Fallout: New Vegas

[Slide]

To the naysayers, that’s what you guys get for playing that shit on Xbox and PS3.

These Bethesda games give you a TON of freedom, and the stories aren’t even that cool. The best thing about these games is how they evolve within the community and the roleplay(limiting yourself within the confines of your character). But the consoles miss out on this.

[odin]

although i gotta say, FO3 had a terrible ending
especially after FO1’s little twist ending, it was such a damn letdown

[spudlyff8fan]

F3 is very overrated, the story was meh, vats system was cool but got kind of boring after a while, voice overs ranged from laughable to decent at best, the ending was GARBAGE, the best part of the game was leveling up and choosing perks IMO it was overall a pretty good game but Lost odyssey and especially Mass effect 1 (let alone the very superior sequel) completely shit on F3. I’m probably going to get this but I’m not paying full price.

What was wrong with the story?

I mean, the goal itself was more interesting, and far more original, than the vast majority of games. Yeah, it’s not a narrative-driven game, but at no point did I ever feel like Fallout 3’s story was a hindrance to the game’s enjoyability.

[FiveTwelve]

Not an RPG guy myself, there are very few I enjoy (the KOTOR series and Mass Effect in particular). Still haven’t got around to playing F3, let alone its thousand DLC expansions. This one might just pass me by.

[Shazay]

F3 is very overrated, the story was meh, vats system was cool but got kind of boring after a while, voice overs ranged from laughable to decent at best, the ending was GARBAGE, the best part of the game was leveling up and choosing perks IMO it was overall a pretty good game but Lost odyssey and especially Mass effect 1 (let alone the very superior sequel) completely shit on F3. I’m probably going to get this but I’m not paying full price.

Are you fucking serious? The side quests and exploration in Mass Effect 1 is complete garbage compared to what you can do in Fallout 3. The ONLY thing ME1 does better then Fallout 3 is the story.

Garbage ending? That’s why they made Broken Steel. Voicework? Who the fuck cares?

[HeaT]

Doubt they will, this is an expansion to F3. They have ample time.

actually from what i understand this isnt an expansion but a new game.

im outi

Roberth

[Galactic]

Why can’t they just remake Fallout 1+2 with better graphics. Not enough people played these gems.

^_-;

[Hara]

Of course the main story was garbage. The main story is garbage in every Fallout game. But that’s not important. What’s important are the sdie-stories and exploration.

[ZombieHipHop]

Why can’t they just remake Fallout 1+2 with better graphics. Not enough people played these gems.

^_-;

Why does everyone always want a remake with better graphics? Appreciate the originals for what they are, and try something new…Where’s the originality if all anyone ever does is remakes. I don’t wanna keep playing the same shit over and over again. Give me similar themes and an original story over a remake anyday.

[Slide]

Why does everyone always want a remake with better graphics? Appreciate the originals for what they are, and try something new…Where’s the originality if all anyone ever does is remakes. I don’t wanna keep playing the same shit over and over again. Give me similar themes and an original story over a remake anyday.

Well you can’t get mad if people don’t want to play the other games in their current form. It might not be the type of game they enjoy to play over others.

I speak for myself when I say this too, those Diablo, Baldur’s Gate, Fallout 1-2, styled games with the prerenders and the point and click movement. It’s just not my thing, I’ve got BG2 and I really liked the little I played of it, but the game’s presentation design itself, is just not my thing these days.

[Hara]

I used to love that sort of thing. Now? Not so much.

[spudlyff8fan]

Why does everyone always want a remake with better graphics? Appreciate the originals for what they are, and try something new…Where’s the originality if all anyone ever does is remakes. I don’t wanna keep playing the same shit over and over again. Give me similar themes and an original story over a remake anyday.

Because technological limitations left the game falling short of the developer’s original intent? Because the game would be better-served with more-recent gameplay aspects? Because a re-release exposes new people to the game that otherwise wouldn’t be able to play it?

[Onslaught2000]

Get…fucking…Hype. When i saw that Californian flag i almost had to change my pants. And dare i say it people…AREA FUCKING 51! calling it right now.

Ugh I would hope not. Aliens do not belong in Fallout.

[Hara]

I don’t mind aliens. I just don’t think Bethesda handled it right.

[Luc]

I fucking love Fallout 3. And if I could ever play Fallout 1 or 2, I’d do it in an instant. I saw the trailer for New Vegas last night and flailed around for a while. This is one of those games that you just don’t need to see any coverage of to know its gonna be awesome.

[Onslaught2000]

I don’t mind aliens. I just don’t think Bethesda handled it right.

Well, even though I have not played Fallout 1 or 2, having aliens in a post-apocalyptic settings just didn’t seem right, felt more like if it just threw something completely random into where it just didn’t seem to fit. But again, I think the main attraction of Fallout 3, to me anyways, was the setting alone, so that’s why I’m simply not a fan of aliens and alien inspired technology.

And the marquee for New Vegas is just soo pimp I had to make it an avatar! heh

[ZombieHipHop]

Well, even though I have not played Fallout 1 or 2, having aliens in a post-apocalyptic settings just didn’t seem right, felt more like if it just threw something completely random into where it just didn’t seem to fit. But again, I think the main attraction of Fallout 3, to me anyways, was the setting alone, so that’s why I’m simply not a fan of aliens and alien inspired technology.

And the marquee for New Vegas is just soo pimp I had to make it an avatar! heh

Aliens or no aliens, i still think Area 51 would be a cool place to visit. It’s so secretive imagine the shit they’d have down there. Maybe a whole underground city ala their bunker system. The whole gloom lake area can be a giant area that maintains its secretiveness with snipers and such. I just think the concept would be cool. And i’m not saying have aliens. A simple UFO would suffice.

[rush_down]

NCR coming to fuck your shit up Vegas!! I’m way way excited for this. I loved FO3 also. Should be interesting to see what the old FO1/2 guys do with this engine.

[ezekial45]

Info from the PC Gamer UK article (user on PA forums posted them)

• First-person action RPG with the same engine as Fallout 3 (sorry, Van Buren fans).
• Set in the Mojave wastelands. Vegas didn’t get many nukes. More intact buildings, as well as desert vegetation. Vegas itself is mostly intact.
• You don’t play a Vault Dweller (or descendant of one) but a courier, left for dead and saved by a friendly robot.
• The overarching story is a struggle between the locals, Caesar’s Legion (a faction of slavers from the east) and the New Californian Republic.
• Both karma and reputation are tracked. If I’m reading it right there’s separate reputations for each of the settlements, as in 1 and 2.
• All dialogue options are shown to all players, regardless of whether you have the stats to succeed or not, though there’s no punishment for failure.
• Bartering is not just lower prices but negotiating for better rewards.
• VATS returns, and melee weapons have special moves in it. The golf club has “Fore!”, which is a shot to the golf balls (so to speak) that knocks the opponent down. Weapons also now have knock-back upon death, with shotguns sending mans flying.
• Super Mutants return, but in two varieties - the smarter ones from Fallout 1, and the idiot ones from Fallout 2. On at least one occasion you can convince them to fight amongst themselves.
• New weapons include what appears to be an M4 and a grenade machinegun.
• Followers can be managed through a context-sensitive menu, with orders like “follow”, “stay” or “attack”.
• Hardcore Mode! In this mode, Stimpacks heal over time (as opposed to instantly), combat is tougher, ammo has weight and you can suffer dehydration, so keep some water on you!

One of the screenshots has a Super Mutant with a blonde wig and pink heart-shaped glasses.

More in depth info from the Besthesda forums

You’re a courier, wounded and left for dead in a shallow grave. A friendly robot, Victor, digs you out, and his doctor owner Mitchell patches you up. You take a “vigour test”, which is some sort of electric parlour game. This decides who you are and sets up SPECIAL. You can also take some Rorschach tests, but the mag says this is for fun. The Doc then gives you a Pipboy as he was once a Vault dweller.

“Hoover Dam”, and “Helios” (a solar plant, confirmed by the mag to have been built by Poseidon) are fought into and then you can direct the power to wherever you choose. In the case of Helios you can also keep the plant for your self use the energy to call down a powerful laser, or even try to distribute to all equally, however there is a risk of overloading the reactors.

There is a “reputation system”, in which all three factions (NCR, Ceasar’s Legion and the locals) will either see you as good or bad toward them individually.

There is a screenshot of three Capital Wasteland mutants running toward the player, who is wielding what looks to be a heavy incinerator, but has a TV screen and no flamer fuel tanks. He’s also wearing NCR combat armour, which is in gold/mustard colours.

There are two separate screens of supermutants that look to be more local, grey skin, and the two are wearing very different clothes. One is Tabitha, who is hearing a blonde wig and love heart glasses. The mag implies she’s “not all there”.

One that quest, you rescue Raul, a ghoul who Tabitha kept alive to fix her favourite robot. He appears to be a follower, as the mag says you can give him items, and also commands, such as “stay, follow or attack”, and also tell him to switch to melee, in which case he’ll mutter “sure, I’ll put away my rather effective gun, and switch to this piece of um, metal tubing here”.

From what I read, the “all dialog” thing seems to imply there will be failures for skill checks as well as speech checks, though, as the mag states, there is no penalty for failing a skill check. In fact, the mag gives an example: A woman who the player tried a Sneak skill attempt on in conversation failed when convincing her an ambush would help the town be rid of a gang of raiders. She simply says "“Good luck with your, uh, ambush”

[ezekial45]

Some scans of the article from PC Gamer UK:

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