» Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:09 pm
Because game reviewing sits don't look for things like writing, rpg elements, etc.
They review on a system that all games can be reviewed on so plot is about as in depth as they'll go for writing. Then they review on things like sound, graphics, and replayability. For those things they were mainly the same as Fallout 3 so no one was really impressed with Fallout New Vegas because they didn't care about the story.
That is why it didn't get a game of the year reward by anyone.