Vegas baby! Vegas

[Ingmar]

It is him, yes. The cast is actually pretty awesome.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ausir/Fallout:_New_Vegas_cast_revealed if you want to see it in detail, might be some spoilery stuff to that.

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So, I had never played Fallout 3 on my current machine, and I was curious to see if it had the same crash-free experience that New Vegas had (I think in 40 hours I had 1-2 crashes total.) On my old machine, where I played Fallout 3, it crashed constantly. Turns out it still crashes quite a lot on this one. So New Vegas definitely made some serious engine/stability improvements.

[Rasix]

I don't really remember Fallout 3 crashing on my PC at all.  But I'm sure it did, being a BethSoft game.

The hardware I'm running New Vegas on is exactly the same, except that I'm running on a bigger/better monitor and thus a higher resolution.  I've had two crashes so far in I'd guess 20 hours or so of gameplay.  I'm satisfied with the stability.

  

On a different note, the game is really light on quests at the start, but it really starts piling on once you hit New Vegas. Starting to see a lot more buggy behavior now, but nothing too completely horrible. And thankfully, nothing game breaking yet.

[Ingmar]

[Zetor]

[Lakov_Sanite]

I know I had heard mr house before! Awesome casting.

[Khaldun]

One bit of bad voice acting: most of the versions of "Later" that close out a lot of conversations. An NPC can sound completely 'right' up that point and then suddenly will do this petulant surfer-dude "Later" that completely breaks the impression.

[Slyfeind]

While we're counting, I had absolutely no crashes on Fallout 3. I've had 2 crashes on New Vegas, after about 25 hours of play. Honestly not bad, considering my machine is something of a frankenstein.

Yeah, the sheer staggering number of quests after you get to New Vegas is, er, staggering. Some of them are duplicates, like
Interesting layout too, as New Vegas becomes literally a hub that you work out of, rather than multiple hubs like in Fallout 3.

[FatuousTwat]

[Furiously]

[rk47]

Some of the faction quests has a weird ending for me. I didn't feel that the conclusion was satisfactory. The fate of the Brotherhood especially.

[Lakov_Sanite]

[Ingmar]

[Khaldun]

BTW, the faction interrelationships in New Vegas are, imho, way more interesting than in Fallout 3.

[Reg]

[Demonix]

[Reg]

[LK]

I need to play this game more so I can read this thread. Thankfully I am ignoring Black Ops.

[Arrrgh]

BoS spoiler

[Ingmar]

[Khaldun]

[Ingmar]

[FatuousTwat]

[Ingmar]

[apocrypha]

Just finished my first playthrough. Good, solid 8/10 in my view. Marred very slightly by an increasing tendency to crash on the PS3 as I progressed and by way the final set of quests played out. Too easy for them to get confused and overlap in ways that didn't feel right with the various factions.

Anyway, definitely going to get more playthroughs with different faction affiliations. I would like to try something other than guns but they just seem so superior to the alternatives in every way. Melee looks viable, although a lot harder I'm guessing.

[Miasma]

Just finished my first play through. Good, solid 8/10 in my view. Marred very slightly by an increasing tendency to crash on the PS3 as I progressed and by way the final set of quests played out. Too easy for them to get confused and overlap in ways that didn't feel right with the various factions.

Anyway, definitely going to get more playthroughs with different faction affiliations. I would like to try something other than guns but they just seem so superior to the alternatives in every way. Melee looks viable, although a lot harder I'm guessing.

For some reason the gauss gun counts as a laser and that thing is amazing.

The quests definitely get more buggy as they begin to conflict the further you go in, very annoying.  I saved before the critical choices and on an alternate playthough ending:

Also: Mojave Wasteland Classifieds.

[Reg]

[Demonix]

[apocrypha]

Also: Mojave Wasteland Classifieds.

Haha awesome! 

[Furiously]

[Khaldun]

I can't tell if I'm glitched or not at the endgame of my first run.

[rattran]

You have to reset the npc, go to console, type 'disable' and target Grant, hit enter then type 'enable' with him still targetted. He'll immediately enter into the dialogue. Had to do this on my NCR playthrough as well. If you want the achievement for saving the pres, just save after you do the console thing, quit all the way out, and reload the game.

[Azazel]

Has this had any substantial patches yet? It's on sale this week and it's Fallout (3) and I'm itching. What's the DRM like?

[Slyfeind]

Nope. There was a patch yesterday or the day before, but it was a bunch of minor stuff. No big bug fixes though. I'm still saving like a motherfucker.

[Koyasha]

After trying it out and deciding it felt enough like Fallout for me to give it a chance, I went ahead and got this game on Steam and started playing...

The main comment I have thus far in general about it is that the saving system is a godsend.  I would never be able to tolerate this game if quicksaving wasn't instant and seamless, due to how often it crashes on me.  I wish more games had saves that you can hit and keep playing without it having to stop the entire game in order to save.

Sadly amusing observation: The pirated version I used to test the game didn't really crash much.  The newest update once I bought it and downloaded from Steam, that's the one that's been crashing.  Whatever the recent update did, it wasn't good for my computer, at least.

[MournelitheCalix]

This has to be one of the very worst damn games I have ever played.  I am so tired of shooting things and bearly doing any damage to them.  Can someone please inform me how I can get the damn workbench to give me the option of making weapon repair kits? I have tried everything and I have the components it just won't give me the option to accept.  Also what the hell is with melee weapons being better than guns???  

Also is there any weapon better than the multiplas plasma rifle for energy weapons?  I am seeing a lot of mods and have no idea how to use them even after I purchase them.  F**k obsidian, save your money and buy this game when its at the bargin bin.