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==Licensing==
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|developer =[[Obsidian Entertainment]]
 
|publisher =[[Bethesda Softworks]]
 
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|platform1 =Xbox 360
 
|platform2 =PC
 
|platform3 =PlayStation 3
 
|platform1release =July 19, 2011
 
|platform2release =July 19, 2011
 
|platform3release =July 19, 2011<br />July 21, 2011 (Europe)<br />July 28, 2011 (Asia)
 
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|platform2available =[http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam]
 
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{{Quotation|There is an expression in the Wasteland: "Old World Blues". It refers to those so obsessed with the past they can't see the present, even less the future, for what it is.|Doctor Mobius and Doctor Klein|''Old World Blues''}}
 
 
'''''Old World Blues''''' is the third [[Fallout: New Vegas add-ons|add-on]] for ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', developed by [[Obsidian Entertainment]] and published by [[Bethesda Softworks]].
 
 
==Plot==
 
"The residents of the Mojave have long assumed the trackless wastes of the ‘Big Mountain' are a no-mans' land, a desolate stretch where no living thing can survive. In ''Old World Blues'', you discover that it is anything but..."
 
 
In ''Old World Blues'', the [[Courier]] discovers how some of the [[Mojave Wasteland|Mojave’s]] mutated monsters ([[cazador]]es and [[nightstalker]]s) came into being whilst he or she unwittingly becomes a lab rat in a science experiment gone awry. The Courier must scour the pre-[[Great War|War]] research centers of [[Big MT|Big Mountain]] in search of technology that can either turn the tables on the kidnappers or help them defeat an even greater threat.
 
 
After being transported to the Big MT research crater, you find that you're the only hope of saving the "[[Think Tank]]" – a strange group of post-human researchers who inhabit the facility. They enlist your aid to save them from their own experiments - experiments that have gone horribly out of control. As you explore the Big Mountain crater and its many underground labs, you’ll confront strange mutated animals, battle terrifying new atomic robots and discover [[The Sink|a new home base]] to call your own. Recover all the weapons, armor and tech of the pre-War era and use them to help save all of Science!
 
 
==Characters==
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[Klein|Doctor Klein]]
 
* [[Mobius|Doctor Mobius]]
 
* [[Borous|Doctor Borous]]
 
* [[Dala|Doctor Dala]]
 
* [[0|Doctor 0]]
 
* [[8|Doctor 8]]
 
* [[Biological research station]]
 
* [[Blind Diode Jefferson]]
 
* [[Book Chute]]
 
* [[Light Switch 01]]
 
* [[Light Switch 02]]
 
* [[Muggy]]
 
* [[Roxie]]
 
* [[Sink (computer)|Sink]]
 
* [[Sink Auto-Doc]]
 
* [[Sink Central Intelligence Unit]]
 
* [[Toaster (Old World Blues)|Toaster]]
 
* [[The Courier's brain]]
 
* [[Christine Royce]]
 
* [[Ulysses]]
 
}}
 
 
==Creatures==
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[Nightstalker]]s
 
** [[Shadis]]
 
* [[Cazador]]es
 
** [[Cazador#Specimen 73 (Old World Blues)|Specimen 73]]
 
* [[Cyberdog]]s
 
** [[Roxie]]
 
** [[Gabe]]
 
* [[Lobotomite]]s
 
** [[Test subject 1]]
 
* [[Y-17 trauma override harness]]es
 
** [[Y-17 trauma override harness#Y-17 master trauma harness|Y-17 master trauma harness]]
 
* [[Spore carrier]]s
 
** [[Spore carrier#Patient zero|Patient zero]]
 
* [[Spore plant (Fallout: New Vegas)|Spore plant]]s
 
** [[Dionaea Muscipula]]
 
* [[Bloatfly (Fallout: New Vegas)|Bloatfly]]
 
** [[Bloatfly (Fallout: New Vegas)#Legendary bloatfly|Legendary bloatfly]]
 
* [[Yangtze camp survivor]]s
 
** [[Number 27]]
 
** [[Number 34]]
 
* [[Deathclaw (Fallout: New Vegas)|Deathclaw]]
 
** [[Stripe]]
 
}}
 
 
==Robots and computers==
 
<!--This section is for robots unique to Old World Blues only!-->
 
{{columns|2|
 
* [[Think tank]]
 
* [[Robobrain (Fallout: New Vegas)|Robobrain]]
 
** [[Robobrain Mk3]]
 
** [[X-8 robobrain]]
 
** [[Super-Ego]]
 
* [[Protectron (Fallout: New Vegas)|Protectron]]s
 
** [[Protectron#Mark series (Old World Blues)|Protectron Mk5]]
 
** [[The Custodian]]
 
** [[Construction drone foreman]]
 
* [[Securitron#Berserk|Berserk Securitron Mk4]]
 
* [[Securitron#Damaged|Damaged Securitron Mk4]]
 
* [[Securitron Mk5]]
 
** [[Securitron#Berserk|Berserk Securitron Mk5]]
 
** [[010011110110111001100101]]
 
* [[Mister Gutsy Mk3]]
 
* [[Mister Gutsy Mk4]]
 
* [[Mister Gutsy Mk5]]
 
** [[Ironbelly]]
 
* [[Robo-scorpion]]s
 
** [[Robo-scorpion#X-42 giant robo-scorpion|X-42 giant robo-scorpion]]
 
* [[Sentry bot (Fallout: New Vegas)|Sentry bot]]
 
** [[RY-589 Ultimo bot]]
 
* [[Mister Orderly]]
 
** [[Doctor Orderly MD PHD DDS]]
 
* [[Crazed Mister Handy]]
 
** [[Sparks]]
 
* [[Automated turret (Fallout: New Vegas)|Automated turret]]
 
** [[Overclocked turret]]
 
** [[Hall monitor]]
 
}}
 
 
==Items==
 
===Armor and clothing===
 
<!--This section is ONLY for armor and clothing unique to ''Old World Blues''!-->
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[Atomic-valence tri-radii-oscillator]]
 
* [[Christine's COS recon armor]]
 
* [[Dr. Klein's glasses]]
 
* [[Dr. Klein's scrubs]]
 
* [[Dr. Mobius' glasses]]
 
* [[Dr. Mobius' scrubs]]
 
* [[Hazmat suit|Hazmat darklight cowl]]
 
* [[Hazmat suit]]
 
* [[Lobotomite goggles]]
 
* [[Lobotomite jumpsuit]]
 
* [[Lobotomite mask]]
 
* [[Lobotomite mask and goggles]]
 
* [[Mad scientist scrubs]]
 
* [[Patient gown]]
 
* [[Scientist scrubs]]
 
* [[Stealth suit Mk II]]
 
* [[Valence radii-accentuator]]
 
* [[Yangtze camp jumpsuit]]
 
}}
 
 
===Consumables===
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[Battle brew]]
 
* [[Black blood sausage]]
 
* [[Blood sausage]]
 
* [[Mutant cave fungus]]
 
* [[Nightstalker squeezin's]]
 
* [[Preserved meat]]
 
* [[Salient green]]
 
* [[Thick red paste]]
 
* [[Thin red paste]]
 
}}
 
 
===Schematics & Recipes===
 
{{columns|2|
 
* [[Schematics - K9000 FIDO]]
 
* [[Recipes - Barter skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Energy Weapons skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Explosives skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Guns skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Lockpick skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Medicine skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Melee Weapons skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Repair skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Science skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Sneak skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Speech skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Survival skill book]]
 
* [[Recipes - Unarmed skill book]]
 
}}
 
 
===Weapons===
 
<!--This section is ONLY for weapons unique to Old World Blues!-->
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[Big Mountain Transportalponder!]]
 
* [[Christine's COS silencer rifle]]
 
* [[Corrosive glove]]
 
* [[Dr. Klein's glove]]
 
* [[Dr. Mobius' glove]]
 
* [[Elijah's advanced LAER]]
 
* [[Elijah's jury-rigged Tesla cannon]]
 
* [[FIDO]]
 
* [[K9000 cyberdog gun]]
 
* [[LAER]]
 
* [[Proton axe]]
 
* [[Proton throwing axe]]
 
* [[Protonic inversal axe]]
 
* [[Protonic inversal throwing axe]]
 
* [[Saturnite fist]]
 
* [[Saturnite fist super-heated]]
 
* [[Scientist glove]]
 
* [[Scorpion rifle]] {{cut}}
 
* [[Sonic emitter (weapon)|Sonic emitter]]
 
* [[Sonic emitter - Gabriel's bark]]
 
* [[Sonic emitter - opera singer]]
 
* [[Sonic emitter - revelation]]
 
* [[Sonic emitter - robo-scorpion]]
 
* [[Sonic emitter - tarantula]]
 
* [[Spider rifle]] {{cut}}
 
* [[Sterilizer glove]]
 
* [[X-2 antenna]]}}
 
 
===Weapon mods===
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[K9000 mod - Mentat chow]]
 
* [[K9000 mod - Resla Roil]]
 
* [[LAER mod - auxiliary recharger chip]]
 
* [[LAER mod - prismatic lens]]}}
 
 
===Other items===
 
{{columns|3|
 
* [[Blank book]]
 
* [[Broken detonator]]
 
* [[Deactivated bomb collar]]
 
* [[Dried seeds]]
 
* [[Gabe's bowl]]
 
* [[Primer and powder pack]]
 
* [[Snow globe - Big MT.]]
 
}}
 
 
==Locations==
 
{{Transcluded|Fallout: New Vegas locations}}
 
{{transcludesection|article=Fallout: New Vegas locations|section=Old World Blues|options=nointro}}
 
 
==Quests==
 
The experience points that are rewarded for quests is based on the players level upon quest completion. The total experience points available for the main storyline quests is anywhere between 3,000 (for levels 1-4) to 22,000 (for levels 45-50). The side quest experience points ranges from 75 to 500 per quest.
 
 
{{Transcluded|Fallout: New Vegas quests}}
 
{{transcludesection|article=Fallout: New Vegas quests|section=Old World Blues|options=nointro}}
 
 
==Challenges==
 
{{Transcluded|Fallout: New Vegas challenges}}
 
{{transcludesection|article=Fallout: New Vegas challenges|section=Old World Blues|options=nointro}}
 
 
==Perks==
 
{{Transcluded|Fallout: New Vegas perks}}
 
{{transcludesection|article=Fallout: New Vegas perks|section=Old World Blues|options=nointro}}
 
 
==Traits==
 
{{Transcluded|Fallout: New Vegas traits}}
 
{{transcludesection|article=Fallout: New Vegas traits|section=Old World Blues|options=nointro}}
 
 
==Achievements/Trophies==
 
{{Transcluded|Fallout: New Vegas achievements and trophies}}
 
{{transcludesection|article=Fallout: New Vegas achievements and trophies|section=Old World Blues|options=nointro}}
 
 
==Notes==
 
* Like all New Vegas add-ons, ''Old World Blues'' raises the level cap by 5.<ref>[http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1185183-honest-hearts-screenshot-dlc-out-may-17/ ''Honest Hearts'' screenshot, DLC out may 17 - Bethesda Softworks Forums].</ref> The add-on also offers new [[traits]] (and gives you the opportunity to change your own traits if you've already chosen them) including one called [[Logan's Loophole]] that will allow you to cap your level at 30 and give you additional bonuses regarding chems.
 
* If you have installed ''Dead Money'' and ''Honest Hearts'', adding ''Old World Blues'' will boost your Level cap to 45 as opposed to 40.
 
* ''Old World Blues'' can be difficult for low level players. Before going in, the game advises that ''Old World Blues'' is intended for [[Courier]]s of Level 15+. Some enemies in the Big Empty can offer a challenge even for a Courier at level 30+.
 
* ''Old World Blues'' enemies pose a much larger threat for Couriers at Level 40+, as enemies may 'level' with the player.
 
* Equipment will not be stripped from the player at the beginning of this add-on, and it features an open-world setting. There is no limit to the amount of equipment you can take in to the add-on, as well.<ref>[http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1188929-is-there-anyone-that-does-like-having-their-gear-taken-away/page__view__findpost__p__17669735 Is there anyone that DOES like having their gear taken away? - Bethesda Softworks Forums - Page 3]</ref>
 
* Like all ''New Vegas'' add-ons, companions cannot accompany the [[Courier]] to the new land. However, there is one temporary companion in the add-on, a cyberdog named [[Roxie]] who has her own ending if you create her.
 
* There is an upgradeable player housing (via completing quests) called [[The Sink]], in the add-on.<ref>[http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1201937-to-jason-bergman/page__st__160]</ref> Complete with some robotic appliances which have individual personalities, all with different voices.
 
* In addition to providing free basic healing services (restore HP, repair limb damage, and remove radiation and drug dependency), the auto-doc in [[The Sink]] allows the player to alter their looks, hairstyle, and, for one time only, their traits.
 
* There is a new [[Mysterious Broadcast|radio station]] added, to both the Big Empty and the Mojave. It plays 3 new jazz songs, along with 2 songs from [[Radio New Vegas]]. Among the songs is [[Begin Again]] by [[Vera Keyes]].
 
* Once you complete the add-on, you may return to the Big Empty via the [[Big Mountain Transportalponder!]]. Note you cannot use the item while in the interior of a building, cave, tunnels, etc., in a combat situation, or in [[Freeside]], [[The Fort]], [[Camp McCarran]], or [[The Strip]]. You can, however, use it in [[Higgs village]], outside of the houses.
 
* Completion of the add-on does not close off side quests that are as yet uncompleted, even if these quests have not yet begun.
 
* In [[Ulysses' Point]], the player "gets a taste" of Ulysses by listening to holotapes left in the Big Empty. [[Patient_log:_Y-17#Patient_log:_Y-17.9|patient log: Y-17.9]] also gives a statement referring to ''[[Lonesome Road (add-on)|Lonesome Road]]''.
 
* [[Christine Royce]] and [[Elijah|Father Elijah]] from ''[[Dead Money]]'' are also involved in ''Old World Blues'', although they do not appear in the add-on. There are [[Holotapes]] of her speaking, along with her weapon and armor. Father Elijah's weapons can also be found, along with notes made by him while in the Big MT.
 
* If you play Christine's holotapes in front of her at ''[[Dead Money]]'', she will not take any notice. This is due to the add-ons being independent from each other.
 
* The [[Courier]]'s brain, spine and heart are removed by the scientists and held as leverage.
 
* The sound from the speakers in ''[[Dead Money]]'' can be heard at the end of the trailer and from the speakers in the [[Little Yangtze]] prison camp.
 
* Some areas contain hanging dolls on a string like in the [[X-13 research facility]]. These are the same as the swamp totems in the ''[[Fallout 3]]'' [[Fallout 3 add-ons|add-on]], ''[[Point Lookout (add-on)|Point Lookout]]''.
 
* Unlike ''[[Dead Money]]'' or ''[[Honest Hearts]]'', all Achievements or Trophies can be earned in one playthrough without replaying.
 
* When in the [[Hardcore mode]], the sleep meter stays at zero, unless the courier sleeps. There may be a delay before the sleep meter starts.
 
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
* The Big Empty was a location that was scrapped from [[Black Isle Studios|Black Isle]]'s canceled ''[[Van Buren|Fallout 3]]'' (Van Buren).
 
* At some point, [[Chris Avellone]] set his location on his [http://twitter.com/#!/chrisavellone Twitter] profile to Big MT, Mojave, placing the Big Empty as a location within the [[Mojave Wasteland]] and thus teasing its possible appearance in a future ''Fallout: New Vegas'' add-on. Since then, Avellone has also changed his Twitter avatar.
 
* [[J.E. Sawyer]] has suggested that ''Old World Blues'' will be the most humorous of the ''New Vegas'' add-ons.<ref>[http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/194106116496452209 will we see more comedic items like the Pint-Sized Slasher mask from FO3 in future DLCs | Formspring]</ref>
 
* This add-on is an obvious homage to the B-movie science fiction movies of the 1950s. There are many references to these types of movies throughout the add-on.
 
 
==Bugs==
 
* {{Platforms|ps3}} Entering the Big Empty then saving your game, waiting, or entering doors may cause the game to freeze. A way to work around this is to never save, or wait in Big MT itself while indoors. To prevent freezing while in the Sink, enter Big MT from the Think Tank entrance.
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} Even though you take all of the contents inside a storage container, it will not say that it is empty.
 
* {{Platforms|pc|xbox360}} Similar to [[Honest_Hearts#Bugs|a bug in ''Honest Hearts]]'', while playing through the main quest, the tick marks of undiscovered locations can disappear from the compass. However, it's still possible to discover them afterward.
 
* {{Platforms|pc|360}} If you bought all three add-ons, your max level still might be 40. On Xbox 360, you can get rid of it by going the Dashboard and reloading the game.
 
* {{Platforms|ps3}} Even though this is only the third add-on, the level cap will change to 50.
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360|ps3}} When returning to the Mojave, you may find your ratings with factions having diminished.
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} When loading an auto-save with Hardcore Mode turned on, your starvation and thirst meters will jump up over 200, despite those levels being low when the auto-save was created.
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} In-game time may pass abnormally fast. For example, a few in-game days may pass for a whole year according to the calendar.
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} After completing ''Old World Blues'', you may find yourself attacked on sight by the Brotherhood of Steel upon re-entering the bunker, or by the caretaker of the Brotherhood of Steel safe house, even though your standing with them is unchanged.
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} The first time you load ''Old World Blues'', the game may be unresponsive, but you can still be in party chat when the purple screen that says "''Fallout: New Vegas'' ''Old World Blues''" comes on.
 
* {{Platforms|pc|xbox360}} When talking to your brain after defeating Mobius, you get stuck in an infinite loop of a conversation concerning pleasant memories about Helios One and Jason Bright (Quite the ironic bug considering the conversation you just had with Mobius!).
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} When returning to the Mojave, you may not be able to talk to [[Victor]] or anyone on the Strip. This prevents you from using the [[Lucky 38]] as a base. A way around it is to kill Victor and the rest of the Securitrons.
 
* {{Platforms|pc|xbox360|ps3}} You may be unable to get caps for selling items to the Sink Central Intelligence Unit, and his stock will not replenish correctly. Make sure his cap total does not exceed 32,000 to prevent this.
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} When checking the DLC content on the main page, it may not show up but yet all content will be there when you begin playing.
 
* {{Platforms|pc|ps3|xbox360}} With ''Old World Blues'' installed the amount of 5mm rounds found in containers and other sources of loot is reduced '''dramatically''', to roughly 30% of what is normally found. This change ''only'' affects containers found in the Mojave Wasteland, and not those located in the [[Big MT]].
 
* {{Platforms|pc|ps3|xbox360}} Most members of the [[Brotherhood of Steel (Mojave chapter)|Brotherhood of Steel]] become notably weaker once ''Old World Blues'' is installed, reducing their [[Strength]] and [[Endurance]] stats by 3 and 2 points respectively, and removing [[Explosives]] as a tagged skill. This affects both unnamed members, particularly those found patrolling the area around Hidden Valley, as well as some named members including [[Linda Schuler]], Knight [[Lorenzo]], and even [[Nolan McNamara]] and [[Edgar Hardin]].
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} [[Dead Money]] Perk [[Old World Gourmet]] is no longer working.
 
* {{Platforms|ps3}} If you immediately unequipped the gowns and equip armor the game will run extremely slow and not respond to any presses of the button
 
 
==Gallery==
 
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==Videos==
 
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10"
 
| <div>
 
<div class="thumbcaption">''Old World Blues'' - debut trailer (HD)</div>
 
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</div>
 
| <div>
 
<div class="thumbcaption">Qore #36 - featuring ''Old World Blues'' (HD)</div>
 
<youtube width="315" height="200">FPgWDZVSN4Q</youtube>
 
</div>
 
|}
 
 
==References==
 
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