Fallout: New Vegas

ElGuapo · 2010-11-04T22:26:03.000Z

Also, I’m thinking of going to Vegas next week and doing a pictorial tour of the areas of New Vegas (Hoover Dam, Primm, Goodsprings, Novac, The Strip. Any interest, Bill?

Sarkus · 2010-11-04T22:28:32.000Z

ElGuapo:

I shot some NCR guys and Boone told me to quit it (unprompted). I told him to fuck off and we fought. He popped my head of my shoulders with his weapon, no problem. Fucking Boone!

I shot some NCR guys for a late game quest required to get one of the endings and Boone not only helped, he didn’t say a thing. But that was after I’d completed his personal quest stuff so he was probably willing to give me a little slack. I didn’t take him for the rest of the ending, though.

Sarkus · 2010-11-04T22:36:27.000Z

ElGuapo:

Also, I’m thinking of going to Vegas next week and doing a pictorial tour of the areas of New Vegas (Hoover Dam, Primm, Goodsprings, Novac, The Strip. Any interest, Bill?

Novac isn’t real, though the other places are. The unique building in that town is based on something closer to LA on the Vegas-LA interstate.

Lizard_King · 2010-11-04T22:36:54.000Z

Sarkus:

There are secure places to store stuff in the game but they don’t provide them until several hours into the main story. Which is kind of a flaw, IMHO, even if I understand why they didn’t want to copy FO3 in that regard. Especially since it’s also several hours in at least before you get a companion for extra carrying capacity.

Secure places are any no owner container you’ve accessed in the game, just like F3. Ideally, you can find one near a fast travel spot, but I’ve had junk in a mailbox (not a mojave express one, just a regular mail thing in the street) in Primm for going on 55 hours of game time now, and no problems yet.

TurinTur · 2010-11-05T01:15:39.000Z

Yeah, i use a random bottle box placed near the two crafting tables in Goodsprings as a main storage, and after 60 hours of game, the content had never dissapeared.

Hunty · 2010-11-05T03:56:43.000Z

I never had any real need to stow stuff away until the point where I received a room a few hours in, and this is with a Str 5 character.

When I realised what That Gun was I couldn’t help but laugh. That thing got me through most of F1! Memories.

Shellfishguy · 2010-11-05T05:04:45.000Z

I picked up a small house mod last night and its a real nice option for folks on the PC. There are tons up on the New Vegas Nexus. The one I downloaded is a tent just outside goodsprings with good storage space, bed, both crafting tables and a fire out front for survival recipes.

Many have cheats or equipment built in which I didnt want, this one was a nice simple place for storage/crafting in the early game especially.

Rimbo · 2010-11-05T06:54:46.000Z

So uh… is the Xbox version patched enough to be worth getting, yet?

Black_Isis · 2010-11-05T07:10:35.000Z

Rimbo:

So uh… is the Xbox version patched enough to be worth getting, yet?

I am still baffled why people would want this on the Xbox, even if I was willing to grant that an FPS might not suck on a console. Mods will make this game (I am dying for an extended playlist mod, dear god).

WarrenM · 2010-11-05T07:24:08.000Z

Black Isis:

I am still baffled why people would want this on the Xbox, even if I was willing to grant that an FPS might not suck on a console. Mods will make this game (I am dying for an extended playlist mod, dear god).

Yes, yes, and some of us are still baffled as to why someone would want to sit in their computer chair to play a game like this. It’s an old argument that goes round and round.

Some of us just don’t care about mods. I put well over a hundred hours into Fallout3 on the 360 and I don’t have any complaints about the experience at all.

Lizard_King · 2010-11-05T07:35:35.000Z

Rimbo:

So uh… is the Xbox version patched enough to be worth getting, yet?

I’m at a total of four crashes and a few significant but not irreparable glitches after 65 hours on mine and my wife’s approx. 25 hours (her announcement this morning: make sure we make our apologies and bail on our dinner engagement early, because she’s aiming for fallout NV at 6am).

YMMV, but if you liked F3 and aren’t currently consumed by another title there there is no reason to delay.

WarrenM:

Some of us just don’t care about mods. I put well over a hundred hours into Fallout3 on the 360 and I don’t have any complaints about the experience at all.

Plus then you can wait for Steam discounts down the road and replay it as a different experience on PC with all of the tweaks and upgrades. Me, I need the 360 version for the initial playthrough to keep me from spending more time with the mods than with the actual game (and from cheat creep).

Rimbo · 2010-11-05T07:38:44.000Z

Black Isis:

I am still baffled why people would want this on the Xbox, even if I was willing to grant that an FPS might not suck on a console. Mods will make this game (I am dying for an extended playlist mod, dear god).

Because my PC is a Mac laptop from work that’s held together with scotch tape and barely fit for web browsing, much less video games, and I have neither the space nor the money for a proper gaming PC.

And you are not answering my question.

Rimbo · 2010-11-05T07:42:08.000Z

Lizard_King:

I’m at a total of four crashes and a few significant but not irreparable glitches after 65 hours on mine and my wife’s approx. 25 hours (her announcement this morning: make sure we make our apologies and bail on our dinner engagement early, because she’s aiming for fallout NV at 6am).

YMMV, but if you liked F3 and aren’t currently consumed by another title there there is no reason to delay.

Thanks, LK. I need to be a little consumed by NaNoWriMo, but hopefully I’ll be caught up in that after a week and able to grab it.

scharmers · 2010-11-05T11:38:44.000Z

Sarkus:

Novac isn’t real, though the other places are. The unique building in that town is based on something closer to LA on the Vegas-LA interstate.

Yeah, there pretty much isn’t shit between Searchlight and Boulder City on 95. Novac is a joke – look at the hotel sign.

My wife got a chuckle out of the “Vickie and Vance” casino and the Primm rollercoaster, since she’s been in both in real life. If the next installment of NV moves north I’ll let you know if Winnemuca and (especially) Wendover are similar represented ;)

Anti-Bunny · 2010-11-05T12:40:02.000Z

scharmers:

My wife got a chuckle out of the “Vickie and Vance” casino and the Primm rollercoaster, since she’s been in both in real life. If the next installment of NV moves north I’ll let you know if Winnemuca and (especially) Wendover are similar represented ;)

I used to stop at that ‘vickie and vance’ casino for a steak on the way to Vegas. Once I got to primm, my love for this game shot up so far

Miramon · 2010-11-05T12:45:50.000Z

I’m amazed that the V&V casino exists. I assumed it was just a bad joke.

extarbags · 2010-11-05T13:04:54.000Z

Miramon:

I’m amazed that the V&V casino exists. I assumed it was just a bad joke.

According to Wikipedia, it doesn’t. It’s based on this.

Edit: wait, I just read scharmers’s post. Can you clarify? I can’t find anything online about the “real” V&V casino except for the wiki article that says it’s what I linked.

Sarkus · 2010-11-05T13:09:49.000Z

Miramon:

I’m amazed that the V&V casino exists. I assumed it was just a bad joke.

Most of the stuff in New Vegas is based on real-life locations but modified. Real life Primm has a casino with the Bonnie&Clyde car and a casino with a rollercoaster. But they have different names then the game. And so on.

extarbags · 2010-11-05T13:12:02.000Z

Sarkus:

Most of the stuff in New Vegas is based on real-life locations but modified. Real life Primm has a casino with the Bonnie&Clyde car and a casino with a rollercoaster. But they have different names then the game. And so on.

Ah, ok. that’s what I figured.

Miramon · 2010-11-05T13:12:10.000Z

Oh, I see, ironic quotes for “Vicki and Vance”. Okay, no foul.