How Big will the Big Empty be? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:09 pm

Judging by the name alone, one can assume that the Big Empty will, well, be big. Now, after watching the Qore 36 preview AND the trailer of Old World Blues, it looks like the area within the Big MT crater is quite large plus there is going to be the areas underground. I'm hoping the DLC will be large like Honest Hearts and Point Lookout. It looks like there is a map of the Big Empty in the trailer @0:20 (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ihRxUB2CE&feature=player_embedded#at=20). So I ask you, how big is the Big Empty? No hate or off topic rants please :toughninja:

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 am

i think big mt will not realy big 10-15 locations

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:44 pm

Well, I'm assuming it'll be big. Just a thought.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:05 am

i think big mt will not realy big 10-15 locations

I will be very disappointed if that is the case :brokencomputer:

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:33 am

No idea, all i know is that it will be Big and Empty

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:29 am

The problem with the name is that everything's relative. It will be "big". Big in comparison to what? My bedroom? Honest Hearts? Point Lookout? Who knows?!

All I can say for sure is that I will be disappointed if by "Big Empty", they mean "as big and empty" as Honest Hearts was. You can do everything/see everything in that DLC in 4 hours.

Hopefully, something along the lines of Point Lookout in terms of size and explorability, but with a better story and wackier characters and weapons. I'm very much looking forward to this. Hopefully, it will erase the bad taste in my mouth from the first 2 DLCs :foodndrink:

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:28 pm

The problem with the name is that everything's relative. It will be "big". Big in comparison to what? My bedroom? Honest Hearts? Point Lookout? Who knows?!

All I can say for sure is that I will be disappointed if by "Big Empty", they mean "as big and empty" as Honest Hearts was. You can do everything/see everything in that DLC in 4 hours.

Hopefully, something along the lines of Point Lookout in terms of size and explorability, but with a better story and wackier characters and weapons. I'm very much looking forward to this. Hopefully, it will erase the bad taste in my mouth from the first 2 DLCs :foodndrink:

you eat your DLCs???

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:39 pm

i hope the big empty is big and not empty

(i eat my DLCs...)

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:32 pm

i think its going to be definetly bigger than most locations in the game the only place i think could match it is the villa and the madre combined

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:32 pm

i hope the big empty is big and not empty

(i eat my DLCs...)

I play my DLCs thank you very much

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:48 pm

dude they're so good, Honest Hearts on a bagel with OJ was delish

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:49 pm

Hard to say. It looks like a lot of it will be underground, which removes the possibility for fast-travelling, therefore won't have map markers. So, I don't think it'll be "big" in covering a lot of surface area, but it'll probably be deep like the Vaults.

Oh, and "Big Empty" is a bastardisation of "Big Mt" (Big Mountain), though it isn't clear exactly to which real-world mountain it relates. We know it's a crater, so I'd guess the rim would be roughly the size of the base of Black Mountain.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:35 am

Hard to say. It looks like a lot of it will be underground, which removes the possibility for fast-travelling, therefore won't have map markers. So, I don't think it'll be "big" in covering a lot of surface area, but it'll probably be deep like the Vaults.

Oh, and "Big Empty" is a bastardisation of "Big Mt" (Big Mountain), though it isn't clear exactly to which real-world mountain it relates. We know it's a crater, so I'd guess the rim would be roughly the size of the base of Black Mountain.

I would hope it's larger than black mountain. Point lookout was about a fourth of the CW. Hopefully the big empty is about as big, black mountain, base included is only about a sixteenth of the playable MW.

But like you said, if there are many areas as big as vaults underground, it would eliminate the need for a lot of space, but even judging by the previews, the Big Empty looks quite large.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:28 pm

I dont care as long is has good story, exploration wasn my strong point, I just want to find interesting stuff

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:27 am

Eh, I'm honestly expecting 30+ but I'd be happy with less. I already know this will replace my favorite DLC for FO. Some say I am setting my expectations high, but it's not like I'll be dissapointed if it turns out complete crap.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:32 pm

From the trailer, it looks like there is going to be a lot of indoor roaming in Old World Blues, and the indoor areas could be pretty big. I just hope the outdoor map is roughly the same size, or slightly larger than Honest Hearts.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:49 pm

I'm tempted to make a new thread called "How Empty will the Big Empty be?" Just to be a [censored].

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:34 am

I think it will be like the pit as far as size goes but I would say about 25 locations

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:17 am

The question is... The place could be big but is it empty?

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:29 pm

The number of locations is not what matters to me. I just hope the map isn't redunandent like the Sierra Madre Villa map was.

It's like ok...more villa roof tops and more bear traps everywhere and oh look ! oh more "Ghost people" throwing spears and gas bombs at my face.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:59 am

The number of locations is not what matters to me. I just hope the map isn't redunandent like the Sierra Madre Villa map was.

It's like ok...more villa roof tops and more bear traps everywhere and oh look ! oh more "Ghost people" throwing spears and gas bombs at my face.

I never felt that there was any point to explore. I got everything and everytime I'd go somewhere new it was the same cloud and ghost people. I only really liked the interior of the Casino because there weren't ghost people all the time.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:33 pm

I never felt that there was any point to explore.

Because there is nothing to explore. It's just villa rooftops and alleys and bear traps and ghost people with spears and gas bombs and speakers over and over and over and over and over again.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:23 pm

Because there is nothing to explore. It's just villa rooftops and alleys and bear traps and ghost people with spears and gas bombs and speakers over and over and over and over and over again.

Yeah I really hated the amount of ammo for the Holorifle you were given. If you never played the DLC or have a low EW skill its almost impossible.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:05 am

Yeah I really hated the amount of ammo for the Holorifle you were given. If you never played the DLC or have a low EW skill its almost impossible.

Yeah and then your forced to use P.O.S. weapons like the beartrap fist and if your lucky enough to hack the computer for the storage room closet in the police station, you can fight with a P.O.S. police pistol.

The whole DLC forces you to play a certain way. And for me that just kills the whole RPing aspect of it.

The Pitt was a good DLC because not only a good story but it didn't box you in even though the circumstances are similar.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:28 am

Honestly, I hope they keep outdoor locations minimum.