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| 16 OCT 2010 at 10:26am |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | You mean you guys don't have one of these chairs yet? [smiley=shocked.gif]
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/25951/
Highly recommend it, you can just let it flow when you gotta go .
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| 16 OCT 2010 at 1:05pm |
ZanderatIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Loved the entire FO series. Even FO3. Actually I liked it best. No NMA snob here!
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| 16 OCT 2010 at 6:14pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (16 OCT 2010 10:26am)
You mean you guys don't have one of these chairs yet? [smiley=shocked.gif]
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/25951/
Highly recommend it, you can just let it flow when you gotta go .
I think I'll pass. oops, wrong choice of words...
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| 16 OCT 2010 at 6:16pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Never played FO or FO2. They look dated. I think it's too late to turn back now. New Vegas here I come!
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| 17 OCT 2010 at 1:45pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Think I'll spend some time today strolling around FO3 with Dogmeat.
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| 17 OCT 2010 at 2:20pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Halcyon, I seriously recommend that you and Xernosam find something seriously distracting in the next day or so, or you're going to go nuts with anticipation! [smiley=laughing.gif]
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| 17 OCT 2010 at 3:55pm |
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Status : Offline | I was suprised to see the early Fallout games were isometric view..which was one reason i had not looked at the newer titles. Obviously there had been lots of change. It is fun to read about how much you guys are enjoying it.... and i am tempted to look is there a demo for Fallout New Vegas?
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| 17 OCT 2010 at 5:24pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Naw, no demo for free-roaming games like this. Pay the price, Chris!
Yeah, I'm pumped for this game. It's been a long time between great new games, as most of you know. I'm still looking forward to others, as well: Gray Matter, Face Noir, Venetica, and maybe I"ll pick up Black Mirror 2. There must be one or two others.
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| 17 OCT 2010 at 9:43pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Beth never puts out demo's usually for open world games nor does rockstar, they say it's "impossible" yet other free roam games likle Gothic ALWAYS have demos, evesn the more recent Just Cause 2 had a demo with it's huge open world. Not hard to just cut out a small piece fo the world and use it for a demo, they just don't want to or assume the games are well known enough people don't need one.
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| 17 OCT 2010 at 9:57pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I think they are right. Rather than rely on a slice of game to create new buyers, they rely on positive word-of-mouth for many more new customers to play full retail. I love demos, but they can bite back at developers if they come up short.
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| 18 OCT 2010 at 12:52pm |
XerNosamSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TAS (17 OCT 2010 9:57pm)
I think they are right. Rather than rely on a slice of game to create new buyers, they rely on positive word-of-mouth for many more new customers to play full retail. I love demos, but they can bite back at developers if they come up short.
Here. Here.
Demo's can have all kinds of ugly in them (bugs, glitches, etc.) that could turn a player off to the 'real' game. I will agree though that Bethesda may more than likely have been playing off their reputation along with the rep of the Fallout series when they decided not to release a demo.
But really, who watched a video of VATS in action and didn't want to immediately run out and buy the game?
I had already 'bought' the game the moment I gazed at the first screencap of Fallout 3... which oddly was the same exact thing that occurred when I gazed at the first screencap of New Vegas
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| 18 OCT 2010 at 1:07pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Another problem with having a demo for Fallout 3 was that the game was a bit slow started. At least I did not feel that the game was particularly good until I had got a bit further into it. The feeling that you were in the middle of a huge wasteland, where "human" settlements were few & far between, and where you had to fight for your survival was not something that you got until you started venturing west (and early on in the game, the game itself "wants" you to venture east).
I still think that Fallout 1 & 2 are better than 3, but the entire series (yes I also count tactics) is great. Lets hope that new Vegas continues the tradition of excellent games.
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| 18 OCT 2010 at 10:39pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | 2-morrow! Viva, New Vegas!!! ...got a new vid card coming, 2
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| 19 OCT 2010 at 2:41am |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Tomorrow? Why not tonight! .
Steam is releasing the game at midnight tonight (pst, so 3am EST).
Also if you pre order it via gamestop (much better pre order bonus, the vault 13 suit + canteen, which is the only canteen in the entire game not attached to a suit of armor) you can simply use their digital store and then get your cd key and put it on steam and d/l it from steam tonight.
That's what I did, steam is pre loading it now for the unlock at midnight.
Can't wait to jump into the game, going straight to hardcore mode. That's one thing I would have liked in Fallout 3. Aside from the radiation the environment didn't seem like that bad of a thing. However in New Vegas with hardcore mode, they have it so you MUST drink/eat and sleep, going without such things over-time reduces things like your agility, hud, and if left untreated too long death. So having ithe canteen was a must for me.
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| 19 OCT 2010 at 10:15am |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Hardcore mode sounds really interesting. Finally there is a some form of mechanics in place that helps enhance the feeling of a desperate struggle for survival in a post nuclear wasteland.
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| 19 OCT 2010 at 12:23pm |
ZanderatIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Have you been over to the Fallout Forums? What a cluster #$%^&. Oh, well. I guess I will wait a few days and see if things calm down before purchasing.
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| 19 OCT 2010 at 9:09pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | AFter work now. It was waiting for me! Soon as I install my new vid card, I'm off to New Vegas!!
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 12:05am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | The game ROCKS so far. Love it! The Steam setup is irritating and a bit disconcerting, since Steam is launched all the time.
Lots of good stuff early on. Take time to look around, as usual. Going back in....
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 1:07am |
ZanderatIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Are you getting of the bugs being reported?
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 1:18am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | What kind of bugs? Nothing I noticed
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 1:50am |
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Status : Offline | http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/forum/112-fallout-new-vegas-pc-issues/
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 2:00am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Yikes. Skimmed through those issues and, wow. I'm running Windows XP (32) on a dual core with an ATI Radeon 4870 card with 4G RAM (effective 3G in XP) with no problems....yet.
I've only played 2 hours tonight and won't get much more per night until the weekend (I bought lots of coffee). I'm loving how seamless it seems from FO3 TO FONV.
BTW, I bought the Walmart version with the Caravan Pack (leathers, shotgun, repair kits, binoculars).
Let's keep us up to date here.
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 5:18am |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Played some more today and ran into some bugs.
1. MY options got stuck, I wasn't able to change any of the out-of-game options (graphics, vsync, etc). I'd change it, then play, and it reverted back to what it was and wouldn't save. Fixed it by having to delete the pref.ini.
2. Mouse acceleration. I loathe this, it's annoying and makes you feel like you're aiming with a joystick, not a mouse. Turned off by an .ini addition found on the forums.
3. Sounds delayed/low, this is a majorr problem for me and many other people on the beth forums. It's like the sound isn't being played correctly, sometimes late, sometimes really really low (dialogue mainly).
Hoping a patch comes soon. Luckily though I did have a silver lining. With my gamestop pre order I got a code to the "caravan" pack instead of the "Classic" pack like I was supposed to, so after emailing about it I finally got it and now have both, the Caravan and Classic pack .
The Binocs seem broken though, because they give you NO additional zoom , it's the same "zoom" function you get from simply right clicking your mouse to "aim" a gun or such. The Binocs should be a lot farther then that imo, makes scouting and seeing things off int he distance a bit of a pain like I was hoping they'd be useful for.
STill early on in the game, already found myself sidetracked to hell like usual , just went out the front door of the starting town, saw a dust devil blowing about and a tumbleweed and went off over the hill and realized about 3 hours later that I was "supposed" to talk to people in that town I started in.
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| 20 OCT 2010 at 7:57am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | If I can't get hold of Arkania soon, I'm getting this, even though I haven't finished the FO3's DLC yet. I know I won't be able to resist for long...
Quite impressed with IGN's review.
Thumbs down for the bugs, tho. :-/ I must admit the required Steam connection also irritates the ** out of me...
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