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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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duckroll said:
In these games i always do what i would do if i was in that situation (at least on my first playthrough), so i mostly kill just the bad guys, or the people who messes with me.
Its still fun cause sometimes you have the option to show pitty, and let enemies go/whatever. But if they fucked up, they fucked up. Off with their heads!
Knuckleruckamus
Neo Member
sdornan said:
No snark intended, but what had you envisioned for the strip?
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
tokkun said:
you use your charm skill and a dirty pre-war wig to convince the radscorpion you're an affluent lady of the night and avoid the battle altogether.
tokkun said:
In general they are tough to kill, but you can kill all of those except the Albino (and even then I'm not sure, I'd have to go try it but I don't think there's such a high damage weak point) with a sneak attack critical using the right weapon. A max damage sneak attack critical with a weapon like the Terrible Shotgun does enough damage to one-shot a Behemoth which has far more HP than any of those creatures. Even without the weakness bonus a full on stealth crit against a Albino Radscorpion would leave it with less than 250 HP. Note that you have to do those sneak attacks outside of VATS to get full stealth critical damage.
Even if you're just running around getting into open combat with things like an Overlord (which isn't smart anyway because they can ream you if they have a tri-beam), something like Lincoln's Repeater will fuck their shit up in VATS pretty fast.
rollingstart
Banned
Only thing that worries me about hardcore is companions can die. I don't know how it is handled in normal mode (they respawn? I never really used them in Fallout 3 in all my time playing that game). I'm still going to go hardcore, but I know I will rage hard when I see the AI dumbshit themselves to death.
tokkun said:
Depends on the situation. If you're running around out of stealth, not that likely?
This is sort of the whole point of Fallout giving you a lot of options and having them create a wide variety of results.
For the record on my previous playthrough I don't think I ever engaged an Overlord in open combat. It's not hard to do.
bonesmccoy
Banned
duckroll said:
My comment was only about the hardcore and the balance/pacing issues the supposed features may bring up, not about the gameplay in general. And the point about 'bad guys' was this: Virtually every F3 story mission had you going to point A, killing a score of mutants/raiders/ghouls/Enclave, and then returning to point B.
I'm hoping that FNV will bring back F2's nice balance of missions that can be solved without killing everything. That and being able to target the eyes "Raider was critically hit in the eyes for 53HP, causing blindness. Unlucky for him."
Wag
Member
Your Fallout: New Vegas PS3 Questions Answered: Hardcore Mode, Morality, Combat and More
I assume this applies for all platforms.
The_Reckoning
Member
When does Steam usually start installing pre-orders? I'm a glutton for punishment. I want it installed on my comp, just so it can taunt me more...
WW, and Hardcore makes this a day 1
WW, and Hardcore makes this a day 1
SixStringPsycho
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Its huge, but what kept me coming on playing F3 was that when I finished the game I could come back and finish any side quest I left behind. Whats the point in completing F:NV story line and not coming back for any side quests? I mean I dont want to restart and start over a new story. Thats the point of these games, max your level, finish it and then explore and find things you never saw. Like for example, in F3 I finished the game and one day I was just killing everything and a friend of mine sent me a message about the UFO and Alien that crashed and the guns. If F3 ended, the only way I would see that was starting over a new game. Which in my book is not right for Open World games.Wag said:
The_Reckoning
Member
Wallach said:
awesome thanks!
disappeared
Banned
Wallach said:
I hope they don't. Fallout has always been about what you make your character out to be before you hit the big two-zero. It really forces you to pick skills/traits according to how your character is shaped (in regards to your SPECIAL).
Speaking of which I hope Obsidian tweaked F3's handling of SPECIAL. By the end of the game, most of it didn't seem to matter much.
i never really use multiple save slots, just use the one, dunno why, i just do that.
anyways, so theres a point of no return like in FO3 where you will do whatever to get the ending [and lose the ability to explore], so you have to be careful if you think you are approaching the ending and don't quicksave in the wrong spot? thanks for clarifying.
anyways, so theres a point of no return like in FO3 where you will do whatever to get the ending [and lose the ability to explore], so you have to be careful if you think you are approaching the ending and don't quicksave in the wrong spot? thanks for clarifying.
disappeared
Banned
Wallach said:
Sounds good.
Hoping to get this puppy early over the weekend. Not a sure-fire bet, but here's hoping!
disappeared
Banned
Wallach said:
As is should be. Fallout's always encouraged multiple play-throughs anyway.
duckroll said:
Sounds extremely Fallout to me, since that's the way I played the old games too... so I agree with that guy, ammo weight could become a major nuisance.
Wallach said:
None of this works on Very Hard :/ It's also impossible if you're crappy at stealth like both my characters. A lot of enemies are indeed bullet sponges in FO3 if your character is focused on open combat, which should be a totally viable option seeing as that's how most players play the game. I had to turn down the difficulty in both Mothership Zeta and Point Lookout because of the bullshit enemy design, and the Feral Reavers were completely insane.
I'm bummed out to hear there is a definite ending. I just don't like it in this type of game. It means juggling save files and breaking cohesion.
That better not happen. The cynic in me thinks that the only reason there is a ending 'cap' is so they can sell us the removal. I'd hate for that to be the case.Wallach said:
SmokyDave said:
I remember when i finished Mass Effect 1 and i couldnt play the DLC because i had to:
1) go back to a previous save file (wich was nonexistent)
2) start a new game and get beyond a specific part. And by then i should finish the game again if i wanted to export that Sheppard to ME2.
fuck that.
Jamesearlcash
Member
Chesskid1 said:
I'm the same, i only have one save per game ever...
Minsc
Gold Member
Chesskid1 said:
I pretty much never re-save, if the game lets me have 1,000 saves, I will try my hardest to get that many. I don't see the reason in saving over a previous save, you're just asking for trouble if the game gets corrupted, you hit some bug and need to go back and can't, or you trigger some sort of sequence you can't return too. I guess it's just a side-effect of playing older PC RPGs, you never want to lose 50 hours of play because your save got messed up.
Plus if you want to go back to an area, you don't have to replay the whole game, just find a save and you're there instantly, free to take screenshots or check whatever you'd like.
SmokyDave said:
Why do you have to juggle though? If there's no limit (I'd hope there isn't), just always pick new save, it's what it defaults to most of the time in games anyway. You won't be doing anything differently, but you'll have the option of going back in time if you don't want to start over because something got screwed up.
cjtiger300
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I3rand0 said:
I have never understood why this is such a big deal to people! If it makes the game run better, than I am all for it! People complain about it, and then PS3 players are stuck with shit like Mafia 2.
Ledsen said:
Hard and Very Hard are definitely examples of shit ways to increase difficulty in a game like this, and I don't ever recommend anyone plays on those settings. Not only is it harder to drop enemies but you get more experience per kill, making you hit the level cap even faster than you would on normal. It's really a stupid idea all around.
For the record though, even on Very Hard I think stuff like Overlords still die in one shot with that method. They only have 1,250 health and a real full damage shot from a TS is over 2,000; whatever that is (I believe it's like 2,480) would only be reduced by 1/2 for playing on Very Hard so even if they didn't die, they'd be pretty fucking close to dead. Reavers almost certainly would die as they only have 1,100 health.
Still, if you're going to play on those settings, you should really accept the fact that wasting ammo with "normal" weapons in open combat is generally a stupid way to fight the really tough enemies like Reavers or Overlords even if you're a "let God sort 'em out" type. It's hard to feel bad for people killing them that way when there are craftable weapons like Bottlecap Mines and Nuka Grenades that do anywhere from 500 to 800 damage per use depending on your perks. One Fat Man nuke does 1,600 damage and you really don't need shit in Big Guns to hit something with it.
Normal difficulty there isn't really shit that I would call a "bullet sponge".
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
That's the release day isn't it? Not a good sign. But part of me thinks even Obsidian can't fuck this up.
I hope.
I hope.
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Deleted member 30609
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wow, this is a week out?
this has flown COMPLETELY under my radar. I know literally nothing about it other than the title and setting.
this has flown COMPLETELY under my radar. I know literally nothing about it other than the title and setting.
Ninja Moomin
Banned
cjtiger300 said:
Most of the people complaining would happily perform the 7gb 360 install anyway... always makes me smile.