Fallout: New Vegas

WolfForager

Reading some reviews atm... How can a game with so many bugs be released? Think i may wait a few weeks before i pick it up, one of the annoying things about a game for me is the game freezing or getting stuck in the environment, leading to you having to restart the console and restarting from a saved game 3 hours prior.

maquiladora

Sounds like there are some major bugs but still getting some very good review scores.

9.3 on NowGamer.
9 on Destructoid.

That_Guy

I was gonna buy this for the PS3 but I've been reading about exclusive DLC for the 360 so might just buy it on that instead methinks.

Gunmonkey

Its probably just the timed exclusivity that happened with Fallout 3, doubt it will be as long a wait between format releases too.

kearneybobs

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Its probably just the timed exclusivity that happened with Fallout 3, doubt it will be as long a wait between format releases too.

The DLC for the 360 and Pc was released between January and August 2009
The DLC for the PS3 ended up coming out in September, 9 months after they began being released on Xbox360.
That's a long time. A very long time. I hope that it doesn't take that long for this game.

calex71

Had flip through the reviews, sounds like more if the same. More of the same will do me quite nicely.

20-50 second load times are not so welcome nor is the frame rate slowdown exiting a building or lockups and forced restarts. Save save save will be the order of the day. I think I actually got off quite lightly with regards bugs in the last game from what I remember.

PaddyBomb

All I wanted out of this was to be the same as Fallout 3 in a new area and no bugs/glitches. I doubt they will even patch it either.

iMuse

Advice needed, Just found out my sis has Fallout 3 so should i play through it first or get New vegas on friday, thoughts?

Stercus Accidit

iMuse wrote: »

Advice needed, Just found out my sis has Fallout 3 so should i play through it first or get New vegas on friday, thoughts?

Lol, you'd spend weeks playing through the first one.

Kiith

They really need to update the engine i think. Its looking pretty bad at times, especially the characters/npc's. I know that it wont matter, and the game will still probably be awesome, but it would be nice for some graphical updates.

landsleaving

Kiith wrote: »

There wont be any midnight launches for this, probably anywhere, but certainly not in Ireland.

And yet Call of Duty gets them?

What's wrong with the world?

humanji

iMuse wrote:

Advice needed, Just found out my sis has Fallout 3 so should i play through it first or get New vegas on friday, thoughts?

Yeah, you'll be at it for ages. The plots aren't linked, as far as I know. It's more to do with the previous two games. But you'd spend longer on those than you would on Fallout 3.

I'd say you'll be grand (and you can always play FO3 afterwards).

Retr0gamer

Hardcore mode sounds really interesting. I think it's the way I'll be playing the game.

Headshot

same as me retro, I dont understand players playing on easy modes tbh

hobochris

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hardcore mode sounds really interesting. I think it's the way I'll be playing the game.

I think I'll be saving hardcore mode for my second play through.

marco_polo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hardcore mode sounds really interesting. I think it's the way I'll be playing the game.

I like the way it will independent of the actual difficulty level as well.

Retr0gamer

marco_polo wrote: »

I like the way it will independent of the actual difficulty level as well.

Yeah me too but it seems truer to the older fallout games and might make the end game more challenging since I found after I got some decent weapons and levels Fallout 3 became a breeze.

Notorious97

Are people going to play hardcore mode straight off from day one or complete it first and re do?

Im not sure whether to just dive straight in or not!

blaze1

Headshot wrote: »

same as me retro, I dont understand players playing on easy modes tbh

nah will save that for the 2nd play i reckon....

i'm determend to have bad karma this time round, i tried in the last one but im just too nice

Lucifer-0

Anybody know where you can get the collectors edition?

It's out tomorrow right?

VenomIreland

Lucifer-0 wrote: »

Anybody know where you can get the collectors edition?

It's out tomorrow right?

Pre-order the special edition in GAME or Gamestop, it's out on Friday.

Retr0gamer

I'm going to play hardcore mode right off the bat. However I've no money to pick the game up yet so I'll see if it's frustrating or not first anyway I've too many games to play through the game twice. 120 hours on one fallout 3 playthrough was enough for me thank you very much.

VenomIreland

I'm going to go Hardcore as well

Will be a much better experience as well as if you only do Hardcore your second time round it won't be as immersive because you know all about what's going to happen in the game.

Firehen

I'm really looking forward to this.

As a fan of the series from the original Fallout, I'm hoping they combine the dialogue/setting of the first two games with the gameplay of Fallout 3.

3 was a great game on its own merits, but it wasn't a true successor to the first two games in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, if it were more of the same I'd be happy, but with the introduction of Obsidian, I'm hoping it'll surpass my expectations.

ElBarco

Getting ready to get back into this. Really looking forward to it now.

The wife and child have been notified they will be neglected this weekend.

Sephiroth_dude

Seriously considering getting it for the ps3,load of people on forums complaining of issues with the pc version.

omerin

Usually get my games through Stream, what are the pros and cons of buying it in a shop. Is this game out in some countries already, i know its on the Stream servers Friday.

BArra

PS3 Unboxing of limited edition new vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xOEUEqlx8Y

Xbox 360 unboxing of limited edition new vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60YUdVh2u6I

worth it

VenomIreland

Ugh, hate the stupid console fanboys on the PS3 video, can't be bothered watching the 360 video.

IMO it's sorta worth it, it's €20 more for a graphic novel (NOT Comic Book) that on it's own would retail for around that, plus a few extras.

I won't be getting the collector's edition however as I don't have the money for it,

kearneybobs

omerin wrote: »

Usually get my games through Stream, what are the pros and cons of buying it in a shop. Is this game out in some countries already, i know its on the Stream servers Friday.

This game uses Steamworks, so the game will be added to your Steam games list, permanently. The best of both worlds I believe.

marco_polo

omerin wrote: »

Usually get my games through Stream, what are the pros and cons of buying it in a shop. Is this game out in some countries already, i know its on the Stream servers Friday.

It cheaper and it is steamworks compatible so a retail version will be fully integrated to your steam account (You could throw away the box after install if you want).

Not sure if preload is available, so it might also be as quick to buy it in a shop if preload is not an option and the steam servers are getting hammered on Friday. (Actually it may not be as bad as usual as it is not a simultaneous worldwide release)

humanji

Through some sort of miracle cock-up, by copy arrived yesterday. Didn't get to play much (only about an hour or so), but I'm enjoying it. It's got a great Western feel to it. I only got to play the xbox version before, which was awkward enough for me (too used to PC games), so I found the PC version a lot easier to use.

Graphically, it's still the same, with all the same character models from the last one (it almost plays out like some bizarre Fallout 3 dream where the people you meet seem to take on new roles). But gameplay wise, it's fairly different at times. There's now a whole load of junk you can make, from weapons to ammo to medicines.

Can't really comment on anything else really, as I've pretty much only done the tutorial and walked about a bit. But I'm loving even just doing that. I'm playing on the hardcore level, but since I've not gone too long, it hasn't really affected me.

And make sure you watch the whole intro video and don't skip it. It's nothing really important, but it's f*cking cool. Got a chill down my spine when Ron Pearlman starts narrating.

Oh, and this isn't a spoiler, but you erally should search and take everything from the start location. There's some good stuff there. and it doesn't count as theft.

twinsen

I cant wait till friday. Fallout 3 was the first game where i managed to get all the trophies. Hopefully this one will as good as F3. I dont really cara abouth the graphics.

Lemming

Mine got posted the other day. Should arrive today

Sephiroth_dude

humanji wrote: »

Through some sort of miracle cock-up, by copy arrived yesterday. Didn't get to play much (only about an hour or so), but I'm enjoying it. It's got a great Western feel to it. I only got to play the xbox version before, which was awkward enough for me (too used to PC games), so I found the PC version a lot easier to use.

Graphically, it's still the same, with all the same character models from the last one (it almost plays out like some bizarre Fallout 3 dream where the people you meet seem to take on new roles). But gameplay wise, it's fairly different at times. There's now a whole load of junk you can make, from weapons to ammo to medicines.

Can't really comment on anything else really, as I've pretty much only done the tutorial and walked about a bit. But I'm loving even just doing that. I'm playing on the hardcore level, but since I've not gone too long, it hasn't really affected me.

And make sure you watch the whole intro video and don't skip it. It's nothing really important, but it's f*cking cool. Got a chill down my spine when Ron Pearlman starts narrating.

Oh, and this isn't a spoiler, but you erally should search and take everything from the start location. There's some good stuff there. and it doesn't count as theft.

Have you had any issues with your graphics card or run into any bugs?

Have pre-ordered my copy and shall be picking it up on Friday. Cannot wait!

Grayditch

I hope the reported list of annoying bug issues don't ruin a good game.

cherryghost

My copy arrived today as well. Installed it and went to work, so I should be playing by 5.30pm :pac:

humanji

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Have you had any issues with your graphics card or run into any bugs?

Actually no. I've heard bad things from a lot of people, but luckily I've had no problems so far. I've heard Steam f*cks up the saved games, so we'll see if they still work later.

I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think I'm running an AMD 5870 GFX card and have 8 gig of ram. I've heard NVidia have a lot of problems.

Sephiroth_dude

humanji wrote: »

A
I've heard NVidia have a lot of problems.

Thats what I've hearing as well,I have gtx260,maybe I should have ordered the ps3 version instead .

Creature

marco_polo wrote: »

Not sure if preload is available, so it might also be as quick to buy it in a shop if preload is not an option and the steam servers are getting hammered on Friday.

It is available, I've had it preloaded since Monday. Roll on Thursday midnight, hopefully

Varik

I heard the PC version is more stable than the console and i know hardware specific and hardware/software combinations problems will show up but the version that has the most polish was meant to be the PC, still getting it on PS3.

richymcdermott

i wonder would i be able to fit in my freezer so i freeze myself till friday comes ..

Varik

richymcdermott wrote: »

i wonder would i be able to fit in my freezer so i freeze myself till friday comes ..

That didn't work so well for cartman and won't help you.

Hogzy

Feck sake, once again if you finish the game you cant go on and complete side missions. So bloody stupid!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea8JtJlZ3Vc

CombatCow

Played it for about 3 hours last night on the pc with no issues (i5 with GTX460). The console crash/hang is going to be fixed by a day one patch so they have said.

WolfForager

Hogzy wrote: »

Feck sake, once again if you finish the game you cant go on and complete side missions. So bloody stupid!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea8JtJlZ3Vc

We just have to wait 6 months for DLC to bring us back to life

Hogzy

CombatCow wrote: »

Played it for about 3 hours last night on the pc with no issues (i5 with GTX460). The console crash/hang is going to be fixed by a day one patch so they have said.

What about the fact that once you finish the main storyline you cant play on. IGN video said they patched it with Fallout3 but i cant play on after i finished on the PS3 version. Its probably designed to force you to buy the DLC so you can play on :mad:

Scráib

Unsurprisingly Fallout Vegas will only feature DLCs for XBox and PC initially. This has me wondering, will anyone not buy the game new and simply wait for the inevitable GOTY edition?

For Fallout 3 I bought the game new, loved it, then a year on I bought the GOTY edition. Looking back it was a needless double investment that I'm not sure I want to repeat. That said I loved the game and I do want to play it asap.

Also, there's no hype for this game. Which is a bit wierd. Are people just not bothered because it's the Fallout equivalent of Bioshock 2 i.e. Minor tweaks but essentially feels like the same game with new levels?

Kiith

Varik wrote: »

I heard the PC version is more stable than the console and i know hardware specific and hardware/software combinations problems will show up but the version that has the most polish was meant to be the PC, still getting it on PS3.

Oh how the tables have turned :P