Anyone else notice the complete lack of personality in NewVe

Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:42 am

-Steals pencil in Megaton-

Imperial Soldier: "STOP! You've violated the law. Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence."

Player: "Damned rips in fabric of space and time, now those guards can sense crime in seperate universes"


-Walks past Lucas Simms-

"You have my ear citizen."
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Roberta Obrien
 
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:16 pm

I think that the overall idea for F:NV was "It ain't broke, so we won't fix it". The game engine, combat system, and dialogue system didn't change much.

The chief alterations, I think, were:
1. Allowing four final paths to take instead of one, which I think was good. I do think that House and the Legion got a bit short-changed, as most of the "faction" quests seemed to focus either on the NCR or on smaller factions (Boomers, Brotherhood, Folowers, etc.) Each faction would have brought sometimng different to the table:
NCR: Democracy and rule of law, but bureaucracy and high taxes.
Legion: Civilization and total security, but oppression, slavery, and atrocities.
House: Economic growth and technological advancement, but intrusive, controlling government.
Independent: Absolute freedom (to the point of anarchy), but lawlessness and violence.
Choose the one that suits your fancy best.

2. Replacing F3's reliance on Karma with Reputation
This allowed a more realistic gaming experience, and a more complex one, but it seemed to be missing a lot of the heart that Fallout 3 had. a lot of that lay in the player's ultimate goal as well: helping a single faction dominate the others, vesrus helping everyone.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:34 pm



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEg1VXzV4Rs

wtf. why?
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Becky Palmer
 
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:34 am

wtf. why?
Because it was 2007. It was meant as a parody gag that I thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~little did I know at the time...

Guess what else... I made another parody gag that thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~Point Lookout was unannounced at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVAyhlgYSc4
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:50 am

Because it was 2007. It was meant as a parody gag that I thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~little did I know at the time...

Guess what else... I made another parody gag that thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~Point Lookout was unannounced at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVAyhlgYSc4

Gizmo I do notice another video that you did with.....Dawn of War? Now only if Relic made an Inquisitor RPG.....
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:45 pm

Gizmo I do notice another video that you did with.....Dawn of War? Now only if Relic made an Inquisitor RPG.....

They make out of this world RTS' games, but I dunno if they'd do a decent RPG.

They are making what looks like a DOW based GOW clone though, called Space Marine. Looks like it might be really good.

I wish DOW2 played like their concept... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVlpUf7e5w



I think personality is different for different groups of players. When I think Fallout 'personality'... I think of Fallout 1's general attitude. In this FO:NV seems closer than FO3 IMO. **With one exception: Fallout 3 had a fantastic (very, VERY "Fallouty" landscape and general art design ~it was everything else that seemed off to me.)
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:05 am

Because it was 2007. It was meant as a parody gag that I thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~little did I know at the time...

Guess what else... I made another parody gag that thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~Point Lookout was unannounced at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVAyhlgYSc4

lol. WTF. that looked so terrible.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:53 am

lol. WTF. that looked so terrible.

I thought so... (I hoped so :()
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:49 am

lol. WTF. that looked so terrible.

Clearly you arent getting the joke.

@Gizmo- That Oblivion mod- My first thought was 'UNIVERSES HAVE COLLIDED' xD
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:51 am

If there was ever a Fallout 3 movie, it would be directed by Micheal Bay.

no, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:06 am

no, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO

M. Night Shamalan? :spotted owl:
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:17 am

M. Night Shamalan? :spotted owl:


don't make me disconnect you from your machines! :P
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:48 pm

M. Night Shamalan? :spotted owl:


M. Night Shamalan releases his next film, Happening 2, where our protagonist must escape the deadliest product of nuclear war, Fallout carried by the WIND!
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:17 pm

If there was ever a Fallout 3 movie, it would be directed by Micheal Bay.
No, nononononno :bolt:

Terry Gilliam (Can it be denied that he would put some serious 'personality' into it?)

*Can't use http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/Gizmojunk/Bruce.jpg :(, but perhaps http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/Gizmojunk/cage.jpg (it may, just maybe, be a role that he'd thrive in ~unlike his last many movies, that I really wanted to like, but couldn't.)
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:36 am

If there was ever a Fallout 3 movie, it would be directed by Micheal Bay.


Nah, Uwe Boll.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:59 am

Nah, Uwe Boll.

I should burn you alive for uttering that name. :verymad:
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:23 pm

Fallout 3, directed in collaboration between Micheal Bay and M. Knight Shyamalan.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:14 am

And don't get me started on the lack of good dungeon crawler style gameplay that made fallout3 so good.And you couldn't go five feet without tripping over a "Unique" weapon. And the constant flat desert wasteland theme svcked out loud. =/


Personally, New Vegas didn't have nearly enough desert in it, but what desert it did have was great.

The whole exploration thing... I reckon Fallout: New Vegas missed the effect that the DC metro had on the player's progress in Fallout 3. Some moaned that it was a fake and repetitive way to extend the game, but it did require figuring out and was a lot better than none at all.

Anyway, the upshot is there's always stuff in a game that just wasn't finished in time. New Vegas' shortcomings in that regard are more obvious, is all.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:00 pm

Because it was 2007. It was meant as a parody gag that I thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~little did I know at the time...

Guess what else... I made another parody gag that thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~Point Lookout was unannounced at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVAyhlgYSc4


Gizmo, for the love of God, please don't do any more parody gags. Every time you do them, they turn out to be true! :P

Seriously though, those were hilarious. But oh so depressing at the same time.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:38 am



I think personality is different for different groups of players. When I think Fallout 'personality'... I think of Fallout 1's general attitude. In this FO:NV seems closer than FO3 IMO. **With one exception: Fallout 3 had a fantastic (very, VERY "Fallouty" landscape and general art design ~it was everything else that seemed off to me.)

I agree, Bethesda art department did a superb job, only if the rest of the team can catch up.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:20 pm

I should burn you alive for uttering that name. :verymad:


LOL :D

Well, this time I think he kinda outclasses himself. Seems like some sort of mix between Morrowind and Fallout maybe? Dolph Lundgren the Nerevarine, directed by Uwe Boll? I mean, that's gotta be a classic :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1767319/
Release 2011, and I'm guessing 11.11.11 for some reason :P
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:21 am

Because it was 2007. It was meant as a parody gag that I thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~little did I know at the time...

Guess what else... I made another parody gag that thought no one could ever consider seriously doing ~Point Lookout was unannounced at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVAyhlgYSc4


All your parodies become real!
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:27 pm

When I was watching Gizmo's vid I saw this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFV55ICxQbk

Excuse me while I go cry...
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:42 am

When I was watching Gizmo's vid I saw this.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&client=mv-google&hl=en&rl=yes&v=QFV55ICxQbk

Excuse me while I go cry...


Which video?
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:51 pm

Edit: alright should be good now...
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