A little bit of Fear and Loathing, a little bit of Dr. Strangelove, but you gotta want it.
DIFFICULTY: New Vegas is as difficult as players want to make it on themselves. Players who choose to use only one type of weapon will have different experiences of difficulty than others. That said though, the game has some issues with it's combat. Some enemies blend in too well with the landscape, making identification difficult. There also seems to be a minimum effective range on most firearms, any enemy closer than that is impossible to hit, and hit detection overall is iffy. New Vegas makes no apologies and will occasionally be pardon me, dickish. A "correctly" built character can minimise this, so pick early and look up suggested builds to get around this. (5/15)
LASTING APPEAL: Variable, some players will keep playing the game repeatedly, while others will not. Regardless, it does take effort to continue to play, it does not lend itself to the kind of marathon play sessions other games do. 5/15
OVERALL (5/15) New Vegas falls short of the hype and affection given to it. On a PC, the issues are mend-able with mods and conversions, but not on the xbox. Watch Dr. Strangelove instead.