Early Reviewer First Impressions : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:25 pm

Having played FO3 on the 360 and PS3, I had more issues on my PS3 than I did on the 360. Hopefully it was just a random encounter (which, judging by his statement after he cleaned his cache, it may have been). On a side note, I can't wait until midnight gets here and I can finally enjoy this game.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:07 am

By stopping every few hours I mean just saving the game and turning off the console. Wait 10-15 seconds. Turn back on the console. Load your save. Keep playing. It's not like it isn't an annoying thing to have to do, but the 3 minutes it takes to do so every 3-4 hours shouldn't stop you from having marathon sessions.

Besides, you have to go to the bathroom.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:12 pm

Besides, you have to go to the bathroom.

Amateur.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:09 pm

Besides, you have to go to the bathroom.

Let a little bit out, let it dry. Let a little bit out, let it dry.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:26 pm

meh the economy still svcks thats kinda sad... looks like barter is still once again useless....

i wonder if when they were talking about balance im wondering if they also are including the combat i hope that endgame isnt just go around one shotting anything and being invincible

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:13 am

Besides, you have to go to the bathroom.

It's called a catheter. Just another of the many perks that come with dating a nurse.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:18 pm

It's called a catheter. Just another of the many perks that come with dating a nurse.

That's a wee bit over-board. Don't you think? Gotta get a milk jug! :facepalm: :shocking: :shakehead:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:09 pm

I'm not worried gameplay wise, thats up for me to judge.

But the trouble on the 360 console is concerning and annoying.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:16 pm

Daniel Vavra commented on the story?
Great, if he likes it then I will like it probably as well.
He's a great story writer and I'm a svcker for a good story.

Mafia 1 is still my favorite game of all time, let's hope F:NV can beat it

Probably not cause its too much open ended for that but if it comes close I won't complain.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:08 am

Thank Allah I purchased a PC version. Although i foresee many CTD's.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:32 pm

THANK THOR I OWN THE PC VERSION.

AND ODIN OF COURSE.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:38 pm

hardcoe mode was never meant to make the game more difficult, it was always supposed to add a layer of realism, or "futzing" as Tom Chick calls it. I think he misunderstood the purpose of it. His other points I'll take seriously though, he was the only reviewer who gave Civilization 5 a realistic review and pointed out its many flaws, when other reviewers were jumping on the "perfect score!" bandwagon.

He wasn't talking about it not being difficult exactly.

By futzing he meant that instead of hardcoe Mode giving him reason to be careful or plan ahead with his character's needs, that food and water are so abundant it became nothing more than a ritual he had to perform that did little but add flavor.

Not exactly what a lot of us were hoping for in the mode, but I kind of figured they wouldn't adjust the scarcity of items or their distribution just for hardcoe Mode.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:15 pm

THANK THOR I OWN THE PC VERSION.

AND ODIN OF COURSE.

Does that mean I have to thank http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/112/1128530p1.html I have a 360?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:11 am

Does that mean I have to thank http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/112/1128530p1.html I have a 360?

NO YOU DO NOT. LOKI IS KNOWN TO BE EVIL.

I DO NOT BUY DLC. I MISS THE GOOD OLD EXPANSIONS.

ALSO NOTHING IS EVER EXCLUSIVE. REMEMBER MASS EFFECT.

THANK THOR AND ODIN!!!!!!!!!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:35 pm

The people at NMA are neither friends nor foes. I simply think of them as our ancestors. The only difference is that some of us want to preserve the traditions of our ancestors and some of us want to detach ourselves from them.

I play on the PC so I won't be affected by the memory leak but I actually found the memory leak in Dragon Age: Origins quite helpful as I would be reminded every few hours that I need to take a break.

As for hardcoe Mode being nothing special I'm not surprised at all as I've always thought it was massively overhyped by many people in these forums.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:36 am

Maybe the Gods will even grant you a keyboard with a functioning caps lock!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:03 pm

Maybe the Gods will even grant you a keyboard with a functioning caps lock!

CAPS LOCK IS OVERRATED. I NEED NO CAPS LOCK.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:23 am

He wasn't talking about it not being difficult exactly.

By futzing he meant that instead of hardcoe Mode giving him reason to be careful or plan ahead with his character's needs, that food and water are so abundant it became nothing more than a ritual he had to perform that did little but add flavor.

Right. Finding a bed for the night due to fatigue or having your stats severely gimped if you ignore the need. Food, water etc... same deal. Stimpaks, limited use per day or suffer side effects. Stuff like that. Not just turning enemies into bullet sponges and increasing the damage they're capable of doing. If hardcoe mode becomes a quick ritual (like storing ammo and various misc items in your lockers at home on FO3) that won't be challenging, just... something extra to do on top of the usual routines of playing Fallout 3.

Edit: But as you said, there will be mods.

In Mods We Trust.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:47 am

Hated the story and quests of Fallout 3. Love the story and quests of New Vegas.

Well, it's like I said at the start, if nothing else, Obsidian is going demolish Bethesda in the writing department.

Looking good. Can't wait until tomorrow, not sure if I'm even going to be able to sleep tonight.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:23 pm

Maybe the Gods will even grant you a keyboard with a functioning caps lock!

CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.

Article was a little gloaty (smug lucky bastard, not that I'm jealous or anything), but he seemed authentically impressed, which is a good sign.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:59 pm

Let a little bit out, let it dry. Let a little bit out, let it dry.

I think I just peed a little reading this response. :rofl:

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:24 am

Wait for it to go on sale and hopefully by then there might be a patch or two that get rid of some of the more annoying bugs - and remember to patch it of course. You'll most likely be able to find a cheap copy during a Christmas sale coming up in December - Steam is always handing out deals like that. :user:

Chalk me up as another person that liked Alpha Protocol. The way that game was handled by the gaming "press" was shameful. Most of the reviews I read didn't even tell you anything about the game...just children whining about dated-looking graphics and the fact that they couldn't snipe a guard at 75 yards with a pistol when they hadn't put any skill points into Pistols. Really unprofessional. Anyway, I've seen new copies on eBay for <$20 for the PC if you're in the market for a discounted copy. I got mine for $20. Gotta love how cheap PC games are.

As for hardcoe Mode being nothing special I'm not surprised at all as I've always thought it was massively overhyped by many people in these forums.

Well, it sounds like it's less of a problem with hardcoe Mode itself and more of a problem with an over-abundance of supplies in the game world, much like Fallout 3. There will be mods that will fix this. I wish they could have just cut back on the amount of Aid items in the game world when using hardcoe Mode, but I could see how that could cause problems...especially with savegames if you turned it (hardcoe mode) off midway through a game.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:48 pm

As far as it appears, hardcoe Mode's biggest impact seems to be giving purpose to things you'd normally ignore. Instead of simply leaving food and water lying around whenever you found it you have reason to pick it up and use it. Because healing is so restricted, healing your character via drinking from fountains and toilets and so forth now has legitimate gameplay value.

So while hardcoe doesn't add a huge difficulty burden, it does expand the game somewhat by making the player keep closer consideration of their resources.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:18 pm

Because healing is so restricted, healing your character via drinking from fountains and toilets and so forth now has legitimate gameplay value.

I always did that in Fallout 3 saved me a lot of money on Stimpacks by doing that.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:44 pm

Tom Chick of Fidgit is really starting to pound on XB360 technical issues he says he is seeing. Not sure why he's having these issues when other reviewers aren't, but here's what he said on QT3 . . .

Look, I played Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360. This isn't like that. I hate to disappoint you guys, and I know what it's like to hear bad things about a game you're psyched to play, but what I'm experiencing with Fallout New Vegas is a whole other ballgame in terms of being a technical mess.

For instance, I'm at a part now trying to move through really close quarters dotted with monster closets (nicely explained in the in-game fiction, BTW). If I use my Incinerator, which is a flamethrower perfect for this situation and currently my weapon of choice, it locks the game up. Every single time. Without fail. This is repeatable. Clearing the system cache does diddly to address the problem. Therefore, my high science, high energy weapon dude gets to work his way through Vault 22 with a laser rifle he normally uses for longer range engagements. Yay. Great. Thanks. Can't wait to see what other stuff is so thoroughly borked.

I don't really care whose fault it is, but this is pretty damn frustrating and not the sort of thing I'd expect from a game that isn't called, I dunno, Gothic.

Over on Fidgit this is what he said to promote his game diaries starting tomorrow:

This week's big release is developer Obsidian's crack at the Fallout universe with Fallout: New Vegas. Crack is the operative word. To paraphrase The King, "Bright light city gonna set my soul of fire with a long involved RPG that I can't freakin' put down". This is very much a Fallout game in so many ways: vast, bleak, imaginative, sprawling, detailed, and plagued with technical problems. The game diaries start tomorrow.