Fallout: NV - One For My Baby

PCGamer looks back at Fallout: New Vegas. In particular one quest titled 'One For My Baby' which captures the 'heart' of the game.

How one quest captures the heart of Fallout: New Vegas.

If Fallout 3 welcomes you into the post-apocalypse with open arms, Fallout: New Vegas is its sarcastic, passive-aggressive cousin. Everyone in the game has an angle, and the only thing standing in the way of the house winning is your growing series of dubious decisions. This spirit of hard-edged humor and escalating choice is perfectly encapsulated by a single quest.

The setup

Looking at the giant dinosaur statue named "Dinky," and the broken No Vacancy sign hanging from the settlement's single motel, you might assume Novac is a pit stop on your path to New Vegas proper. After going through Primm and Nipton, two towns filled with conflict and moral chaos, you finally have a place to rest. That all changes when you meet Boone.

A former NCR sniper, Boone is a man isolated both literally and figuratively. Every night, he walks up a set of narrow red steps leading to the giant dinosaur's mouth. Guarding Novac against this somewhat goofy backdrop, he spends his vigil watching the wasteland through Dinky's faded white teeth-all the while wondering which of his estranged neighbors sold his wife Clara into slavery while he was on patrol.

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