Doesn't FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS deserve its own thread?

That sucks about your console port being so jacked up. I've had some bugs on the PC version, but the most annoying one was EDe going missing during the bomber run.

EZ and Ste, what system u on?

PC

ah ok. i'm working on the assumption that the xbox port will be the most fucked up of the 3...

I would doubt that, considering PS3 would have the least shared codebase with the PC

yes it's really easy at the start, it does get harder though (I've found anyway).

― F-Unit (Ste), Tuesday, November 2, 2010 10:17 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

yeah, this is how it was on 3 too. very uneven. I did vault 34 last night and it was rough on normal. by the end I was massively addicted and irradiated. fun!

hardcore is still not that hard btw. very easy to steal supplies.

I like that the vaults are a little more maze like too. can be annoying but adds a little atmosphere if you have to know where to go.

I'm on the PS3. Worse lookups are in towns with lots of people. I'm prolonging my play sessions by wandering all over the place instead of doing Vegas stuff. Of course, bazillions of cazadores seem to cause issues too.

the vegas stuff kinda sucks imo.

I'm wandering around northeast of Vegas and having a blast. Actual quests are overrated.

done a lot of wandering and definitely think the map is better on F3, just seems way too much desert of nothing on this one. On F3 I found even on the bare areas the scenery was still really interesting.

but liking the internal structures probably a bit better on this one.

some of the quests i enjoy. the vault + flamethrower one, frinstance, except for the very last thing you had to do when pissed me off so i went to gamefaqs

wandering around the H&H factory has given me a new display name

Haha!

some of the voicework in the game is great, even if the voices cast are, shall we say, true-to-form. Kris Kristofferson and Felicia Day, for example.

Yep. Most of the v/o is a huge step up. It reminds me of how impressed I was by the presentation of the first Fallout... it was really cool that whenever you had a talking head convo, you knew you'd get some great voiceover from people like Clancy Brown, Ron Perlman, Keith David, Frank Welker, Richard Moll, etc. I took a break from the game this week, but I'm playing again today. I just got to Jacobstown, and lemme just say that I'm glad mutants have personality again instead of just being bellowing hulks.

found the chainsaw! it's ON, now!

http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/fallout-new-vegas-time-lapse-video?size=hd

Okay, now i have power armor and the biggest sniper rifle in the game. This should work.

Comprehensive 360 on the way apparently

Patch*

ok humble pie time, i'm actually loving this game now. reminded me why i got so into FO3 - and then got real sick of it once i levelled up to the top and found it all far too easy. (possibly my own fault as i started the point lookout dlc early in the game, found it incredibly hard then once i got back to the main game it all seemed too easy. not to mention how i overused the paralysing palm perk but anyway..)

getting on pretty well with the NCR now, wondering if to go to nelson and blow away the legion like they want me to, or if to hang fire on that and see if i can buddy up to the legion in case they have any decent missions. anyone here done this yet?

currently knocking the crap out of the legions

don't think it was meant to, but this totally sold me on getting new vegas:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2435-Fallout-New-Vegas

Except for the constant freezing it's great.

By the way, I reached level 30 before setting foot on the strip and the even more prevalent crashes have finally killed it for me. I've decided to save the actual story for a playthrough once they've patched the freezing thing.

NOTE: the "Pew Pew" gun is awesome. Especially if you have the meltdown perk. Just don't use it in close quarters like I did; crippled both my legs and knocked ED-E and Boone unconscious.

When you encounter the kid relating the historic mural at Nellis AFB in a bit completely nicked from "Beyond Thunderdome," I thought was suspiciously specific as to the date when the B29 was ditched in Lake Mead. So I went a-hunting, and found this:

http://indepthconsulting.com/B29/B29Lost.htm

The Story of Lake Mead's B-29

...All five aboard got out before the plane sank, escaping in two life rafts. About 12 minutes after ditching, the B-29 disappeared beneath the surface, not to be seen again for over 53 years...

http://indepthconsulting.com/Images/B29/Sonar201.jpg

I thought _he_ was, rather

He glitched out on me - started the story and stopped after about 30 seconds. Can't talk to him anymore.

man is that shit not patched yet?

Not on console. Hope to see some fixes by Christmas.

And hope it's better than EA's FIFA patch which didn't seem to do half of what they said and a tenth of what they originally promised.

http://www.ripten.com/2010/10/22/fallout-online-plans-to-launch-in-the-second-half-of-2012/

it's comin'

I just had a weird vision of it being the Van Buren engine, or at least a facsimile, with a ton of other people crawling the wastes.

And since it's MMO, you have to have a lot of character variation, so maybe some people are deathclaws.

pretty much stopped playing this for some reason, might be due to bad company 2 addiction rearing its head.

crashes have put me off admittedly, tempted to just wait and get it on 360 when price drops enough.

(that's under the basis that it won't crash as much on 360 !!)

I've been playing on PC and made the mistake of slogging around an empty Vault 11. Booooring. Reading about what happened in these places is neat, but without any cool loot, I am out of there.

Vault 11 is the best thing in the game! You crazy.

It is pretty cool, I was just having trouble finding my way to the basement and it was getting late at night.

I had all sorts of problems navigating the radioactive vault so I totally understand.

only crashed once tonight, but jeez there's a helluva lot of other bugs too. in the heat of huge battles, half the time it wouldn't call up my pip boy, very frustrating.

and the ai of your companions, fuck man it's lame.

somehow still enjoying it lol, for me tho it's just nowhere near as good as 3

I've had the opposite experience. Boone seems to have a decent AI, I've had only one crash, and the game is a lot more whimsical, IMO. I'm kind of concerned by the fact it seems like I've got all kinds of sweet gear already and I'm only at level 10, but I'lll chalk it up to my successful early raid on the Powder Gangers.

Had to ditch out on Vault 11 for now, though. The uh, friends, in the room below the overseer's office were a little too welcoming. I'll go back when I have more plasma gear and armor.

Also, is it just me or are caps pretty plentiful? Kind of guessing I'll need them when I get around to going near NV?

Boone + ED-e turn you into a death squad.

Caps are plentiful, until you start needing to spend them on expensive shit. Depends on your play style I guess.

i just don't like the way the companions constantly stand in the way in battle.

i got Rex instead. Also i got his head sorted out but I've since found the brain of a better dog. Can I get it transplanted a second time? oh, hang on, i think i remembered that the doc might be dead. will check. Will ED still be available if i go back to where he returned?

i've come across loads of companions, are all the others rub?

also, i'm carrying a lot of fiends 'heads'. not sure what for, but it's satisfying to see it crunch off their body.

Incinerator is awesome.

ED should still be available. His actual attacks aren't super useful but his perk makes enemies pop up on the compass from really far away. Very useful for a sniper build.

ah so i'm screwed to get Boone as a companion? i had him nail the wrong guy in front of the dino. now he won't talk to me. dammit!

Anyone know what the ghoul or nightskin companions are like? might ditch veronica for one of those.

also, fuck those flying Cadava or whatever they're called yellow and blue fucking fuckers.

pretty much stopped playing this

obv this was an absolute whopping fib

Do you folks generally complete quests as you get them, or do you collect a few quests and complete them at your leisure? I've noticed I'll tend to get a little bit into a quest and then realize that I'd rather go get more experience or wait until I have more toys to complete them. On the other hand, it seems like characters can't wait to tell you where new locations are in this game, so I have been doing a lot of exploring.

I've been wandering around Black Mountain. Is this place just the mother lode of caps and weapons, or what?

at first i was knocking the quests out like they were going out of fashion, now i've racked up a half dozen that i can't do for whatever reasons.

happy to wander about right now.

and yeah, just done black mountain. serious score.