Fallout New Vegas...7 days...

[InfoBurner]

Pick it up tomorrow morn. Full day at work, then a 40th birthday bash.
Gonna have to resist the temptation of christening it whilst bevvied.
But I'll probably awake on Saturday to find I've created a right, fuckin', spud, as my character.

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

After reading the IGN review today I'm not sure if I'll get it despite Fallout 3 being one of my favourite games ever.

The last paragraph didn't fill me with confidence :

"Fallout: New Vegas uses the same engine as Fallout 3 and comes with the same technical issues. Animations have no weight to them, lip synching ranges from good to non-existent and the artificial intelligence is dumber than a rock. More often than not you'll run across an enemy or ally who just can't seem to figure out how to get around that corner. These flubs are certainly humorous, but the choppy framerate and terrible load times are no laughing matter. Load times on consoles range from annoying to downright painful, ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes. New Vegas can run smoothly, but also slows down or freezes intermittently, so save often."

 

[Epona]

Well the game engine is the same as Fallout 3 - which shouldn't come as any surprise, because they've always said since it was announced that it was going to use that engine - so yes the same issues with pathfinding and all that other guff as existed in FO3 will be in FONV too, and graphically it looks like a 2008 game rather than a 2010 game.

But really, so what? It's not a step back from FO3, so if you enjoyed that I can't see why you would consider not getting FONV just because they didn't use a new engine Personally I couldn't give a shit about most of those 'issues', when lip-synching becomes more important to me than gameplay I'll know that I've lost the plot.
And fans of the original Fallout games are raving about it. I can't wait.

 

[ohmyliver]

well, I've got the flipping game, but can't even install it yet.... but I'd agree with Epona.... if it's only 75% as good as the original fallouts I'll be very happy....

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Same here. I played Fallout 3 all the way through twice so I'd be very happy with more of the same.

 

[Epona]

well, I've got the flipping game, but can't even install it yet....

Countdown to EU release time here

 

[ohmyliver]

Countdown to EU release time here

thanks... might be best to just set off the install when I get up tomorrow so I can return from work to it...

 

[ChrisFilter]

Silly fucking time to release a game. A week before payday. Tsk.

 

[Orang Utan]

people's paydays differ, i got paid last week! it's all gone already mind.

 

[Dandred]

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

I'm sure there are torrents already up for 360 and ps3 but I'm on a PC.

 

[Orang Utan]

i don't get how that would work. how would you upload a console game?

 

[fishfinger]

how would you upload a console game?

With a PC or mac

 

[Epona]

Possible spoilers although I've tried not to be too specific about the details...










My initial review - fucking awesome! I am not disappointed. I don't know where I am supposed to be going, I'm out of shotgun ammo (tire iron shit against geckos), at about 1/4 of my HP and down to my last stimpak, leg crippled due to stepping on a mine when I accidentally wandered into a hostile camp stumbling about at dusk, and dehydrated (playing hardcore mode which is good, I usually have to download survival mods, I am glad they included it in the vanilla game!) and I've just found a town hoping to find shelter and somewhere to stock up and there are people bloody shooting at me!!! Fucking bastards! I already failed one quest that I hadn't even got yet, I heard a big explosion and got a quest failed notice onscreen, I guess someone important to the quest got blown up.

Loving it

 

[Dandred]

i don't get how that would work. how would you upload a console game?

All it is is a DVD. Can you work out how it can be done now?

 

[Epona]

^ a bit unnecessarily sarcastic tbh, I've not owned a console since the '70s Atari I had as a kid which had those slot in cartridges and I know nothing about how modern consoles work despite being quite savvy when it comes to PC hardware and software. It was a fair question from OU and all it needed was a straight answer.

 

[Dandred]

I didn't think that was overly sarcastic........

After all he is waiting for the game on 360 (I guess)......must have noticed the disks at some point.

Anyway back to this excellent game!

Finding hardcore mode a little hard but I like the challenge!!

Finding any guns to make repairs at the moment is bloody hard.

 

[Voley]

Is this out for the Xbox now then? Might get a copy today while I'm in town if I can.

 

[Voley]

W00t! Picking one up later this morning. Really looking forward to this. The last one kept me occupied for months.

 

[Epona]

I didn't think that was overly sarcastic........

After all he is waiting for the game on 360 (I guess)......must have noticed the disks at some point.

I am willing to accept that I may have misinterpreted your intent, I've been hovering around the Bethsoft FONV forum all day which has pretty much descended into all-out war and may have made me a tad more verbally defensive/combative than the norm (hey, we should have a tin foil hat smiley!)

Anyway back to this excellent game!

Finding hardcore mode a little hard but I like the challenge!!

Finding any guns to make repairs at the moment is bloody hard.

Honestly I think I left the starting location way too early, I've died and reloaded so many times now, I probably shouldn't have set out across the Mojave at lvl 1 armed with 1 rifle and not much ammo. I LOVE hardcore tho, although some folks are already saying it's not so much "hardcore mode", as "minor inconvenience mode" - oh well, you can't please everyone I guess!

Great game

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Looking forward to regular updates on this thread. I loved Fallout 3.

Wil certainly get this when funds allow.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

]Looking forward to regular updates on this thread.[/B] I loved Fallout 3.

Wil certainly get this when funds allow.

Me too - haven't played any of the Fallout games myself but spent hours watching Mr. QofG's play "Fallout 3" which he just loved.

He will probably wait for a few weeks before purchasing as he has got a couple of games on the go (a Silent Hill one and summat else) which he wants to try and finish so that he can devote ALL his time to FalloutNV!

I shall miss listening to Danny Kaye singing "Civilization" though!!

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I think the only reason my wife put up with me playing Fallout 3 was that she liked the music.

 

[ohmyliver]

installed it just before leaving for work... and had a little play... which has led to this day dragging ever so slightly

 

[Voley]

Like it a lot so far. I keep having to shoot Easy Pete five times in the head, though, simply for being called 'Easy Pete'. Sunny's dog keeps meeting a similar fate too.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Spent 5 minutes stood in GAME the other day with the case in my hand debating whether to buy this. Thing is, I played F3 for all of about an hour before I got pissed off and never touched it again.

1) I don't like first person perspective on a console
2) third person perspective in F3 was shit
3) I like a challenge, but I found F3 too annoying with the difficulty of finding ammo, of things breaking, etc.

I want to feel the FNV love, I really do. But I'm scared I won't like it.

Urban, will I like FNV?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

1.) buy it for pc?
2.) ????
3) prof... sorry i mean on pc there are always cheats

 

[Vintage Paw]

1.) buy it for pc?
2.) ????
3) prof... sorry i mean on pc there are always cheats

1) 360, PS3, iMac.
2) ????
3) See above.

 

[kained&able]

doesnt sound like youll have fun to be honest.


dave

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Spent 5 minutes stood in GAME the other day with the case in my hand debating whether to buy this. Thing is, I played F3 for all of about an hour before I got pissed off and never touched it again.

1) I don't like first person perspective on a console
2) third person perspective in F3 was shit
3) I like a challenge, but I found F3 too annoying with the difficulty of finding ammo, of things breaking, etc.

I want to feel the FNV love, I really do. But I'm scared I won't like it.

Urban, will I like FNV?

i'm quite surprised that you didn't like fallout 3.

i've just finished my third play through of the complete game, this time as an evil baddie, got all 20 bobbleheads as well

it's the best fps that i've played, they're not really my favourite tbh. and it's got so much more as well.

the main thing that worries me about the new one is that they've tried to go a bit too much like later gta's, with too much crammed in (whoa, you can gamble in this one!!!! ffs ). but, on the basis of the last one which has given me ~200 hours of gameplay now i suppose, it's got to be worth a look, when have saved me pennies up.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I've watched quite a few youtube videos of this today (bored at work) and some thing's not quite right.

Can't quite put my finger on it but it dosn't look a good as fallout 3. Even when you're on the strip everything looks a bit empty.