Comments on: Fallout: New Vegas – Review

By: The Tingler

The Tingler — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:20:17 +0000

In reply to x25killa.

I dunno – this isn’t a normal Bethesda game. Still, either way it’ll be massively cheaper come next year’s inevitable Steam sale!

For the amount of gameplay Fallout New Vegas offers, it’s still worth getting now for £23. Unlike, say, The Force Unleashed II with it’s four hours of gameplay.

By: Samuel Erikson

Samuel Erikson — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:17:51 +0000

While I’m loving the game, it was a bit of a trial getting it to run. It was crashing at the intro movie, and whenever I tried to load a save. After spending too much time searching through forums, I found a solution that allows me to play: Disable cloud saving and download and run Nirsoft’s InstalledCodec ( http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/installed_codec.html ) to disable all installed codecs. It’s a bizarre solution, but since doing those two things I’ve only run into a few bugs, all of them involving getting caught in the scenery and having to reload.

By: Diziet

Diziet — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:18:10 +0000

Thanks for that.

By: x25killa

x25killa — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:42:37 +0000

I have heard many good things about this game BUT I am one of those willing to wait for the inevitable GOTY edition which should be in 18 months time.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:42:27 +0000

In reply to Diziet.

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34830

There you go!

By: Diziet

Diziet — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:40:38 +0000

Could you perchance point us to a/the site for the ‘walking mod’ ?

By: Diziet

Diziet — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:39:32 +0000

In reply to cubed2d. The RPS article was awful. The game however is not and a very worthwhile purchase if you enjoyed F3. Although I would (from what I've heard) avoid the console versions.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:53:57 +0000

OH, and, I can imagine there might be some companions who you can only recruit with a low karma, too. Though I’ve not yet found one ingame.

P.S triple comment reply bonus!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:52:01 +0000

In reply to Ben.

Oh and, I’ve not seen anything beneficial as a result of getting a low karma in the game. There might be some perks, but none that I’ve been evil enough to unlock… yet 🙂

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:50:47 +0000

In reply to cubed2d. If you enjoyed Fallout 3, you'll enjoy this. It's definitely no worse.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:50:15 +0000

In reply to eye-shuh. From what I've played so far, Reputation has a far greater impact than Karma on how you're received by other characters. As mentioned in the review, some gangs attack me on sight because I've ticked them off in various ways, while other groups give me discounted prices and free accommodation. It's all tied together, though, so far example if you did things that would result in a low karma (stole from a group, murdered one of their members) they would eventually vilify you, and vice versa for good deeds. Hope that helps.

By: eye-shuh

eye-shuh — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:43:33 +0000

Hrm…it seems like all the reviews I’ve read so far mention all the benefits of having positive karma. Is having negative karma just less fun in this new iteration? Are there not as many benefits?

Or maybe I’m just much more evil than the people in my Google Reader, lol.

By: cubed2d

cubed2d — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:21:12 +0000

but qunns said it was aweful! i dont know what to believe anymore! Guess i will be buying it then