I had little problems with Fallout 3, but I had to wait weeks after DLC launches to get them because of all of their issues at launch. So, when New Vegas launched, I didn't buy it at launch because I wanted to see if there were issues -- there were . . . a lot. I just recently bought NV about 2 weeks ago and now, as of this most recent patch, the game is all-but unplayable. At first (after the patch), I'd only freeze here-and-there, then every 10-15 minutes, now I freeze less than a minute after load (regardless of save file used) and there's no way in hell I'm starting over.

How can this game--a game of this magnitude--be this broken, this late in its life? Whatever, Bethesda, imo, is as broken, uncaring, and inept of a publisher as Call of Duty's Activision. I think gaming is in trouble and I'm not paying full price to beta test broken games that never get fixed any more.

Fallout was fun, but I quit. Cool story, bro . . . whatever.

Try starting a new game. There are many differences between the old and new master files which, if referenced by your save, can cause problems a fresh game will not encounter.

[don't throw the baby out with the bath water]

I already lost one character w/ pre-patch freezing. I gave the game a 2nd chance; this was it. I've now given the game 2 chances and lost 2 characters because of freezing issues. I am not pouring dozens of hours into a game I can't (and haven't) completed because of freezing.

In that case, I'd wait until they're done patching it :shrug: It's kinda a pain to have to start over, but at least the game is getting fixed. Fallout 3 isn't getting any more patches and is solid, so maybe play it and revisit New Vegas when all the dust settles? Each chance you've given FNV has been sabotaged by the auto-updating. Meanwhile, had your game been with one setup or another all the way through, chances are things would have gone smoother. I don't like it either, but I wouldn't swear off Beth games over it. Hopefully TESV won't force updates.