The companions dont destroy the armour. If you give them faction specific armour they will just drop it on the ground, you will get a message saying that they cant wear faction specific armour. I think its a bug in the programing seein as how you want them to keep the armour, not wear it. Try it again, you will see they just drop the armour on the ground right next to them. It is a bug, but not in the sense that you described.

I doubt they're making up the bugs but yes, I agree for the most part. I've played and beaten the MQ once and did alot of side quests on the way just fine. Same with XBL friends. I don't get why seemingly every person who's random to me hates the game. =/

I frequently see ncp's half submerged in the ground, have my arms go in crazy directions, see weird lines coming from the center of the screen that make the screen go black, fall through the ground, see rocks that are glitched and you can see through them hear the loud sound of an exploding corpse for no reason, etc. Yes there are bugs in this game.

I've had a handful of minor bugs, and one MAJOR bug happen to me so far on the 360. The minor bugs are the obvious "enemies halfway in the ground" glitch that pretty much everyone seems to see, as well as a weird period after hacking/lockpicking where I can't move my character at all for 2 or 3 seconds even after all my regular HUD stuff is loaded.

The major bug is the DLC glitch, which is pretty much the most gameplay shattering glitch I've ever experienced in a singleplayer game. For those who might be unaware, the glitch causes the game to give you the message "This game requires DLC to run, would you like to load anyway?" after trying to load a save sometimes, usually just the autosave. Even if you select "Yes," which you would think would just load it without the DLC, the game kicks you back to the title screen. This usually isn't a problem as I'm the type who saves before I steal/hack anything just in case I get caught by the faction I'm trying not to piss off. Well earlier today every single one of my saves is corrupted by the same glitch. Now I either have to make an entire new character and recover 10+ hours of gameplay, or wait for a patch that will fix this without leaving my game files permanently corrupted in some way.

The game just flat out doesn't make sense.

I think I must have skipped half the story by accident, one miniute I was finding the guy who shot me the next I was taking control of an army of robots and storming a dam. It's all very rushed and badly explained. Though, that's irellevant.

I've had no crashes, I have a top of the line system and get massive FPS drops, I've seen a few bugs here and there (people randomly attacking me, being told I failed quests that I never started after reloading a game). The game is relitively stable for me, but it's just not very good.

Plenty of minor bugs for this 360 player (more than I encountered in vanilla FO3), but nothing game-breaking yet. The glitchy radio stations (dj voices way too loud) is probably the most annoying, I hardly listen to the radio at all now, which is a shame. The crazy arms are a nuisance too.

This is pretty much the only "major" bug I've come across http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YObTfcY0oVg

I find it funny that as soon as someone finds something different from fallout 3 or they haven't discovered an option for something they think it is a bug. For instance perk every 2 levels and the mods

I find it unlikely that people thought mods were a bug.

If it says that your files are corrupted right now (not just unaccesable), than no patch will fix the corrupted saves. If they're corrupted, there's no going back.

We don′t know that, do we? Have anyone from the companies actually responded to this problem during the last two days?

same exact thing happen to me... ive read it happens 10-12 hours into the game... and to any one who hasn't experienced ANY bugs... i think thats kinda bs..... not gonna lie >.>

It′s probably an attempt to troll, due to the amount of anger being seen on the forums. It could also be a matter of how you define bugs. I saw a lot during my play-through, but didn′t encounter anything really gamebreaking except that I was unable to enter New Vegas at one point. I was lucky to play on the PC though. ( Thanks to the people who told me about the console command. )

yeah im not as lucky, as i am a console gamer and we have no such commands lol. i just hope they patch it so i can play my game saves!! D:

I meant corrupted in the sense of this DLC loading glitch. It's not telling me my saves are corrupted, it's telling me that the game absolutely must load this DLC or else it won't let me play, and then telling me that I don't have the DLC installed. If it's corrupted then it's a pretty pervasive file corruption, as I've seen several threads here and elsewhere about this same exact glitch. They even have a thread here about glitches where they mention it.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1125221-please-read-from-the-teams-at-obsidian-and-bethesda/
"On consoles, we are aware that a small group of 360 users are seeing a DLC warning which is preventing you from loading save games. We are absolutely looking into this bug now, along with other reports of save game corruption. It is our highest priority right now that we find out what is causing it. In the meantime, we recommend you save often, and revert to an older save if this occurs."

I'm playing on PS3, and FONV crashes the system every 3-4 hours, and during some fighting intensive moments involving lots of NPCs. Also, during a mission to help the NCR to find their mole, I tried walking to an NCR camp somewhere on the eastern part of the map; the system crashed just before I could get there. Tried it a few more times and finally gave up. One of my companions has disappeared. These problems started around hour 45. I feel like I'm playing FO3 GOTY all over again. Little bugs didn't bother me, and I've found quite a few of those. But this is getting ridiculous. I'm anticipating a game-breaking bug any day now. Patch can't come soon enough.

Well Ive been playing F:NV sense it came out, about 5-6 hours every day, and my xbox has frozen close to every 2 hours. I just had my xbox in for repairs and was given a new one but even with my old xbox I was able to play from 3PM till 4 am the next day during the summer and I hadn't had it in for repair sense the winter.

Also when my xbox froze just 5 mins ago I restarted it and got an E74 error so im pretty sure its Fallout and not my xbox.

Gee... You sound kinda like that paranoid guy in Novac, the one who thought the Geckos were trying to get his gold. :bonk: Of course they're not making the [censored] up, or it wouldn't be so consistent and unanimous. I've had a few freeze-ups myself. The developers, right here on this forum, admit outright that the game needs patches! What more do you want?

Got some new bugs today, XD.
-Game erased one of the weapons I picked up from a dead fiend. It was a Laser RCW. Worth 607 caps. I played for about 2 hours then get another one. When I went to merge the two I noticed it was gone. Now I'm stuck with the 243 cap one. It is possible I dropped it or something weird, but I doubt it.
-Some NPCs like "Rotface" in Freeside make my chat freeze. Such as after I ask him for a tip, he tells me the tip, and it is my turn to either "buy" another to stop, I cannot choose an option. I found out how to bypass this glitch though. Simply hit start then click continue and your selection box should reappear around the chat. This also happened with the owner of the energy weapon shop.
-Not a bug, but when I get a password for a computer and think it was the computer with "Very Hard" on it, I start looking for that one. It took me a while to realize that the computer changes once you get the password to "activate". It should really say "Use Password".

*I'll test the bug somebody about NPCs destroying your faction specific armor. I swore they did. I'm going to give Boone his hat back and see what happens, as well as give ED-E (who has proved exceptionally buggy, and worthless, other than the perk I get). I'll report back in a few hours.

All on Xbox 360.

I will repeat that I have seen Gameinformer's rating and it is 8.5. Gameinformer's comments, "War. War never changes, and neither does Fallout"

"Concept:
A sequel that makes few strides forward, yet retains almost everything that was great from its predecessor and offers it in a slightly different way
Graphics:
It's easy to lose yourself in New Vegas' massive world, but the believability of the world is stripped away whenever a stiffly acted character appears onscreen. Unexpected freezing can occur due to framerate drops in bustling towns
Sound:
The voice cast, weapon sound effects, ambient noise (which can sometimes sound like it's coming from a mile away), and Vegas themed score are all top notch. The sound design really couldn't be much better
Playability:
If you played Fallout 3, you've also played Fallout: New Vegas. Targeting is still unreliable, but V.A.T.S. still packs a satisfying punch
Entertainment:
The missions and storytelling lack the creativity and large set piece moments of Fallout 3. Exploration and applying your touch to the experience are even deeper
Replay Value:
High"

"Just being friendly with one faction could shut down an entire thread of missions. If you’re a completist and you want to see everything Fallout: New Vegas has to offer, you’ll have to play through the game three and a half times."

"In just the missions and story, New Vegas offers a nearly unprecedented level of depth. When you throw in the weapon modifications, companion recruitment, and attribute sculpting for your character, it delivers a true sense of ownership over the experience and gives you thousands of reasons why you should come back and play it again and again."

INTERESTING: "The bleak surroundings are made worse by the fact that New Vegas lacks polish. Mid-battle a foe may suddenly plummet through the game world or get stuck on a rock, making for an easy kill. The pathing for AI characters wandering the wastes often takes them into the side of buildings or parked vehicles. When enemies die, some of them will float a good five feet in the air. I even ran into a reoccurring bug where my gun wouldn’t stop firing after a loading sequence. To top it off, I broke the last boss by hiding on a rock. He just stood there as I unloaded 300 bullets into him."

"Maybe Obsidian’s lack of familiarity with Bethesda’s technology resulted in New Vegas’ plateau. Maybe Bethesda barked orders to make it identical to Fallout 3. In any case, gamers should expect more of the same from this follow-up. If Fallout 3 holds a place among your top 10 games of this generation like it does for me, another rewarding 200-plus hours of survival awaits you."

"Obsidian’s writing is top notch (especially the dialogue), and I wanted to see more from most of the characters I met, but none of the scripted moments deliver the nuclear bang that Bethesda achieved. Nothing is on the same level as the black and white VR sequence or the communism-hating robot."

ALL CREDIT FOR THESE REVIEW SEGMENTS GO TO GAMEINFORMER.

I have come across a couple of bugs, but nothing game breaking. What I have come across and I quite frankly expect to have them are Glitches. Most would call these bugs but I have seen them on otherwise non buggy quest lines. In a Sandbox game with everything going on that this one has, things are going to glitch.

By Glitch I mean a bug that can't be repeated. For example, Veronica got lost one time. Could not find her anywhere. I just reloaded an earlier save and I have not lost her again. Now, she could have dissapeared due to some bug that can be fixed, but I put it down as a glitch and move on.

Nothing personal but...

Why do people here feel the need to comment negatively about people having issues and voicing their opinions.

I just wish I could give everyone of you who have not had an issue the save game or quicksave bug/glitch, hell whatever you wanna call it, just once. Just one time with a good loss of say....8 hours of gameplay.

Then you would get it.

If your having fun and loving the experience, awesome. I am actualy happy for you.

Those of us out here having serious issues need help.

I had to modify .exe and .ini files just to get the game working on a very common set up with an incredibly stable system. No problems with other recent,and not so recent games, what-so-ever.

I had to dig up and rename save files that were tens of hours newer than the older ones it had listed as the current auto save, that somehow had renamed themselves.

All the fixes I have so far used to get the game running smoothly are because of "frustrated" liars like myself with the same "false" issues who have come up with brilliant sollutions until a patch comes.

Please, enjoy the game. I am enjoying the game, when I can play it. Just layoff us "liars" ok. Because we are getting pissed the hell off real fast out here in our fantasy bug world.

The only bugs that have happened to me so far is Critters scuttleling for example Radscorpion walking on pincers down hills also Critters glitching underground nothing else has happened majorly in my game.

I bought the game on day 1 for xbox 360 and the very first scorpion I saw was half-way in the dirt and only its stinger stuck out. I see multiple small bugs and glitches every time I play the game which is everyday. It also loads extremely slow, even when installed on my hard-drive.

Edit: And NPC's will walk through rocks. When I said it was slow, I mean slow!!! I actually watch TV while playing this game, and I can keep track of the show by watching it between area changes when it pops up the load screen.

Sometimes my guns and hands will be invisible while they are drawn. Sometimes they will be at the top of the screen when Im not aiming.

However, clearing the cached data on my HDD every two-three days keeps this crap to a minimum. I have had no game ruining bugs except that it froze a couple times after just an hour or two of play, but that COULD be the xbox, but I doubt it because F3 runs for hours on end with my machine.

Same. There's a few problems with perks applying the attributes incorrectly so you don't get the benefit, but those are easy to fix. Overall earth shattering bugs I haven't seen, some things should have dialog warnings such as upgrading companions, and you'll loose all your stored crap. Or maybe a bin system that transfers the companion junk to a temp. container.


As for steam I'm unhappy with it. It's interfered with two other games I own, and since FONV is the game I'm mostly playing it means I've had to export my registry settings so I could play them in WinXP instead of uninstalling steam everytime I want to load Oblivion or SFC. Oh and I nearly forgot, steam refuses to abide when it's 'checking for validation' any form of modified file that's set in AI. Which means steam can corrupt your game(or in turn saves) if you're using modified textures or meshes.