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Video Game: Fallout - New Vegas

tambourine-man

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Anyone got this yet?

I only played Fallout 3 about 2 years after its initial release, by which time, there were a multitude of patches and add-ons that corrected gameplay and scripting bugs that were frustrating early adopters of the game.

Having read a few online reviews of FNV, I'm inclined to delay getting it because of the usual bugs, framerate and load times 'issues' that seem to go hand in hand with Bethesda releases.

Has anyone experienced gameplay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7xME0aFbC4
 
I've got it.

It's froze up on me twice (like have to restart xbox) within the 10 hrs or so I've played. I don't notice much framerate issues.

Overall much better than first. Feels cleaner and ability to use iron sights on guns.
 
The PC version isn't as good yet, needs patches (which are on their way). I found it good, but it wasn't nearly as immersive as FO3, although the plot was much better.

Definitely worth playing though.
 
I have it on PS3. It froze on me once after about 4 hours of play. I just got it a couple days ago but, so far I really like it. I'd say it only suffers from the same bugs that every other huge RPG usually has especially on consoles. So far the one freeze is the only irritating thing that's happened.

What platform are you thinking of getting it for anyway?
 
i haven't played any fallout, should i pick up the first two first?
 
^ the first two will look very dated now compared to other games (it's been what 13 or 14 years since the original came out?). They are classics of the isometric RPG genre though and if you get past the graphics (and install a heap of user-made patches to alleviate the bugs) then well worth the effort. Fallout 2 was one of my favourite games, ever. It had a great atmosphere and tongue-in-cheek dark humour throughout.

That said you could easily dive right into either Fallout 3 or New Vegas without having played any of the prior games. They're not really essential for plot continuity or anything :)

You can probably get the Fallout 3 game of the year edition (with all of the DLC included) extremely cheaply now. Maybe try it or New Vegas and if you love the setting then give the earlier games a try?
 
thanks belarki, might start with 3 then. i'm sure i can somehow find it chery veaply indeed.
 
Bethesda games are always superior on PC I find...it's what they're made for! They're games that are always made better with player mods once you've completed the 'vanilla' version. Mart's Mutant Mod gave me endless hours more on Fallout 3 as it multiplied the the amount of mobs in the game by a huge amount, leading to me being able to partake in large npc battles and generally just making exploring the wasteland much more fun (if much harder! haha).
 
I want this game so bad! I only have pc at the moment. Do you think it would be worth buying with these specs?

Windows Vista (64 bit)
Intel Core 2 T7200 @ 2.0 GHZ
RAM 2046 MB
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
 
I think the patch they put out on the 360 helped a lot with bugs and whatnot ...I haven't really had any glaring issues since the first day or two it came out. I'm really into this game now...I'm about 23 hours in, it took like 5 before it really sucked me in. I think it was the same way with FO3, which is definitely a favorite of mine.

edit: I thought Fable 3 would overshadow this game for me...but it turned out to be the other way around
 
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I just updated the driver for my nvidia card and can run it 1920 x 1200 full no issues. Some crashes and glitches but it runs really well.
 
The other day I found a place that just kept freezing on me. I ended up having to circumvent an area because everytime I went through it would freeze. Irritating? Yes but, far from a deal breaker. This game is the shit.

Just get it.
 
I've been hearing all these good things from the Fallout series so I went out and got Fallout 3 for xbox because it was only 20 bucks.
But the fucking thing won't read, then after about 30 attempts it finally loads but starts freezing and I have to restart the game everytime I try to talk to someone.

I cant even get past the 10th b day part.

So I took the game back and got another which does the same exact thing except won't load at all this time, it just keeps saying disc unreadable...

All of my other games work perfectly fine and have never really had any problems from my xbox after 2 years of having it.
Anyone got any ideas why it won't work?
 
^ Late reply: ummmm, coz your vendor sells knackered discs? :D

Anyway, I got this recently and have played it fairly intensively (at least 50 hours in about 8-10 days). Not exactly popular with the g/f, but it's good to be back in Fallout world.

However, there's one thing that's been bugging me though (apart from the millions of glitches)... the place is fucking EMPTY!

I mean, literally, there's loads of points on the map that one can fast-travel to, but they're often nothing more than a caravan or shack. There's so few proper 'dungeons' like the sewers and metro in Fallout 3. It's just miles of open desert with a handful or fiends and the odd deathclaw/cazador. What really irks me is that about a quarter of the map is made up of mountainous regions that are totally inaccessible, but would have proven a good area for spelunking with a grenade launcher. :)

My memory of Fallout 3 was that there was always a super mutant around the corner ready to fire a minigun into your face, or that unique items only came in remote or difficult areas of the map that could only be reached after following a very deep dive into some very complex sewer systems. New Vegas just doesn't have any of that.

The storyline doesn't exactly grab me either. At least, it doesn't have the emotional depth of the young vault-dweller from Fallout 3, searching both for his father (voiced perfectly by Liam Neeson) and following in his footsteps. There's no back story to The Courier, nor is there much attempt to litter the map with suggestions of pre-war life. One of the great things about Fallout 3 was the many terminals one could log onto and read inane emails or discover vague clues about unique items. As such, it all adds up to something that just doesn't create a truly immersive environment (he says after 50 hours). It feels rushed in places. Vegas is badly designed and Freeside is, again, totally desolate.

On the plus side, the weapon mods are a welcome addition, as are the repair kits. The companions are cool but, unfortunately, make what enemies there are even easier to hammer.

Bethedsa probably need to take responsibility back from Obsidian for any future ventures in this license.

Meh, not that any of this will stop me clocking up another 50 hours.
 
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