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Fallout: New Vegas is an upcoming game that is to released on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. The release date is October 19th in North America and October 22nd in Europe. It is Created by Obsidian Entertainment, Much of the people working on this title came from Black Isle Studios which made Fallout 1 and Fallout 2.

Links

Bethesda Website (http://fallout.bethsoft.com/index.html)
Fallout Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas)
Fallout Wikia (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas)

Youtube Links
Bethesda Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/BethesdaSoftworks)
Teaser Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6H2LdUwNDk)
Official Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_-6ymuk9i4)
Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfVYZTx6AAI)

Dev Diary 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxPXlofTi8)
Dev Diary 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45W-wxkhp2I)
Dev Diary 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVgRH7yePpk)
Dev Diary 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkALhh82JdI)
Dev Diary 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAfRfLSE8Pg)

Interviews
Angry Joe Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICFokPABGxw&feature=fvst)
Liquid Waffle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR5BP0r0ZUU)
IGN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8hmKX3CmTg)
GameStop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkvFKA3j8II)
Gladirel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfh3gKukF1w)


ESRB Rating: MATURE with Blood and Gore, Intense Language, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs.

Those links will give you all the information you need and more.		2010-10-08 01:39:00

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Unknown User

Yeah, ever since LBP2 was delayed I have extra money, so I might get this. Fallout 3 was fun yet I never finished it cause it was too big, and I don't feel like starting over but I wanna play, so yeah. :O2010-10-08 11:27:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882

If they've fixed the crashing that plagued 3 I might pick up the GOTY edition next year.2010-10-08 11:42:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

Yea I already pre-order fallout new vegas collector's edition I can't wait XD

Mostly my brother can't wait for this game he is going crazy.		2010-10-08 12:23:00

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Arnald23
Posts: 1843

If they've fixed the crashing that plagued 3 I might pick up the GOTY edition next year.

Yeah, Fallout 3 had a lot of issues with crashing on my PS3 once I got into broke steel, anyway, I managed to finish the game like 3 times >_>		2010-10-08 18:08:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I am on my Third playthrough of Very Hard on Fallout 3
New Vegas should have alot less bugs now that they already have the engine made, New Developers.		2010-10-08 19:51:00

Author:
Unknown User

Pre-Ordered the 'Classic' pack of New Vegas...

Can't wait to throw on my sacred Vault 13 jumpsuit and be all nostalgic 		2010-10-08 22:50:00

Author:
Nurolight
Posts: 918

So, anyone have any idea what sort of character they wanna make and play as?

On 3, I was always partial to making rough-and-tumble female characters and loved setting things on fire (for justice!) 		2010-10-09 03:02:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

I plan to play the Similar ways in new Vegas as I do in 3

Me = Everyone in the wasteland is treated equally, if they do not stop discrimination others they pay in blood. You can probably tell I killed a lot of people in Fallout.		2010-10-09 03:16:00

Author:
Unknown User

wow 9 more days people until fallout new vegas XD

grenade machine gun here I come 		2010-10-09 20:50:00

Author:
Arnald23
Posts: 1843

// Original Post Updated with Interviews! //

I am getting it on launch day, pulling an all nighter and missing school the next day.
Just to play New Vegas.

There's some proof of how much I want this game.		2010-10-09 20:53:00

Author:
Unknown User

Im probably going to do the same thing this game is epic and it must be play!

Also I wounder which side are you going with MCR, new California republics ect.		2010-10-09 20:55:00

Author:
Arnald23
Posts: 1843

I've never actually played Fallout but I've seen gameplay videos, and watched reviews and it looks pretty cool! I wish there was a demo or somethin...2010-10-09 21:00:00

Author:
eagerneph
Posts: 1536

I highly recommend Getting New Vegas.
You don't need to play F3 first because it doesn't continue the F3 story.		2010-10-10 02:44:00

Author:
Unknown User

Im probably going to do the same thing this game is epic and it must be play!

Also I wounder which side are you going with MCR, new California republics ect.

I think I'll be siding with Mr House - always have friends in high places 		2010-10-10 14:49:00

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Nurolight
Posts: 918

Im going to start on survival mode, I want a challenge. Only 12 more days for UK2010-10-10 16:08:00

Author:
Radishlord
Posts: 706

Im planning to Start on Very Hard + Harcore
*Visions of many deaths pass through my mind*

//Extra Info
If you speed through the beginning you can reach "The Strip" in about 15 minutes		2010-10-10 16:17:00

Author:
Unknown User

I have my copy pre-ordered, should be done acquiring the plat trophy for Castlevania by the time it arrive 2010-10-10 23:44:00

Author:
OCK
Posts: 1536

7 Moar days until launch (In North America)2010-10-12 23:13:00

Author:
Unknown User

I got into the Fallout 3 party a bit late.
Just when Bethesda had a huge sale, I picked up Fallout 3 after my fun with Oblivion. It was not too fun, as I played it just like I played Oblivion, and always ended up getting killed my townsfolk and random robots.

A little bit later, I actually tried it, and tried to be good and work up my small weapons skill. I ripped right through the game and loved every second.
Now I'm a super-awesome dude with a knack for sniper rifles, with 100s in both Small Guns and Energy Weapons.
http://gyazo.com/5b2d29b73d524c0f47ed44d0f375598a.png		2010-10-13 12:33:00

Author:
chezhead
Posts: 1063

@ChezHead
Your guy looks awsome		2010-10-13 21:35:00

Author:
Unknown User

Hmm, i wonder if New Vegas will have new power armors, i expect more T 51b's as there were more common in Fallout 1 and 2 which were set up near where New Vegas will take place, also, anyone can tell if the Gauss rifle will make a comeback? i loved that weapon!2010-10-13 21:37:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

@ChezHead

Your out of ammo...		2010-10-13 22:32:00

Author:
Nurolight
Posts: 918

@ChezHead

Your out of ammo...

lol nice eye there! i dont blame him, the chines assault rifle eats bullets like crazy.... (i use the gary 23 glitch on op anchorage tho, so i have like 5000 machinegun bullets!!)		2010-10-14 00:31:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Hmm, i wonder if New Vegas will have new power armors, i expect more T 51b's as there were more common in Fallout 1 and 2 which were set up near where New Vegas will take place, also, anyone can tell if the Gauss rifle will make a comeback? i loved that weapon!

Long Live the Gauss Rifle (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gauss_rifle_(Fallout:_New_Vegas))		2010-10-15 05:29:00

Author:
Unknown User

lol nice eye there! i dont blame him, the chines assault rifle eats bullets like crazy.... (i use the gary 23 glitch on op anchorage tho, so i have like 5000 machinegun bullets!!)
Or you get it for PC and just type several words and BAM! more ammo than you can count. (And bottlecaps, and amount of weight you can carry.)

With mods the PC version was a ton of fun. I'm hoping NV will be the same.		2010-10-15 06:01:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

// Original Post UpDated with new Dev Diary //

Apparently New Vegas Official Strategy Guide is the longest every written. Goes to show how Massive the game will be.		2010-10-15 11:41:00

Author:
Unknown User

I took advantage of the PSN+ free Fallout DLC offer and I'm loving Point Lookout. Forgot how much I enjoy this game. Can't wait for New Vegas now. Might wait a while until I'm finished with Fallout 3 though.2010-10-16 00:33:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

http://www.justin.tv/XDRACULAALUCARDX/

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMediaCows		2010-10-16 00:33:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

Wtf they already have the game!2010-10-16 01:18:00

Author:
Unknown User

Long Live the Gauss Rifle (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gauss_rifle_(Fallout:_New_Vegas))

yeah, just today i was looking at the new weapons, lots of new awesome stuff!, I'm getting the game on tuesday when it comes out!		2010-10-16 04:27:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I was suppose to stay home and play NV all Wednesday but now I have a dentist appointment.. >:U2010-10-16 17:05:00

Author:
Unknown User

thats too bad channel I don't have a class on wednesday till 5:30 p.m. so ill be playing all tuesday till 4:00 a.m.!

btw, havnt anyone noticed the armor that the gauss rifle guy is carrying?

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100914212605/fallout/images/1/14/GaussrifleFNV.jpg

looks a lot like the adv. power armor from the enclave in fallout 2!

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060523211249/fallout/images/c/c7/Apoweras.gif

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20050327230308/fallout/images/0/03/Enclavetrooper.gif		2010-10-16 18:40:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I did notice that armor, it must be Tesla due to the Tesla Coils. Tesla is an Enclave thing so yea.2010-10-16 18:44:00

Author:
Unknown User

Wtf they already have the game!
I think it's great that some people are playing the game early and streaming it. I wasn't sure if the game was worth picking up or not because from what I had seen before it just seemed a buggy mess. However, watching someone else play and mess around it looks pretty fun. It comes out on the 22nd here.		2010-10-16 18:48:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

But how did they already get it?2010-10-16 18:51:00

Author:
Unknown User

But how did they already get it?
They downloaded an iso disc image and burnt it to a DVD, then they just popped the disc in their Xbox. I don't know if you need to modify your console in any way or not.		2010-10-16 18:57:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

There's also the possibility that its a legit copy and a retailer has broken the street date it does happen alot.2010-10-16 19:42:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

I wonder if Walmart will sell me it a day early for 100$?2010-10-16 20:29:00

Author:
Unknown User

I wonder if Walmart will sell me it a day early for 100$?

I dont think so, probably people get it early if they work at a retail company or know someone who does...

@Ayneh, yes thats another way, but that would include someone else to release the files (bethesda employee i guess), also requires to buy a blank HD-DVD (and struggle with the mess to find a HD-DVD burner, and HD-DVD's are out of market now and are only employed by Microsoft for games.), and would also require to add a mod chip to the xbox to read pirate copies which would brick the console making it unable to go to xbox live, so in the end is more easy to assume that they got it earlier from a retailer or know someone who works at bethesda or review team (as review sites like IGN or whatever get trials to make previews of games).		2010-10-16 21:19:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

There's also the possibility that its a legit copy and a retailer has broken the street date it does happen alot.

I dont think so, probably people get it early if they work at a retail company or know someone who does...

@Ayneh, yes thats another way, but that would include someone else to release the files (bethesda employee i guess), also requires to buy a blank HD-DVD (and struggle with the mess to find a HD-DVD burner, and HD-DVD's are out of market now and are only employed by Microsoft for games.), and would also require to add a mod chip to the xbox to read pirate copies which would brick the console making it unable to go to xbox live, so in the end is more easy to assume that they got it earlier from a retailer or know someone who works at bethesda or review team (as review sites like IGN or whatever get trials to make previews of games).
That's all well and good but I'm just repeating what they said in the commentary. They downloaded it and burnt it to a disc.		2010-10-16 21:32:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

Yeah Fallout 3 was my second Favorite Game after Little Big Planet, But i'm just worried that it will be the same as Fallout 3. I've watched previews and it just looks like the third Fallout. I haven't played Fallout 1 or 2 though.2010-10-16 21:36:00

Author:
Unknown User

Yeah Fallout 3 was my second Favorite Game after Little Big Planet, But i'm just worried that it will be the same as Fallout 3. I've watched previews and it just looks like the third Fallout. I haven't played Fallout 1 or 2 though.

the actually addressed that same question on the NA ps blog, check it out:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/10/14/your-fallout-new-vegas-ps3-questions-answered-hardcore-mode-morality-combat-and-more/


I?m afraid it's going to feel like DLC. Are there enough changes to make New Vegas feel unique from Fallout 3? (thanks @acsguitar)

We certainly think so! While the gameplay is similar, the world itself is very, very different. And our main storyline plays out in a very different manner, with several very different paths to completion.		2010-10-16 22:05:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I dont think so, probably people get it early if they work at a retail company or know someone who does...

@Ayneh, yes thats another way, but that would include someone else to release the files (bethesda employee i guess), also requires to buy a blank HD-DVD (and struggle with the mess to find a HD-DVD burner, and HD-DVD's are out of market now and are only employed by Microsoft for games.), and would also require to add a mod chip to the xbox to read pirate copies which would brick the console making it unable to go to xbox live, so in the end is more easy to assume that they got it earlier from a retailer or know someone who works at bethesda or review team (as review sites like IGN or whatever get trials to make previews of games).

It's regular DVD's for Xbox 360 games always has been. HD DVD was an add on and only for movies.		2010-10-16 22:34:00

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Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

It's regular DVD's for Xbox 360 games always has been. HD DVD was an add on and only for movies.

It uses dual layer DVD's which in shorter words are HD-DVD's, If you mention DVD, then you are degrading the console to the last generation....		2010-10-16 22:40:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

It uses dual layer DVD's which in shorter words are HD-DVD's, If you mention DVD, then you are degrading the console to the last generation....

Dual layer DVD is still a DVD it has a capacity of 4.7gb per layer (making dual layer 9.4gb) HD DVD had a capacity of 15gb per layer.		2010-10-16 23:12:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

I'll be holding off for awhile after release to see how the mods go. To be honest vegas sounds like its being released to the quality of my modded fo3 (hunger, thirst, sleep, extra guns etc.) and there's still stuff they haven't done like building your own city.2010-10-16 23:27:00

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Shermzor
Posts: 1330

Someone from the EU community forum had a brilliant idea! (http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Fallout/Fallout-twit-along/td-p/11686153)

Create a Twitter account for you character in Fallout: New Vegas!
So you can document your travels, as well as sharing them with others!

For anyone interested, heres mine:

Twitter/StrangeWanderer (http://twitter.com/#!/StrangeWanderer)		2010-10-17 16:13:00

Author:
Nurolight
Posts: 918

Someone from the EU community forum had a brilliant idea! (http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Fallout/Fallout-twit-along/td-p/11686153)

Create a Twitter account for you character in Fallout: New Vegas!
So you can document your travels, as well as sharing them with others!

For anyone interested, heres mine:

Twitter/StrangeWanderer (http://twitter.com/#!/StrangeWanderer)

That's an AWESOME idea!!! So doing that!

http://twitter.com/FitzWanderer		2010-10-17 19:39:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

What happened to TheMediaCows Playthrough?2010-10-17 20:21:00

Author:
Unknown User

Dual layer DVD is still a DVD it has a capacity of 4.7gb per layer (making dual layer 9.4gb) HD DVD had a capacity of 15gb per layer.

still no need to call it dvd, it leads to confusion as if i call blue rays dvds...,

Back on topic:
I do hope new vegas gets to be stable, Fallout 3 had a lot of problems, even tho bethesda stated that new vegas is very well ported, and for the twitter thing, that sounds interesting, but its kinda pointless, would be awesome if Fallout was an online multiplayer.		2010-10-17 20:24:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

still no need to call it dvd, it leads to confusion as if i call blue rays dvds...,

It's called DVD because it is DVD the first HD DVD product came to market 5 months after the launch of the Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 required an add on to play HD DVD movies if it had a built in HD DVD drive it would have played them nativly.
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3293/xbox360hddvd.jpg
Games such as Final Fantasy 13 are on multiple discs due to the limited space on the disc if the Xbox 360 used HD DVD's it would have only been on one Disc.		2010-10-17 20:45:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

It's called DVD because it is DVD the first HD DVD product came to market 5 months after the launch of the Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 required an add on to play HD DVD movies if it had a built in HD DVD drive it would have played them nativly.
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3293/xbox360hddvd.jpg
Games such as Final Fantasy 13 are on multiple discs due to the limited space on the disc if the Xbox 360 used HD DVD's it would have only been on one Disc.

oh jeez this went too far , well leave it as you want k?

we are derailing the topic here >__>		2010-10-17 20:52:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Yea... do visitor messages for this discussion about DVD's

anyway. I really like the Twitter Idea and will get mine up right away!		2010-10-17 20:56:00

Author:
Unknown User

Yea... do visitor messages for this discussion about DVD's

anyway. I really like the Twitter Idea and will get mine up right away!

will you get the game on tuesday? I plan too if i get a car to go and buy it, otherwise I'll have to order it by mail :/

and i don't really get the point of the twitter thing, quite interesting tho.		2010-10-17 20:58:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

// Mojave is pronounced " Moh-Hav-EE " //

I like to think of the Twitter thing as being a Public archive about your experience in the Mojave Wasteland		2010-10-17 21:16:00

Author:
Unknown User

// Mojave is pronounced " Moh-Hav-EE " //

I like to think of the Twitter thing as being a Public archive about your experience in the Mojave Wasteland

Exactly how I saw it 		2010-10-17 22:08:00

Author:
Nurolight
Posts: 918

http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/fallout-vegas-review/

Some site you've probably never heard of has done a review, read their words and discuss what you think of their opinion.		2010-10-18 01:56:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

The review brought up a few good points. I mean it basically is Fallout 3.5... or 3.2 maybe. All they've done is added ironsights, a slightly better 3rd person camera and some meta-game features like the gun mods and medicine creation. Few other bits and pieces as well.

I think the Oblivion with guns comment was a bit unfair. The game engine is still fun to play it and the style of game is still a lot of fun to play. You get used to playing it in 1st person most of the time and IMO isn't really much a complaint. Sure a better 3rd person camera would have been nice but is hardly a huge complaint. Also used to the game freezing at times, I'll be saving often same as Fallout 3.

I'll have to see about the story... I can't really see it having the same impact as the Fallout 3 story. I guess it depends on what you're transporting at the start of the game.

It's weird, I am really looking forward to playing it but a part of me feels that I shouldn't be parting with 45-50 euro to get a game that's basically a massive mod/add-on. However it's a smaller part than the part that can't wait to try out the gun mods and play Caravan .

In terms of review scores though, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up having a Metacritic of 70-80.		2010-10-18 03:12:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

In my opinion, whoever thinks new Vegas is an add on doesnt know what an add on should be.

Those people would be expecting a new game engine, most sequels keep the same game engine just improve on it. (Uncharted 1 &2, BioShock 1 & 2, LBP 1 &2 ) Fallout New Vegas keeps the same game engine and improves on it just like most major games. I think if they changed the engine the fallout series would go down hill. There is massive amounts to do in this game and it is proved by having the largest Stratagy Guide booklet so far. This game will be bigger than F3 not near the size of an Add on.

So dont worry about playing the same game with just a few new additions, it is a brand new game with new things, new places, new story, and alot more new stuff.


... In terms of review scores though, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up having a Metacritic of 70-80.

Seeing as this is a major release game you dont have to worry, gaming companies bump up the score on major games even if it shouldnt get that high of the score. Although this is all opinion...		2010-10-18 03:21:00

Author:
Unknown User

@TheChannel The thing is, Fallout New Vegas looks like Fallout 3 so much, that if you showed someone whos never played either 2 screenshots, one from each game, they would not know which is which, or if they were any different. Personally, I don't care if the graphics are massively improved or not, what really ticks me off the is the fact that the HUD is the EXACT SAME as it was in Fallout 3. (I mean the one you see constantly, not the menus.) I mean, they could've changed that a bit to actually have some sort of difference.2010-10-18 03:51:00

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Kog
Posts: 2358

@TheChannel The thing is, Fallout New Vegas looks like Fallout 3 so much, that if you showed someone whos never played either 2 screenshots, one from each game, they would not know which is which, or if they were any different. Personally, I don't care if the graphics are massively improved or not, what really ticks me off the is the fact that the HUD is the EXACT SAME as it was in Fallout 3. (I mean the one you see constantly, not the menus.) I mean, they could've changed that a bit to actually have some sort of difference.

Yeah, you're right, it looks more of like an expansion for Fallout 3, anyway, we wont know until the game comes out, personally i look forward those new weapons and the new companion system.		2010-10-18 06:21:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Same thing goes for a lot of other major games such as Little Big Planet, only way I can tell the difference is if there was the exclusive LBP2 tools or costumes in the picture.
Uncharted 2, game of the year had the same HUD as Uncharted 1		2010-10-18 10:41:00

Author:
Unknown User

In my opinion, whoever thinks new Vegas is an add on doesnt know what an add on should be.

Those people would be expecting a new game engine, most sequels keep the same game engine just improve on it. (Uncharted 1 &2, BioShock 1 & 2, LBP 1 &2 ) Fallout New Vegas keeps the same game engine and improves on it just like most major games. I think if they changed the engine the fallout series would go down hill.


I'm not saying they should change the engine, I'm glad they kept the same engine. What I find unacceptable is the lack of upgrades to the engine in terms of graphics and animations. The difference of those two things between Uncharted 1 and 2 was huge. Actually Bioshock 2 is a good example, because it didn't upgrade the engine much and you experience a different part of the same underwater world with a few gameplay upgrades. It did well critically though a lot of people didn't find it as good as 1 due to a been-there-done-that feeling.

Still I'm really looking forward to New Vegas. It's just I think I'll feel a little short-changed if I pay full price for it. In terms of amount of content it's obviously worth it but whether I'll have as much fun playing as 3 remains to be seen.

Hmmm... for some reason I don't have the same problem with Assassin's Creed - Brotherhood doing pretty much the same thing... addition of multiplayer might be enough to keep it fresh.		2010-10-18 14:13:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

360 is getting exclusive DLC time will tell how exclusive it really is. http://kotaku.com/5666721/fallout-new-vegas-first-dlc-will-be-xbox+exclusive2010-10-18 17:13:00

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Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

yeah, there is a thread already, it will surely be like what they did to fallout 3, we will eventually get the dlc, but like 3 or 4 months later....2010-10-18 19:05:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

yeah, there is a thread already,

Yeah that thread was posted 10 minutes after my post here in the grand LBPC tradition of someone not bothering to read the topic at the top of the board before posting a new one.		2010-10-18 19:27:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

Yeah that thread was posted 10 minutes after my post here in the grand LBPC tradition of someone not bothering to read the topic at the top of the board before posting a new one.

lol my bad, didn't noticed the times at they were posted		2010-10-18 19:32:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

My favourite thing about New Vegas is that you can play how you want to play and the world changes from those decisions. Fallout 3 Worked like an "Or Switch", you have multiple choice but ultimatly you get the same outcome. New Vegas from what I hear on Dev Diary - Factions, your decisions effect the Factions. I love that.2010-10-18 20:34:00

Author:
Unknown User

My favourite thing about New Vegas is that you can play how you want to play and the world changes from those decisions. Fallout 3 Worked like an "Or Switch", you have multiple choice but ultimatly you get the same outcome. New Vegas from what I hear on Dev Diary - Factions, your decisions effect the Factions. I love that.

wow, didnt knew that!, sounds interesting, as if my actions could really have a radical effect!, reminds me a bit of fable tho!		2010-10-18 22:04:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Play new Vegas tweetthrough is in my Signature, check it out everyday to watch my character live.2010-10-18 22:11:00

Author:
Unknown User

My favourite thing about New Vegas is that you can play how you want to play and the world changes from those decisions. Fallout 3 Worked like an "Or Switch", you have multiple choice but ultimatly you get the same outcome. New Vegas from what I hear on Dev Diary - Factions, your decisions effect the Factions. I love that.
You mean like GTA2...		2010-10-19 02:17:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

GTA2 as in Grand Theft Auto 2? In that case enver played it.2010-10-19 03:34:00

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Unknown User

GTA2 as in Grand Theft Auto 2? In that case enver played it.
Yeah. In GTA2 there were 3-4 gangs in each city. If you did jobs for one gang your reputation would increase with them and decrease with the others, to the point that the rival gangs would shoot you if you went in their territory. If you did all the jobs for one gang and had high reputation you could just go around shooting/running over their members to make the other gangs respect you enough to give you jobs.

The reputation thing for the factions seems similar. It's a simple but cool system.		2010-10-19 04:27:00

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Ayneh
Posts: 2454

Well New Vegas should have a lot more complex system than that.2010-10-19 10:32:00

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Unknown User

84 metacritic so far for those who care about that sort of thing (like me ).

General concensus is that it's better than Fallout 3. Has a better story, crafting system sounds great, is funnier and has longer quests (not sure I like that last one... some of the Fallout 3 quests were **** long, especially that one that branched into like 4 different quests).

Only thing holding it back seems to be bugs... freezes randomly, graphical bugs... the usual stuff we're used to from Fallout 3, especially post-DLC release. But it seems that the game is so deep and fun that it makes up for these admittedly quite serious bugs... some of them crash the system and require a system restart.

Anyway, don't have the cash at the minute but will be getting this for or before Christmas.		2010-10-19 17:07:00

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Burrich
Posts: 1018

It's a shame that they havn't been able to fix the bugs especially the framerate drops and crashes. The rest of the game sounds great but I'm not paying to endure that many bugs again.2010-10-19 17:22:00

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Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

im getting this game but better not have all the bugs like fallout 3 but yeah
CANT WAIT!		2010-10-19 17:30:00

Author:
howMUCHforBOUNTY
Posts: 623

So it apparently is having issues, with most people saying that it freezes at 1 hour aprox of gameplay, even compared to the GOTY of fallout 3 (which i cant play very well, specially on the wasteland :S) well, if bethesda doesn't fix this soon with a good patch (because they never fixed the issues with the goty of fallout 3) then its a bye bye to the game and any other bethesda game from me.

(so if they complains are true, then bethesda lied, check entry 5 from the NA blog: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/09/15/fallout-new-vegas-for-ps3-meet-the-companions/ so is bethesda really aware that they game freezes or what? do they want to trick costumers?)

It would be nice to have some feedback from people here to see if the game is really broken :		2010-10-19 18:13:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Going to start playing in about an Hour and a half, if this games freezes badley im going to be flippin2010-10-19 19:49:00

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Unknown User

Going to start playing in about an Hour and a half, if this games freezes badley im going to be flippin

please provide feedback here!, I still haven't got the game yet because all of the news on the internet about the problems, it would be good to have first hand information!		2010-10-19 19:57:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I will report as often as I can, I will be up till like 3-4AM playing this game then back up at 7 to continue2010-10-19 20:01:00

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Unknown User

Bad time to be broke. 2010-10-19 20:17:00

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The Gentleman
Posts: 360

Played for the past Hour and a half and no Freezing as of yet.
Pretty fun game though, you can actually hit your targets with out Vats now.		2010-10-19 23:12:00

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Unknown User

seriously!? that sounds good!, hey channel, may I ask, how old is your console? (probably that may affect the way the game performs)2010-10-19 23:36:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I've heard there's been some issues with freezing; but I also remember when I was playing FO3 those sort of problems only started to really be noticable once you had explored a significant amount of the game. About how much of the game do you think you've explored as of yet?2010-10-20 03:20:00

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Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

seriously!? that sounds good!, hey channel, may I ask, how old is your console? (probably that may affect the way the game performs)

I got it the Christmas the PS3's came out, its an 80 Gig, had a YLOD but did the homeade fix.
So if any system should break down it should be mine.


@Dapiek Absaroka
So far I had 1 freeze in the game, that was about 2 hours in, over all I have played a little over 5 hours straight.
I explored a fair bit of the map but I must tell everyone this, It is alot harder to travel around in this game, the monsters are very deadly and there is alot more compared to F3. At one point I met 4 Deathclaws at once. I just got into the Strip and did a few side mission

//Also I would like to point out that the game is a lot more open world and less direction where to go, so you have more choice in what you do. It can get frustrating when you have to go somewhere but you cant because there is over powered bugs in the way! >:U

Loving the game so far though!		2010-10-20 03:44:00

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Unknown User

I got it the Christmas the PS3's came out, its an 80 Gig, had a YLOD but did the homeade fix.
So if any system should break down it should be mine.


@Dapiek Absaroka
So far I had 1 freeze in the game, that was about 2 hours in, over all I have played a little over 5 hours straight.
I explored a fair bit of the map but I must tell everyone this, It is alot harder to travel around in this game, the monsters are very deadly and there is alot more compared to F3. At one point I met 4 Deathclaws at once. I just got into the Strip and did a few side mission

//Also I would like to point out that the game is a lot more open world and less direction where to go, so you have more choice in what you do. It can get frustrating when you have to go somewhere but you cant because there is over powered bugs in the way! >:U

Loving the game so far though!

Thanks a lot for the heads up!, so this is a green light so far for me to get the game! thnks!		2010-10-20 04:19:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Anyone else have questions for me?2010-10-20 04:45:00

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Unknown User

hey, some news, looks like a patch is on the way!


Update: Patches are coming. Pete Hines, marketing man at Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks, tells Kotaku that "We are currently working on releasing patches/updates as quickly as possible for Fallout: New Vegas, for all platforms. Announcements regarding the patches are forthcoming." He advises anyone seeing this head-turning bug to re-verify their files on Steam, as the issue is due to a "corrupt mesh file." Also notable: The head-turning bug here was highlighted two days ago in a blog post by one of the game's producers, who identified it as a known bug that was "eradicated" prior to the game's official release.

source:
http://kotaku.com/5668552/fallout-new-vegas-has-bug-issues?skyline=true&s=i		2010-10-20 18:43:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

ughhh i wish i could get this, i learned my lesson though, Game of the Year edition will probably come out, so i think i'm gonna try and get FO3 GOTY, let us know though, i'm so interest if it's so good i'll put 100% the DLC of FO3 on hold and get into vegas!2010-10-21 00:20:00

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Frank-the-Bunny
Posts: 1246

ughhh i wish i could get this, i learned my lesson though, Game of the Year edition will probably come out, so i think i'm gonna try and get FO3 GOTY, let us know though, i'm so interest if it's so good i'll put 100% the DLC of FO3 on hold and get into vegas!

I dont recommend the GOTY of fallout 3 man, it freezes a lot when going into DLC areas, when you get to level 20 and explored a lot its impossible to traverse the wasteland without the game freezing (usually making you reset the console), also (for me) point look out is un-playlable at certain degree (it freezes alot)		2010-10-21 00:48:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

i don't usually have any problems with my GOTY fallout3, except sometimes in VATS mode it goes VEEERRRYYYYY slow....it may take ten min to shoot 2 shots at a radroach or something ridiculous like that.2010-10-21 01:01:00

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sean96sx
Posts: 71

i don't usually have any problems with my GOTY fallout3, except sometimes in VATS mode it goes VEEERRRYYYYY slow....it may take ten min to shoot 2 shots at a radroach or something ridiculous like that.

have you completed all the DLC areas and got to level 30?		2010-10-21 02:03:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

but how's NV overall!2010-10-21 03:17:00

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Frank-the-Bunny
Posts: 1246

Have you run into any "Pazuzu-possessed" people yet? http://www.vg247.com/2010/10/20/fallout-new-vegas-bugs-swamp-youtube/

And on that note, game patches have been announced:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31086/Fallout_New_Vegas_Patch_Plans_On_The_Way.php

Personally, I don't think I'd really mind floating eyes and spinning heads so long as they place priority on patching stuff that specifically adversely affects gameplay foremost.		2010-10-21 03:33:00

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Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

I played F3 Alot, I got to Lvl 30, game froze on me probably like 5 time through the whole playthrough, I dont see how everyone else gets such bad luck with the game.

New Vegas Improves much more than Gameplay, the missions are amazing, each story mission has like 3 routes to take and each one changes the story and your experience with the game, you get to pick and choose faction to help and destory, this game has massive replayability, second best story I've ever seen. (best being inFamous)
I literrally have a headache from playing to much.... It's 12AM on a School night and I just got off... im addicted		2010-10-21 03:45:00

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Unknown User

And on that note, game patches have been announced:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31086/Fallout_New_Vegas_Patch_Plans_On_The_Way.php

Personally, I don't think I'd really mind floating eyes and spinning heads so long as they place priority on patching stuff that specifically adversely affects gameplay foremost.

have you look onto post #90? why nobody reads the whole thing before posting?... anyway, yeah, patches are coming to address all those ridiculous glitches, the head spinning one is hilarious!!!		2010-10-21 03:51:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

have you completed all the DLC areas and got to level 30?

yeah, been runnin around on level 30 for a while, it's too much work to start running around from the beginning. I mean, yeah it has frozen a few times, but usually after hours of continuous gameplay, so i never that much of it		2010-10-21 03:59:00

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sean96sx
Posts: 71

yeah, been runnin around on level 30 for a while, it's too much work to start running around from the beginning. I mean, yeah it has frozen a few times, but usually after hours of continuous gameplay, so i never that much of it

yeah, i have started the game like 4 times, (one of them got corrupted and i freeze whenever i go to the purifier), the game starts to run on fumes when i complete mothership zeta, op anchorage and broken steel...		2010-10-21 04:11:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

do they still have an awesome awesome radio host :S
ahhhh I love GNR 		2010-10-21 04:31:00

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YEAH_NAH
Posts: 775

Got this for PC, and I'm having fun. The only thing I don't like is how I crash a ton.

And FYI: Boone + ED-E = Destruction.		2010-10-21 07:05:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

I have experienced a few freezes and have noticed only one minor glitch occur in which an enemy was floating across the horizon near the roller coaster. It is quite the game, indeed. It is fun and engaging.2010-10-21 08:13:00

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Unknown User

saved up for this game but now i seen some new trainers i want for same price . ugghhh what to do what to do :/2010-10-21 17:35:00

Author:
howMUCHforBOUNTY
Posts: 623

do they still have an awesome awesome radio host :S
ahhhh I love GNR

ohhh yes! i wanted to ask that too!, three dogs FTW!, I wish he was in new vegas, is there someone like him there too?		2010-10-21 17:39:00

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Ragnarok
Posts: 898

GNR? They went to **** after Axl went basically solo. Their old stuff is good though.

I'm getting this tomorrow (and yes, i realise GNR isn't Guns N Roses)		2010-10-21 18:13:00

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Unknown User

ThreeDog, being the Main Radio host has been replaced With Mr.House, I forget the name of the radio hes on though2010-10-21 20:08:00

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Unknown User

saved up for this game but now i seen some new trainers i want for same price . ugghhh what to do what to do :/

Buy the game and walk around barefoot.

It'll be worth it, trust me.

^Coming from someone who doesn't have the game yet.

2010-10-21 22:48:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

For those who own the game how many system resets have you had to do so far?2010-10-22 01:58:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

For those who own the game how many system resets have you had to do so far?

So Far I only had one freeze, two hours in out of my 14 hour playtime.
As for Reseting automatically I had none, I had like a bigillion in Fallout 3 though		2010-10-22 02:25:00

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Unknown User

Says on the Bethesda forums that the 360 & PS3 patch is in the testing stages and should be released soon . Hopefully within the next few days.2010-10-22 03:42:00

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Burrich
Posts: 1018

Patch for what exactly?2010-10-22 03:44:00

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Unknown User

Patch for what exactly?

http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1125221&st=0

Same patch as the PC version:


While we didn?t release a full changelist, the patch contains quest and scripting fixes. It's not a minor hotfix, it contains over 200 fixes in all. We are in the final stages of testing this update on both 360 and PS3 and we hope to have them out to users very soon.


On consoles, we are aware that a small group of 360 users are seeing a DLC warning which is preventing you from loading save games. We are absolutely looking into this bug now, along with other reports of save game corruption. It is our highest priority right now that we find out what is causing it. In the meantime, we recommend you save often, and revert to an older save if this occurs.

As far as general memory and instability, you should see an improvement once the patch goes live, but we are continuing to work on this based on user feedback.


We want everyone to know that we are monitoring the forums and cataloging every single issue we see reported. We?re reading forum posts, we?re checking Twitter, and we?re reading Facebook comments. We aren?t able to reply to most threads, but we?re listening. If we see an issue, we have people here trying to reproduce it so we can fix it.		2010-10-22 04:13:00

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Burrich
Posts: 1018

And now that the crashing is gone, the game is brilliant

Now, during your adventure you may come across Vault 34 (You can get it's exact location from Chris the guy who thinks he's a ghoul in the REPCONN facility.) which is near the Golf Club, east on the map. In the Vault there are a ton of feral ghouls that are a pain the fight, but, if you run around for a long time you'll finally unlock the armory, which is well worth the trouble. The armory has TONS of guns. (Bring companions so they can carry some stuff!)

Another cool Vault is Vault 22, which is in between New Vegas and Jacobstown, hidden in the mountains. You'll instantly know it's there as it's entrance is covered in plantlife. Inside is nice and pretty and full of flowers and plantlife. There are also new enemies that look like patches of grass, then they pop up and attack you (Though they are quite pathetic.) I actually just got in there, and still am adventuring. It's MUCH more fun than Vault 34, which I hated.		2010-10-22 21:11:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

Just beat the game, The ending my had was so amazing, I fealt like I am the Wasteland, I couldnt believe how good my Ending was
(There 3 ending I heard)

One Major, Giant, Complaint
You cannot play after you finish the game, it does a recap of the Wasteland than BAM!, you have to reload your save before the ending.		2010-10-22 21:13:00

Author:
Unknown User

Here's hoping the future DLC allows you to continue your wasteland adventures (a la Broken Steel)?

And on that note, just got the game today, haven't played yet though 		2010-10-23 03:19:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

I played about half an hour of Fallout 3 now. I just deleted both my save and gamefiles because there's nothing about that wasteland setting that appeals to me. I still play borderlands with my friend over xbox live and that's superfun though so I don't know. Skipping it anyways.2010-10-24 17:12:00

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BasketSnake
Posts: 2391

I played about half an hour of Fallout 3 now. I just deleted both my save and gamefiles because there's nothing about that wasteland setting that appeals to me. I still play borderlands with my friend over xbox live and that's superfun though so I don't know. Skipping it anyways.

I found the same thing to be honest. Then I gave it a few more hours and I loved it. It was the same with Oblivion when I first played it. I kinda find that it takes around 5 hours to get into the swing of things, if not longer. The learning curve is kinda high to get an overall feel for the game, not the basic mechanics, just to figure the game out... not sure if anyone else had a similar experience that's just how I found it.

I found my second character for enjoyable than my first character as well, not sure why exactly but that was the same as I found with Oblivion as well.

Love both games now. Will be getting New Vegas in a few weeks/months when all the patches have been released. It's not really a game that a month or two wait is going to matter all that much in terms of your experience. Well it might be better, seeing as it'll be patched.		2010-10-24 18:38:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

wow, lets talk about the 15 minutes of installing game data, and the 4gigs of data i had to erase to install it lol, i hate having a 30 gig ps3 *angry face*2010-10-26 02:29:00

Author:
sean96sx
Posts: 71

I've been really bored recently so I'm thinking of buying New Vegas can anyone who's got it tell me if it's worthwhile?2010-10-26 11:19:00

Author:
MasterCreator
Posts: 464

I have it, i'm on my second playthrougjh and never got bored throughout the game yet, there is so much to do in the game that it will keep you busy for a very long time.
This game is definetly worth it, if you want more information on the game check out the first thread on this Thread.
Click (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=37376-Fallout-New-Vegas)		2010-10-26 11:30:00

Author:
Unknown User

Don't make new threads like this when there is already a thread dedicated to the game...

And yes, it is worth it.		2010-10-26 11:47:00

Author:
Unknown User

Wheres this thread that is already decicated to the game?2010-10-26 21:35:00

Author:
Unknown User

So I've been playing a bit but I find that I can't really make a lot of progress. The reason for this is because I've found myself restarting multiple times for reasons associated with character creation (had second thoughts on SPECIAL stats, perks taken, or something shallow like "I don't like how my character's face looks in the daylight").

I can't say I'm too annoyed by this though, compared to FO3 you really have to plan ahead to make a really solid character build with a focus on specific skills (although I imagine I'm also being a bit too obcessive about this) and take into heavy consideration what you do to and around others, whereas in 3 it was incredibly easy to make an ultra-powerful ubermensch who was perfect at everything and could get away with wholesale mass-murder while still being considered the second coming of Jesus. So unless DLC changes things, the Courier doesn't seem like s/he will ever be as much a skull-cracker as the Lone Wanderer was, but New Vegas seems more balanced overall, which is probably for the best in terms of gameplay experience and replayability.


Also, I gotta say, I'm in love with the Black Mountain radio station.		2010-10-27 02:59:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

Also, I gotta say, I'm in love with the Black Mountain radio station.
Yes! I tried to go there but the mutants were way too strong for me 		2010-10-27 13:29:00

Author:
Radishlord
Posts: 706

Haha i did a glitch and went from level 11 to 30 in ten minutes.2010-10-27 17:56:00

Author:
MasterCreator
Posts: 464

Picked up my copy today but will try to resist playing it until the upcoming patch is released.2010-10-28 16:07:00

Author:
OCK
Posts: 1536

I would recommend it seeing as i can't get onto the Las Vegas strip because of some bug and guess where the next story quest is... Las Vegas Strip so I'm just doing a load of side quests until they patch it.2010-10-28 20:05:00

Author:
MasterCreator
Posts: 464

i had to install an update yesterday when i got on, is that the patch you're talkin about?2010-10-28 20:31:00

Author:
sean96sx
Posts: 71

Im looking forwad in buying this game. I might buy it with my next check2010-10-28 20:38:00

Author:
WESFUN
Posts: 1336

Well the mods are starting to get into swing now so I'm looking froward to getting this. Seems slightly worrying that people are modding things like ironsights and weapon customization; sounds like they weren't so good.

Best thing is work has already been done to combine fo3 and NV into one game; can't wait for that 		2010-10-29 23:39:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

they are combining them into one game? how would they do that?





sorry, edited for grammar failure		2010-10-30 08:07:00

Author:
sean96sx
Posts: 71

they are combining them into one game? how would they do that?

sorry, edited for grammar failure

Well someone someone has made it so if you bought the dlc for fo3 you can use it in new vegas so that's something you can download now but people have been talking about how morrowind and oblivion were combined and so some people seem to be working on combining fo3 and NV.		2010-10-30 10:38:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

Can't decide whether to get the game on PS3 or 360. And yes, there is quite a big difference between the 2 but there are minuses for both.

360 has anti-aliasing, PS3 does not resulting in jaggies.
360 loading times are quite a bit faster (also in Fallout 3 saving took about 10 seconds on the PS3 but seemed much faster when I saw my friend playing it on 360, not sure if it's the same with New Vegas.
PS3 HDR lighting is better.
360 textures appear better at a distance and has a better draw distance.
PS3 textures are better on close-up.
360 seems to have more screen-tearing but also seems to have less dips in frame-rate based on the lensoftruth video.
360 will be getting DLC first (though I'll probably just wait until the GOTY version is released).
And last is that I prefer the PS3 as a console and prefer trophies to achievements.

So with all that... I'm leaning towards the 360, mostly due to the loading times, the draw distance and lack of jaggies. But I can't fully decide. There are positives and negatives for both... anyone have any advice?

EDIT: Oh one more difference... I think. In the PS3 version of Fallout 3, sometimes when you would pic up an item, all the other items in the room would float off their surfaces slightly. Was the same in Oblivion on PS3. Don't know if it's present in the 360 version or not... so a potential, niggling difference there .		2010-10-30 15:51:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

I couldn't resist, installing now

EDIT:

LMAO! I only just started and the game is semi-unplayable, my VATS targeting system is not working. I checked the GFAQS forums and I am not the only one having this problem. Wow, maybe I should wait for the patch after all...		2010-10-30 19:21:00

Author:
OCK
Posts: 1536

Er... the patch is out... so all the game news sites say anyway... :S2010-10-31 00:05:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

Er... the patch is out... so all the game news sites say anyway... :S

Obviously it's a new problem quite possibly caused by the patch. After trying some suggestions I eventually restarted the PS3 and that worked but apparently the problem will occur randomly on occasion. Anyway, following that I played for a good 3 hours. There were quite a few frame rate stutters but otherwise ran OK. Overall having fun, will reserve final judgement until I have sunk in at least 50+ hours.		2010-10-31 00:15:00

Author:
OCK
Posts: 1536

Well, I finally got the game, didnt expected to get the bonus light metal armor package with grenade rifle (which has been useful as hell) but everething is soo expensive!!! and i barely kill a radscorpion, anyway, the game has only froze 1 time for me so far (been playing for 3 days) but a friend wasnt too lucky, he had the game to freeze always on a specific place when walking toward the NCR prison (requiring a system boot), he needed to find another way to get there and it worked, my advice is, to always walk slowly when the game starts to lock up (i've had several small lock ups and it gets quite annoying, but so far, nothing has prevented me to continue the game), and I got Euclid C finder moahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!2010-10-31 18:56:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

@Ragnorak - Get Boone, game becomes easy.
The more you level up the easier it is to kill someone, I went into a casino and killed everyone with a 9mm hand gun no problem at a high level.		2010-11-02 02:16:00

Author:
Unknown User

@Ragnorak - Get Boone, game becomes easy.
The more you level up the easier it is to kill someone, I went into a casino and killed everyone with a 9mm hand gun no problem at a high level.

meh, no one can touch me anyways, i got the remnants armor already and repaired it to top! (it was like 15000 caps for the job *ouch* but it was worth it!!!), also got a plasma caster, the CZ57 Avenger, YCS/186 Gauss rifle, and the experimental laser rifle! (I love energy weapons!)

*btw, I was lvl 13 and had only a Caesar legion armor when i got the remnants power armor on the deathclaw place near cotton cove wanna guess how i did it? 		2010-11-02 18:28:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I'm taking so slow to play through this game. I think it will honestly keep me going till Christmas. At least I'm getting my money's worth! 2010-11-05 22:21:00

Author:
talbot-trembler
Posts: 1114

I'm taking so slow to play through this game. I think it will honestly keep me going till Christmas. At least I'm getting my money's worth!

I'm slow too. Always am with these games. I'm only at Freeside, doing quests there. <_< >_>

Awesome though. 		2010-11-05 22:37:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882

Wow, this game should be called Fallout: Crash City. In the last 90 minutes my game has froze/reset 6 times. This is officially the buggiest game I have ever played. Still, I am having a lot of fun with it although it is not the GOTY contender I was hoping for. I am currently in Vault 22, my favorite mission in the game thus far 2010-11-05 22:48:00

Author:
OCK
Posts: 1536

I seem to be going through my first playthrough pretty slow too; my plan is to get a high reputation with just about every faction before stabbing both the NCR and Legion in the back and seizing New Vegas for myself. Trying to stay karmically neutral too (as I'm going for a sort of morally ambivalent mercenary-turned-manipulative power player character), which is pretty tricky since there are a lot more enemies that raise karma when you kill then (like feral ghouls and fiend raiders) compared to 3.

Did both the drug run for the Great Khans and Bounty Killer quests last night, both took me to Vault 3 and I finished them up in an interesting way. Before I delivered the drugs to the raider gang leader I pickpocketed the ammo of every Fiend in the vault, then I reverse pickpocketed a live grenade into the leader's inventory to kill him without a struggle after finishing the delivery. Took his Chainsaw and gave it to Boone (who isn't even supposed to be good with Melee), and just had him slaughter every fiend in the vault and barely taking any damage doing it (since they had no ammo they had no choice but to fight up close, but since they're up against a chainsaw...).

Would have liked to do it myself but again I don't want a karma spike, so I'll just have to keep it in mind when I do my "bloodthirsty vigilante do-gooder" run...		2010-11-06 02:37:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

Did both the drug run for the Great Khans and Bounty Killer quests last night, both took me to Vault 3 and I finished them up in an interesting way. Before I delivered the drugs to the raider gang leader I pickpocketed the ammo of every Fiend in the vault, then I reverse pickpocketed a live grenade into the leader's inventory to kill him without a struggle after finishing the delivery. Took his Chainsaw and gave it to Boone (who isn't even supposed to be good with Melee), and just had him slaughter every fiend in the vault and barely taking any damage doing it (since they had no ammo they had no choice but to fight up close, but since they're up against a chainsaw...).

Just gotta say... that... sounds... AWESOME! Kudos on the creativity . Can't wait to get the game, just finishing up the last bits on Fallout 3 at the moment.		2010-11-06 03:49:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

Just beat the game.

Had to side with House as after a while, I could only side with him and no one else. But, House seemed to be pretty nice and Vegas was ok with him ruling. Though the poor NCR didn't come out well. I also didn't even have to fight the last guy, Lenius, as my 100 Speech skill allowed me to talk him into stopping the invasion.

Now, I'm gonna go back through it and side with the NCR, and try to finish as many side quests as I can.		2010-11-06 03:59:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

I so Far finished 2 of the 4 endings, although if you already did two you can probably assume what the other two will be.2010-11-06 05:14:00

Author:
Unknown User

I'm at the point where I've sided with The Big H but somewhere along the line Boone's rifle ended up in my inventory. I don't have any earlier saves. If I give him a new gun will I also need to give him ammo?

I have another problem in that I told Boone to wait at the Lucky 38 but I can't find him. Where is he supposed to be? I feel stupid.		2010-11-06 05:31:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

I'm at the point where I've sided with The Big H but somewhere along the line Boone's rifle ended up in my inventory. I don't have any earlier saves. If I give him a new gun will I also need to give him ammo?

I have another problem in that I told Boone to wait at the Lucky 38 but I can't find him. Where is he supposed to be? I feel stupid.
Can't you just give Boone back his gun? And yes, you would have to give him ammo for any other gun.

Also, it takes several days for your followers to return to the Lucky 38 (as they have to walk) so maybe try waiting some in-game days then check for him.		2010-11-06 05:38:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

Can't you just give Boone back his gun? And yes, you would have to give him ammo for any other gun.
Ok, thanks. I can't seem to give him back his gun, no. It doesn't show up when I go to the inventory screen when swapping equipment with Boone, like how normally Boone's rifle doesn't appear in his inventory when you open it. It has better sights but I can't fire his rifle as it uses ammo called MCA (Magical Companion Ammo).


Also, it takes several days for your followers to return to the Lucky 38 (as they have to walk) so maybe try waiting some in-game days then check for him.
I was standing right outside the Lucky 38 when I asked him to go back but I'll give it a few days to see if that helps. Whereabouts in the Lucky 38 is he supposed to turn up? In the suite?		2010-11-06 05:45:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

I was standing right outside the Lucky 38 when I asked him to go back but I'll give it a few days to see if that helps. Whereabouts in the Lucky 38 is he supposed to turn up? In the suite?
Yeah, the Presidential Suite. He should just be walking around.		2010-11-06 06:07:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

Thanks for taking the time to answer. 2010-11-06 06:41:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

One week I play Fallout New Vegas. Then I get the yellow light of death.

I'm so ******...		2010-11-06 19:04:00

Author:
talbot-trembler
Posts: 1114

Yeah, the Presidential Suite. He should just be walking around.

Actually, some times when you order a companion to return to the lucky 38 they wont be there when you return for some reason, I said that to REX and he disappeared, I found him roaming the house of impersonation again for some reason :

So my advice, if you want to get rid of a companion take them to the presidential suit and then tell them to return to the lucky 38 there, they will simply stay in that place. Companions seem to have lots of troubles, sometimes they will die randomly, or just simply disappear which is annoying, so I need to be constantly saving.		2010-11-06 20:13:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I am having a large problem with the game.
If I have a companion he has his gun, but when I go into a casino the deskman takes it, its all good but when I go out he gives me my partners gun and I cant give it back.
I can carry it and equip it but I cant shoot it becuase the ammo for it doesnt exist, also if I drop it I cant pick it back up again/		2010-11-06 23:02:00

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Unknown User

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/mojave-wasteland-classifieds.php2010-11-06 23:09:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

I am having a large problem with the game.
If I have a companion he has his gun, but when I go into a casino the deskman takes it, its all good but when I go out he gives me my partners gun and I cant give it back.
I can carry it and equip it but I cant shoot it becuase the ammo for it doesnt exist, also if I drop it I cant pick it back up again/

I had the same problem with Ganon, but I got its ripper when he handed me his Tesla power armor, i just left the ripper on one of the presidential suite's desks.		2010-11-07 20:34:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Friends just got me the game as a late birthday present! LEGENDS! Lovin it!!!

Wow... Nipton... pretty **** dark...		2010-11-13 22:49:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

Your friends got you a PS3 games.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaammmnn		2010-11-14 02:36:00

Author:
Unknown User

Your friends got you a PS3 games.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaammmnn

Well 360 actually... but yeah, twas awesome of them! Was a late 21st present. Absolutely loving the game, it's even more addictive than 3! Bout 10 hours in and haven't even got to the Strip yet!		2010-11-14 06:06:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

I read in an interveiw that they got the strip in 15 minutes from the start of the game.
Which in my experience is impossible.
The path there is covered in the two most dangerous creatures.
Deathclaws and Cazadors
Plus it cost 2000$ to get in.		2010-11-14 12:05:00

Author:
Unknown User

It doesn't necessarily cost 2000 you can go to Micky and Ralphs(I think that's the name) and buy a passport for 500 which gains you entrance to the strip2010-11-14 13:00:00

Author:
MasterCreator
Posts: 464

It's also not impossible to sneak by the Deathclaws and Cazadores (oh, and the giant radscorpions) when taking a direct route to the Strip; it just leaves almost no room for error.

There are also actually a number of ways to get into the Strip. The fastest way is probably dressing up as an NCR soldier and taking the monorail at Fort McCarren.

On that note, I'm approaching the end of my first playthrough. I've been doing jobs for both the NCR and Legion while secretly undermining their war efforts (I blew up the aforementioned monorail and covertly wiped out a few of their camps and ranking officers) and the time is approaching to begin my insurrection . House is out of the picture but his robot army is ready to activate, most of the other factions are either on my side or removed as a factor, and the power of ARCHIMEDES II is at my fingertips. The only thing that remains is to get Raul and the Enclave Remnants to join me; I'm just wondering if I can do the latter without getting either the Republic or Caesar to sick their hitsquads on me.		2010-11-14 17:55:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

Hey I found how to take pictures directly from the PS3 for Fallout! yay!, here go some of the pictures of my character!

NCR armor
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON0.png

Fire Gecko cave!
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON07.png

Walking on the mojave!
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON06.png

My companion Cass with chinese stealth armor and combat helmet reinforced.
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON05.png

Tesla armor on the bunker.
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON04.png

Enclave!
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON03.png

Who's next???
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo6/icaras_racer/Fallout%20New%20Vegas/ICON02.png		2010-11-15 01:54:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I've put about 40 hours into the game and I'm quite surprised at how good it is. I've had the odd quest bug but only about 2 in 40 hours is pretty impressive especially since they weren't game breakers and I've had one crash pre-mods so that better than fo3 at least .

I had to mod it after about 20 hours because I felt it was a bit unbalanced; you didn't get tired for about 2 days so I've set up the timescale so I get tired around 9ish waking up at 7, the 'realism core' mod which makes damage a bit better so humans go down in around 3 .308 shots and I get killed in 1 but 'monsters' still take a few magazines; also using the Emperical Weather mod to make things look brighter and a sound mod to make guns sound more awesome.

One mod I highly recommend is the enhanced shaders: http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34868.

It adds dynamic depth of field and also makes things look smoother. At night time its really hard to see and my hunting rifles glowing ironsights come in real handy which they weren't really needed for too much in vanilla.

Loving the game and at the moment my target is getting that ranger armour; I'm friends with the NCR and since rangers one shot me its one tough challenge :S		2010-11-15 19:07:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

meh its not that hard to get, just go to camp golf mansion and plant a C4 in a sleeping NCR vet ranger (wait to midnight), then go away in hidden and detonate, he should die and you wont loose rep with NCR, that's the way I did it.2010-11-15 22:00:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Huge NCR Spoiler Inside (How I found my suit)

When President Kimball was being assassinated at the dam an NCR ranger get shot, I look the body and get the all so legendary gear.		2010-11-16 02:34:00

Author:
Unknown User

I also used the "psychotic prankster" C4 method to get the ranger armor, though I just thought of something else a while ago. If you wear a set of "faction" aligned armor that is opposed to another faction they will automatically turn hostile; what you can do to exploit this is to set your two followers (Lily and Rex are probably the best for this because they are very aggressive and apathetic of your treatment towards any faction) to wait next to the target, then move far away so you are hidden from the target but close enough that it still appears on your compass. Then switch to the opposing faction armor and the followers will start attacking the target independantly of you.

The main problem with this is that NCR rangers tend to hang out with other NCR people, so it's hard to do this without things seriously escalating. If you're on hardcore mode this will likely result in the followers dying, but otherwise it is only a matter of time before they take out the target. Pack your binoculars and watch until the target is down, switch armor, then go back far enough to fast travel away somewhere, then return to cut the bloodbath short.		2010-11-16 06:56:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

Wow, that's quite nice!, but I have hardcore mode : to get the armor I went to camp golf mansion and killed one using the YCS/186 Gauss Rifle and 4 Microfusion cell Max Charge, that took one pretty quickly while he was sleeping. (Mr sandman perk could come handy btw).2010-11-16 15:42:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Some details and the date of the first DLC have been announced.


The DLC sees you play as ?the victim of a raw deal?, and you must work alongside three other captured wastelanders to recover the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino.

Dead Money will be heading to LIVE on December 21st costing 800 MS points.

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/11/17/fallout-new-vegas-dlc-heading-to-xbox-360/		2010-11-17 18:40:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

ARRGHHH, anyway, I prefer new vegas on the ps3, and most of the time the DLC when it comes out is very glitchy (*cough* the pitt *cough*), if sony was to do something useful they should be pulling that dlc for the ps3 soon and not leave like 300 years pass to get it like with fallout 3 :/2010-11-17 19:31:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

@Ragnorak
I believe Microsoft made a contract with Bethesda stating the DLC can only go to them, it got to the PS3 when the contract ended.		2010-11-18 02:49:00

Author:
Unknown User

It's probably only a matter of time till the dlc comes to consoles; they're too much of a potential profit for them not to.

Anyway, I'm pretty satisfied with New Vegas as it it; overall it has less issues then FO3 did when you were nearly through with the game and I find the storyline to be a lot more interesting. I'm actually not sure how dlc would allow the game to continue after the endgame sequence, given how choosing just about every route would result in the social structure of the Mojave completely changing in short order, meaning any post-game dlc would have to implement significant changes to make it believable, as well as multiple ways that accounted for how each route plays out.

I just finished the "Independant" route last night and loved how everything came together at the end; high speech really makes interacting with the "end bosses" much more interesting then they would have been if I just ran at them guns blazing. Now I'm off to prepare for my "evil old man anarchist" run.		2010-11-18 03:52:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

It's probably only a matter of time till the dlc comes to consoles; they're too much of a potential profit for them not to.

Anyway, I'm pretty satisfied with New Vegas as it it; overall it has less issues then FO3 did when you were nearly through with the game and I find the storyline to be a lot more interesting. I'm actually not sure how dlc would allow the game to continue after the endgame sequence, given how choosing just about every route would result in the social structure of the Mojave completely changing in short order, meaning any post-game dlc would have to implement significant changes to make it believable, as well as multiple ways that accounted for how each route plays out.

I just finished the "Independant" route last night and loved how everything came together at the end; high speech really makes interacting with the "end bosses" much more interesting then they would have been if I just ran at them guns blazing. Now I'm off to prepare for my "evil old man anarchist" run.

Yeep, you are pretty right in all, New vegas has by far much less issues than FO3, its more stable (but yet not perfect) and making a continuation of the game beyond the ending would seem really complex, but im sure they will find a way to pull something out.		2010-11-18 04:41:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Have any of you seen the Wild Wild Wasteland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYWi6-BcGCQ)?

WARNING: Link has blood, gore, swearing, and some other bad stuff.		2010-11-18 04:50:00

Author:
warlord_evil
Posts: 4193

Have any of you seen the Wild Wild Wasteland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYWi6-BcGCQ)?

WARNING: Link has blood, gore, swearing, and some other bad stuff.

hahaha! that one is really awesome! lol, back on topic, I finally beaten the game yesterday like at 4 a.m. O_o what a way to use all my 60+ hours earned ammo in 1 hour, I love to go heavy armored, Remnants armor, CZ57 minigun, tesla beaton, YCS/186 gauss rifle, Heavy incinerator, Fat man, custom gatling laser, custom light machinegun, and for companions ED-E and bonne with remnants armor and Anti material Sniper rifle, the ending was EPIC much more better than FO3 imo.		2010-11-19 19:02:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

50 hours in... in about a week. Safe to say I'm kind of addicted... just a little bit... maybe .

Love the game. **** tough though, deathclaws are really tough and there's no dart gun this time around. Giant radscorpions are no joke either... really glad of the challenge though, you actually have to pay attention rather than wandering around with your mind in a haze of ever so slightly bored addiction. Those flying bugs are a massive pain in the *** though! I may have to start using heavier guns... and I really need to get a sniper rifle... why the hell did I sell the ones I had!		2010-11-20 02:35:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

50 hours in... in about a week. Safe to say I'm kind of addicted... just a little bit... maybe .

Love the game. **** tough though, deathclaws are really tough and there's no dart gun this time around. Giant radscorpions are no joke either... really glad of the challenge though, you actually have to pay attention rather than wandering around with your mind in a haze of ever so slightly bored addiction. Those flying bugs are a massive pain in the *** though! I may have to start using heavier guns... and I really need to get a sniper rifle... why the hell did I sell the ones I had!

A good strategy I have against those monsters is using a lot of anti-venom and a cowboy repeater, other than that a marksman rifle (or the All American) with armor piercing ammo should do the job against hordes of those monsters, also keep running backwards and head for mountains or hills, cazadors have a bad time going uphill.

Last time I just visited Red Rock canyon going from Jacobstown, I killed 25-30 of those things using a gauss rifle and cowboy repeater, I don't know how I just survived that, but the quest was rewarding! combat armor reinforced MkII and fatman!		2010-11-20 19:37:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

I remember the first time I fought Cazadores. I couldn't have been more then level 12 and my best weapon on hand at the time was probably a caravan shotgun (I had better stuff like sniper rifles and miniguns in storage but didn't want to waste their ammo). Was exploring Outer Vegas north of Fiend territory and I came across a dilapedated shack in the hills at nightfall; there was a body in front of the shack and on top of the bodies were these insectoid enemies I'd never seen before; I managed to kill them but took a lot of damage. Went into the shack and did some scavenging and rested to recover so it was night now and I decided to keep exploring the hills behind the shack (brilliant idea, I know). ED-E was my companion at the time so my ability to detect enemies on the compass at a distance was greatly enhanced so I'd grown a bit too careless when that did happen. I was making my way up a steep hill and figured I could get the drop on whatever was beyond it, but suddenly I went into [CAUTION] mode and the background music started to tense up, then a Cazador suddenly lept over the face of the hill and saw me, then about four of its friends followed, and I found myself feeling like I'd walked into a sci-fi horror movie. Died so many times...

After that, whenever I go up against cazadores I usually try to cripple one of their wings if I can't get in a sneak attack, it reduces their manuverability and movement speed so it's easier to hit them and evade their attacks. If you've invested in gun skill and manage to get a Light Machine Gun, shooting it in their general direction works fairly well if your getting swamped by them. And if you are getting ganged up by them do not rely on VATS because it immobilizes you, does not provide the defense bonus that 3's VATS did, and Cazador venom reduces AP anyway. I also suspect miniguns, laser RCWs, or gatling lasers would also work well. If you're short on good weapons you can scout out near the entrance of Black Mountain during the day and kill the Super Mutants there for machine guns and miniguns (during the night, you'll mostly encounter Nightkin who carry melee weapons). Because they seem to wither under rapid fire weapons I suspect their DT isn't too good so hollow point rounds may work well.

For Deathclaws I usually used sniper rifles or similar long-range armaments and tried to cripple their legs if I couldn't get in headshots. They have high DT so use armor piercing rounds to punch through their defenses unless your up against the weaker "young" variants.		2010-11-21 03:14:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

K I'm now level 24 and doing a lot better. Silenced Sniper Rifle is just so awesome. Favourite gun in the game without a doubt. It's just so much fun.

Now to go back and take care of those deathclaws... after I've collected the rest of the skillbooks... .		2010-11-21 20:36:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

@ Dapiek: yeah, gatling lasers pwn cazadors in seconds but consume ammo too quick, I had 90 energy weps and tesla armor that has a bonus +10 eng weps giving me 100 eng weps in total, I killed like 4 in a row zero problem (I play in normal and hardcore mode), If you want to practice killing cazadors go to red rock canyon up the dried out waterfall there's like 20-30 there.

(Also I have a perk that makes enemies explode as a plasma grenade when killed with energy weapons, which makes more damage to nearer enemies, I also raged through 3 cazadors using a thermic lance and killed them taking like half my life out in the process)		2010-11-21 20:46:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

seems hardcore mode is main reason of ps3 freezing and other crashes.
if you start a game without HC mode, and never turn it on.
Fallout NV will almost never crash.
(crashed on me, hence im posting stuff on lbpc the irony)

restarted NV about a week ago, doing all sidequests and knowing what perks i wanted.
About a week later i got 70k caps, and not knowing what to do with it.
Now im looking for all follower-support chars.

But ed-e got stuck in vault 17 (i think it was 17) and i cant find him,
he went unconsionous and he never returned to me, stil got his perk though.

Dont know for life what I have to do with veronica questwise.

kk food ready, im gone.		2010-11-24 16:15:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

It seems that if you try and start Veronica's quest after doing too much other stuff the special conversations (regarding the Brotherhood's decline) with her that trigger the quest don't show up. I'm guessing this actually happens if you go through the full gamut of other Brotherhood of Steel related quests before starting her's.
However, there is a workaround I think; when you have her as a companion, have full access to the BoS bunker and if you get your hands on Euclid's C-Finder (for this one I think you need to divert power from HELIOS One to ARCHIMEDES II as well), the Pulse Gun, or possibly the Vault 22 data while she's with you. When I got the C-Finder after completing the HELIOS One quest it automatically jumpstarted Veronica's quest in it's final stage.		2010-11-24 17:47:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

Got my ranger armour I found a mod which gives you the armour once you've done some stuff for the ncr so it fitted in with the story a bit but still annoying they didn't put it in the game in the first place. Screenshot (http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb88/waaagh_my_ride/enb2010_11_18_19_37_31.jpg)

I'm 52 hours in now and I've slowed down on the main quest a lot to do side missions, unfortunately a lot of my companions died so I won't be able to do their stuff but there's always next playthrough

I'm starting to struggle a bit again, the start of the game was tough then in the middle I had tons of ammo so all was well if I used my smarts and planned out a fight carefully but now shops aren't stocking ammo fast enough so I'm avoiding a lot more fights now.

Cazadores and nightstalkers are my main fear; I killed most of the deathclaws on the pathways I usually go so they aren't a threat anymore (at least until they respawn :S) the Cazadores seem to respawn everytime I use a pathway and as soon as they get near me I'm dead in the blink of an eye; nightstalkers tear my limbs apart rather than killing me but its very annoying to limp for 20 mins to get back to a doctor.

Another mod I recommend is this quest one. It adds several bounty missions that all have a unique story and its all voice acted. You get unique weapons added in the mod and a nice bunch of caps too. Only thing is it really makes the game an 18 at times; you don't see anything that you wouldn't in vanilla but some of the diaries left by the targets are disturbing to say the least. Link (http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=37310)		2010-11-24 20:33:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

Cazadores dont like shotguns, especially riot shotguns (with at least guns on 80) (shoot their wings, makes em much slower)
Nightstalkers.. same thing.

cant install mods on the ps3 one 		2010-11-25 12:45:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

Cazadores dont like shotguns, especially riot shotguns (with at least guns on 80) (shoot their wings, makes em much slower)
Nightstalkers.. same thing.

cant install mods on the ps3 one

Yeah but unfotunatly my trusty riot shotgun is broken from way too much use, can't afford the repairs and haven't found a new one yet :/

Trying to get by with my hunting rifle because the ammo seems common but I swear the sights are off I keep missing no matter where I aim on the sights. Maybe its because I'm not maxed on guns and i really need to find a scope.		2010-11-25 21:02:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

@Shermzor: Use repair kits, you can craft them easily (or you can find them, I know there's one on the BoS safe house basement), go to novac on the gas station, there's a lot of ductape, wrenches, wonder glue, scrap metal, scrap electronics, also most of the materials are on the basement of the Repconn test site (lots of wonder glue).2010-11-25 21:10:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

Uhm, fallout map:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_map
The snipers nest ( http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Sniper%27s_nest )
Has a goby campaign scout rifle .308 that is almost as powerfull as the anti materiel rifle.
need lockpick 100 though.
also at the entrance of black mountain (near neils shack) there will be super mutants with riot shotguns, miniguns etc.
just kill about 5 or 6 of them, collect the weapons and come back again when you boot up fallout.
this will get you a sick arsenal quite fast.

also boomer town http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Nellis_Hangars
Has like 12 combat armors and helmets laying around.. can be sold for quite a lot!		2010-11-25 21:10:00

Author:
Luos_83
Posts: 2136

@Shermzor: Use repair kits, you can craft them easily (or you can find them, I know there's one on the BoS safe house basement), go to novac on the gas station, there's a lot of ductape, wrenches, wonder glue, scrap metal, scrap electronics, also most of the materials are on the basement of the Repconn test site (lots of wonder glue).

I actually have too low repair to make them xD

But yeah i completely forgot about them, thanks. They've probably been gathering dust in my inventory.		2010-11-26 17:07:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

I actually have too low repair to make them xD

But yeah i completely forgot about them, thanks. They've probably been gathering dust in my inventory.

use a magazine then (Fixin' things), if you have the comprehension perk it doubles the points given by the magazines		2010-11-27 04:22:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

seems hardcore mode is main reason of ps3 freezing and other crashes.
I'm going to have to believe you're right; I've been playing in Hardcore mode and my game completely freezes whenever I try to use Euclid's C-Finder to call down a orbital strike every time. This also seriously sucks considering my latest character specializes in energy weapons and I really want to shoot giant lasers at enemies...

Also, I've been progressing pretty steadily on my "Evil Old Man" run and I've made some interesting findings that might interest people who hate Cazadores. First off, my new character specializes in energy weapons as I mentioned before as well as explosives because I wanted a play style that emphazised destructive potential over actual practicality.
As I guessed earlier, the Laser RCW works great on them if they're rushing you and you shoot at them while backpeddling and there is a steady supply of those weapons and ammunition for them from the fiends in the territories west of McCarren. And on a more unexpected note, grenade rifles/launchers work surprisingly well at gaining an edge against them at the onset of a battle; you can fire a grenade round at them in VATS and even if the probability of hitting is very low (even in the single digits) there's still a good chance of them getting caught in the radius of the explosion and crippling assorted limbs along the way to hinder their effectiveness (this tactic seems to work well against clusters of enemies in general actually), if your lucky you may be able to frenzy one or more of them into fighting each other. This generally doesn't work as well if they are at the peak of a hill or they are between you and a ledge (as the round may completely overshoot the ground near them). In any event, I've been having more luck getting off preemptive surprise attacks on them with fired explosive rounds then I ever did with guns, although the fact that I took perks like Demolition Expert and Splash Damage along the way probably helped.		2010-11-27 19:39:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

That's pretty interesting, I tried using 40mm grenades on a deathclaw once, It didn't made anything!! those things are ridiculously powerful but usually go in packs of 2 so its not that hard to take them down with a sniper rifle in sneak from a distance, cazadors move a LOT! they are not easy to shoot while trying to sneak on them, so using explosives makes sense as they have a good blast radius and will probably catch them up (still I once tried to use grenades against one that was behind a hill, huge mistake, it alerted him and like other 6, you can guess what happened next), right now I started a new game with my stealth character, I will focus on guns, melee, sneak, and explosives, the first thing I try to get is the Ratslayer as its a great weapon for beginners and is not that hard to get if you know how to sneak and kill those stupid giant rats...

Oh and lakelurk's are nothing compared to mirelurk kings in FO3 tho, they are too easy to kill....		2010-11-27 20:33:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898

It's probably safe to assume that shrapnel from an explosive blast wouldn't have too much effect on a Deathclaw given their damage threshold. I actually haven't fought any deathclaws with the old man yet, but I'm planning on using mines instead to lay traps while I snipe at them with the YCS/186.
And frankly, as I experiment more with explosive firing armaments I can't help but feel that the hand-thrown explosives are completely inferior to them. You can't craft Nuka Grenades like in 3, and using a rifle or launcher provides a much faster and accurate delivery that doesn't overshoot as much with the only downsides being a higher AP cost and an inability to lob them over obstructions. Pulse grenades are probably the only hand-tossed grenades I'd use at this point, but robots aren't nearly as common as they were in 3 either.		2010-11-28 02:39:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

but robots aren't nearly as common as they were in 3 either.

OH yeah you are soo right, there is a huuuge lack of robots in this game and that disappointed me, they could have at least made the NCR used them as scouts or something, hell even talon company used them in FO3 (and those guys were far less organized than the NCR) and there were crazy random robots lurking the wastes too, I just got the pulse gun (which without doubts owns the pulse greandes/mines and looks epic) but been only able to kill very few robots, I can even count the places where there are robots in the game: Crashed Vertibird, Repconn headquarters, HELIOS I, Vault 11, Securitron Vault, The strip, Lucky 38, and Nellis Airforce base, Primm, those are the only places I have encountered robots so far, compared to all the places in FO3, a pulse gun there would have been really useful IMO.

(Yeah I know the pulse stuff works with Power armored guys but the only ones in the mojave are the BoS [NCR heavy troopers don't count as their power armor is modified], in FO3 you had the Outcasts (counting those in op Anchorage Add on), American troopers (Anchorage simulation), BoS, the Enclave, and Ashur in the Pitt add on, hell even a bunch of raiders make a random appearance wearing power armor that they took from a dead enclave patrol....)		2010-11-28 22:22:00

Author:
Ragnarok
Posts: 898


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