Well, for Xmas my son gave me the Ultimate Edition dealio. FNV never worked on the older 360s but it works on this slim, so here we go:

Please, no spoliers whatsoever. I, the gamer, do not want to know what my character should not know.

I'm enjoying myself immensely. Seems to be more concentrated on personal interactions, rather than exploration, like FO3.

However, I kind of expected a completely different game. Because it's a different company. I was kind of shocked (and maybe a little disappointed) that this game is so similar to FO3. But the greater personal interactions are holding me sway at the moment.

1. I NEED a place to dump my crap. Is safe storage the same as FO3? LIke ammo crates, nuka cola machines, med crates. Do they stay empty forever, after you empty them? I just paid for a room in Novac (great name btw). It feels like player housing, but I haven't received any confirmation of that..... I am currently testing all containers with a single bullet, and four days of waiting somewhere else.

2. Third person. WTF? I cannot, for the life of me, get the view to settle beyond my character's knees. But if I press LB, it zooms all the way out, showing my full character. I let go of LB, it goes back to cutting him off at the knees. Which is annoying the crap outta me because my character's FOV becomes too short.

3. 10mm Case. What is this? Is this short for used casing? I go to the reload bench, and literally have no idea what to do with it. I stare at it like a Neanderthal.

4. ED-E is my companion at the moment. Just found out that there is a quest associated with it. Is this associated quest related to that annoying danger music that it plays every time there is a little danger? Take All? There is no take all from ED E, unless I have missed it. Guess I kinda expected this bot to give me some funny like the Sarge, but it is silent all day long.

4A. I have been forced, to watch ED E's kills in a cinematic fashion for a while now. Even when I am in the middle of a battle, if it kills something, the game cuts to EDE, and I am forced to watch this. If I have to watch it ONE MORE TIME I will stab somebody. Is this the case with all companions? Being forced to watch this stupid gimmick over and over and over and over and over and over and over? Because Lone Wanderer is starting to sound good right now.

5. I am only level 5, yet seem to be repairing items to full strength?

6. The perk you get from EDE. I went through NIpton on my way to whatever last night. Enemies everywhere. EVERYWHERE!! My radar was nearly a full bar of red. Except that one friendly. I crept up over the hill and..... no one. Next hill, no one. How big is this perception boost?!!! Seems like miles and miles and miles. I get to where the enemy is supposed to be, and no one is there. EVER. But that red on radar is crazy. Except of course, that single friendly... which is starting to feel like it's a glitch.

7. I lost 800 caps playing Caravan. The in-game instructions for this game made me want to cry. Is this game required for quests? Because I don't even get it.

8. I am vilified by all the Powder Gangers, except for this one camp, where this one Powder Ganger spawns. Apparently he's cool with me, but his brothers aren't. I don't get it. I am vilified by the NCR at this one camp. THey love me everywhere else though. Factions within factions? Or massive glitch?

THat's it for now! More later. I appreciate all y'all taking the time to read this.

Because you asked for no spoilers you make it very hard to answer any of your question since you might consider the answer a spoiler.

I will attempt a few. The benches do a lot more than FO3. You can learn to reload empty cases and make bullets from scrap recharge energy cells, build bombs.

Some bullets are for flesh- hollowpoints, some are for armor and much much more but that's would be a spoiler if I went any farther.

You don't need the card game to do anything. Most peeps don't play it.

I have a question reading thru what you posted since it sounds like you have a glitch or two maybe. How the heck did you get ED-E repaired so early in the game?

ED-e perk is massive perception if your normal perception is 5-6 with ED-e you will see halfway across the territory. Pretty much making the badguy red marks useless in the compass.

I've only played FONV on PS3 and PC/modded but I think you can set or change the kill cam in your setup screens I could on both platforms

Have fun it's a great game. Forget what you learned in FO3 lots has changed. What hasn't changed is its a huge open world just like FO3. I hope you found the hardcoe Mode and are using it

the emersion is much better. Note: hardcoe Mode is different than game difficulty so you can adjust them seperately. Sorry if I'm stating the obvious.