Fallout: New Vegas

[Mr.Penguin]

I thought Vegas was an expansion for FO3....

Nope whole seperate game.

And a much better game, better story line, more quest (10X it seems). It basically continues the story from FO2 and moves it to the southern Nevada...

[Siege]

So, can should I jump straight into Vegas without playing FO3?
I have very limited time for gaming.

[The Brain]

So, can should I jump straight into Vegas without playing FO3?
I have very limited time for gaming.

Yes. NV is much better than FO3.

[PRC]

Do you guys play this in Hardcore mode?

[Solmyr]

Anyone know of good face/body mods for this that don't turn everyone into anime?

[grumbler]

Anyone know of good face/body mods for this that don't turn everyone into anime?

I used the Type V female body, Roberts Male Body, and Lings Coiffure v4.4.  Very decent mods.  Realistic (no massive Caligulas) and options for minimal makeup and whatnot.  Carried all that over to NV without problems.

[grumbler]

Do you guys play this in Hardcore mode?

Hardcore mode is FONV.  That was stolen from Fallout 3 Wanderer's Edition (FWE), which is excellent, and highly recommended.  Combat becomes very interesting in FWE, because weapons dole out much more realistic (though not, of course, truly realistic) damage.  Everyone isn't a bullet sink, and one-shot kills are entirely possible (against you, as well).

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I have some sort of mental block about returning to the strip in this game. much prefer the wasteland wandering. The only things I can't seem to conquer so far are the frakkin Boomers, and the deathclaws seem invincible.... I hate looking to walkthroughs, prefer to figure it out myself. But I've been on a break from gaming for a few weeks... maybe this weekend I'll try again, my current character (Lulu5) is almost 20th level. guns/lockpick/energy weapons, and she's got Rex the Dog, and Veronica in tow.

[jimmy olsen]

[Faeelin]

Wait, what the hell? That's absurd.

[jimmy olsen]

Wait, what the hell? That's absurd.

Apparently linking payment to critical reviews is standard practice in the gaming industry.

Good thing for Michael Bay the movie industry doesn't work like that.

[Razgovory]

Damn.   I liked Obsidian.

[Syt]

I liked the ideas and characters in Obsidian games. KotOR2's characters were a lot more interesting than the ones in KotOR1 - unfortunately marred by rushed completion because they bit off more than they could chew within their deadlines. NWN2's characters were great fun, and even though the plot was kind of all over the place I really enjoyed it. I haven't played much FNV, unfortunately, but the consensus (and my feeling from what I have seen/played) is that it's a lot better than FO3.

In all I think they were always best when they took an existing property and expanded on it.

[grumbler]

I liked the ideas and characters in Obsidian games. KotOR2's characters were a lot more interesting than the ones in KotOR1 - unfortunately marred by rushed completion because they bit off more than they could chew within their deadlines. NWN2's characters were great fun, and even though the plot was kind of all over the place I really enjoyed it. I haven't played much FNV, unfortunately, but the consensus (and my feeling from what I have seen/played) is that it's a lot better than FO3.

In all I think they were always best when they took an existing property and expanded on it.

I agree.  They bungled the mechanics of FONV (the game as released was pretty much unplayable), but the characters and stories were great.  The technical stuff got solved in two days; you can't fix bad characters and quests, though, and that is why FO3 wasn't as good, even patched and DLC'ed.

Hopefully, BethSoft involves them in a follow-up to FONV using the new engine.  That would play to the strengths of both companies.

[grumbler]

An interesting followup to the very interesting Requiem for the Capital Wasteland is now available on the Nexus:  The Best of Both Worlds. http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/46319

I quite liked RftCW, though it was buggy and hard to install.  What that same team has done now is basically re-started with all their lessons learned and created a new conversion.  Massive download; something like 7.5 gigs. 

It works, though. I haven't started to convert over any of my favorite FO3 quest mods yet, but that's next.  It'll be interesting to see how PuceMoose's mods transfer.

A number of the top gameplay and building modders are deciding that the BoBW version is the one to support.  I expect we will be seeing a fair number of mods that will require it and will mod things in both world spaces.