Game: Fallout: New Vegas

[Kenco]

I searched the forum and didn't find a thread about this game. I played Fallout 3 and all the DLC and really enjoyed them. My only gripe... I bought it for the PS3. Normally I have no problem with playing a game on the PS3, but with the occasional freezing and how beautiful it looks on my PC, yeah it would of been a different experience.

Anyhow, in about a month, Fallout: New Vegas is coming out. I can't wait to return to the wastelands (Vegas style), and find a very nice melee weapon to club some people with. And this time, I'm getting it on the PC!

Anyone else thinking about getting this game? Experiences with previous fallout games?

[Animeniax]

I spent 80 hours on Fallout 3 so I don't think I'll play this new edition. I'll be busy with Dead Rising 2.

[DeathscytheVII]

Can't wait for it! i'm replaying Fallout 3 with all the expansions in anticipation i'm looking forward as well, to the return of the faction reputation system, and the 'hardcore' mode. Where you actually need to sleep, eat, drink to survive XD

[Kenco]

Can't wait for it! i'm replaying Fallout 3 with all the expansions in anticipation i'm looking forward as well, to the return of the faction reputation system, and the 'hardcore' mode. Where you actually need to sleep, eat, drink to survive XD

YES! Haha, I'm so selecting that mode. Hardest difficulty with hardcore mode on, it's the only way to play.

I am playing through all the dlc again, this time at high levels, and Mothership Beta at high levels ... yeah Energy weapons are useless cause everything has shields. But all in all, very fun.

About a month to go!

[Animeniax]

Can't wait for it! i'm replaying Fallout 3 with all the expansions in anticipation i'm looking forward as well, to the return of the faction reputation system, and the 'hardcore' mode. Where you actually need to sleep, eat, drink to survive XD

So basically you'll be living in the game instead of real life. Nice way to live.

80 hours is all I'm willing to give on a game, and that was excessive as is. Then it's time for new challenges and experiences.

[Buffalobiian]

So basically you'll be living in the game instead of real life. Nice way to live.

80 hours is all I'm willing to give on a game, and that was excessive as is. Then it's time for new challenges and experiences.

You spent less than 80 hours on MW2?

[Animeniax]

You spent less than 80 hours on MW2?

Indubitably. Even so, spending time on multiplayer MW2 is very different from wasting time on single-player Fallout 3.

[animus]

Can't say I'm too excited for New Vegas, especially since Obsidian's working on it.

[Kenco]

Haha, I'm very excited about it but I can't devote as much time as I used to back when I was a kid in high school/undergrad. I'd be lucky if I get 3 hours during the week playing any one game.

Thus hardcore mode all the way. Why not enjoy a challenge every time I play.

I also second the modding community for FO3, some of the funnest game addons were found in them. 5x spawn plus every enemy with a super weapon and armor? Haha, first raiders came up to me with mini guns and rocket launchers in the abandoned school. Good times followed.

[itadakimasu]

Anybody playing it?

I got it for pc. I played it for 3-4 hours straight last night and was entertained... so I have to give it that.

No bugs or crashes...

At one point I thought to myself " wtf... they turned fallout into an FPS!!!"

It's hard for me to play the 3rd person mode so I just prefer the 1st person.

[Ryllharu]

I've had my fair share of bugs, 3 CTD, one stuck in rocks, NPC pathfinding issues, etc. But nothing I would regard as "critical." I keep two alternating save slots for my first character. Worst that will happen is I'll lose 5-20 minutes or so.

The bugs are annoying, and I might even give a shit if I wasn't having so much damn fun.

Playing it on Hardcore with a sneaker/sniper, mostly focusing on pistols because I haven't found a sniper rifle yet, and the pistols are actually a blast to use. Love the iron sights on all the guns too. Switch into FPS mode and pick off targets with ease. I took out 7 raiders outside of V.A.T.S. (though the kill slowdown helped) with a repeater rifle before they even had a chance to rally.

The shocking part was how completely inadequate my character became when I finally got to New Vegas. I had 80 Sneak, 80 Guns, and about 45 Survival, but no Barter or Speech skills! Suddenly I found my progress in a large number of quests getting stonewalled one after another. I had to slowly squeak to the next level and shove all my points into Speech to make any progress at all.

Fallout 3 had very little to speak of in terms of advantages in non-combat skills aside from repair. A few extra caps here, a shortcut there, an extra weapon, but nothing like this! I'm definitely going to have to roll a negotiation-focused character next time through.

The sheer amount of ways to work through parts of the game is a huge leap above Fallout 3. The engine and graphics may not have changed much, but the writing and back end of the game play sure as hell did!

[DeathscytheVII]

Lovin' it! I haven't been able to devote much time to it because of school and work. 3-4 hrs but I'm liking it. As for the PC version, my one complaint is that Steam lags too much. But oh well, it rocks!

Wiped out the stupid Powder Gangs, and now on my way to join Caesar's Legion. A pity that a lot of the cool characters i met so far are so anti-legionnaire

[Kenco]

I'm playing it too, and I'm loving it. At first I had mixed feelings, but after putting in a few hours, I'm hooked.

I'm doing unarmed/melee hardcore -very hard. Haha, I found myself using small guns as back up in some fights.

[itadakimasu]

I'm loving it too. Had 1 CTD but that's it for bugs... How are you guys doing hardcore?! I have it on normal difficulty and I find myself getting owned pretty often and having to fast travel to heal up.

I really like it though. There is so much to do. Some of the charactors I've come across are good. Still have yet to find a companion!!!

[Ryllharu]

For hardcore, you just need to plan ahead. Getting into a tough fight, shoot a stimpack or eat food (if you have 40+ Survival) before things get really hairy.

Being a sneaker/sniper helps me because I usually don't put myself in direct danger, but conservative play and thoughtful planning before combat starts helps a ton. Knowing you can lob a bomb, run them back into prepared minefields, or an alpha-strike from afar can make or break combat when you're outnumbered. I used a stealthboy to get in close and drop a bomb on a clustered group when I couldn't take them out with my pistols and rifles. Another time I waited for an NCR patrol to get slaughtered when they came across a Legion encampment before going in and finishing off the remaining Legion troops with sneak attacks. That one allowed me to take no negative karma and still complete a quest.

Companions are also your best friends. There are some really skilled and amazing ones in this game. The sniper and a certain gunslinger especially. Some of their perks are super useful, some not at all. They seem a little smarter too, they fight to their strengths. Find one that compliments your chosen focus.


The more time I spend on the Strip, the more complicated this game gets. The writing in New Vegas really puts FO3 to complete shame. I really have no idea what I'm going to do, there are just too many choices and paths to take. I've managed to get my character into quite the conundrum.

[Kenco]

For hardcore, you just need to plan ahead. Getting into a tough fight, shoot a stimpack or eat food (if you have 40+ Survival) before things get really hairy.

Being a sneaker/sniper helps me because I usually don't put myself in direct danger, but conservative play and thoughtful planning before combat starts helps a ton. Knowing you can lob a bomb, run them back into prepared minefields, or an alpha-strike from afar can make or break combat when you're outnumbered. I used a stealthboy to get in close and drop a bomb on a clustered group when I couldn't take them out with my pistols and rifles. Another time I waited for an NCR patrol to get slaughtered when they came across a Legion encampment before going in and finishing off the remaining Legion troops with sneak attacks. That one allowed me to take no negative karma and still complete a quest.

Companions are also your best friends. There are some really skilled and amazing ones in this game. The sniper and a certain gunslinger especially. Some of their perks are super useful, some not at all. They seem a little smarter too, they fight to their strengths. Find one that compliments your chosen focus.


The more time I spend on the Strip, the more complicated this game gets. The writing in New Vegas really puts FO3 to complete shame. I really have no idea what I'm going to do, there are just too many choices and paths to take. I've managed to get my character into quite the conundrum.

I second this, companions are a life saver on Very Hard w/ hardcore mode. They take a few hits (but Oh man, Boone gets eaten alive by a pack of giant rad scorpions). All in all, you just have to be careful, watch out for mines, and have a long range and short range approach to kill everything.

Hiding/cover fire works too!

[Ryllharu]

Funny, I had the opposite experience.

Boone, ED-E (yay companion limit exploits!) and myself destroyed the Giant Radscorpions in that one pass where they are all clustered. In fact, I didn't really do much of anything. The two of them slaughtered them before I could even bring up V.A.T.S. the majority of the time.

I'm playing Normal and not Very Hard, so maybe that's the difference.

[Kenco]

Funny, I had the opposite experience.

Boone, ED-E (yay companion limit exploits!) and myself destroyed the Giant Radscorpions in that one pass where they are all clustered. In fact, I didn't really do much of anything. The two of them slaughtered them before I could even bring up V.A.T.S. the majority of the time.

I'm playing Normal and not Very Hard, so maybe that's the difference.

Oh on VHHC they can handle a rad scorpion, but not 5. Haha, I learned that the hard way.

[Lucifus]

I just got boone to join me......just wow.

Despite knowing what was going to happen, I still wasn't prepared for it. xD

[itadakimasu]

I finally found a companion yesterday : Raul. Had lots of fun w\ him raping people w\ a super sledge. Currently he's got metal armor and a chainsaw

The most fun I've probably had so far in the game was when I went to this town where previously some thugs had attacked me....

I was just walking around and all of a sudden Raul starts chasing these people around w\ his chainsaw lol