New Vegas Real World Locations

[JimboUK]

http://www.falloutnewvegastour.com/2011/03/location-01-welcome-to-fabulous-new.html

 

I stumbled across this, I don't know if it's been posted before or not.

[scottmack]

I've read this before, its an interesting read. Some share very similar resemblances, others not so much.

[JimboUK]

You have to wonder if some places were done from old photos and those places no longer exist.

[Talwyn224]

Thanks for posting the link Jim, I enjoyed going through that chaps travel log of various real life locations in and around Las Vegas.

 

I had planned to do something similar a year or so ago but the trip was cancelled as other things came up :confused:

 

I think you're right in that some of the NV structures must have been based on archival photographs and such but as well, the designers would have had "artistic licence" to interpret and envision how they saw New Vegas in 2281.

 

One thing I always found a bit of an immersion breaker was the false sense of distance in the game and that you could run [in non hardcore mode] non stop from one end of the map to the other in roughly 20 or so hours! :blink: I think they should have made the distances much more realistic as that would have enhanced the survivor aspect of the game. But that's just my 2 cents worth :wink:

[scottmack]

I think they should have made the distances much more realistic as that would have enhanced the survivor aspect of the game. But that's just my 2 cents worth :wink:

 

Strangely, as a whole I found this game to feel allot less survival like. I think its the atmosphere of the largely un-destroyed areas. Though NVInteriors sorted that out providing me with more things to gomb through. :thumbsup:

[Talwyn224]

@scottmack - oh there is no doubt the Mojave as depicted in NV is quite full of plant life. What I meant by survival aspect was having to survive in a desert environment and that would include having to deal with travelling large distances across the harsh Mojave environment. At least with Hardcore mode enabled it does mimic the need for hydration and food however because the distances are so truncated it doesn't "feel" real enough. It should take days to walk the distances that are depicted in the game yet sadly, for me at least, it doesn't But I still love it never the less :thumbsup: