Mom Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Just got my copy in today from ups. I went ahead and went with the PC version of New Vegas because I didn't like the freezing and extremely jaggedy nature of PS3 Fallout3. I'm digging the PC version a lot, the higher resolution and textures make the game look way better, and anti-aliasing helps as well. However I think something's wrong with the game at this point when it comes to its anti-aliasing and VATS. My computer's gpu can handle 2560x1440 with highest graphics settings no problem, but whenever I enter VATS the fps drops to 1 frame every 10 seconds or so. I can run the highest graphics at native resolution with no AA, and that problem will go away. Hope it gets patched soon. At first glance the map seems smaller and less explorable. The strip is viewable from the hill of the first town. Can't wait to explore more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 The opening sucks. Badly. Let me summarize it. "Omg I'm waking up OMG I'M SHOT omg a doctor omg I'm in the world now... The hell just happened?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Made perfect sense to me, tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirtless Crackhead Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Plenty of awesome games have started off with worse premises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I know, Raor. Regardless, I hate bad openings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 So Dead Money is pretty boring, huh? Mike and I are fairly disappointed with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuranga Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Torrented, played, went to every location, and beat. Pretty decent, felt really small compared to Fo3, but the weapons and shit were awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I like Dead Money. Just because Dean Domino's a badass. It gets better once you get out of the Villa, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Yeah Dead Money is obnoxious. I really like the new suits I've found so far, and the tonberry knife is neat, but otherwise yeah. Police pistol is lame as fuck, I haven't gotten that new rifle yet, and my cowgirl doesn't use energy so no holorifle yet. I think it's the whole contrived "you're knocked out and wake up in an unfamiliar place" bit that's grating on my nerves. We already saw that in this game. It's boring, the ghosts are lame, and I hate that walking around does so much damage. It's irritating to me. It'd be less irritating if I was enjoying the scenery, but I'm not, so fuck it. Also, I don't like any of the 3 helpers so far, although I have to say Dean and God have great voice acting. I know John hates the helpers a lot more than I do, too. It feels like all of the mechanics and stuff they're using in Dead Money are hokey ways of adding a sense of danger to the game. It's like this: you give my guy whose suggested to be lvl 20+ a tonberry knife and buff armor. If you want to scare me fill this place with deathclaws. Monkey men aren't going to cut it, even if they have glowing eyes. I mean fuck, they all die in 3 spear throws. Fuck them. Even at lvl 2 this probably wouldn't be very scary. Those idiots would probably still die in 3 spear throws. EDIT: To be fair, I felt (and still feel) that the beginning of NV is the worst part of the game, and it is in and of itself a weak start. The game itself I love, though. That being said, I can't say that this is my final opinion on Dead Money, just my current impression. Edited February 24, 2011 by Penguin Deus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 EDIT: To be fair, I felt (and still feel) that the beginning of NV is the worst part of the game, and it is in and of itself a weak start. Wow. Tell that to my friends who, when I told it was hard to get into because of the start, yelled at me. ): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Police Pistol not getting cowboy bonus is just stupid. I haven't found assassin suit yet but I've got Sierra Madre armor, which is dope. God's voice is great, yeah. Domino is cool but he's not God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Talentless Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I played at lvl 8. Was challenging at first but then it got too easy quicker than I would have liked. I also fucked up my ending with Dog cause my speech was too low. I played at too low a level to get any great enjoyment out of it. It all felt like a chore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Yeah, at lvl 8 it'd be a waste. You can tell just from all the very hard and hard challenges everywhere. I think the recommendation of 20+ makes sense if only because you should have the stats to make most of the checks you run across in the DLC. It's certainly not to make sure you're strong enough. Ghost people die to broken arms. Fags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Christine's checks are based off your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. skills though so that doesn't matter. There are a ton of Very Hard and Hard locks but most of the ones I've done haven't even been worth it. I keep opening Hard boxes and finding like 10 rounds of ammo and a couple of bobby pins. I'm also sick of running past radios and speakers and sneaking around holograms. I want to shoot things with my gun. I'm a cowgirl. On a steel horse, I ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) Yeah that's the point, guy. He was lvl 8 so his stats didn't allow him to beat all the checks. And to say they're based off SPECIAL and thus level doesn't matter is bullshit too. What do you think got you the ability to have that high a SPECIAL in the first place? Making money for implants and perks. Stuff you did/get while gaining levels. And what about all of the speech checks based off of skills, like Christine's 75 med check? Not being able to go everywhere means you miss shit. Each one of those checks alone might not amount to much, but together they get you shit. The game did an okay job of making sure stuff you can miss isn't behind those silly checks but otherwise you're basically locked out of half the field cuz of stats. EDIT: If you choose to miss shit, that's one thing, but for some people finding everything is part of the fun. Although not on Hardcore. Fuck this DLC on hardcore it's even more of a chore. Edited February 26, 2011 by Penguin Deus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 I didn't get Christine's 75 med check cuz my girl doesn't know how to treat her wounds. She just injects herself with morphine or whatever and calls it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Talentless Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 She just injects herself with morphine or whatever and calls it fixed. Are we playing the same game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 I was saying that stimpacks were morphine and that was all my cowgirl character healed with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Finished Dead Money last night. The ending was ok even if half of it was just teasers for the next DLC. Getting assassin suit, sierra madre reinforced armor, and Vera's outfit was good. I don't use energy weapons so I just dropped Holorifle. Gold bars were nice but it's not like I'm hurting for chips. Overall, fair to middling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Talentless Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 You dropped the Holorifle? Are you fucking insane? Actually it's not even good. Or at least it wasn't to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I just finished as well. Um so the casino blows the villa out nasty. Fuck the villa. Not to say the casino was that great, though. The fact that you still only get to kill those idiot ghost people makes me angry. The holograms should have been way cooler then they were. At least the items are really neat. Vera's dress is hot, auto rifle is ripped, and the security armor and assassin suit are sik too. Can't complain with this item haul, though. I'd give this a D+/C-. Fuck that villa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Dude, I'm almost at the level cap again. Lever-action shotgun + cowboy + shotgun surgeon + And Stay Back is fucking ripped. And Stay Back is kind of wacky. They fall down pretty often and it's kind of funny to see nightkin and dclaws collapse after one shotgun shot. It tricks me sometimes too because they'll fall over and I think they're dead, hahaha. Veronica's new perk is crazy. She was broken before and now she's just an utter maniac. Haymakers fly like locusts. EDIT: By the way, you still need to avoid that mission where you send the ghouls into space. I got so many bugs and glitches doing it. There was one point where the game was bugging out so much that it took me 5 minutes to walk 30 feet. Even after it was done, the game would freeze for long periods. I saved before I did the mission so I may reload that one if it shook everything up permanently. Edited February 27, 2011 by Ninety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falco Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I think I will stick to mothership zeta till next update hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Lever-action shotgun + cowboy Do you ever use the slugs? They're kinda neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, I'm running a little low though. About to use up all my magnum shells too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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