Fallout: New Vegas wins 'Best RPG' at Golden Joystick

[PainlessDocM]

The QTE annoy me but it's the UI that really dampens my enjoyment of an otherwise great game.

Browsing the inventory (or that of a merchant for that matter) in TW2 feels like a chore especially when compared to the more traditional RPG system they used in the first game which worked perfectly fine IMO.

 

[Lexx]

There are still lots of rageworthy moments where these things pop up.

No.

It's nice

Yes.


I played the game twice, with QTEs disabled and the few that are still in the game are hardly Heavy Rain-like. I don't like them either and I wish there would be none, but it never made me going rampage or that I had to replay a scene in the game.

 

[Brother None]

Yeah, the QTEs with heavy QTEs off are so minimal it's hardly worth making a big deal out of, that said, I don't understand why there isn't a "no QTEs" option. They do understand that despite the ongoing trends there are gamers who feel QTEs are a waste of time, right?

 

[rehevkor]

I now wonder what the contenders for next year will be,

Mass Effect 3 springs to mind.

 

[brfritos]

I like Arwen's ideas, but her implementation often felt very clunky to me, and didn't really mesh well with the action gameplay, which, like it or not, is the core gameplay of New Vegas. Which, by the way, should absolutely fixed in a sequel, be it from Bethesda or Obsidian, clunky shooting is not a feature, and has nothing to do with stat-based gameplay anyway.

Really? Arwen's mod needs some micro management by the player, not arguing on that, but the mod has the merit of removing a lot of overpowering things, like being able to carry your entire house with you, the one click spells cure that plagued the game, the FPS thing of attacking first means victory without cost, among other things.

I've found the mod worthy, it makes NV a better game overall.

@the NV mod above: From reading the changelog, it doesn't seem to make the game closer to Fo1/2. Looks like just another "realism" tweak stuff (I don't get why everyone wants "realism" anyway).

Actually realism isn't the right word. What she did was tweaking the game and increasing the curve your character progress.
In the regular game the curve is very low, way before you reach New Vegas you already swiming in caps, chems, meds, armors, weapons and ammo. Heck, even before reaching Novac you already overpowered like hell.
She change it so you need to work for things and cumulate less in the beginning.

I remember you complaining that even with all the things mods do and how you build your character, if you attack your opponent first nothing this really matters.
Her mod change this, because she introduced infection and bleeding, so even if you attack your opponent first but he had time to retaliate and you ended too wounded, you will die from this wounds. Since she removed the spell magic cure you can't simply apply a stimpak and let's go.
It's not a easy mod to learn, but once you get used to it is hard to come back to the regular gameplay.