» Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:46 am And despite the articles title, Deathclaws are only mentioned till the very end, and only very briefly: http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/25/fallout-new-vegas-preview-hunting-deathclaws/
The value of VATS and stealth is clear in Primm: pick someone off without being seen and it’s pretty much a free kill. After that, if the rest of your enemies are well armoured, you need to select the right weapon for the job, aim for unprotected areas or their own gun, and spend those action points wisely. You don’t want to end up like me, firing without VATS, getting overwhelmed and hiding up the stairs in a wrecked building, crouching around the corner, dodging dynamite when it came over edge of the broken wall. While Fallout’s inventory pauses the action when you dip into it to select a new weapon, it’s still clunky, ugly and based on the Pip Boy. I survived, but only on Stimpaks and cowardice.
Sadly the rollercoaster was broken and I died leaping off it. Restarting gave me the opportunity to take Buck elsewhere. I choose to head for Vegas. I’d never make it in the time, but that’s not a problem. Another Ganger attacked me. I backed off, watching him lunge at me, considering my options, when a voice called. Prospectors! Chomp Lewis and his friends couldn’t stand by and watch an innocent woman get beaten, so Chomp ran at the attacker with a sledgehammer and destroyed his head. The grisly scene was repeated. Another attacker I hadn’t spotted came over the hill, and died at Chomp’s hammer.
Sadly the rollercoaster was broken and I died leaping off it. Restarting gave me the opportunity to take Buck elsewhere. I choose to head for Vegas. I’d never make it in the time, but that’s not a problem. Another Ganger attacked me. I backed off, watching him lunge at me, considering my options, when a voice called. Prospectors! Chomp Lewis and his friends couldn’t stand by and watch an innocent woman get beaten, so Chomp ran at the attacker with a sledgehammer and destroyed his head. The grisly scene was repeated. Another attacker I hadn’t spotted came over the hill, and died at Chomp’s hammer.
