Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
so I just got this game and I'm a few quests in. Where is a good place to head to get a good gun?
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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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Lionheart1337
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Big Ass Ramp said:
Explore
I'm pretty much at the limits of how far I can push things without having to commit to one faction. Anything reported to one of the four results in quests vanishing from others, so it looks like it is time to create the hard save that I will use later to see different outcomes. I've been delaying it for about ten hours but now that I have power armor and some kick ass weapons I figure I might as well go with the flow.
As far as companions go, are Lily, Veronica, Arcade Gannon, or the ghoul at the Nightkin village more useful than Boone? He has been pretty good in combat so far. Also, Rex just remains with you and doesn't count as a companion right? I know there is an achievement for using all of them, but I'm just looking for the most useful one right now. Being able to have all of the extra item carrying space has been helpful.
This is better than Fallout 3, but a lot of the technical issues continue to be a headache. Maybe the sixth patch will nail it.
As far as companions go, are Lily, Veronica, Arcade Gannon, or the ghoul at the Nightkin village more useful than Boone? He has been pretty good in combat so far. Also, Rex just remains with you and doesn't count as a companion right? I know there is an achievement for using all of them, but I'm just looking for the most useful one right now. Being able to have all of the extra item carrying space has been helpful.
This is better than Fallout 3, but a lot of the technical issues continue to be a headache. Maybe the sixth patch will nail it.
Lionheart1337
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Mooreberg said:
As far as I can tell Veronica/Lily, and Boone are top tier. Boone is the best for long range. You can arm companions too. Veronica with Pushy (if you found it) or any high-tier fist is ridic. Since you can arm them they are all pretty much equal but at default I find those three are the best in battle.
You get one humanoid and one non-humanoid. So ED-E and Rex do not count towards the 1 companion limit. I personally hate them both. ED-E is pretty weak and annoying, and Rex is stupid...literally. He too aggressive and tends to rush in and die, even when set to passive.
You're missing my favorite companion of the gameMooreberg said:
Combat-wise, it doesn't get any better than Boone. He's a monster with his default rifle and his perk is the most useful of them all. Him and then Veronica are the best fighters in the game. Veronica's really good with energy weapons, too, so you can use her even if you're a melee char.
TheUsual
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I gave Veronica a Ballistic Fist. What a joy to see her destroy just about anything thrown at her.zkylon said:You're missing my favorite companion of the game
Combat-wise, it doesn't get any better than Boone. He's a monster with his default rifle and his perk is the most useful of them all. Him and then Veronica are the best fighters in the game. Veronica's really good with energy weapons, too, so you can use her even if you're a melee char.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
Ok, thanks for the help guys. Really appreciate it.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Fucking shit. All of my saves are taking forever to load if they are even loading at all. It just keeps on loading. I've tried for about 10 minutes, and it doesn't load (it doesn't freeze but it just never does anything).
I'm trying installing the game right now, but is this a common problem?
I'm trying installing the game right now, but is this a common problem?
Clear the cache if you're on the 360.Fantastical said:Fucking shit. All of my saves are taking forever to load if they are even loading at all. It just keeps on loading. I've tried for about 10 minutes, and it doesn't load (it doesn't freeze but it just never does anything).
I'm trying installing the game right now, but is this a common problem?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Didn't help.Dresden said:
Fuck you Bethesda/Obsidian.
MrTroubleMaker
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I've heard this might work. Start a new game, make a save, then load your game from there.Fantastical said:Didn't help.
Fuck you Bethesda/Obsidian.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Ah! Okay I got it working. What I did was delete the latest update for the game and then reinstall it. The save still seemed to take a while to load, but it did it after about a minute, so I'm happy.MrTroubleMaker said:
Still, fuck you Bethesda/Obsidian.
balladofwindfishes
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Sooo...
Is there any way to beat the main story without losing the loyalty of any companions?
Is there any way to beat the main story without losing the loyalty of any companions?
Lionheart1337
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balladofwindfishes said:
Yes, although there are some really special cases where you can lose companions, they aren't much to worry about (you lose Boone if you side with Legion). Make sure you do the companion quests too.
balladofwindfishes
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Oh don't worry, I won't have to worry about siding with the legionLionheart1337 said:
I slaughtered Caesar using Joshua Graham's pistol, stripped him naked, and sat on his thrown as my minions massacred his bodyguards
Super hard mode with unlimited companions makes for some ridiculously epic battles.
I can only watch them, if I try to participate, I almost always die lol
Shortt Sirket
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My favorite part of Honest Hearts is easily the
It was a really fun and interesting DLC, but those bits stood out the most to me.
Survivor Logs that are spread throughout. Piecing together his life post-event is actually really interesting, along with his general thoughts on the world.
Deleting the title update was the method I used to rescue a save file as well. There is something up with that patch.
Anyway, the save file I created left me with about ninety minutes of work to do for each ending I have seen -
. The second one was a lot more interesting. Will eventually finish with the other two ending but I want to go back and do more side stuff now to see how it shows up in the montage.
I guess if they are never doing anything like Broken Steel, it doesn't really matter who you side with as your ultimate outcome? Would have been nice to be able to drag things out a bit further before deciding (
). Either way, great game aside from weird issues with saves. There is a particular mission I need to redo because of an autosave mishap but it shouldn't take too long.
Anyway, the save file I created left me with about ninety minutes of work to do for each ending I have seen -
Legion Ending w/ Caesar dead and the Yes Man ending
I guess if they are never doing anything like Broken Steel, it doesn't really matter who you side with as your ultimate outcome? Would have been nice to be able to drag things out a bit further before deciding (
Why does reporting the Yes Man lose NCR or Legion reputation? Who the hell knows it is there?
I was planning to do that but since Best Buy had the game on sale and the DLC will be 400 points each eventually during a sale, I figured I might as well pull the trigger. I'm just happier about having waited for more patches. If there is this much trouble now, I don't even want to know what playing this game was like last fall. I'd have gotten too pissed to finish it.~Kinggi~ said:
flipswitch
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Why do you need a certain skill to lockpick a door, while in oblivion you can attempt to lockpick any door you want despite how hard it is?
Shortt Sirket
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flipswitch said:
Because it is a different game? I am not really sure I understand the point of your question.
InfiniDragon
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Dr. Chaos said:
Veronica is super broken with Ballistic Fist, and becomes even more ridiculous if you complete Dead Money.
Lionheart1337
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Mooreberg said:
They have
spies
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Having a blast with this game. Seriously addicted to leveling up and finding new stuff to explore, but I'm getting less and less interested in the main plot.
Maybe, but the way it happens instantly when you're alone in a room with Yes Man is lame.Lionheart1337 said:
It was a dumb change from Fallout 3, because you can get into situations where you're missing it only by a couple points, and don't have the right magazines on you, or trying to unlock a door that's just too hard to return to. The percentage system could be cheated, sure, but the game flowed better with it.Shortt Sirket said:
About the yes man ending:
Did anyone else become scared shitless when he said
Did anyone else become scared shitless when he said
that he had found something that would allow him to be more assertive?
For about thirty seconds I was pretty damn sure him and the legion of security bots behind him were about to gun me down for an all robot utopia.
For about thirty seconds I was pretty damn sure him and the legion of security bots behind him were about to gun me down for an all robot utopia.
jim-jam bongs
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Dr. Chaos: yes. So much yes.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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It's interesting how Obsidian are trying to tell a complete story (a side-story of sorts?) with the DLC, involving the other Courier. Pretty ambitious, although it might backfire for those who only get some of the DLC.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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O.DOGG said:
You're a better man than me, I made it to just over 50 before doing the final part of the game. Still have tons to do though, I haven't even visited Black Mountain or done the Enclave quest yet, I haven't finished the Brotherhood of Steel quests, there's tons of places I haven't been to yet (the powder ganger vault for a start), and I still need to get Honest Hearts. This is one of the most content-rich games ever made.
Stallion Free
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duckroll said:
This game, sheesh.
I'm only lvl 12, but what I've played thus far has far outweighed that other acclaimed RPG shooter of 2010. The story intrigues me. The decision-making, the tucked away sub-plots, the history of the Mojave, it's all satisfying. The game actually looks crisp and detailed without mods at 1920x1080. I've experienced one crash, when alt-tabbing, and that's it. Congrats, Obsidian.
I'm only lvl 12, but what I've played thus far has far outweighed that other acclaimed RPG shooter of 2010. The story intrigues me. The decision-making, the tucked away sub-plots, the history of the Mojave, it's all satisfying. The game actually looks crisp and detailed without mods at 1920x1080. I've experienced one crash, when alt-tabbing, and that's it. Congrats, Obsidian.
rainking187
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I'm really looking forwards to Old World Blues now, I was doing another Fallout 3 playthrough and all of a sudden the right stick doesn't do anything in my current save. If I load up an older save it works fine, but my current save nothing. Even quit and restarted to see if that would fix it, but nope. Fucking shit. Started right after I entered a door, and I can't even turn around to leave.
How big of a difference is New Vegas on the PC compared to the consoles? In terms of gameplay and overall feel?
I see it's marked down on the Direct2Drive and I might bite now that I have a new graphics card coming. Might be able to max it out. I enjoyed the PS3 version though story wise I liked it less then FO3. However the possibility of using mods is interesting.
I see it's marked down on the Direct2Drive and I might bite now that I have a new graphics card coming. Might be able to max it out. I enjoyed the PS3 version though story wise I liked it less then FO3. However the possibility of using mods is interesting.
Lionheart1337
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Effect said:
The developer console and mods make a world of difference for the game.
OWB today.....
SuperSonic1305
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Re-installed the game and the only saves available are from like 40 game hours ago :\
Callibretto
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I've been playing this game for 17 hours but I'm starting to get burn out by this game. the game is fun while playing it, but looking back, after 17 hours, I didn't feel like I accomplish much at all in game. maybe because I'm playing side quests? I got to send ghouls on a rocket, that's rather amusing. but the main story haven't gone anywhere and I still haven't find that prick who shot me in the intro (I've just dealt with the khans that are with him).
do you guys think I should ignore side quest for now and focus on the main quest? right now, whenever I want to start playing, I keep reminded about the same depressing looking environment, no music and the story is going nowhere with my pace, than I see my list of Steam games and there are still Borderlands that I'm intrigued to play, I also still have Magicka, Far Cry2, longest journey, other games that I think might grabbed me more than New Vegas currently.
do you guys think I should ignore side quest for now and focus on the main quest? right now, whenever I want to start playing, I keep reminded about the same depressing looking environment, no music and the story is going nowhere with my pace, than I see my list of Steam games and there are still Borderlands that I'm intrigued to play, I also still have Magicka, Far Cry2, longest journey, other games that I think might grabbed me more than New Vegas currently.
Liquid Helium
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Turn the radio on in your pip boy under misc->radio if you want music.Callibretto said:
I'd recommend just doing the main quest until you finish the "he went that a way" quest, and then from there start doing side stuff, if you are already in novac you aren't that far off completing it.