So i'm trying to figure out if the New Vegas strip is only 3 screens total? From the videos and distance view it looks massive, but once getting there and finding out that its only 3 areas large is rather disappointing. Please say it ain't so!!

That's actually pretty massive dude. It's divided into three to help load quicker.

So I take it that the strip is only 3 areas? The whole area just seems a lot bigger from the distance.

Well it is pretty big, 3 outside cells, 3 large casinos, a monorail station, a hotel, and the NCR Embassy, that's pretty huge IMO.