Fallout New Vegas...7 days...

[InfoBurner]

It seems all the problems with F3 have been addressed.
There's a new companion wheel, crafting and survival skills, weapons mods, Iron sights, factions and reputation with factions, gambling and some wicked, up close and personal VAT's animations.
But it's hardcore mode that's really getting me moist. My post apocalyptic fantasies are, now, one step closer to fruition.

My GF is sure to dump me, she's not seen me disappear into an xbox, properly, yet

 

[The Groke]

Looking forward to it too...just wish they had updated the engine a bit - it sure is looking ugly these days, especially the characters.

Ah well - it will be modded back to beauty soon enough on the PC.

 

[Epona]

7 days? I thought it was out at the end of November If not, that's the first time I've ever heard of a release date being brought forward!

ETA: Blimey no it seems like I'm muddled

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Just ordered this. No social life for me for a bit...

 

[sim667]

My mate has got this to review, im gonna go have a play sometime this week...... Ive never played any fallout before, but i like the look of it

 

[creak]

I need to finish 3 before I can justify getting this, which is taking forever. I got the Explorer perk at level 20 and have made it my mission to visit every single location in the game before I finish the main story... it's taking a while

 

[bmd]

It's already out to 'review'. Played the tutorial bit, which was more polished than the first one and the story is looking more interesting than the first one imo.

Quite liked the intro where

Spoiler: Fallout New Vegas

you get shot in the face and thrown in a grave.

 

[Orang Utan]

i get my copy on friday. i get made redundant the next week. i foresee a wasted couple of months.

 

[tommers]

has anybody got a decent price for this? best I have so far is £34.99 of you pre-order from Blockbuster. You get £23 worth of vouchers too, but they don't look much cop, some money off pre-owned games and some free rentals though.

 

[ohmyliver]

Have it on pre-order with the vault dweller's pack pre-order in-game bonus (i.e. armoured vault overalls, modified 10mm pistol, and water bottle, the latter will come in handy for hardcore mode)......

I'm greatly looking forward to this.

My wife, however, isn't.

 

[Orang Utan]

got mine for 37.69. is that 'decent'?

 

[creak]

(i.e. armoured vault overalls, modified 10mm pistol

What other in-game bonuses could you get for pre-ordering? Those items will be useless after an hour or two of gameplay.

 

[ohmyliver]

What other in-game bonuses could you get for pre-ordering? Those items will be useless after an hour or two of gameplay.

um, nothing, but they are unique items, and its slightly cheaper (i.e. I paid 25 quid for the pc version) than buying it on release day I think. Apparently going by reviews getting good armour is difficult, so mebbe they'll be useful for a fair bit longer...

 

[tommers]

What other in-game bonuses could you get for pre-ordering? Those items will be useless after an hour or two of gameplay.

you can get different packs but they're all pretty much the same (i.e. the "caravan pack" has lightweight leather armour and a shotgun)

 

[ruffneck23]

downloading it as we speak, if I like , il buy it on friday. Will report back later, its getting good reviews, saying its much the same as the last one but thats not really a problem

 

[tommers]

I might wait till Xmas I think...

 

[ohmyliver]

downloading it as we speak, if I like , il buy it on friday. Will report back later, its getting good reviews, saying its much the same as the last one but thats not really a problem

dunno, a fair few of the reviews say it's a lot more like Fallout 1 and 2 in a fallout 3 engine... so a more intelligent, better written, more rpg-y version of Fallout 3. That's good enough for me

 

[Epona]

dunno, a fair few of the reviews say it's a lot more like Fallout 1 and 2 in a fallout 3 engine... so a more intelligent, better written, more rpg-y version of Fallout 3. That's good enough for me

Which is exactly what us old-school Fallout fans want (and who they should be trying to please foremost IMO!) - the decent engine/graphics/1st+3rd person options of Fallout 3 and the old-style storytelling and depth of its predecessors.

I am downloading it from Steam now (think it's the 'caravan pack', although tbh preorder bonuses tend to become irrelevant shortly after fans start releasing mods, there will be better armour within a week I'm sure!) and can't wait Anyone know what hour of Friday morning I'll be able to play it?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i'm tempted but i have a huge backlog and i just know i can pick it up later with all the add ons

 

[ohmyliver]

Which is exactly what us old-school Fallout fans want (and who they should be trying to please foremost IMO!) - the decent engine/graphics/1st+3rd person options of Fallout 3 and the old-style storytelling and depth of its predecessors.

I am downloading it from Steam now (think it's the 'caravan pack', although tbh preorder bonuses tend to become irrelevant shortly after fans start releasing mods, there will be better armour within a week I'm sure!) and can't wait Anyone know what hour of Friday morning I'll be able to play it?

I think 00:01 Friday morning, probably. Yeah I'm looking forward to it. I like what I hear about things like replacing global good/evil fame, with local group by group reputation, and it returning to the fallout 1 and 2 cannon with zander root, and geckos, and lots of pop culture references (if you choose the wild wasteland trait) like being able to buy Rick Deckard's gun...

 

[Dandred]

Only about five hours in and I really like it. Seems like at step up from FO3.

Not bugs yet but the forums are full of people complaining as usual.

Hardcore mode is mental.

 

[Orang Utan]

how come you have it? have you an advance copy?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

See location

 

[Orang Utan]

do the rest of the world get it before us? NOT FAIR!

 

[Epona]

I think 00:01 Friday morning, probably.

Apparently sometime between 2 and 3am, looks like I'll be pulling an all-nighter (which let's face it I tend to do anyway )

 

[Epona]

do the rest of the world get it before us? NOT FAIR!

Yeah we are a few days later - US release was on the 19th I think. It could be worse, I remember in days gone by games might come out here a couple of MONTHS after US release - waiting for NWN was particularly trying iirc...

Edit to add: I just checked and it was a 15 day wait for NWN, seemed like an eternity though....

 

[Dandred]

how come you have it? have you an advance copy?

I have the internezt and torrents

 

[Orang Utan]

I have the internezt and torrents

can you download games on consoles? or do you have a PC?

 

[Epona]

Is anyone else going slightly insane waiting the next few hours for this? I've been super-excited about it ever since it was announced and I'm now at the point where I can't concentrate on anything else, like a kiddie on xmas eve....

 

[Orang Utan]

nah, my copy is coming tomorrow, but i won't play it til monday probably