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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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Alpha-Bromega
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is this bad news for Obsidian? it's only been like 9 months
Lionheart1337
Member
No^ Might be best to wait for GOTY version though.
Yeah man the game is a trainwreck performance wise. Restarts do seem to help. My steady 60 fps on the PC version falls down to like 5 fps in like probably an hour or two or play. It's mostly during battles.... not to mention the random crashes, even after all the patching.
I don't see how it could be bad news for them. I think they have a deal with Bethesda or something where they already received all of their money for making the game. It's Bethesda that sets the price and gets the $ from the sales. I could be wrong.
Kadey said:
Yeah man the game is a trainwreck performance wise. Restarts do seem to help. My steady 60 fps on the PC version falls down to like 5 fps in like probably an hour or two or play. It's mostly during battles.... not to mention the random crashes, even after all the patching.
Alpha-Bromega said:
I don't see how it could be bad news for them. I think they have a deal with Bethesda or something where they already received all of their money for making the game. It's Bethesda that sets the price and gets the $ from the sales. I could be wrong.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Bah changing exe to win xp compatibility only gives me about an hour before it crashes....goddamn it!
Blue Ninja
Member
Just lost an hour of gameplay because of a corrupt save. Thanks, Obsidian!
EDIT: Holy shit, this game just got glitchalicious on me. Travelled to the Tribal Village, when all of a sudden my party members disappeared on me, leaving me to fend for myself against a horde of Cazadores. I dispatch them, only to get sneak attacked by the Burned Bodies you normally find dead there. I proceed to fight them as another group of Cazadores arrives out of nowhere, and then my game freezes. I hadn't saved for fifteen minutes or so. Fuck on a stick.
EDIT: Holy shit, this game just got glitchalicious on me. Travelled to the Tribal Village, when all of a sudden my party members disappeared on me, leaving me to fend for myself against a horde of Cazadores. I dispatch them, only to get sneak attacked by the Burned Bodies you normally find dead there. I proceed to fight them as another group of Cazadores arrives out of nowhere, and then my game freezes. I hadn't saved for fifteen minutes or so. Fuck on a stick.
Grinchy
Banned
I won't claim the PC version is free of glitchiness as I'm only around 14 hours in, but I haven't had a single crash or anything wrong so far. Well, there was a quest right outside of Goodsprings that wasn't working properly, but aside from that I've had not a single issue. It also runs quite well for me. I'm really glad I picked it up in an earlier sale.
Ok, now that the game has been balanced multiple times and with the 2 dlcs. What do you all consider as the best weapons in the game?
At the moment, I'm really liking the Survivalist's rifle. Great Power and decent AC usage. Ammo isn't too rare either. The game shines even further when you have the grunt perk.
I'm also liking the holorifle a lot too. With the attachments, it's probably one of the most useful energy weapons in the game.
At the moment, I'm really liking the Survivalist's rifle. Great Power and decent AC usage. Ammo isn't too rare either. The game shines even further when you have the grunt perk.
I'm also liking the holorifle a lot too. With the attachments, it's probably one of the most useful energy weapons in the game.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Holorifle + max-charged cells for me. Throw in the corona perk and it's a plasma fiesta.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Anyone else run into the glitch where the game locks up upon trying leaving the Jacobstown lodge? It's the first game-breaking issue I've had, pre or post-patch, most of the others have been minor (often amusing) glitches or random freezes. Had to load a few saves back to get round it. It was weird, because I had no problem exiting or entering the place earlier.
In other news, I'm really enjoying Dead Money. The writing and characters are really interesting so far, I just can not see Bethesda writing characters and scenarios on this level.
In other news, I'm really enjoying Dead Money. The writing and characters are really interesting so far, I just can not see Bethesda writing characters and scenarios on this level.
Proposed Law
Member
BOMBA?Wario64 said:
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Hopefully it means they are trying to clear stock for an Ultimate edition. Cant be GOTY when the press shit all over the game.Proposed Law said:
water_wendi said:
It has an 84 metacritic score, I don't know as I'd say they really shit on it. Anyway they shipped more than 5 million before the end of 2010 so it's probably just more likely that BB had a decent amount of overstock they wanted to clear out of their chain. A full DLC included pack will probably be ready for the holiday season.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Afaik you need to have a GOTY award before calling your compilation release a GOTY Edition.Wallach said:
edit:
And no the press shit all over New Vegas. The game is better in every way and it reviewed much lower.
Fallout 3 94%
Fallout New Vegas 84%
Yeah, Fallout 2 also scored lower than Fallout on average and I consider the sequel to be a better game too. I'm just saying I don't know if an 84 average really counts as being shit on.
Either way, Amazon had a listing for a GotY edition show up back in April before it got pulled. Whether they actually wind up calling it that I don't know, but I don't see a version like that showing up before the holidays.
Either way, Amazon had a listing for a GotY edition show up back in April before it got pulled. Whether they actually wind up calling it that I don't know, but I don't see a version like that showing up before the holidays.
StopMakingSense
Member
Finally got around to meeting Benny and totally
him. God I love this game, lol.
fucked
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Sorry, but a full 10% less across the board despite being the vastly better game is being shit upon.Wallach said:
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Borderlands actually won a GOTY award though.Massa said:
Alpha-Bromega
Member
Is there some sort of set contract as to how many more DLC's Obsidian will make? or is it by demand? because the base game is good enough, the setting rich enough, that I hope that Obsidian can just make DLC for this game forever... and ever... and ever... by that i mean another year.
They struck commercial gold with this game and I am truly happy for them, they deserve it after all their less than steller sales
They struck commercial gold with this game and I am truly happy for them, they deserve it after all their less than steller sales
Alpha-Bromega said:Is there some sort of set contract as to how many more DLC's Obsidian will make? or is it by demand? because the base game is good enough, the setting rich enough, that I hope that Obsidian can just make DLC forever... and ever... and ever...
They struck commercial gold with this game and I am truly happy for them, they deserve it after all their less than steller sales
Yeah, they are making 4 total. Two already out and two more to come, with the next being released this month sometime.
And yeah, this game made a fuckton of money. Hopefully it pays off for them.
Alpha-Bromega said:
The game was already down to $20 several months ago, but it was one of the better selling games of 2010 so I don't think there is a problem in that regard. Probably just front loaded.
I picked it up on 360 at Best Buy today. I figure I might as well get into the main campaign for now, then see if a GOTY version goes on sale down the line for the DLC. Have most of the game killing bugs been patched at this point? I'll be backing up saves to internal memory and a USB drive just to avoid the worst possible circumstances.
water_wendi said:
Not even close. A number of games have had "GOTY" editions since 2008 without winning anything resembling a worthwhile award. It is just a way to repackage the content.
StopMakingSense
Member
Wallach said:
No, no. I literally
had sex with him
StopMakingSense
Member
Mooreberg said:
Remember Fallout 3? Pretty much exactly the same, give or take.
Alpha-Bromega
Member
Wallach said:
Only 4? compared to the 5 of 3 but that's alright.
I hope to see a DLC in the scope of Point Lookout, that one with the burned man looks like it could be that.
StopMakingSense
Member
Wallach said:
Well, my character is a woman, if that helps. Though I wonder if it would work with a man for that same perk.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Crimes against taste don't get much more heinous.water_wendi said:
QuantumBro
Banned
New Vegas dlc is $3 each on steam today.
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
QuantumBro said:
Quick question I'm about 40hrs/level 20 into New Vegas On pc with tons of mods(graphics,weight,color pip boy ect)
I'm a slow player that likes to explore everything and do all the side quests I can. I've not gone to Fort yet for Mr. Vegas and I've only settled things with one family for Mr.Happy.
Any issues with installing the DLC at this point?Should I wait till I'm at the point of no return of main story quest or mess around with them now?
Dead Money has great writing, great characters, and tells a pretty interesting self-contained story in the NV world. The only problem with it is that the level design is ugly, and pretty hard. It's filled with traps and stuff, and isn't meant for open exploration.
Honest Hearts has weaker overall writing, and the scenario isn't as engaging or interesting. But it has awesome area design, great visuals, and stuff you don't generally find anywhere in the normal NV world (like rain effects).
At 10 bucks, I found both well worth the money as unique additions to the NV game. At 3 bucks, they're basically a steal.
Dead Money's recommended level is about lvl20, Honest Hearst has no real level requirement and scales in difficulty based on level tiers. You should be fine doing the DLCs whenever you want with that character. Although once you start a DLC you cannot leave until you beat it, so you should keep that part in mind.
Honest Hearts has weaker overall writing, and the scenario isn't as engaging or interesting. But it has awesome area design, great visuals, and stuff you don't generally find anywhere in the normal NV world (like rain effects).
At 10 bucks, I found both well worth the money as unique additions to the NV game. At 3 bucks, they're basically a steal.
bloodydrake said:
Dead Money's recommended level is about lvl20, Honest Hearst has no real level requirement and scales in difficulty based on level tiers. You should be fine doing the DLCs whenever you want with that character. Although once you start a DLC you cannot leave until you beat it, so you should keep that part in mind.
water_wendi said:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GOTY-2010-Best-Video-Game-Fallout-New-Vegas-175555.shtml
There's your GOTY.
Lothars said:
Lvl50 Gods, here we come! I'm probably not going to bother with the lvl restriction trait for my first character when I get OWB. The reason is basically that while I do like a challenge, that character is already horribly broken, AND if I cap him now, it means I will miss out of being able to ever gain any of the new perks added in OWB and LR on that character. So I'll probably allow him to become a god. I'm considering taking the lvl30 capping trait on my second character though, since she's not quite at lvl30 yet.