Early New Vegas previews popping up. - by Ostriig
Ostriig on 2/5/2010 at 22:54
Kotaku have done(
http://kotaku.com/5528480/fallout-new-vegas-adds-hardcore-mode-weapon-mods--more?skyline=true&s=i) a short piece on it recently, can be summed up as follows:
* Hardcore Mode: hunger, thirst, stimpacks regenerate health over time and do not heal crippled parts, serious injuries require a doc's attention, ammo weight;
* Companion Wheel allows you to command your followers (including inventory access, though no indication if that's a simple trade interface or a new, more direct control);
* Weapon Mods (scopes, clips, etc.), a few new weapons, and (
maybe, can't tell for sure) different ammo types;
* Notoriety (public reputation) system to complement the Karma system (personal morality), and influence your "public relations";
* Tweaks to VATS to allow melee attacks (?);
* Three factions: New California Republic, the Brotherhood of Steel, and Caesar's Legion;
* Amnesiac starting theme: you start off with some extra lead lodged in your thick skull and you set off to find out who you've got to thank for it after a doc patches you up (character customisation);
The article has a few screenshots (including a blast from an orbital cannon) and they say to expect a more in-depth hands-on preview this following week.
I googled around to see if I could find some other previews or anything, and I stumbled on a summary of an XBox 360 World preview in the lair of the Koki. I'll post a few of their meatier bullet points to complete the above:
Quote:
Originally Posted by (
http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23942) Duck and Cover
* The tagline says: "A Safe Bet for RPG Fans"
* Obsidian have focused much more on the story than Bethesda did with Fallout 3
* VATS now includes a special attack for every weapon
* All of your skills can be used to influence dialogue
* The Hoover Dam is intact and produces electricity
* Electricity seems to be one of the main things in the game
* New Vegas will have different endings, "instead of the single, potentially anachronistic 'man/woman saves the Wasteland' finale."
* New weapon - The "All-American" - a rapid fire Sniper Rifle
I also got to skim a friend's Edge magazine (I think the latest one), there's a preview in there if anyone's interested. I'm afraid not much stuck with me, though, as I didn't have a lot of time to look it over, but I do remember a mention that you won't be seeing any improved animation assets or much to address complaints about the combat handling or ballistics model. Not that there ever was a reason to, this is just an expansion and those are hopes best left for Fallout 4.
Ostriig on 5/5/2010 at 18:41
Put a scope on it and I'm sold. I don't even care what it would be good for.
Angel Dust on 8/5/2010 at 03:03
Fallout 3 with a 'Hardcore' mode and possibly not shit writing? Colour me VERY fucking interested.
gunsmoke on 11/5/2010 at 14:25
You're playing the wrong series.
vurt on 11/5/2010 at 15:22
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
You're playing the wrong series.
Nah, while i enjoyed the old FO's, FO3 was good in its own way + extremely mod friendly, the game is always expanding, in almost any way that the player chooses to.
EvaUnit02 on 11/5/2010 at 16:06
Newsflash:- Fallout has always been tongue-in-cheek and laced with dark humour to a degree. It isn't some new element shoehorned in by Bethesda by any means.
EDIT:-
Let's not forget that Obsidian is more or less Black Isle.
vurt on 11/5/2010 at 16:19
Newsflash 1: New Vegas is created by Obsidian, not Bethesda.
Newsflash 2: FO isn't just tongue in cheek, i bet you havent played any of the FO games if you think so. It has always had elements of it though, for example their cartoon info commercials. But that doesnt mean i want to see robots with cartoon faces in-game. That's just shitty design and nothing else.
I could care less if god himself created the game, i'm still entitled to my opinion.
