Opening
I really love this game's opening cinematic, it sets the scene really quite well.
The scene pans out pretty much the entire time, to almost a ridiculous length. I wouldn't be surprised if it just continued to pan out and didn't stop.
This also shows off the strip quite well, though everything is not consistant with the game...
Mainly the lack of the big fuck-off wall in the middle of the Strip, splitting it into two.
This guy's armor right here, advertised on the front cover. Pretty cool looking, eh? It's a ***** to get in the vanilla game without straight up murdering these guys and taking their stuff. And even then, it's faction armor, which is kind of a pain by itself.
The DLC fixed that though.
He has an anti-material rifle equipped. Overkill for anything that's not a deathclaw...
And that guy certainly wasn't a deathclaw.
Even further back is Caesar's Legion, spying on the city for some reason. Patrolling the Mojave must be that boring.
Phew, the camera is finally done panning. Wait, who are these guys?
And then, just like that, Ron Perlman starts his narration.
"War. War never changes. When atomic fire consumed the earth, those who survived did so in great, underground vaults."
"When they opened, their inhabitants set out across ruins of the old world to build new societies, establish new villages, form new tribes."
"As decades passed, what had been the American southwest united beneath the flag of the New California Republic, dedicated to old-world values of democracy and the rule of law.
"As the Republic grew, so did its needs. Scouts spread east, seeking territory and wealth, in the dry and merciless expanse of the Mojave Desert."
"They returned with tales of a city untouched by the warheads that had scorched the rest of the world, and a great wall spanning the Colorado River."
"The NCR mobilized its army and set it east to occupy the Hoover Dam, and restore it to working condition."
"But across the Colorado, another society had arisen under a different flag. A vast army of slaves, forged in the conquest of 86 tribes: Caesar's Legion."
"Four years have passed since the Republic held the Dam - just barely - against the Legion's onslaught."
"The Legion did not retreat. Across the river, they gathered strength. Campfires burned, training drums beat."
"Through it all, the New Vegas Strip has stayed open for business under the control of its mysterious overseer, Mr. House, and his army of rehabilitated Tribals and police robots."
"You are a courier, hired by the Mojave Express, to deliver a package to the New Vegas Strip."
"What seemed like a simple delivery job has taken a turn?for the worse."
It's never a simple package delivery...
"You got whatchu were after, so pay up."
"You're crying in the rain, paley."
"Guess who's waking up over here?"
Oh shit.
"Time to cash out."
"Would you get it over with."
"Maybe Khans kill people without looking them in the face, but I ain't a fink, dig?"
"You've made your last delivery kid."
"Sorry you got twisted up in this scene. From where you're kneeling it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck."
"But, truth is...the game was rigged from the start."
