Fallout: New Vegas (Do Not Read If You Haven't Started Playing)

[fbWldcat]

Yes! Another thread about it! (Ack-Ack made a fine one, I just didn't want to get it locked [bump])  

Okay. I just got it today (I never get videogames at their release date). It seems so strange yet so similar to Fallout 3.

Things I like and don't like (in contrast to Fallout 3) :

Like- Cowboy styling, western atomsphere, new guns, ability to make new ammo, Wasteland Survival Guide (Which I created in a past life   ), reputation for different "factions" instead of as a whole, new creatures, getting something from those Centaurs almost every time (blood?), dynamite!

Dislike- Cowboy styling, western atmosphere, no Three Dog, new system of "eating" meat and things for health EX: +2 Rads       2HP/15s, where the H-E- double hockey sticks is the Brotherhood of Steel? I thought they had the HQ in California? (Further on?   ), very boring start (IMO, not like Fallout 3 where you escape, and it has that initial action that brings you in), tutorial?  

Needless to say, I'm still addicted to Fallout 3 and will likely play the both of them nonstop for a while to come. Fallout 3 is a classic and Bethesda and Obsidian have raised the bar on this type of videogame, I hope New Vegas delivers.


This is just a preliminary post, if people reply, I'll keep talking about it as I make my way through the game. Thanks.

Merry Christmas to you all <S>

[Serenity]

Yes! Another thread about it! (Ack-Ack made a fine one, I just didn't want to get it locked [bump])  

Okay. I just got it today (I never get videogames at their release date). It seems so strange yet so similar to Fallout 3.

Things I like and don't like (in contrast to Fallout 3) :

Like- Cowboy styling, western atomsphere, new guns, ability to make new ammo, Wasteland Survival Guide (Which I created in a past life   ), reputation for different "factions" instead of as a whole, new creatures, getting something from those Centaurs almost every time (blood?), dynamite!

Dislike- Cowboy styling, western atmosphere, no Three Dog, new system of "eating" meat and things for health EX: +2 Rads       2HP/15s, where the H-E- double hockey sticks is the Brotherhood of Steel? I thought they had the HQ in California? (Further on?   ), very boring start (IMO, not like Fallout 3 where you escape, and it has that initial action that brings you in), tutorial?  

Needless to say, I'm still addicted to Fallout 3 and will likely play the both of them nonstop for a while to come. Fallout 3 is a classic and Bethesda and Obsidian have raised the bar on this type of videogame, I hope New Vegas delivers.


This is just a preliminary post, if people reply, I'll keep talking about it as I make my way through the game. Thanks.

Merry Christmas to you all <S>

I bought it on the release date, but strung it along as long as possible. I have now uncovered every marked location in the game, lol. And the Brotherhood of Steel IS out there... Just gotta find 'em

[Tupac]

BoS isn't a major faction, but they are there, albeit well hidden.

[Serenity]

BoS isn't a major faction, but they are there, albeit well hidden.

Word to the wise: Do NOT walk around wearing their armor. Everyone else will shoot you, lol

[fbWldcat]

Why aren't they a major faction? Supposedly in D.C. they were huge and then at their home state... They're nothing to spit on? 

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I wanted so badly to pick up where I left off in Fo3, as a member of the Brotherhood of Steel! Oh well, I'll just buy the expansion for Fo3 and realize my dreams in that way. "The Pitt," anyone?

New Vegas is going to take some getting used to, that is for sure.  So far it hasn't gotten even close to the level of awesomeness that Fo3 possesses. Can anyone please tell me the game picks up soon and gets better?! 

[Tyrannis]

Why aren't they a major faction? Supposedly in D.C. they were huge and then at their home state... They're nothing to spit on? 

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I wanted so badly to pick up where I left off in Fo3, as a member of the Brotherhood of Steel! Oh well, I'll just buy the expansion for Fo3 and realize my dreams in that way. "The Pitt," anyone?

New Vegas is going to take some getting used to, that is for sure.  So far it hasn't gotten even close to the level of awesomeness that Fo3 possesses. Can anyone please tell me the game picks up soon and gets better?! 

The brotherhood of steel is around, and they actually can play a big factor in the storyline, nomatter what path you take you will run into them eventually and by doing so will decide the fate of there chapter.

(mini spoilers)you can get power armor without BOS markings on it, but it doesnt really matter, cus if you play the storyline right (if your going with the ncr) you can have them sign a peace treaty where they are neutral to eachother.

(mini follower warning) you can have a BOS member as a follower right off the bat, shes at rest stop 188. named veronica i believe, talk to her, when she asks you how you feel about the BOS just choose the most possative answer, and she will reveal to you shes part of them. then you can ask her to follow you as a partner, after awhile she will wish to go back to the BOS, and take you with her. this is where you will find where they are. this is really the only way you can meet the faction on "neutral" terms.

reason why they arent a big faction around(mini spoilers): its because the BOS and the NCR just got out of a bloody war between eachother. the BOS was better equiped and trained then the NCR, but the NCR had superior numbers, and ended up taking over arizona. a good example of this is HELIOS 1. that place USED to be the brotherhood's arizona chapter's HQ, till the NCR assaulted it, there were many casualties on both sides, the BOS held off the NCR best they could, but they eventually just ran out of ammo, and had to retreat. the arizona chapter is under a lockdown protocal right now, because they fear that the NCR is still hunting them. this is the reason why you dont see any of there patrols or see them in major force like out east.


if you have any questions just ask me, ive beaten the game for every ending, and pretty much got 100% completion.

[fbWldcat]

They should make a Fallout 4, which gives you many options from the start.

Load previous weapons from FO3? Start as a beginner? Start as a member of the Enclave or BoS and then venture out? What happened after the purifier? What happened to the Enclave and the BoS? What happened to "The Good Fight?" What happened to the Capital Wasteland!?

All questions I really wish Bethesda would answer... in the form of a videogame.

[Tyrannis]

They should make a Fallout 4, which gives you many options from the start.

Load previous weapons from FO3? Start as a beginner? Start as a member of the Enclave or BoS and then venture out? What happened after the purifier? What happened to the Enclave and the BoS? What happened to "The Good Fight?" What happened to the Capital Wasteland!?

All questions I really wish Bethesda would answer... in the form of a videogame.

well you see...fallout has its own "bible" (they call it a bible) that the original developers created, which outline the route the games are to take as they are made. bethesda cant change how the storyline will go. but dont worry there is gonna be a fallout 4 and many other fallouts.

and (mini spoilers) you can find a few remnent members of the old original enclave in new vegas, through a followers quest. find "arcade gannon" at the old mormans fort in new vegas, take him as a follower, then go to some familier places (like the crashed vertibird) it'll trigger his quest which is you gather all the remaining enclave in new vegas and decide what side they fight for. arcade can teach you how to wear power armor and the "enclave remnents armor" is the best armor in the game.

[fbWldcat]

So... You can create your own faction? Do I get to be President? 

Also, PLEASE tell me there is a way to get the radiation limb healing perk or something like it. I always got it at the start of Fallout 3 and never had to play without it. I can't walk through the Mojave with a dragging foot and having these mini siezures all the time!

[Tyrannis]

So... You can create your own faction? Do I get to be President? 

Also, PLEASE tell me there is a way to get the radiation limb healing perk or something like it. I always got it at the start of Fallout 3 and never had to play without it. I can't walk through the Mojave with a dragging foot and having these mini siezures all the time!

lol you dont get your own "faction" but if you take the wild card ending, you take control of new vegas and the securitrons.

and no they took that out, in FO3 it was possable to pretty much become a walking god, with all it's OP'ed weapons and abilities. obsidian took that all out so it would feel more like every second was a fight for survival.

are you playing on hardcore mode? on regular mode, docs/stimpaks/sleeping heals limb. but on hardcore mode only doctor's bags heal limbs.

[fbWldcat]

No, not hardcore mode. Although I played FO3 at VERY HARD for pretty much most of the game (multiple times), this one just kicks the crap outta me, I'm at easy, and I'm barely above surviving. (Could've been the radscorpions and the 5,000 powder gangers attacking at once)

I'm trying to figure out who the good guys are? NCR? Because my bro started playing my game and I think he severely wizzed off some Powder gangers and NCR guys (then saved). Can I just make it up to them? If so, how? They shoot when I get near, I am so, so lost. This game is so unfamiliar. 

Although the western theme (doubled with my blown back hair and full out mustache/chops to add to the cowboy hat) is growing on me.

[Serenity]

No, not hardcore mode. Although I played FO3 at VERY HARD for pretty much most of the game (multiple times), this one just kicks the crap outta me, I'm at easy, and I'm barely above surviving. (Could've been the radscorpions and the 5,000 powder gangers attacking at once)

I'm trying to figure out who the good guys are? NCR? Because my bro started playing my game and I think he severely wizzed off some Powder gangers and NCR guys (then saved). Can I just make it up to them? If so, how? They shoot when I get near, I am so, so lost. This game is so unfamiliar. 

Although the western theme (doubled with my blown back hair and full out mustache/chops to add to the cowboy hat) is growing on me.

The "Good Guys" are whoever you think they are. New Vegas put me in some VERY tough moral situations, lol. The hardest for me was deciding what to do about new vegas... both sides seemed right, and it was tough to decide how to handle house...

But I digress. The game gets easier as you go along. Nowadays I can take on 13+ powder gangers at once with nothing but my trusty cowboy repeater and not flinch. And yes, I'm in hardcore mode.

If the powder gangers hate you AND the NCR, start over, you're boned.

[Tyrannis]

No, not hardcore mode. Although I played FO3 at VERY HARD for pretty much most of the game (multiple times), this one just kicks the crap outta me, I'm at easy, and I'm barely above surviving. (Could've been the radscorpions and the 5,000 powder gangers attacking at once)

I'm trying to figure out who the good guys are? NCR? Because my bro started playing my game and I think he severely wizzed off some Powder gangers and NCR guys (then saved). Can I just make it up to them? If so, how? They shoot when I get near, I am so, so lost. This game is so unfamiliar. 

Although the western theme (doubled with my blown back hair and full out mustache/chops to add to the cowboy hat) is growing on me.

theres no for sure "good guy" in this game, every choice you make is gonna negativly effect somebody some way.

its like the DLC for FO3. "the pitt" every choice is a morally grey choice. if you want me to tell you all the endings i will.

and dont worry about the powder gangers, they are hated by allmost everyone except the great khans, so you get bad rep for siding with them, and they dont have any useful tech unless your an explosive lover. where you can get dynomite and an explosive perk for free.

[fbWldcat]

So if NCR and Powder gang hate me, start over? Can I not make them friendly again?

[Tyrannis]

So if NCR and Powder gang hate me, start over? Can I not make them friendly again?

not if your vilified. no