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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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I'm... I'm tempted to call in a sick day at work on Wednesday...
nismogrendel
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FO3 runs pretty smooth on high settings on my PC, New Vegas should perform about the same right? Not sure if I want to get it on 360 or PC.
nismogrendel said:
I seriously hope it runs better. I know this is Obsidian and they are far from being known for their games stability and lack of bugs but the Gamebryo engine has had more than enough use on the PC that they should be able to have the game run without issue. I enjoyed FO3 a good bit but I can barely get the game to run for more than 30 minutes without it crashing for one reason or another.
rainking187
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Damn, I cancelled my CE preorder a few days ago because I didn't think I'd be able to afford it, turns out I can and now everywhere is sold out. Wonder if I'd still be able to get one if I showed up at GameStop tomorrow?
I plan on sticking with hardcore, but I can already see myself getting crippled out in the middle of nowhere and having to hobble all the way to the nearest doctor. I guess I'll be putting a lot of focus on the doctor skill cause that sounds like a bitch. It'll bring back bad memories of being a lvl 1 character in Morrowind, leaving Seyda Neen for the first time.
Damn. Is fast travel disabled in hardcore mode?
Damn. Is fast travel disabled in hardcore mode?
gundamzeta209
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Fredescu said:
I eventually got it running and added some mods: Awren's tweaks, Iron sight, weapon's packs, the FNNQC slavers mods and quest (best mod IMO), and darnUI...
It was worth it, but even then it still would crash everytime i played it. when I play an RPG, i play in 6 to 12 hour sessions. i've been doing that since secret of mana was released. Having Fallout 3 crash so many times doing my usual long sessions, really worked my nerves.
In the end, I'm running a Quad AMD, and an MSI overclocked 460gtx...., so any software failures are probably do to some weird incompatibility with my Frugal setup.
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Snuggler said:
It's almost part of the experience, though. It's a consequence you face based on a decision, and the cool part is it isn't even scripted with a quest or NPC. It can just happen.
Fast travel is available in hardcore mode, but distance is limited based on how far you'd get without food or sleep.
Snuggler said:
It's not disabled, but hardcore rules are still in effect based on distance traveled. If you would not survive the distance you are trying to move with fast travel (because for example you would die of thirst) it will not allow you to do so.
I have a feeling this is going to kill quite a few people because they'll make a fast travel to a remote location which will put them right on the edge of dehydration and they won't have the resources to make it back alive. :lol
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Wallach said:
But isn't that one of the coolest fucking things a game can do? Hardcore mode can and will punish the shit out of you for not preparing ahead of time.
Every time I leave a settlement I'm making sure to carry food and water and just enough ammunition to keep me safe.
God damn I can't wait for Tuesday.
HadesGigas
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Can you like go to sleep wherever? Hardcore mode seems like it'd be pretty awful if you had to hunt out the nearest cot that looks like it'd be dirtier and less comfortable than the ground to begin with.
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HadesGigas said:
"You cannot sleep while enemies are nearby."
Calling it. :lol
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Snuggler said:
I always thought it'd be cool to play a merchant. Just take stuff with you out into the wastes and barter with people you meet. No questing or anything, just salesmanship.
Probably'd get boring pretty quick I'd presume. :lol
HadesGigas
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It could be like Recettear with guns!
Radogol said:
I think there is non-lethal ammo (like beanbag rounds) but I've not heard yet whether it is actually necessary to do a "pacifist" run. As far as your second question I can't say for sure, but these guys are much better about that kind of thing than Bethesda was.
gundamzeta209
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Definitely very cool. This game is really reminding me of the Golden Age PC era. I think that's what they're trying to do anyways. Games really took a lot of thought back then. Even an action game like Mechwarrior 2.
I like the realism and challenge of the those old games. I'm glad a dev has the courage to sacrifice mainstream sales to appeal to the more hardcore gamers. i hope obsidian does a good job finds success with FNV. i want more games like this
projekt84 said:
Hated each one of the 160-plus hours I put into vanilla F3, yes. And whoa at the general attitude. I'm talking about specific bugs and glitches in the sequel of a game known for being pretty buggy, made by a dev not exactly known for polishing their games to perfection. I don't know what's the part that makes you go out and call for bullshit or "desire for attention".
Danne-Danger
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Delicious. It pains me that I have TOO MUCH SHIT TO DO and will have to wait a week or two before I can play it.butsomuch said:
I wonder if AGI is as useless as it was last time, I'm hoping to make a 1 AGI low STR char so I can max out CHA (if it affects followers, should be very useful for dialogue) and INT (SP and dialogue). Though low STR won't be as easy to pull off now with Hardcore mode, but more followers will help negate that.
MrTroubleMaker
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the wiki has tag as a level 16 perkWallach said:
The_Reckoning
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Zeliard said:
ahhhhh shiiiieeeeet!
Best part is Avellone and Sawyer don't even defend F3, they're just like "awesome, dude, glad you enjoyed it."
Also stumbled onto this tweet by Sawyer:
temple of doom is my favorite indiana jones movie and i don't care who knows it.
11:45 AM Oct 14th via web
I've always considered him a wise man.
Also stumbled onto this tweet by Sawyer:
temple of doom is my favorite indiana jones movie and i don't care who knows it.
11:45 AM Oct 14th via web
I've always considered him a wise man.
The_Reckoning
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Zeliard said:
I was not aware this was up for discussion?
water_wendi
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Avoid side-quests that involve killing. Other than that you stealth, disguise, flee, and talk your way through things.Animator said:
codswallop
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... the hell?Zeliard said:
From best to worst, it's 1, 3, 2, 4!
Zeliard said:
It's also very conducive to speed running strategy. Outside of stuffing some plastique in Ken Lee's pocket (and I guess weaponizing Super Stims against the president bahaha) the fastest way to beat FO2 didn't involve actually fighting for yourself. Some people told me I should've tried to help frag Horrigan but I don't think it would have made the run any faster personally.