I said in the previous preview that New Vegas bore all of the hallmarks of its predecessor. It looks the same at first glance, it feels the same, slipping back into VATS like a comfortable jumper and navigating the Pip-Boy with ease. But, as I minced around yesterday morning, swatting bloatflies out of the sky and shooting holes in geckos, a number of the games new features began to shine through. Obsidian have once again taken on the mantle of another’s game – in spite of Feargus Urquhart and co.’s return to the franchise that they birthed, it comes back to them much changed by Bethesda – but, and it becomes more apparent as you play, there are new things afoot here.
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