Fallout: New Vegas

[shootemindehead]

Hmmm...isn't Las Vegas actually in a large desert? I was going to go get mine today, but it's been pissing down all day. Fecking Ireland

[slickwilly13]

It pretty much looks like Fallout 3 outsite of the city. I have not reached the big city, yet. Also, beware of Vault 34.

[CoinReturn]

The "Wild Wasteland" perk is pretty great, I've run into a few goofy/awesome things already   The charred remains of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, for one. Also, near the beginning of the the on the side of the highway, there's a refrigerator with the skeleton of Indiana Jones inside. Yes, you can take his hat.

[clanglee]

The charred remains of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, for one. Also, near the beginning of the the on the side of the highway, there's a refrigerator with the skeleton of Indiana Jones inside. Yes, you can take his hat. Oh now THAT is funny!!!

[MikePizzoff]

WOOHOO! A buddy of mine bought this game not knowing that it was an RPG (I guess he games under a rock) and completely hates it. So, he told me if I get him a new copy of GTA IV ($19.99) he'll give me his barely-played copy of New Vegas ($59.99).

[childofgilead]

Yeah, I decided to give this one a rent as well. I was shafted on the "Special Edition" last time, yeah, I have a bobble head and lunch box, but the game is buggy as all hell and I'll be damned if I'm buying any DLC or GOTY edition. I've already spent 80 bucks on the thing already, ya know? As for New Vegas, yeah, it's a bit of an improvement over Fallout 3. I played through the campaign, siding with the NCR and doing some sidequests before it had to be returned. It did hold my attention, which is something that F3 always had trouble doing, because of the shoddy controls and lack of iron sights. And while New Vegas does have iron sights, it can be hard to use them when the action gets hectic and the framerate drops. If you liked F3, you'll probably dig this one and there could be alot more under the surface that I didn't get to see, but honestly, it almost feels like an expansion pack for F3..which felt like an expansion/mod/re-skin of Oblivion. *shrug* Take it for what it is I reckon.

[CoinReturn]

Add me to the growing list of people on 360 who have had their save games corrupted by the DLC bug. Had I known it was triggered by the "Come Fly With Me" quest, I would've never done it. Now all but one of my save files are borked, so I'm not playing it until Bethesda/Obsidian patches it. Technical issues aside, the game is fantastic. I just wish their quality assurance department actually played the game before shipping it.

[slickwilly13]

Same thing happened to me with the Thorn quest. Luckily, I made multiple saves. The game froze during an auto-save. If I try to reload the game, then it would lock up as soon as the loading was finished.

[MikePizzoff]

I didn't know "Come Fly With Me" could trigger a corruption? Thankfully it didn't happen to me. Also, I've got 4 save spots on top of the auto-save that I am constantly rotating saving with. Like once every 30-45 minutes. This is also perfect if you make a decision in a quest that you find to be pretty terrible, you can revert and do the opposite.

[darth los]

Un fortunately most of the side quests are terrible. This is a bad, glitchy game nothing like it's predecesor or oblivion, imo. I sent it back to gamefly after 2 days if trying to give it a go. Just couldn't get into it. That is all.

[AcesandEights]

Huh. I've been loving this game. Then again, I haven't had to deal with the ant nectar addiction bug or the two mission lines with the known (confirmed?) save file corruption issues.

[CoinReturn]

Un fortunately most of the side quests are terrible. This is a bad, glitchy game nothing like it's predecesor or oblivion, imo. While the game is very glitchy, I couldn't disagree more. The writing and voice acting are a big step up from Fallout 3. As far as it being "nothing like it's predecessor", what are you smoking? It's basically Fallout 3 with small improvements all over the place (more guns, iron sights, new companions, etc.). If anything I'd be disappointed that they're so similiar; thankfully I love the worlds they've created. The game engine definitely needs an update, though.

[MikePizzoff]

Being able to have multiple companions follow you around has been awesome and saved my ass on more than one occasion. I feel like the story and side-quests are far more engrossing than Fallout 3, which I loved, so this game is absolutely incredible to me.

[MinionZombie]

Seeing as Steam has stopped me from getting this game for the PC (fuck you DRM bullshit), I've gone back to Fallout 3 for a quick bash-through replay - this time though I'm playing as a complete bastard. After getting my plot lead in Megaton I went on a spree and then blew it up.

[ChrisPhilbrook]

I snagged this on Saturday and plan to ruin a few weekends with it. I absolutely loved F3, but didn't care for Oblivion. I'm frankly kinda scared of the glitches Im hearing about though. I had a lot of heartache due to freezing up while in vats with F3 so I'm understandably scared. Buuuuut... I loved the last one too much not to try New Vegas.