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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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Have to revise my opinion on this game. For the first hours playing this, I thought it wasn't better than Fallout 3. But after playing several more, the game really shows its potential. There's a lot more stuff to find on the map, so exploring is actually fun.
. Furthermore, I care about the factions. The faction system is nice and gives the game alot more depth than F3 had. In the first few hours the quests and stuff aren't that special, but it pays off to play through it to really enjoy the game.
Oh and the music is mindblowing. Love it. Really adds to the experience. Definitely one of the better games that got released this year.
I ran into this crashed plane which was guarded by a small army of robots. Found myself a rather strange but powerful energy gun too.
Oh and the music is mindblowing. Love it. Really adds to the experience. Definitely one of the better games that got released this year.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
So ive just started this game (finally received my copy from Zavvi), im level 3. I went out of town, killed a few powder gangers, then fast travelled back to Goodsprings.....
... to find a DEATHCLAW running towards Easy Pete, cutting his head off, then turns around and takes me out in 1. WTF ?
Edit - Also, game runs like shit on my GTX 460 :S
... to find a DEATHCLAW running towards Easy Pete, cutting his head off, then turns around and takes me out in 1. WTF ?
Edit - Also, game runs like shit on my GTX 460 :S
Confidence Man
Member
Lakitu said:
It's tricky to get without NCR going to war with you, as you have to kill one of them to get it.
TheExecutive
Member
Ok I go to Hidden Valley to visit the
and they just shoot at me. I am not wearing any armor and never saw them before so i have no idea what their problem is.
Brotherhood
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Ogs said:
:lol
I guess it wandered out of the quarry. Shit happens.
TheExecutive said:
You might've made some story decisions prior to going to Hidden Valley that negatively affected you with their faction. Check your stats to see how you're aligned with them.
Confidence Man said:
You can set the game to Very Easy, put some non-NCR faction armor on your companion, have your companion kill the NCR Ranger wearing the black armor and not lose faction with NCR.
lawblob said:
I've been using some cheap light armor the whole game and haven't had a problem. Any armor with more DT is usually way too heavy and slows me down too much. Focus more on powering up your weapons so you can take them out before they can even hurt you.
LabouredSubterfuge said:
What's funny about this is I didn't have to finish the fight at the end of the Goodsprings series of quests. A deathclaw wandered from up north down to the town right around the time when I was running back to town to take care of them and ended up killing all of those guys before the even started walking down the road.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Temptation to just finish the game was too great, so I did.
Here is my path through the game:
Overall the ending was really, really weak I thought. Just
I do like how they showed the impact of all your actions in the credits, but I don't think that justifies fucking you over and not allowing you to continue the game. There's no valid reason for it other than to sell you a better ending via DLC - again.
Bad ending aside, I thought the narrative, characters and quests were all a lot better than in Fallout 3. I loved the choice of factions, also.
However, I didn't feel quite the same magic I did with the Capital Wasteland. Maybe it's just because I played Fallout 3 for an ungodly amount of time, or because New Vegas reuses so many things and looks nearly identical, but yeah. I didn't stumble upon as many cool things as I did in 3 and the Strip was really disappointing. Just a few big casinos and that's it. The decimated city of Washington was much more interesting as the big landmark of the game world.
With that said, I'm only 25 hours in and level 26, so I'm sure as I go back and do the stuff I missed originally my opinion on some of these aspects will change.
Oh, and I only had the game crash on me once and only one quest glitched on me, which was quite lucky.
Here is my path through the game:
Always helped the NCR.
I killed Benny, told Yes Man I would help him, killed Mr. House. Disabled the robots in his bunker.
Alligned myself with the Boomers and Khans, telling the NCR they'd help out.
I did the missions for the Brotherhood of Steel but couldn't get them to allign themselves with the NCR, so I blew up their reactor.
Never did anything for the Legion. Shot every one I saw on sight.
I killed Benny, told Yes Man I would help him, killed Mr. House. Disabled the robots in his bunker.
Alligned myself with the Boomers and Khans, telling the NCR they'd help out.
I did the missions for the Brotherhood of Steel but couldn't get them to allign themselves with the NCR, so I blew up their reactor.
Never did anything for the Legion. Shot every one I saw on sight.
Overall the ending was really, really weak I thought. Just
running across the Dam shooting lots of Legion dudes. Hardly thrilling. The B52 moment was awesome, and about the only thing that made me think that bothering to allign myself with anybody else was actually worth it. At the end I used my speech skill to talk down the guy because that seemed more interesting than blowing his head off.
Bad ending aside, I thought the narrative, characters and quests were all a lot better than in Fallout 3. I loved the choice of factions, also.
However, I didn't feel quite the same magic I did with the Capital Wasteland. Maybe it's just because I played Fallout 3 for an ungodly amount of time, or because New Vegas reuses so many things and looks nearly identical, but yeah. I didn't stumble upon as many cool things as I did in 3 and the Strip was really disappointing. Just a few big casinos and that's it. The decimated city of Washington was much more interesting as the big landmark of the game world.
With that said, I'm only 25 hours in and level 26, so I'm sure as I go back and do the stuff I missed originally my opinion on some of these aspects will change.
Oh, and I only had the game crash on me once and only one quest glitched on me, which was quite lucky.
Barberetti
Member
GDGF said:
Tell me about it. I've just spent the last 2 hours busting for a shit because I could not stop playing.
mjemirzian
Banned
Deathclaws, Super Mutants, and Feral Ghoul Reavers have some of the highest HP in the game. Damage boosts against them are great. You are wrong.Jax said:
Total AP isn't important because you can enter VATS as many times as you want. VATS is an auto-aiming system, it doesn't provide more benefit for using it in longer bursts. AP regen is what you should want more of.Jax said:
Faster reloading = more sustained DPS, unless you plan on never reloading (lol). Simple math. You are again wrong and make no points to back yourself up with.Jax said:
I think every first-time NV character needs Speech. It's so good.Dabanton said:
Guns are the easiest and most plentiful weapon to use.
Lockpicks are the most numerous obstacles. Or you can take Repair or Sneak. Either way, Guns+Speech is enough most of the time.
What the fuck are you going on about? This isn't WoW, you're not trying to hit a certain dps level. It's all about burst damage in NV, who the fuck cares about reloading.
Arozay
Member
So I reload my save right before triggering the finale and the north gate of the strip is locked and Boone and ED-E are stuck at the gate (since I told them to go back to the Lucky 38 and they can't) and whenever I quick travel there they end up fighting with the Securitrons for no reason and dying...
mjemirzian
Banned
On very hard you'll be doing plenty of reloading unless you outgear/outlevel the opponent.Dresden said:
Very Hard isn't even very hard. :lol Rapid Reload sucks ass. 25% reduction to what is already a pretty negligible time period, in a game where almost everything dies before you reload--and if they don't, you're doing it wrong for most enemies, even on V.Hard--arguing about sustained DPS is foolish as hell.mjemirzian said:
zero margin
Member
Dabanton said:
repair, science, speech. I also like barter and lockpick.
mjemirzian
Banned
Reloading on some weapons can take a few seconds, actually. Most of the 6 shooter pistols that are reloaded one bullet at a time take a while. And I'm glad you somehow found a way to play the game where only one enemy attacks you at a time.Dresden said:
There are better perks but I'm not sure if I can spare the skill points for them (slayer, concentrated fire, living anatomy, etc.)
Can't we just agree that there are totally different valid solutions to a problem? If someone wants to play a character with slow revolvers and to shoot big bullets into enemies one bullet at a time, rapid reload could certainly help. Sure, you can instead play with energy weapons, or sniper rifles, or melee, and rapid reload would be totally useless. But that's like saying Survival and Repair is totally useless just because you don't want to play a character like that.
NV offers many solutions to every problem to promote role playing. It's about how a player wants to approach any given situation, and it's important that there are multiple skills and solutions out there which support every single type of play. In a CRPG, it's not just about being able to beat the game, or having a single right solution to a problem, it's about being able to create a certain type of character, and role play with the sort of skills you want to crave a unique experience.
NV offers many solutions to every problem to promote role playing. It's about how a player wants to approach any given situation, and it's important that there are multiple skills and solutions out there which support every single type of play. In a CRPG, it's not just about being able to beat the game, or having a single right solution to a problem, it's about being able to create a certain type of character, and role play with the sort of skills you want to crave a unique experience.
Blue Ninja
Member
Wait, there are Feral Ghoul Reavers?mjemirzian said:
Dear God, if there are Albino Radscorpions I'm going to dig a hole and hide in it.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
The 6 shooters and lever action rifles and shotguns are a ton of fun in this game.
He's talking about an optimal build for damage, in which case he'd probably avoid those weapons. If he just said "I like rapid reload" I'd have no problems. But he brought it up as the best build, and as usual was a bit of an ass to anyone that disagreed.Jerk 2.0 said:
Ironic that I'm an ass too for replying in that manner, but hey.
duckroll's right, of course.
Barberetti
Member
No-Bark Noonan :lol
mjemirzian
Banned
I'd take something like living anatomy or slayer over rapid reload, but I'd end up having to give up skill points elsewhere. Not sure if that's worth it yet. Rapid Reload is still a useful perk because you don't start the game with a sniper rifle and you will run into situations where there are groups of tough enemies and you can't kill them all fast enough to last just one clip. I'd probably get rid of commando or sniper first.. they don't seem to help much where accuracy really matters (sniper rifles).
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Awesome character, second only to Yes Man.Barberetti said:
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i love when he gets interviewed for the news :lolStallion Free said:
BeeDog said:Holy shit, just randomly stumbled upon the Dead Wind Cavern at level 12 and with shitty equipment (Service Rifle!).
...
This game is entirely different from Fallout 3, balance-wise. And I like it.
Yeah... got annihilated there. I'm going to return at a higher level. I'm not ready to take on the Deathclaws yet, I'm level 19 now... so I guess it'll be soon... gulp
Visualante
Member
Tis a fine gun, love the iron sight on that bad boy.GDGF said:
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Confidence Man said:
I wonder, would slipping a grenade in one of their pockets have the same effect as openly shooting them? (as far as being vilified).