Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

1
Average:

2
Bad:

4

Pros:

A big new area to explore, A bunch of new missions to perform, New level cap, new perks, Interesting choices energize questing.
Zion National Park makes for some nice scenery; lots of new items; meeting the Burning Man will be fun for the fans.
Level cap bumped by 5; loots of new loot, achievements, perks; fresh new setting.

Cons:

Shrugworthy story and characters, The usual Fallout glitches, Formulaic adventure with no signature moments.
Mainly consists of fetch quests; story feels a bit thin and underdeveloped

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Last revision on November 4, 2014

Reviewers Liked

A big new area to explore, A bunch of new missions to perform, New level cap, new perks, Interesting choices energize questing
Zion National Park makes for some nice scenery; lots of new items; meeting the Burning Man will be fun for the fans
Level cap bumped by 5; loots of new loot, achievements, perks; fresh new setting

Reviewers Didn't Like

Shrugworthy story and characters, The usual Fallout glitches, Formulaic adventure with no signature moments
Mainly consists of fetch quests; story feels a bit thin and underdeveloped
Bugs and bad looks are out in full force; storyline fall short

Expert reviews and ratings

In general, I preferred Fallout: New Vegas to Fallout 3 or Oblivion. The story was better, the characters more interesting, the world more believable and the struggle between NCR and Caesar’s Legion a lot more compelling than Brotherhood of Steel...

By Strategy Informer on June 28, 2011

The story and decisions are bigger attractions than the limited-appeal loot and artificially toughened...

By PC Gamer on June 25, 2011

Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts is a conventional but enjoyable addition to the...

By GameSpot on May 27, 2011

After the release of the Dead Money DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, things seemed to be a little up in the air for additional content releases. A few weeks ago, Bethesda and developer Obsidian Entertainment put those questions to rest by detailing...

By AtomicGamer on May 25, 2011

Long on scenery and short on content, Honest Hearts isn't quite worth dusting off your old copy of New Vegas.Fallout: New Vegas never quite got the appreciation it deserved, and that seems to extend to the downloadable content. It's certainly not...

By GamePro on May 23, 2011

Pros: Level cap bumped by 5; loots of new loot, achievements, perks; fresh new setting.

Cons: Bugs and bad looks are out in full force; storyline fall short.

By GameSpy on May 23, 2011

A sporadically rewarding adventure that falls somewhere between too short and just right. Honest Hearts offers a big, beautiful space with very little in it, tempting you to explore and then cruelly denying you a compelling reward for your efforts....

By PC Advisor on May 20, 2011

When considering the $10 or 800 Microsoft point purchase, ask yourself these questions: Do I like Fallout, but need a new place to explore? Do I want a higher level cap? Do I want to know more about the Burned Man? If the answer to any of these is...

By ign.com on May 18, 2011

Mit Honest Hearts hat Entwickler Obsidian Entertainment wieder die Kurve in Sachcen Download-Inhalte für Fallout: New Vegas geschafft. Im Gegensatz zu Dead Money bietet der zweite DLC für das postapokalyptische Action-RPG mehr Tiefgang, mehr...

By playNATION on May 27, 2011