My Opinion on FONV

[hoofhearted4]

atm i cant beat the legion without ED-E dieing. not a deal, but extremely annoying

 

 

Not to be "that guy" but you might consider turning down the difficulty a notch. It sucks but games like this can't really be played from the higher difficulties right off the bat unless you know how to properly deck yourself out.

 

has nothing to do with the difficulty. the difficulty is on normal i think. (but on hardcore mode)...i just let ED-E die as there was no way around it. and i ran away as i couldnt even come close to killing them. i was lucky to get one guy down to half health before the other 4 killed me. after a certain amount of space, i can fast travel somewhere else and go back later.

[formalrevya]

atm i cant beat the legion without ED-E dieing. not a deal, but extremely annoying

 

 

Not to be "that guy" but you might consider turning down the difficulty a notch. It sucks but games like this can't really be played from the higher difficulties right off the bat unless you know how to properly deck yourself out.

 

has nothing to do with the difficulty. the difficulty is on normal i think. (but on hardcore mode)...i just let ED-E die as there was no way around it. and i ran away as i couldnt even come close to killing them. i was lucky to get one guy down to half health before the other 4 killed me. after a certain amount of space, i can fast travel somewhere else and go back later.

 

Usually they won't be there when you come back if it's an assassin group. they only spawn in the game once you've gotten shunned status with The legion. Though kudos for showing those bastards in Nipton what's what. I'd try using vats to aim at their heads just enough to cripple them. Unless you're using a really crappy gun it should be doable in two shots or less. If you looted any spears from the legion bodies back in nipton they are really good at crippling limbs in vats. and if you're doing a lot of scavenging off the beaten road there's all kinds of poisons you can whip up to further mess with their stats and make them easier to deal with. but with enemies who use spread guns going for the head is usually a good bet as they don't really have a lot of accuracy from farther away due to the fact that they shoot from the hip instead of aiming most of the time. at any rate. These guys show up every three days if I recall correctly. and as they level up with the PC and get better gear i'd really suggest pouring some more points into weapon skills ASAP.

[zerrodefex]

Well in New Vegas's defense. It's the kind of game where you can't really appreciate all the subtle nuances of the story unless you play in different ways each time. If you always play the same way, shooting towards the end as quickly as you can, then you're going to miss out on a lot of subtle stuff. Don't get me wrong, I really loved Fallout 3, but it's story places too much importance on the PC alone. It's kind of like everyone was just waiting for you to show up to solve their problems for them. NV is also guilty of this, I really don't see why the courier is considered such hot shot. But you get the feeling that things would play out without you for the most part. Though Fallout 3 is still my favorite game out of the two, I kind of think you're giving NV a raw deal because you're comparing it to it's prequel.

 

Fallout 3 was a much bigger offender with The Lone Wanderer: really some 19-year-old kid who's never been outside a Vault since being a newborn manages to take down the Enclave in a matter of days? At least with The Courier your past is enough of a blank slate (even with Lonesome Road, you still don't know what you did before visiting the Divide for the first time) it's somewhat plausible that you really could be that much of a badass who simply got caught by surprise at the start of the game.

 

+100 on the World of Pain recommendation. With MoMod especially.

 

For the legion assassin squads, the novelty wore off for me pretty fast and I was thrilled to see this mod - works like a charm.

 

Now that is what I consider to be an essential mod. I got really sick of the Legion deathsquads myself, while they weren't as frequent as Talon Mercs in Fallout 3 they were generally much tougher and more aggravating.

[marharth]

The story in fallout 3 is you need to find a way to purify large amounts of water. You for some reason need a GECK when there is already small scale purifiers in towns.

 

Makes absolutely no sense.

 

Not to mention they completely redid the origin of super mutants.

 

Pretty much your entire life revolves around a giant water purifier when water purification is already possible in a small scale. Sure it was able to purify a entire river, but so could any other purifier if it was just made larger.

[lquebecois]

i had originally pre ordered the game for Ps3 (because i had FO3 for it) so i got FONV the day it released. took me a couple of months to even start it, and right off i hated it. and traded it in for the PC version. still couldnt get into it even with mods. after several attempts i finally stuck with it over the past week or so. needless to say before i finally actually played it, i always just said i hated it. now that i have actually played through the game, i should also mention i loved FO3. beat it 3 times full to lvl 30. beat all the DLC. platinumed the game legitly for Ps3. i have to say, my opinion hasnt changed much....now ill admit i used mods. i gained a perk every level. i gained more skill points and (half way through) i set SPECIAL points to 10. used self modded weapons (including a Gatling laser that fired nukes haha that was fun) as well as armor. to say i experienced the full game and all it had to offer would be lieing. i didnt mod my weapons. i didnt make bullets or use different ammo types. i didnt have to worry about armor of enemies, nor did i ever use a campfire or ever make anything. (none of that stuff interests me) so maybe for those of you who think that was a major innovation to the game and thats why i dont like it, well i have no argument.

 

anyways. yea. it was a fun play through only because i had mods. i dont think i could ever sit through and play the game as it was supposed to be played. the story of FONV sucks. for most of it there isnt one. your just doing random tasks for people. the world is pretty bland to say the last. there are several factions and camps, but you dont get the post apocalyptic feeling that you got in FO3 with the little villages of ppl. the scenery is ugly. mostly just open space until you get to the major factions. no houses to explore no subway system. no cool little side things to explore out of randomness. i found myself basically running form objective to objective rarely getting side tracked. i kept the music off (the songs. the basic FONV background music still played) because it sucked. FO3 music fit the game. fit the genre and fit the atmosphere. FONVs didnt. as i said, the quest had nothing to do with the overall setting. for example FO3 you had to purify water. FONV you were getting revenge.

 

theres not much i can say good about this game. i started with FO3, and maybe thats the problem. getting back to the factions and stuff from the original Fall Out games was probably pretty cool for those who played them. the weapon mods that you could use seems like a cool idea. and if i were to play normally that would be one cool thing about the game. Hardcore mode also seems like a good idea, i wish i could play it in FO3, as i dont like FONV enough to try it (with or without mods). so yea. will i ever return to this game? possibly. i sided with Yes-Man this time. i kind of want to try different endings (again with mods though) but it will be awhile before i attempt the game again.

 

lastly. i cannot wait for FO4.

 

The story of fallout new vegas is not just you getting revenge..... The story, it is you who will discover it by making multiple game, joining every faction (making an angel character with the NCR will change the story) and if you speak to everyone, you will know some story about the mohaje. plus, you're not forced to take you're vengeance, you can make in sort that khan gang join the NCR instead of killing all of them. there is so much to discover and to know....

[marharth]

Actually you are forced to take revenge.

 

At least on Benny. The game does not let you side with Benny at all.

[JimboUK]

Actually you are forced to take revenge.

 

At least on Benny. The game does not let you side with Benny at all.

 

You can free him and let him go, I wouldn't consider that revenge.

[marharth]

Actually you are forced to take revenge.

 

At least on Benny. The game does not let you side with Benny at all.

 

You can free him and let him go, I wouldn't consider that revenge.

Well not really. If you free him you get attacked by Ceaser instantly and Benny pretty much dies within a second.

[JimboUK]

Actually you are forced to take revenge.

 

At least on Benny. The game does not let you side with Benny at all.

 

You can free him and let him go, I wouldn't consider that revenge.

Well not really. If you free him you get attacked by Ceaser instantly and Benny pretty much dies within a second.

 

That's not revenge though, he's killed by Caesar, the action of the player was one of forgiveness.

[marharth]

Actually you are forced to take revenge.

 

At least on Benny. The game does not let you side with Benny at all.

 

You can free him and let him go, I wouldn't consider that revenge.

Well not really. If you free him you get attacked by Ceaser instantly and Benny pretty much dies within a second.

 

That's not revenge though, he's killed by Caesar, the action of the player was one of forgiveness.

I suppose if you consider getting you both killed a act of forgiveness that is true.

 

Even still, that is the only option you have that is remotely forgiving. It didn't even let you chase Benny down his escape path, or even talk to him seriously at all.