Official Fallout: New Vegas Thread

[Pitty]

not impressed with that. Its the exact same format of FO3 trailer.
its using the same engine as FO3 so its going to be basically the same game with a new story and landscape. Thats not a bad thing, but its not somthing that ever really gets pulled off better then the original. (like cod 5 or R6 2)

Lol, it's Fallout, the series always plays off old games.

Oh and FO3 > ES:O.

 

[Maynard]

ok.....

 

[brees fan]

not impressed with that. Its the exact same format of FO3 trailer.
its using the same engine as FO3 so its going to be basically the same game with a new story and landscape. Thats not a bad thing, but its not somthing that ever really gets pulled off better then the original. (like cod 5 or R6 2)

Have you played fallout 1 or 2? A game can be very successful and even better than its predecesor when ran on the same engine, just because it doesn't happen often doesn't mean it can't be pulled off. Plus New vegas is being worked on by guys who put together the first two games, which if you haven't played them your missing out, also it makes your opinion of the fallout series uninformed and invalid.... Could be the decade I spent playing these two games but fallouts a soft spot for me...

 

[Pitty]

Have you played fallout 1 or 2? A game can be very successful and even better than its predecesor when ran on the same engine, just because it doesn't happen often doesn't mean it can't be pulled off. Plus New vegas is being worked on by guys who put together the first two games, which if you haven't played them your missing out, also it makes your opinion of the fallout series uninformed and invalid.... Could be the decade I spent playing these two games but fallouts a soft spot for me...

Fallout 1 + Starcraft + Fallout 2 + War3 = my early gaming days.

 

[brees fan]

I still play most those games today, in fact I think Ima fire up some starcraft...

 

[Maynard]

Have you played fallout 1 or 2? A game can be very successful and even better than its predecesor when ran on the same engine, just because it doesn't happen often doesn't mean it can't be pulled off. Plus New vegas is being worked on by guys who put together the first two games, which if you haven't played them your missing out, also it makes your opinion of the fallout series uninformed and invalid.... Could be the decade I spent playing these two games but fallouts a soft spot for me...

i dont get some of u guys. i didnt say the new game would suck, and i even said by using the same engine is not a bad thing and suddenly its an invalid argument?

bringing up 2 games over 10 years old is an invalid argument. This is next gen, not 16 bit gen which is the gen when those games were made for PC.

look at the history of next gen games. When they take the same game and just make a new story with minor feature updates, it usually means it isnt as good as the first game. If you wish to argue that, then u should research all the games like this on next gen to see that you will be wrong.

i put in over 120 hour of fallout, i love that game. But this game already feels like a $60 piece of DLC....why do i say that? look at the trailer for starters, its the EXACT same trailer as fallout 3. Its using the same exact engine that FO3 used and its taking place in the exact same type of environment (post apocalyptic) as FO3.....so that means, new story with some minor new features

i will say it again for those of you who want to argue.....THIS IS NOT A BAD THING :smh:

 

[FedEx227]

i dont get some of u guys. i didnt say the new game would suck, and i even said by using the same engine is not a bad thing and suddenly its an invalid argument?

bringing up 2 games over 10 years old is an invalid argument. This is next gen, not 16 bit gen which is the gen when those games were made for PC.

look at the history of next gen games. When they take the same game and just make a new story with minor feature updates, it usually means it isnt as good as the first game. If you wish to argue that, then u should research all the games like this on next gen to see that you will be wrong.

k thnx bai.

 

[brees fan]

Maybe I miss understood but, I don't care if its the same game as fo3 as long as its not 10 more years before its released, Im a fallout fanboy so I instantly jump to arms when I feel fallout is being threatened, sorry... also I would like to point out that nearly every RPG for next gen has been damn near the same game I'm trying to think of some exceptions but none come to mind,

 

[Maynard]

i am a fanboy too. i hope the game is better or at least as good as fallout 3. what worries me is thinking about broken steel. i still havnt touched that DLC and its because its the same game with a new story line. i worry that new vegas will have the same feel as FO3 and be nothing more then a really big DLC. but only time will tell.

i havnt heard any details of changes or features they added

 

[brees fan]

I think new vegas intends to go back to the old way of things (mostly because alot of the guys that made the fallout series a cult classic are getting their hands in on this one, I believe blackisle is producing the whole thing), at the end of that trailer is that an enclave or is it frank horrigan? If they bring just a little bit of the humour they managed to inject into the first two game to this one it will be a success in my book... Hell I could go for some more fo3 dlc even... Also the rumor mill states that if the legal battle over the vault 13 project continues that this game may get put on ice so it looks like its gonna be another decade before we get another fallout, all over a dumbass mmorpg...

 

[IamMedellin]

Murphy?...why are you riding a unicorn?

where the Fuk did you find it?

 

[brees fan]

Murphy?...why are you riding a unicorn?

where the Fuk did you find it?

google, thats where I find everything... or you could try that site on the picture

 

[Derrville]

Trailer just hit:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-fallout-new/61575

 

[Tengo Juego]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP79sW2iK_Q"]YouTube- IGN Rewind Theater: Fallout: New Vegas Teaser Trailer[/ame]

 

[Herm]

IS this game supposed to have some kind of multiplayer faction to it? I see at the end of the video where all the logos are displayed (xbox, ps3,bethesda, etc) that an xbox live logo is shown as well. I think they just might automatically show that with all xbox games but i could be wrong.


any insight on that?

 

[brees fan]

maybe, some rumors about another fallout online game, I wouldn't mind it if this was it...

 

[JayDizzle]

From the Duck and Cover Forums which were shamelessly quoted from by Penny Arcade and now I'm doing it... :stupidsmile:

* There is an optional hardcore mode, the character needs to drink water, ammo has weight, healing isn't instant etc. Normal mode is more similar to Fallout 3 gameplay.
* The storyline is focused on the New California Republic vs. Caesar's Legion vs. New Vegas residents.
* You are not a vault dweller but are given a Pip-Boy by someone who is one.
* There is a screenshot of a vault suit as well.
* There is an assault rifle looking like the M4, as well as a new big gun with a backpack, held like a minigun.
* There are special moves for melee weapons in VATS - specifically a move for a golf club called "Fore" which seems to be a groin shot.
* The Hoover Dam is in the game and is supplying electricity to the city.
* There is a quest to rescue a ghoul from some super mutants. The ghoul can then become your companion
* The Geckos are back.
* There are both dumb and intelligent super mutants, including the elite Nightkin.
* Some super mutants look similar to the ones in Fallout 3, while others are new. There is e.g. a female super mutant with a 1950s hairstyle who apparently is one of their leaders.
* Screenshots include a guy with a beard and straw hat, a ghoul an NCR Ranger
* The only picture of New Vegas itself is concept art and not a screenshot
* Some location screenshots include a huge model dinosaur advertising a hotel, some satellite dishes, an array of solar panels
* A character generation shot showing a "vigour machine" instead of the skill book
* NCR base is the McCarran Airport, Caesar's Legion is based in the Vegas Strip, while super mutants are based in a place called Black Mountain. There is also a town called Fremont and another called Primm. A topless reuve is mentioned as being in the latter. Area 51 also appears.
* NCR Ranger armor is similar to a brown combat armor with sleeves, there are concept arts of a Ranger
* Skils have a bigger effect on conversation choices. E.g. someone with a high Explosives skill may be able to have a coversation about explosives where appropriate.
* There is a Reputation system in adition to Karma.

In addition:

- 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. Vegas itself is mostly intact.
- 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:

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"

 

[Marley]

This game is gonna be so badass.

 

[brees fan]

get your fallout fill here, they have got some more info and some screens, if it wasn't blocked at work Id steal it and bring it here....

http://www.nma-fallout.com/

 

[red33]

so this is a new full game? not an expansion right?