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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't

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started playing the game recently and after a week of addiction I reached the ending. I have missed a lot of quests, as I thought that I could continue with my quests after the ending. but that didn't work.
if I buy any of the two dlc's, can I continue after the ending of the story? or I have to load an older save?
 
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HadesGigas

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started playing the game recently and after a week of addiction I reached the ending. I have missed a lot of quests, as I thought that I could continue with my quests after the ending. but that didn't work.
if I buy any of the two dlc's, can I continue after the ending of the story? or I have to load an older save?
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Have to load an older save.
 
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HadesGigas said:
Have to load an older save.
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damn. that sucks. then what's the use of the huge XP I got after the ending!
did Broken Steel for fallout 3 let you continue or is it the same case?
 
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HadesGigas

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damn. that sucks. then what's the use of the huge XP I got after the ending!
did Broken Steel for fallout 3 let you continue or is it the same case?
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Broken Steel patched Fallout 3 so you could continue after the ending. They've said they have no plans to do that this time.
 
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Flying_Phoenix

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Flying_Phoenix said:
So yeah I've decided to do some missions for
The Brotherhood of Steel
and one of them involves going into some old vaults to retrieve supplies. I'm currently at Vault 22
the one that looks like Poison Ivy came to visit.
and I have to open a door to enter some caves. It says that I need admin privileges so I assume I just go to the chain of commands (or whatever its called) office. I do and access the terminal and unlock everything. Though when I select that the cavern door to be unlocked it says I need to do it manually or something. So then I go back to the caverns door and still can't open it.

Can anybody tell me what I'm suppose to do?
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Anybody?
 
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Mr. Enigma

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Anyone else unable to launch on Steam?

Everytime I try to launch New Vegas, it says: "The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes."
 
hemtae

hemtae

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AnEternalEnigma said:
Anyone else unable to launch on Steam?

Everytime I try to launch New Vegas, it says: "The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes."
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I can't launch any other game for what its worth
 
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Gvaz

Banned
AnEternalEnigma said:
Anyone else unable to launch on Steam?

Everytime I try to launch New Vegas, it says: "The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes."
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delete clientregistry.blob and restart
 
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Flying_Phoenix

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So yeah I just beat this game. It definitely has its flaws and like most WRPG's its rough around the edges. But overall its a very enjoyable game. It perfectly emulates the tried and true Fallout game design into the third dimension.
 
Sub_Level

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wants to fuck an Asian grill.
About 6 hours into Fallout 2 (at Vault City now) and I have to say it's like playing an isometric version of New Vegas minus the Strip. They really nailed the world of the older games, although 3 occasionally did too (like that one neighborhood that was run by a family of cannibals lol, that's definitely something you'd see in 2)
 
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Wallach

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Sub_Level said:
About 6 hours into Fallout 2 (at Vault City now) and I have to say it's like playing an isometric version of New Vegas minus the Strip. They really nailed the world of the older games, although 3 occasionally did too (like that one neighborhood that was run by a family of cannibals lol, that's definitely something you'd see in 2)
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NV was very clearly modeled after F2, yeah. Which is smart because it is the best Fallout game. :p
 
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LProtag

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Ended up doing a game with a run to the medical clinic. Worked out pretty well. Now I have 10 intelligence before I even hit level 2. All the skill points!
 
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AwesomeSauce

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Played through this when it first came out on PS3, but now playing it on a PC at 60fps with mods is great.

Also is it just me or does the PC version when using the 360 controller make it hard to aim down sights. I for the life of me struggle aiming down sights using the 360 controller on my PC. It's like i can't change the sensitivity of the stick, or there isn't any aim assist.
 
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Mr. Enigma

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So frustrating. A few weeks ago, I started getting these errors that say "Display drivers stopped working and have successfully restarted". I've had my HD Radeon 5770 for almost a year now. After this shit started a few weeks ago, I can't play anything now without it crashing my games. I can't get through 30 minutes of New Vegas without this crap happening.
 
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Dead Man

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water_wendi said:
Also keep in mind that if you can find closed pairs of <> [] {} () in the garbage that surrounds the words, they have special effects like removing duds or replenishing your attempts.
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What magic is this?!
 
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mujun

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Dr. Chaos said:
Yeah, the clinic is awesome but don't waste your money on the healing implant.

That thing is a total scam.
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If you use it in combination with the wait feature it can be useful. Gets rid of having to find a bed and saves stimpacks.
 
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Woorloog

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Healing implant is very good for HC mode. Just wait/sleep/fast travel and you regain health. Very useful.
But if one plays without HC mode, don't take it.
 
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Aaron

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AwesomeSauce said:
Played through this when it first came out on PS3, but now playing it on a PC at 60fps with mods is great.

Also is it just me or does the PC version when using the 360 controller make it hard to aim down sights. I for the life of me struggle aiming down sights using the 360 controller on my PC. It's like i can't change the sensitivity of the stick, or there isn't any aim assist.
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Yeah... that's why you use a mouse when playing an FPS. Because a controller without generous auto-aim is terrible.
 
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Gvaz

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Aaron said:
Yeah... that's why you use a mouse when playing an FPS. Because a controller without generous auto-aim is terrible.
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Yeah, I don't like playing any FPS with a controller personally.
 
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WanderingWind

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Woorloog said:
Healing implant is very good for HC mode. Just wait/sleep/fast travel and you regain health. Very useful.
But if one plays without HC mode, don't take it.
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And if you're not playing HC, you might as well pack it and go back to Farmville, sally.
 
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Old Gimlet Eyes

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Aaron said:
Yeah... that's why you use a mouse when playing an FPS. Because a controller without generous auto-aim is terrible.
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I've never had any trouble aiming down the sights in my 100+ hours of gameplay using the 360 controller. Works just fine for me for any type of weapon, scoped or not.
 
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Aaron

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WanderingWind said:
And if you're not playing HC, you might as well pack it and go back to Farmville, sally.
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I found it more annoying than challenging overall. I wish you could pick and choose. I want my companions to have a chance of dying, for instance, but I don't want to be drinking water every five seconds.
 
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water_wendi

Water is not wet!
Aaron said:
I found it more annoying than challenging overall. I wish you could pick and choose. I want my companions to have a chance of dying, for instance, but I don't want to be drinking water every five seconds.
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Its not so much about challenge as it is balance. Drinking, eating, and sleeping are basically non-issues. The main part of HC is weighted ammo and stimpacks being heal-over-time. In Fallout 3 i had like 40,000 rounds of pulse rifle ammo. There was never any fear or hesitation to go anywhere and face anything. The game is ridiculously easy even on Very Hard.. having a non-HC run is basically god mode and boring.
 
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Dead Man

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water_wendi said:
Its not so much about challenge as it is balance. Drinking, eating, and sleeping are basically non-issues. The main part of HC is weighted ammo and stimpacks being heal-over-time. In Fallout 3 i had like 40,000 rounds of pulse rifle ammo. There was never any fear or hesitation to go anywhere and face anything. The game is ridiculously easy even on Very Hard.. having a non-HC run is basically god mode and boring.
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I find it more interesting to try and balance my loadout myself. I try to keep everything (except caps) at an amount I think would be reasonable. I love the backpack mods for that reason.
 
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WanderingWind

Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
water_wendi said:
Its not so much about challenge as it is balance. Drinking, eating, and sleeping are basically non-issues. The main part of HC is weighted ammo and stimpacks being heal-over-time. In Fallout 3 i had like 40,000 rounds of pulse rifle ammo. There was never any fear or hesitation to go anywhere and face anything. The game is ridiculously easy even on Very Hard.. having a non-HC run is basically god mode and boring.
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Word. Plus, drinking water in a desert? Makes perfect role-playing sense. I loved it.
 
johntown

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This game was ok but nowhere near as good as Fallout 3. The amount of water, food, stimpacks and saspirilla in the game was insane. I know it was due to hardcore mode but then when you play without it, it makes the game way too easy.

The companions were the worst thing. I lost Edde and several other compains when I tried to send them back to the casino. Apparently, they glichted out and never made it back and I looked everywhere for them but I never found them.

The karma in the game was non-existent due to the faction thing. Half of the locations in the game just seemed like they were added in as filler. I would go find a remote location hoping to find some rare item and there would be nothing.

Don't get me wrong here I really enjoyed the game and they may have told a less generic story than Fallout 3 but there is no way this game is better than Fallout 3.
 
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Stallion Free

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johntown said:
The karma in the game was non-existent due to the faction thing. Half of the locations in the game just seemed like they were added in as filler. I would go find a remote location hoping to find some rare item and there would be nothing.
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Karma had almost no purpose in Fallout 3

That faction thing heavily effects everything in New Vegas.
 
johntown

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Stallion Free said:
Karma had almost no purpose in Fallout 3

That faction thing heavily effects everything in New Vegas.
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You have a good route to go and an evil route to go in Fallout 3. The factions were ok but I like to be able to do almost everything in one playthrough. I just did not like the fact that if I helped someone or did something all of the sudden my reputation with another faction would be affected. When that happened it would cut off the options you had and where you could go (without getting attacked).

I just prefer how Fallout 3 did it. I would like the factions more if they took out the instant reputation you get with the whole faction when doing something against it.
 
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johntown said:
You have a good route to go and an evil route to go in Fallout 3. The factions were ok but I like to be able to do almost everything in one playthrough. I just did not like the fact that if I helped someone or did something all of the sudden my reputation with another faction would be affected. When that happened it would cut off the options you had and where you could go (without getting attacked).

I just prefer how Fallout 3 did it. I would like the factions more if they took out the instant reputation you get with the whole faction when doing something against it.
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So you hate that it was a roleplaying game? Where actions have consequences?
 
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Dead Man

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Stallion Free said:
So you hate that it was a roleplaying game? Where actions have consequences?
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If they are like me they hated the instant and digital nature of the factions. I wanted to control the Strip as an ally of the NCR, but couldn't. I also didn't like the way that somehow, every faction knew about your actions instantly and without fail.
 
johntown

johntown

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Stallion Free said:
So you hate that it was a roleplaying game? Where actions have consequences?
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Not at all........just not instant consequences. How are members of the Legion on the other side of the world map going to know that I killed some guy in a shack where no one was looking?
 
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Guerrillas in the Mist

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Christ, I've hit the 50 hour mark and I've only just stumbled upon the Super Mutant settlement. This puts F3 and Oblivion to utter shame in terms of things to see and do. I'm a fair but through the main quest though (I think).

Thinking about picking up Dead Money soon, I've heard it's different, but is it worth it if you really enjoy Fallout: NV?
 
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Gvaz

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johntown said:
Not at all........just not instant consequences. How are members of the Legion on the other side of the world map going to know that I killed some guy in a shack where no one was looking?
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While I don't agree with the karma system (I used a mod to remove all karma loss cause fuck that shit, if he's dead I shouldn't have a karma loss) I don't agree with instant repercussions.

You could argue that some dude saw me stealing something in the wild from legion and word got around I killed legion members and stole from them but...
 
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Lothars

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Guerrillas in the Mist said:
Christ, I've hit the 50 hour mark and I've only just stumbled upon the Super Mutant settlement. This puts F3 and Oblivion to utter shame in terms of things to see and do. I'm a fair but through the main quest though (I think).

Thinking about picking up Dead Money soon, I've heard it's different, but is it worth it if you really enjoy Fallout: NV?
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It doesn't though, I think that Fallout 3 has just as much stuff to do in the world and I prefer the things that are hidden in Fallout 3 way more than NV

I didn't like Dead Money but if you liked NV than I would recommend to pick it and Honest Hearts up.
 
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The Mana Legend

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I can't play this game. I can tell it's a great game, but I absolutely have no drive to considering I put 200 hours into Fallout 3. I just don't have it in me, and it makes me sad. ;_;
 
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Old Gimlet Eyes

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Lothars said:
It doesn't though, I think that Fallout 3 has just as much stuff to do in the world and I prefer the things that are hidden in Fallout 3 way more than NV

I didn't like Dead Money but if you liked NV than I would recommend to pick it and Honest Hearts up.
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The gameplay changes that NV offers alone destroys F3, let alone story and quest consequences.

Hardcore mode, DT/DR, ammo types, reloading and crafting benches, survivalist skill, and of course those iron sights make NV a much better playing game than F3. I literally can't play F3 anymore after I experienced those gameplay changes in NV.
 
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Bentendo

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I want this game SO bad but I just don't think my computer can handle it. Is there anyway to test if a game will work on a computer? My laptop's memory is 3GB of ram, I have Windows 7 and Directx 11, but how do I check if I have the right processor and video card (I'm new to PC gaming)?
 
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Dr. Chaos

Banned
Thinking about picking up Dead Money soon, I've heard it's different, but is it worth it if you really enjoy Fallout: NV?
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The story and characters are pretty awesome and the star of the show in Dead Money so if that did it for you in the main game, I'd buy it.
 
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