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    SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
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    Everything about this image makes me smile ear to ear.

    I just hope they fucking rip out their godforsaken level scaling and give it the burial it deserves. If I can kill BoS soldiers at level 3 again I'll be annoyed.

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Since it's not a bethesda dev team (I think? I'm not 100% here) I doubt very much they will have the oblivion-esque scaling.

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    tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The game mechanics will probably all be the same as Fallout 3.

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    SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    L|ama wrote: »
    Since it's not a bethesda dev team (I think? I'm not 100% here) I doubt very much they will have the oblivion-esque scaling.

    http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas
    Fallout: New Vegas is an upcoming role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks.

    Well I'll be.

    Excitement just shot way the fuck up.

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    MaticoreMaticore A Will To Power Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Thankfully I think Bethesda will be the last people to force a game out the door.

    If they did that we'd have a LOT more elder scrolls games.

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    nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3177818

    They're slating it for a Fall release looks like

    + teaser in the link!
    oh shits NCR duder!

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    falling_stonefalling_stone Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i'm hyped for Fallout Vegas. Trouble is, I will probably do what I did for 3, maybe play the main quest for Vegas by renting the game, then go on media blackout for a while after I've play it and let the 5 expansions come out, wait, buy game of the year. I learned my lesson with Oblivion and Morrowind, the games just run better from the same disc IMHO than the piecemeal DLC.
    So yeah.

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    harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Obsidian, eh?

    That's awesome.

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wow fall this year? really?

    ..please dont be full of bugs Obsidian please, just this once.

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    SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wow fall this year? really?

    ..please dont be full of bugs Obsidian please, just this once.

    A non-buggy Fallout game?

    Well that just wouldn't be right.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    wow fall this year? really?

    ..please dont be full of bugs Obsidian please, just this once.

    You make it sound like Bethesda games are bug free.

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    Proven MortalProven Mortal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wow fall this year? really?

    ..please dont be full of bugs Obsidian please, just this once.

    You make it sound like Bethesda games are bug free.

    I remember playing Fallout 3 just when it came out, and I was running a min-max run where I've wanted everything basicly, and half the population of Megaton just died on their own. :x What the hell !

    But Bethesda fixed it... A month and a half later.

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    HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i'm hyped for Fallout Vegas. Trouble is, I will probably do what I did for 3, maybe play the main quest for Vegas by renting the game, then go on media blackout for a while after I've play it and let the 5 expansions come out, wait, buy game of the year. I learned my lesson with Oblivion and Morrowind, the games just run better from the same disc IMHO than the piecemeal DLC.
    So yeah.

    I'm probably just being a debbie downer but I played through Point Lookout and wasn't really impressed. It took me one decent night to clear it out. Next up is Broken Steel which I have higher hopes for though so we'll see.

    Is the other pair of expansions worth it? The Pitt looks interesting at least but so far the best "expansion" experience I've come across in FO3 is the mod that reduces weapon degredation and the one that adds up to 100 new tracks to GNR :P

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    Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Okay so my subscriber copy of PC Gamer UK arrived, and they have an eight-page article on New Vegas. Salient points:

    - 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.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    If you're not a vault dweller and the buildings are intact, doesn't seem very Fallouty or post-apocaypty

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    BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Good.

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    Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    If you're not a vault dweller and the buildings are intact, doesn't seem very Fallouty or post-apocaypty

    I said more, not all.

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    BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This however

    "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."

    is pure Fallout.

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wow fall this year? really?

    ..please dont be full of bugs Obsidian please, just this once.

    You make it sound like Bethesda games are bug free.

    oh youve never played an Obsidian game have you.

    that was the joke.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    One of the screenshots has a Super Mutant with a blonde wig and pink heart-shaped glasses.

    Sold!

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    Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That sounds wonderful. Some of those changes I wish would be backwards-patched into Fallout 3. Hardcore mode especially!

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    - 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!

    oh my, this as been the best news i've heard all day, it had better be available from the start, you hear me obsidian? not an unlock after beating the game once.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Eh, that's the sort of thing that Fallout has had mods for the entire time.

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    nma still dont like it.

    lol.

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Eh, that's the sort of thing that Fallout has had mods for the entire time.

    it was originally going to be default in fo2 but they cut the water thing, its only a mod for fo3 and it didnt come out straight away and was buggy as fuck so.. yay at this.

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    AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    - 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!

    This is so pleasing. Bethsoft endlessly talked up FO3 from a "survivalism" aspect like drinking water from toilets etc but it amounted to jack shit. I am going to love the shit out of this mode but for the love of god, MAKE IT AVAILABLE FROM THE START.

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    AtheraalAtheraal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Eh, that's the sort of thing that Fallout has had mods for the entire time.

    If those points from PC Gamer are correct, then that might be the overall vibe of the whole thing. It'll basically be a giant cohesive mod for F3, made by Obsidian. Not altogether a bad thing, mind you.. But it'd be nice to have at least a few more innovative, non-incremental gameplay mechanics added. But who knows, maybe those are just the things the marketing dept. decided to divulge, and there are some neat things in the works.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Atheraal wrote: »
    Eh, that's the sort of thing that Fallout has had mods for the entire time.

    If those points from PC Gamer are correct, then that might be the overall vibe of the whole thing. It'll basically be a giant cohesive mod for F3, made by Obsidian. Not altogether a bad thing, mind you.. But it'd be nice to have at least a few more innovative, non-incremental gameplay mechanics added. But who knows, maybe those are just the things the marketing dept. decided to divulge, and there are some neat things in the works.

    Bah, who gives a shit about gameplay elements? I can mod those in. Obsidian writes interesting stories with interesting characters and interesting choices, and you can't mod that in.

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    StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i'm hyped for Fallout Vegas. Trouble is, I will probably do what I did for 3, maybe play the main quest for Vegas by renting the game, then go on media blackout for a while after I've play it and let the 5 expansions come out, wait, buy game of the year. I learned my lesson with Oblivion and Morrowind, the games just run better from the same disc IMHO than the piecemeal DLC.
    So yeah.

    I'm probably just being a debbie downer but I played through Point Lookout and wasn't really impressed. It took me one decent night to clear it out. Next up is Broken Steel which I have higher hopes for though so we'll see.

    Is the other pair of expansions worth it? The Pitt looks interesting at least but so far the best "expansion" experience I've come across in FO3 is the mod that reduces weapon degredation and the one that adds up to 100 new tracks to GNR :P

    You're definitely a very silly goose, because PL was great.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Okay so my subscriber copy of PC Gamer UK arrived, and they have an eight-page article on New Vegas. Salient points:

    - 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.

    YOU CAN NOT POST THIS WITHOUT GIVING US SCANS

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    LeCausticLeCaustic Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Great, now I HAVE to finish Fallout 3 and the expansions ASAP. Time to find the dad and everything else and then do the expansions.


    OR just get Fallout Vegas for the 360 and play that.




    Quick question - are weapons schematics; buying them from traders - Yay/Nay? I have more than enough bottlecaps and wouldn't mind if the weapon was worth it.

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    Foolish ChaosFoolish Chaos Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    LeCaustic wrote: »


    Quick question - are weapons schematics; buying them from traders - Yay/Nay? I have more than enough bottlecaps and wouldn't mind if the weapon was worth it.

    Most of the schematics are great. So yes, go for it. :P

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    The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    LeCaustic wrote: »


    Quick question - are weapons schematics; buying them from traders - Yay/Nay? I have more than enough bottlecaps and wouldn't mind if the weapon was worth it.

    Most of the schematics are great. So yes, go for it. :P

    Yes, get every schematic you can.

    Though if you just don't care at the very least get all the shishkebab and nuka grenade schematics as they're by far the most useful.

    The more schematics you have the higher durability weapons start at, and grenades/mines give extra per create...i.e. if you have all 3 grenade schematics you'll create 3 grenades for every quantum you use.

    Which is really nice.

    And having a 125% starting durability for the Shishkebab is good because melee seem to burn through that faster than anything.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    LeCaustic wrote: »
    OR just get Fallout Vegas for the 360 and play that.
    It's probably a biiiig mistake to get it on a platform without mods.

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    Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    One of the screenshots has a Super Mutant with a blonde wig and pink heart-shaped glasses.

    YOU CAN NOT POST THIS WITHOUT GIVING US SCANS

    Woops, my bad:

    newvegas001resized.jpg

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    there is a ton more info at nma, apparently
    3 different types of super mutants, the ones from fo1/2 smart/stupid and the fo3 ones, there is a leader with a 50's style hairdo too

    and the dialogue thing seems noone knows, one part says skills do matter on dialogue and the other one says they are open to all players..

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    DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    One of the screenshots has a Super Mutant with a blonde wig and pink heart-shaped glasses.

    YOU CAN NOT POST THIS WITHOUT GIVING US SCANS

    Woops, my bad:

    newvegas001resized.jpg

    wow.. it ..really does look like a mod. D:

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Thats pretty incredible right there.

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    Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wow.. it ..really does look like a mod. D:

    Well I did say it was the same engine didn't I? But yes it does look damn near identical in the shots. Same faces and stuff. But hey at least there's Geckos.

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    The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    there is a ton more info at nma, apparently
    3 different types of super mutants, the ones from fo1/2 smart/stupid and the fo3 ones, there is a leader with a 50's style hairdo too

    and the dialogue thing seems noone knows, one part says skills do matter on dialogue and the other one says they are open to all players..

    For the latter I think it was saying that all players could see all dialogue options (think, greyed out choices in ME), so you'd know what options there were there, but skill matters to being able to choose them.

    That's how I read it at least.

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