What's everyones opinion on the Dead Money DLC?

[Flying Shisno]

So I started it a while back, and I have difficulty playing it for extended periods of time. Yeah, it introduced some cool stuff, like the Holorifle, the radio frequencies, and the Holo People. But I found the environments and enemies getting old quick. Obviously the environment problem will be gone when I reach the Casino, but up until that point, I'll have to trudge through.

I do like the story and characters though, along with the lore you find with the terminals.

I was quick to go do Dead Money, as soon as I hit the level requirement. I think I'll wait until I'm later in the main story before doing the other DLC's.

Overall, I'd give the enemies/environments a 2.5/5, and the story(so far) a 4/5.

Edit: I've now finished Dead Money, and I'll give an updated impression.

Everything felt a lot less tedious once I made it to the Sierra Madre, even though there are more radios and Holos. The Villas environment got boring after a while. While it wasn't too long, it was just long enough to make me think "I want out dammit". The casino was a welcome change of pace. And there's plenty of options and paths you can take there.

I've raised the enemies/environments score since the Casino was pretty neat, and leaving the story score the same. The story was very good, but not really jaw dropping, perfect score good. I really liked the ending message in the credits though.

Scores: Enemies/Environments a 3/5. and Story a 4/5.

[ReallyMeanGoldfish]

The indestructable speakers gets old quick. I feel as if I should climb up to one ( if I could disable it) and take it apart. Then make some armour out of it.
I did like the story , but I think it is the most linear of all of the DLCs. You are forced along a path you might not want to take.
The whole bomb collar thing is something else that most people hate. Would there be any reason NOT to kill ; or want to kill Father Elijah, just for that.

[urmom]

best DLC
anyone who says otherwise is pretty gay

[hghwolf]

Dead Money is the best DLC I never want to play again. It has an interesting storyline, good characters, nicely shifts the gameplay and has great atmosphere.

[Prince of Ravens]

My personal favorite...being seconded by Honest Hearts (I like the scenery).
My daughter just did (in progress still) her 1st run through of DM and HATES it ;)

[Min]

I would fall into the category of people who love the DLC, in fact I consider it to be my favorite of all the DLCs in the game, then again I'm the same person who found Honest Hearts to have shallow, not sufficently developed characters (except The Survivalist and maybe Joshua), a forgetable quite honestly slightly boring quest line, and a map that I frankly hated exploring because I never liked all those rocks, but the scenary made it at least a bit memorable.

As for Dead Money, I thought the characters were interesting (and I never really trusted any of them for a second, which sort of added to the atmosphere), the gameplay was changed slightly to be a bit more survival like which made it quite tense, the atmosphere in general was creepy and extremely well done, the villain, Father Elijah, is my favorite villain from the DLCs, and I never want to play it again. That is simply because the atmosphere, gameplay, characters and everything in general was really ominous, creepy, tense, and unnerving to the point where it made me desperatly search through everything I could see to try and find some health items. It's still my favorite DLC, despite some annoying parts, and even though I never want to play through it again, it was a great experience and I really did enjoy it's....pure evil atmosphere.

[Prince of Ravens]

引用自 Flaming Minotaur Bundles：

I would fall into the category of people who love the DLC, in fact I consider it to be my favorite of all the DLCs in the game, then again I'm the same person who found Honest Hearts to have shallow, not sufficently developed characters (except The Survivalist and maybe Joshua), a forgetable quite honestly slightly boring quest line, and a map that I frankly hated exploring because I never liked all those rocks, but the scenary made it at least a bit memorable.

As for Dead Money, I thought the characters were interesting (and I never really trusted any of them for a second, which sort of added to the atmosphere), the gameplay was changed slightly to be a bit more survival like which made it quite tense, the atmosphere in general was creepy and extremely well done, the villain, Father Elijah, is my favorite villain from the DLCs, and I never want to play it again. That is simply because the atmosphere, gameplay, characters and everything in general was really ominous, creepy, tense, and unnerving to the point where it made me desperatly search through everything I could see to try and find some health items. It's still my favorite DLC, despite some annoying parts, and even though I never want to play through it again, it was a great experience and I really did enjoy it's....pure evil atmosphere.

Exactly this^^^

[Eleazaros]

引用自 ReallyMeanGoldfish：

The indestructable speakers gets old quick. I feel as if I should climb up to one ( if I could disable it) and take it apart. Then make some armour out of it.
I did like the story , but I think it is the most linear of all of the DLCs. You are forced along a path you might not want to take.
The whole bomb collar thing is something else that most people hate. Would there be any reason NOT to kill ; or want to kill Father Elijah, just for that.

I agree.

I detested the "find the speaker" gig by running out and back then out and back... Then when you do find it, it turns out to be one of the indestructable ones.

I liked the characters in it - very nicely done. The story was also very neat but having those friggn speakers all over mixing indestructables around and the like... It just became infuriating.

[Duchess]

From my experience, you either love Dead Money or you hate it. Sure the radio frequencies, abundant traps, invincible ghost people, toxic cloud, etc can get annoying, and often times you'll want to smash your monitor to bits because of it. But if you can get past all that, you'll realize that it is the most interesting, most rewarding, and overall best DLC for New Vegas.

[Thelma Harper]

Hate it. Headache.

[TrompeL'Oeil]

Fantastic expansion pack (probably the hardest one). And you will get one of the best weapons in the game. Make sure you find all three upgrades because you can't come back after you leave.

[Prince of Ravens]

I know why (or believe I do...hey, we all have our opinions) most people do not like DM.
For the same reason my daughter doesn't like it...patience.

The only way to complete DM is to do it the right way (if you do not use console commands to cheat). There is no "I'm tired of this so I will kill everyone" crap. There is no "I have a 100 sneak so I can snipe everything with one shot and even though it is slow...I finish with little trouble."

Nope...you have to fully earn this completion. In a game like FO, where there almost always a work-around or the quest is optional and you can just walk away from it...DM is a thorn...you either do it the right way or die.

Wait a minute...now I know why some don't like it...it's like real life. :D

[ReallyMeanGoldfish]

I would like it if the shielded speakers were not indestructable. If you go in there with the wrong build, it can be extremely frustrating and non immersive.
I am going to try it with a brutish build this time just to see if it is any easier (unarmed, high strenghth, low intelligence, high endurance.) I think I will have an easier time than my sneak build high intelligence guy.

[Shogg]

A great story filled with deep, impactful characters that could've been less linear. My favourite behind Honest Hearts.

Also this.


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As for Dead Money, I thought the characters were interesting (and I never really trusted any of them for a second, which sort of added to the atmosphere), the gameplay was changed slightly to be a bit more survival like which made it quite tense, the atmosphere in general was creepy and extremely well done, the villain, Father Elijah, is my favorite villain from the DLCs, and I never want to play it again. That is simply because the atmosphere, gameplay, characters and everything in general was really ominous, creepy, tense, and unnerving to the point where it made me desperatly search through everything I could see to try and find some health items. It's still my favorite DLC, despite some annoying parts, and even though I never want to play through it again, it was a great experience and I really did enjoy it's....pure evil atmosphere.

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[KaLzinoXC1]

Not my favorite DLC but it has by far the best story but the gamplay is pretty crap. The whole survival and limited supplies and ammo made if quite enjoyable meaning you had to conserve ammo and health instead of just mowing them down with 500+ bullets.

[Cubevision]

Great story but as others have said, the shielded speakers were a pain. Would've been nice to be able to slap the collar onto Elijah, but the vault was a great second option.
That said, kind of hard to complain when you walk away (very slowly) having completed the heist :)