2 stars.
Boring, filled with glitches, barley working and essentially a modded version of a 2 year old game. 
 
That's what I expect it to be, anyway.  But who am I kidding, it'll still get 10/10 from most reviewers who are willing to overlook bad plots and blatent game breaking glitches and bugs because it happens to be a popular game.

3/5 on Giant Bomb
 
79 on Metacritic.

" @trophyhunter said:

" @forestofdeath said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Giantbomb will give it a 4, I think it will be for me personally a 6/5. Yeah, a fucking 6 out of 5. "

could you explain your enthusiasm to me? keep in mind, i spent well over a hundred hours with fallout 3--loved every second of it. however: this just seems like a retreading of old material. "

Well it's not retreading of old material, because your not in DC anymore. "

well, i guess that's fair. but from what i've seen of previews, nuked DC looks hella similar to nuked las vegas.  the only thing that would possibly draw me towards buying this game would be quests that felt as exciting and original as fallout 3's offerings. "

" @trophyhunter said:

" @forestofdeath said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Giantbomb will give it a 4, I think it will be for me personally a 6/5. Yeah, a fucking 6 out of 5. "

could you explain your enthusiasm to me? keep in mind, i spent well over a hundred hours with fallout 3--loved every second of it. however: this just seems like a retreading of old material. "

Well it's not retreading of old material, because your not in DC anymore. "

well, i guess that's fair. but from what i've seen of previews, nuked DC looks hella similar to nuked las vegas.  the only thing that would possibly draw me towards buying this game would be quests that felt as exciting and original as fallout 3's offerings. "

3 stars.

Condom filled with rock, out of six ducks and a gopher masked man.

3 stars

" Condom filled with rock, out of six ducks and a gopher masked man. "

Vapid thread.

" @MooseyMcMan: I assume it's probably possible for them to do so (Screened has done it), but, you're right, I've never seen them do that even with the worst games.   "

" @shivermetimbers:  That...is pretty damn extreme. "

10 STARS!

Hmmm, Jeff gave Fallout 3 four stars.
 
 If he reviews this one I bet it's 3 stars.

" @InfamousBIG said:

" @shivermetimbers:  That...is pretty damn extreme. "

Maybe, but if Kerby's Epic Yarn can get 5 stars (I'm sure you couldn't have predicted that), anything is possible. 4 stars would seem obvious due to the material. However, I'm willing to believe that the game will have improved combat, RPG elements, and story to justify 5 stars.  "

" @pornstorestiffi said:

" Condom filled with rock, out of six ducks and a gopher masked man. "

I like you. "

F-f-f-f-four stars.

" @InfamousBIG said:

" @pornstorestiffi said:

" Condom filled with rock, out of six ducks and a gopher masked man. "

I like you. "

You just got your self a follower young man. "

" 3 stars "

1 Gabriel Anwar.

3-4 stars, but I'm hoping for 5. In the sense that I hope I'll love it, I don't really care what score it gets as long as I like it.

" @Blair said:

" @OtakuGamer said:

" 4 stars I really hope they change the rating system somepoint. "

That would be incredibly stupid. "

Why? You tell me a reason why having a 10 point system would be incredibly stupid.    "

Probably three stars. The Giant Bomb guys don't seem to really appreciate Elder Scrolls style RPGs. This was painfully apparent on that one Bombcast where they were spewing all sorts of nonsense, saying that it was a good thing that Obsidian was giving this game a definite ending.

" Probably three stars. The Giant Bomb guys don't seem to really appreciate Elder Scrolls style RPGs. This was painfully apparent on that one Bombcast where they were spewing all sorts of nonsense, saying that it was a good thing that Obsidian was giving this game a definite ending. "

I predict 4 stars unless: 
 
It has a ton of bugs, in which case 3. I know some people say that's what Fallout 3 had but my personal experiences with it were great so I doubt this will happen.
 
or 
 
It somehow has an amazing story, in which case 5. I also doubt this, though not being tied to being from the vault gives Obsidian some interesting options.

3 from Jeff, 4 from Ryan, GOTY from Vinny.

" Probably three stars. The Giant Bomb guys don't seem to really appreciate Elder Scrolls style RPGs. This was painfully apparent on that one Bombcast where they were spewing all sorts of nonsense, saying that it was a good thing that Obsidian was giving this game a definite ending. "

4/5. Marks down for old engine and no continue option after the last mission. 

6.8

" @MooseyMcMan: I assume it's probably possible for them to do so (Screened has done it), but, you're right, I've never seen them do that even with the worst games.   "

3 stars because there will probably be at least 1 or 2 glitches that could be game breakers unless Obsidian did something crazy like optimized the fallout 3 engine then I'd say 4 stars.  If it's too similar to fallout 3 to the point that it's lacking originality then I could see Jeff giving it 3 stars for that reason.  I seriously doubt that it will get 5 stars or 1 star.
 
Still, what made a some of Obsidian games and Bethesda games great were the weird glitches and bugs that would sometimes happen that sometimes made the game better like flying horses or people exploding for no discernible reason.

I would give it 5 stars and so would Jeff because the game is now absolutely perfected and even refined!

I'm guessing either 4 or 5.  Obsidian looks like they're going completely crazy with this one, and they're building on an engine that, while it is a couple of years old, has had many, many issues ironed out. 
 
Plus, it has many of the folks from the original working on it, so they are going to get the story and atmosphere as perfect as it can be.

2 stars

C+, two thumbs up, and a gold star.

depends. 4, or 5 if they ignore the fact that a lot of the basic graphics are the same and, from what i've seen, it's basically more of the same with a few gameplay revisions. Hopefully the shooting has improved a lot, I think ADS will make it a lot better.

Final Review:  THSUPADOPE!

I hope for a 5 obviously. But I can see it being a 3. When do the reviews for this go up?

Gamerankings scores after a week:
 
PS3: 80.23
PC: 79.82
360: 79.47

" @Hailinel said:

" @OtakuGamer said:

" @Blair said:

" @OtakuGamer said:

" 4 stars I really hope they change the rating system somepoint. "

That would be incredibly stupid. "

Why? You tell me a reason why having a 10 point system would be incredibly stupid.    "

What purpose would a ten-point rating serve?  The ten point rating systems commonly employed by other review sources are badly skewed to the point where anything below a 7.0 is considered utter trash.  And don't even get me started on the fanboy arguments over goddamn decimal points. "

So 3 stars is equivalent to a 6.0 score? Anyway, the only reason why I think it would be better is because it can be compared with other sites easily since most of them use a ten point rating.  I don't get it, but if most of you like the 5 star rating system then fair enough, don't mind me. "

4 stars, same as Jeff gave 3. Expecting the review to be along the lines of it adding enough to keep it fresh but if you didn't like Fallout 3 you're not going to like NV.

If Jeff is doing the review then 4 at best. Personally I loved Fallout 3 and I can't wait for New Vegas.

Wow, a lot negative predictions. 
 
I will be shocked if it doesn't get at least 4 stars from Giant Bomb (hopefully Jeff doesn't review it, Brad, Vinny and Ryan seemed to appreciate Fallout 3 more, I don't think Jeff "gets" it), and at least 90/100 on gamerankings/metacritic/etc.

So 3 stars is equivalent to a 6.0 score? Anyway, the only reason why I think it would be better is because it can be compared with other sites easily since most of them use a ten point rating.  I don't get it, but if most of you like the 5 star rating system then fair enough, don't mind me. "

4/5

I'm expecting a Metacritic average of less than 85%. I reckon the game will be criticized for being too similar to Fallout 3, even though that's what most people want.

" I'm expecting a Metacritic average of less than 85%. I reckon the game will be criticized for being too similar to Fallout 3, even though that's what most people want. "