Fallout: New Vegas

[Sheva Alomar]

No, but

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I'm about to get the Bomber out of Lake Mead for the Boomers.

 

[Russell]

I love the in-game references....

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• Finding CSI's Miami Horatio Caine.

• The real-life Nipton was primarily important as a place where state lotteries were held during the early 20th century. The Fallout Nipton has an important lottery too...

• The Mole-Rat named Snuffles.

• Rodents of unusual size.

• Romanes eunt domus.

• Hells Grannies.

 

[Russell]

Completed the game on Hardcore.
But it’s really not that Hardcore….

Normal mode
Stimpaks heal instantly.
Ammo is weightless.
No dehydration.
No starvation.
No sleep deprivation.
Crippled limbs can be healed with stimpaks.
Radaway heals radiation poisoning instantly.

Hardcore mode
Stimpaks heal over time.
Ammo has weight.
The PC must drink, eat, and have proper sleep cycles to stay alive.
Only a doctor or a doctor's bag can heal a crippled limb.
Radaway heals radiation poisoning over time.

Stimpaks aren’t a big deal as you heal by eating food, (you find plenty of it.)
Ammo doesn’t weight that much, I always get the strong back perk anyway, (only missiles weight a lot and I sold them all anyway.)
I played for about 60 hours until I completed it on Hardcore and I only suffered from lack of sleep twice, keep an eye on it & it’s not a big deal.
As you heal damage by eating food so starvation was never an issue.
Even in places like Vault 34 & camp searchlight Radiation isn’t a big deal as long as you have a dozen radaway’s/Rad-X with you.

Crippled limbs only being healed by a doctor or a doctor's bag (or the drug Hydra) was the only thing that increased the difficulty. I’m fighting powder gangers and my arms are crippled, my fighting effectiveness has decreased; do I use my only Doctor’s Bag now then finished them off or kill them first and then use it?
You have to think a little more about tactic choices in battle and medical supplies are my important, but I look as this as a good thing. Dehydration crept up on me a lot, always carry some water with you and you’ll be okay. (The first stage of dehydration is only minus one endurance).

Overall I like hardcore mode, I won’t ever be turning it off.

Next game I want to try out a brawler/Melee character, anyone got any tips for me?

 

[Sheva Alomar]

I'm too reckless in fighting to play on Hardcore. D:

 

[Zee]

Fallout New Vegas gets first DLC

The 800 Microsoft point pack has players working alongside three other captured wastelanders to recover the treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. The download add-on includes new terrain, foes and choices, according to the Bethesda Softworks press release.

 

[Sheva Alomar]

When does it come out I want it right now run-on sentence.

 

[Sheva Alomar]

More details on the newest DLC: "Dead Money"

On December 21st, Fallout: New Vegas' first DLC, Dead Money, will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points.

To give you a sneak peek at the content, Senior Designer Chris Avellone answered a few of our questions about the heist-themed content.

Here's the interview…

Can you discuss the setting for Dead Money?
Dead Money is set in the Sierra Madre, an opulent and extravagant resort that was supposed to be the greatest casino in the west – except that it never opened. Bombs fell before the gala opening, and the Sierra Madre froze in time, its state of the art security system locking the place up tight. Nothing could get in, and none of the guests could escape. Years passed. The climate control and air conditioning system within the facility began to spit toxins into the surrounding city, causing a slow cloud and haze to form over the area - which proved lethal to anyone who tried to explore the city. Only a mysterious group called the Ghost People survived to call the city home, trapped inside what appeared to be hazmat suits and never speaking to their victims... only capturing them alive and dragging them away to the depths of the city deep within the Cloud.

And so the Sierra Madre faded from the history books, only occasionally being seen in posters across the wastes, until it took on mythic ghost story status... a supposed "City of Gold" in the Mojave Wasteland where all the treasures of the Old World were rumored to be held. It was kept alive as a late-night saloon story by prospectors who'd claimed to have found maps leading there... and were willing to part with the "map" for a few caps. Or a drink. Or a warm place to sleep.

How will the player reach this area?
The Sierra Madre is a mythical place in the wastes, with travelers all risking their lives to find it. Only one man truly "found" it - and lived. After the fall of HELIOS One, Father Elijah of the Brotherhood of Steel set out to find new weapons to eradicate NCR. And in the process he found the Sierra Madre. The Courier is lured to the Sierra Madre by a faint radio broadcast advertising the gala grand opening.

From a gameplay standpoint, Dead Money is accessed by loading a save file from any point in Fallout: New Vegas prior to the endgame sequence, in the same way as Operation Anchorage, Point Lookout, The Pitt or Mothership Zeta were triggered in Fallout 3.

Can you share details on some of the new creatures/enemies players will encounter?
This being an extension of Fallout: New Vegas, players will encounter several unique characters, each with their own motivations, all of whom will have to work together if any of them are going to survive. Aside from just struggling with their would-be companions, the courier will also have to deal with the mysterious Ghost People as well as the casino's substantial defense systems.

 

[NoenGaruth]

Yeah that'd be right, damn 360 exclusive. Well I'm on pc, which has mods that offer far more than DLC for free. Now if you'll excuse me I have to raid vault 11 with my character in Jill Valentine's outfit armed with a Spas-12

 

[Zee]

SUPER BUMP Because Dead Money has been released, and I was wondering if anyone got their hands on it.

All in all it really seems like a wind up for the next DLC where we

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Finally meet Ulysses, the "other" courier we battle it out with, and maybe get a personal story for PC Courier.

 

[Russell]

I've lost all interest in New Vegas, I'm just sick of it. Been everywhere, done everything & sick of the bugs, freezes, glitch's, carrying around usless un-drop-able quest items & just tired of playing a game that feels woefully unfinished & unpolished.

Yet again I wish I had a gaming PC, fan made mods would be massively improve this game.
I'll trade it in next year & wait for the GOTY edition.

 

[Zee]

I honestly don't care about glitches if I'm really into the game. I had to scrap at least two TES4 characters because essential NPCs and quest items would vanish forever (usually mid-quest, too). FNV has been good to me so far, I've only experienced a few glitches (mostly the textures getting wonky) but it's been pretty smooth after the latest patch.

Also I've barely done half the stuff in this game, I'm doing a slower playthrough after rushing through it the first time, actually trying to finish all the companion quests at the very least.

usless un-drop-able quest items

wat

Isn't that stuff in its own section where it doesn't even take up space? I've never had inventory problems with quest items; it's always because I pick up a ton of random shit. And that's what companions are there for.

 

[Russell]

Isn't that stuff in its own section where it doesn't even take up space? I've never had inventory problems with quest items

An un-dropable helmet in the clothes section (that has weight), those mini-rockets you get from inside the dinosaur & a dog's brain in the items sections & I'm sure there were a couple of others to.

I've not had many game breaking bugs, (it's frozen up on me about 6 times, had to press the reset button), just lots of small annoying ones that piss me off.

It is a great game, but I would have happily waited another year & paid an extra £10 for a version that wasn't broken.
I'll never buy a normal FO game again: I'll wait for the GOTY edition or just not get it.

 

[Zee]

An un-dropable helmet in the clothes section (that has weight), those mini-rockets you get from inside the dinosaur & a dog's brain in the items sections & I'm sure there were a couple of others to.

I can't speak for the others since I can't remember what quests their from, but the dog brain shouldn't be in your inventory once you finish Rex's quest. : \ If you didn't finish the quests, of course the quest items are gonna keep taking space.

I've not had many game breaking bugs, (it's frozen up on me about 6 times, had to press the reset button), just lots of small annoying ones that piss me off.

YMMV, I guess, I don't really care about those types of bugs (and I make multiple save files, just in case). The only thing I found irritating was the loading screens.

 

[Russell]

Ultimate Edition is out in Feb 2012.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114016-Fallout-New-Vegas-Gets-the-Ultimate-Treatment

Looking forward to it, hopefully most of the bugs will be fixed in the Ultimate version.

 

[Hisako]

they should be. <_____________________<


I've put 189 hours into a single playthrough and I've had a definitive crash about once or twice.

At least it's a bajillion times better than Oblivion.


Although I'd certainly have something to say about the horrific state of its day one release, but most of hte kinks have been ironed out by now.