Difficulty/Fallout: New Vegas

Difficulty is a modifiable in-game setting

Overview
Fallout: New Vegas has five difficulty settings, excluding Hardcore Mode: Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard and Very Hard. Difficulty will increase and decrease various aspects of gameplay, such as damage dealt and damage received.

Damage Dealt
Lower difficulty increases the amount of damage dealt, while higher difficulty decreases the amount of damage dealt.

Damage Received
Lower difficulty decreases the amount of damage received, while higher difficulty increases the amount of damage received.

XP Gained
By default, all values are set to 1 regardless of difficulty. Lower values decrease the amount of XP gained, while higher values increase the amount of XP gained.