter is trapped within the scientific concept of Schrödinger’s Cat: Until we look into the box to see if he is alive or deceased, he exists in both states at once. Through this list, you'll not only realize that New Vegas has some of the best side quests in any Fallout game, but also some of the strangest. These include side quests, unmarked objectives, and even some main storylines that are only available if you complete certain criteria or team up with specific sides throughout the game. In the meantime, a list like this gives me a great excuse to revisit one of the series' best entries so that we can talk about the best and most secretive quests that New Vegas has to offer.
Hopefully, this November, when we finally get to explore Vault 76 and the world of a post-apocalyptic West Virginia, we'll see that bar pushed again because let's face it, Fallout 4 might've been good but it was seriously lacking in ambition. Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind the game, set a new bar for Fallout games and Bethesda-styled RPGs in general. But the Black Friday price was just too good for me not to give it a chance, and boy oh boy was I so glad that I did.Īlthough Fallout 3 was my introduction into the highly praised series, New Vegas just felt like a game that pushed the franchise to the next level the dialogue was smarter, the quests felt more dynamic, and the tunes jingled and jangled. When I first saw Fallout: New Vegas on the shelves of my local GameStop back in 2010, I made the assumption that it was an insignificant detour from the main lineage of games.