New Vegas review from NMA, too good to be true???

[1eyedking]

Fuck, looks like I'm gonna try this shit out after all. It better not turn out another Alpha Turd.

 

[Turisas]

Come on, 1eyedking, it really isn't sooooo baaaad... You'll loooove the VATS...

 

[Grunker]

@Topher: Game booted just fine with the patch you provided! Thanks for being a bro.

Now I'm off into New Vegas-land. See you on the other side.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Fuck, looks like I'm gonna try this shit out after all. It better not turn out another Alpha Turd.

Tried it. Blah blah art direction blah blah utter shit blah blah Michelangelo blah blah The Witcher blah blah

 

[1eyedking]

A probably correct prediction.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

We know each other so well

 

[am0k]

Reading the bitching and moaning on the Bethesda board about not being able to max out all the stats and skills and not being able to explore everything from the start because there are actually areas that are dangerous is fucking hilarious.

Also, New Vegas is an amazing game.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

game is fantastic, codex is wrong again.

This.

This. Just met the 'evil' Legion doing their thing...this is how you make a faction Beth fags!

i got a hard on when i heard the fallout 1 music and saw heads on spikes, no joke.

 

[Dragula]

From Bethesda forums:

"1) The sound when you shoot in vats sounds like very bad music that you stole from the internet, the guns sound like crap.

2) VATS overall is just boring now.

3) True iron sights.... stupid because its only on certain weapons.

4) It glitches a lot in many ways.

5) That stupid noise when you gain XP omg I have subs on my tv and it shakes my house every time I kill something.

6) The AI are as smart as bricks, in combat sometimes they just stop shooting and then just stand there like, oh hi how are you today.

7) The map is as big as my backyard."

 

[Silellak]

game is fantastic, codex is wrong again.

This.

This. Just met the 'evil' Legion doing their thing...this is how you make a faction Beth fags!

i got a hard on when i heard the fallout 1 music and saw heads on spikes, no joke.

This.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

2) VATS overall is just boring now.

I'd kill a man to hear what he means by this

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Has VATS changed in some way then?

 

[chzr]

From Bethesda forums:

"1) The sound when you shoot in vats sounds like very bad music that you stole from the internet, the guns sound like crap.

2) VATS overall is just boring now.

3) True iron sights.... stupid because its only on certain weapons.

4) It glitches a lot in many ways.

5) That stupid noise when you gain XP omg I have subs on my tv and it shakes my house every time I kill something.

6) The AI are as smart as bricks, in combat sometimes they just stop shooting and then just stand there like, oh hi how are you today.

7) The map is as big as my backyard."

 

[Silellak]

In related news, I think I figured out why Alpha Protocol was so lackluster - lack of direction on the project, combined with the fact that apparently everyone with talent at Obsidian was working on New Vegas.

 

[Luzur]

From Bethesda forums:

"1) The sound when you shoot in vats sounds like very bad music that you stole from the internet, the guns sound like crap.

2) VATS overall is just boring now.

3) True iron sights.... stupid because its only on certain weapons.

4) It glitches a lot in many ways.

5) That stupid noise when you gain XP omg I have subs on my tv and it shakes my house every time I kill something.

6) The AI are as smart as bricks, in combat sometimes they just stop shooting and then just stand there like, oh hi how are you today.

7) The map is as big as my backyard."

consollers.

 

[racofer]

In related news, I think I figured out why Alpha Protocol was so lackluster - lack of direction on the project, combined with the fact that apparently everyone with talent at Obsidian was working on New Vegas.

The same will be said about Obsidian's next game, as it was before.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Has VATS changed in some way then?

I'm betting on "less slow-mo killcams"

 

[Felix]

VATS is less overpowered in this game, it's more like a "helpful feature" now instead of "lol god mode" like it should be in the first place.

 

[mondblut]

Because if you're not too tight-assed and have accepted the first-person view (and realtime/FPS/VATS crappy slowmo), if you just embrace what Fallout's real soul is...

I LOL @ larping homo.

Did Fallout sing blues too?

 

[Silellak]

I was wandering through wikipedia taking a look at some Fallout related stuff, when I came across Mark Morgan's page, and to my surprise, he did F:NV's score. Now that was unexpected, well at least I didn't knew about that.

So, any thoughts on his work with this game's music?

I don't think he composed anything original for the game - I think they're just reusing FO1/FO2 tracks.

That said, they're used quite effectively - I'm a sucker for good game music (and nostalgia), and I've found the old Fallout tunes really enhance the atmosphere.

It almost feels like cheating - appealing to me inner nostalgiafag - but I don't really care.

 

[racofer]

 

[Tails]

This. Just met the 'evil' Legion doing their thing...this is how you make a faction Beth fags!

Really? Caesar'a Legion was the most un-Fallouty idea of Van Buren ever. Bunch of slaver guys who LARP Romans? please... the outside image is just ridiculous.

 

[bonescraper]

This. Just met the 'evil' Legion doing their thing...this is how you make a faction Beth fags!

Really? Caesar'a Legion was the most un-Fallouty idea of Van Buren ever. Bunch of slaver guys who LARP Romans? please... the outside image is just ridiculous.

Yeah, i prefer these dudes much more.

 

[Tails]

This. Just met the 'evil' Legion doing their thing...this is how you make a faction Beth fags!

Really? Caesar'a Legion was the most un-Fallouty idea of Van Buren ever. Bunch of slaver guys who LARP Romans? please... the outside image is just ridiculous.

Yeah, i prefer these dudes much more.
<snip>

So bunch of raiders just naming themselves Khans are the same thing like slavers who wear Roman-like armours, have typical Roman names and some behaviours?

 

[Silellak]

I think they're just reusing FO1/FO2 tracks.

You're kidding right?

I love these tracks but fuck, they couldn't even hire him to create some original stuff?

Yeah, that'd be nice, though I'll take re-used Mark Morgan over no Mark Morgan at all. It's quite possible they asked and he was just too busy with other projects.

This. Just met the 'evil' Legion doing their thing...this is how you make a faction Beth fags!

Really? Caesar'a Legion was the most un-Fallouty idea of Van Buren ever. Bunch of slaver guys who LARP Romans? please... the outside image is just ridiculous.

Yeah, i prefer these dudes much more.
<snip>

So bunch of raiders just naming themselves Khans are the same thing like slavers who wear Roman-like armours, have typical Roman names and some behaviours?

They aren't really slavers. That's...an over-simplification of the faction.

Tell you what: play New Vegas up through Nipten. If you still don't like what you see, then so be it.

 

[bonescraper]

So bunch of guys just naming themselves Khans are the same thing like slavers who wear Roman-like armour and have typical Roman names?

Dude... just... stop. I know my Fallout well enough. They didn't have their own exclusive sprites in game, therefore they were just a band of guys with a random gang name. Is that what you say? Then how do you explain these?