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Fallout: New Vegas Coming This Fall, Trailer Released
Bethesda announced today that Fallout: New Vegas is scheduled for release sometime this fall, and they released a trailer as well. Details are scant yet on the official site, but they had this to say:
"Experience all the sights and sounds of fabulous New Vegas, brought to you by Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation. Explore the treacherous wastes of the Great Southwest from the safety and comfort of your very own vault: Meet new people, confront terrifying creatures, and arm yourself with the latest high-tech weaponry as you make a name for yourself on a thrilling new journey across the Mojave wasteland. A word of warning, however — while Vault-Tec engineers have prepared for every contingency,* in Vegas, fortunes can change in an instant. Enjoy your stay. (* Should not be construed as a legally-binding claim.)"
Obama has advised people not blow money on Vegas, I think I'll follow that advice
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I don't think I even did everything that is possible in Fallout 3. Not that I want to complain! Looking really forward to this one. Fallout 3 has kept me on the edge of my seat for many many hours! But I am a bit confused by the article calling it fallout 3.5. Is this standalone? Or New dlc?
While Fallout 3 was not bad I was always feeling something is amiss, most probably because Bethesda's team is still different from the original Black Isle.
Now we're finally seeing the day the Fallout license is back on the original Black Isle developers' hands, in their new company. This game is seriously going to rock.
I fondly recall playing Fallout and Fallout 2, but still haven't tried Fallout 3. Between that game being 3D and real time on the one hand, and moralistically limiting actions (no killing children, for example) on the other, I'm afraid it won't be the same, or even that it'll somehow ruin the first couple games.
So, I'm asking anyone who's played all three games: is Fallout 3 really Fallout? Will this new game be?
Its modded down due to the form it was put accross in, not the content of the comment.
Simply put, if you can complain about something without having to resort to swearing, your point is more likely to be heard, and concidered as valid. Start swearing and your just another 12 year old who managed to get on the net before growing a pair.
Maybe it was buggy on the PC, I dont know, I played it on the 360 and it was/is amazing. It has lots of bugs in the DLC, even on the 360 version. I got annoyed at times at the random freezes but my enjoyment of the game itself has over come these short fallings.
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It was more stable on the PC compared to a lot of other recent games I've played...
Considering some of the things Bethesda has released I didn't think it was that buggy. Anyone else remember Void Rangering in Daggerfall?
Don't get me wrong, I love how open and sandbox Bethesda's games are. They've stolen literally thousands of hours of my life between them. I just would like to be able to play for more than a couple of hours without getting stuck on scenery, or falling through the floor. Hell, in Battlespire there were places you could jump over the world walls and land in the water that the whole map rested on, swim around and get into places you hadn't unlocked. Fun, but slightly sloppy coding IMHO.
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There were a lot Of issues on the PS3 version, though. Two of the DLCs (Point Lookout and Broken Steel) were so buggy on my system that they were essentially broken. I had to hard reset the game over 10 times just to get through the last mission of Broken Steel, and I flat-out could not play Point Lookout--the framerate would continuously drop to below 1 FPS, VATS would cause the game to freeze, and going into some areas would simply give you a black screen. It's a good thing I saved before embarking on that DLC.
That being said, Fallout 3 was a very fun game. If this new one actually works, I just might buy it.
I have a bad feeling about this...
Its modded down due to the form it was put accross in, not the content of the comment.
You've posted to this thread, so how would you know why it was modded down? Telepathy, collusion, or a sock puppet account?
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Simply put, if you can complain about something without having to resort to swearing, your point is more likely to be heard, and concidered as valid. Start swearing and your just another 12 year old who managed to get on the net before growing a pair.
As the owner of the original comment: That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. And I will swear when I damned well want to. That's called free speech, yes? I think swearing is far more honest than, say, inferring that someone is a "12 year old who managed to get on the net before growing a pair". When I swear, I am emphasizing a point. When you make a personal attack, you're just venting some of the anger you have lurking under the surface towards - get this - a TOTAL stranger! Yeah, like you know me at ALL. But don't worry, I by no means take anything said on the internet personally.
Frankly, I don't care about being modded up OR down. I don't expect anyone to read what I write. I look on it as a form of "journalling", and it helps me deal with MY issues. And Fallout 3 STILL sucked.
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That guy just didnt like the other game and worded it badly.
I thought I worded it quite succinctly, in fact :)
I had the same problem as you with the PC version. It didn't work at all until the patch, and even now it crashes once in a while. But frankly who cares about moderation anyway? That's for Johnny Average who only has 5 minutes to read before his brain starts hurting because of all the big words. As the saying goes "real nerds read at -1"...
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You could simply write "And as far as I'm concerned, Fallout 3 STILL sucked." and be explicit about it and most wouldn't care.
Firstly, well, yes I could write it differently. That's the beauty of language. 26 letters allow an almost infinite number of possible ways to express the same thing. However I don't really write to make you happy. I write to make ME happy. That's the whole point - I don't CARE if you care about what I write. Oh yes, once in a while, I end up in an interesting conversation or discussion and that's always nice. Sometimes I'm just passing the time. I'm a fast writer and an even faster reader. It gives me something to do at times like right now, while I'm waiting for the stock market to open.
Thank you! Now fuck off!
Was that meant to offend me in any particular way? Shudder, I was told to "fuck off" on the internet. Mommy why is the world so cruel? :)
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Check your PS3's vents and placement. I see freezes and a weird choppyness glitch (you know how Oblivion would sometimes be choppy for a second when you crossed into a new cell, it's similar but lasts longer.), but only after my PS3's been running for hours on end.
You can get modded up and swear too. Just, the person didn't really bring anything to the discussion. If they talked about what bugs they encountered and their frustrations, others might empathize. Instead, they just came off as a troll. These open western RPGs are hard to pull of without bugs. That's why I prefer to get them a year after they have been out on the PC so a lot of them have been worked out. I have had no problems in my play through of Fallout 3. I guess as you get older, your expectations become more reasonable. At least mine have. Helps that I am also a programmer and know how hard the business is.
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I have to say, I love Bethesda games. They make fantastic fantasy RPG games. However, they're ALL buggy. Morrowind crashed more than any other software on my PC. Oblivion died randomly on me too. They seem to have very very poor Quality Control people, but their writers and artists are pretty top notch.
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yeah like awesome sales records and lots of GOTY awards... THAT'LL TEACH THEM!!
there were a lot of bugs on the PS3 version. disappearing characters, getting stuck in rocks, walls that you could walk through, VATS mode slowing to a crawl or unable to pick the right target, getting stuck in vats mode while the fight continues, and the entire system hanging. The first few are a problem for all systems.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Start swearing and your just another 12 year old who managed to get on the net before growing a pair.
A 12 year old with a slashdot ID that low? ...
I think that would make him, umm, like 22ish by now? :p
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I mean, Vegas, that was where you had to rescue an android (or rather - its parts) from cyborg robot-nappers ... and fought the terrifying Scorpitron.
You're an idiot. Please go back to watching reality television and reruns of 24.