Fallout: New Vegas fan notes and shots from PAX

Thanks Oak Table ,some interested stuff indeed.... Also I see the mysterious stranger is back.

 

I'm really falling in love with this whole Survival skill thingy. A thing which missed in every Falloutgame.

 

Ants feeding off a corpse, eh ? This and after seeing the gameplay vids I guess the environments might actually be more interesting to explore (not very hard after F3, though...)

 

I'm still hoping there's a little bit more variety in supermutant models than in Fallout 3. Even if there isn't though, I'm okay with these super mutants.

 

Isn't Marcus present, though ? Or did I get something entirely wrong ?
Although Marcus looked just like any other mutie, only with the head slapped on.

 

I hope, that the straps will not be overused now. I saw a few mutants already with the same straps and the same googles. Even Marcus has the same goodles, just not the mouth-straps.

 

Yeah, but Marcus is just one mutant, and got the other head/apparel for continuity's sake. All the other mutants we've seen are new characters.
Still it's an improvement over Fallout 3, where even Fawkes had the same mutant head.

 

Well the goggles were based on Marcus's goggles from Fallout 2.

 

Hey a list:

-"Miss Fortunate Occurrences"? Possibly a gambling/luck related Mysterious Stranger? Intriguing
-"Have Limbs Crippled" instead of just "Limbs Crippled"? OMG boycott'd
-Some sort of neo-Harry
-Possible pet molerat, also possibly adorable
-Really polygonal flowers, omg boycott'd again
-I want to play this game

way to work the camera phone man

 

Well, I know. I noticed it already in the first screen where the new mutants have been visible. :>

But check the screenshots. Every 'new' super mutant on these screens so far has these googles now.

 

I hate that kind of features. It's not strategic at all, because "degrades the weapon more quickly" is a drawback that can be made up for by having more resources. Reminds me of Fallout 3's Fast Metabolism (increases stimpak efficiency) - it can be replaced by just having more stimpaks. I hope there isn't much of this in F:NV.

 

Different ammo types? That is something I always liked from Fallout Tactics..

 

Yeah but, if you had played one of the F3 mods that removes 99% of the stimpacks in containters, and raises their prices, a perk like that is welcome!

Thats why i say, play these games on the PC. The game itself will be cheaper than consoles by 10 bucks, and includes a construction set?! A no brainer.

 

Well, theoretically they are good mechanics in situations where resources are limited. But we all know how "scarce" ammo and health are in Fallout 3, so, uh... yeah. Either way I don't see an issue with giving the player options, even if they aren't always that useful. Redundancy and overlap between skills and items isn't an issue because everyone has a different way of playing and solving problems.

 

Well, it doesn't really mean that resources will be handled like that in New Vegas too. Admittedly, I don't have my hopes high, but I'm still not writing it them off either.

 

I really hope I don't finish the game with 200+ Stimpaks. Also, I noticed that his ighest skill was only 67 at level 6. I had mine maxed out by then in FO3

 

And it looks like that person put pretty much everything into guns.

 

I will probably be a turbo addict...if I can finally move faster through the wasteland.