New Vegas

Posted by Extravisual on Oct. 22, 2010, 9:37 p.m.

I figured I'd throw my five caps in about the game as well. Basically, it's a fair bit better than FO3. A few things are worse, but it's better as a whole.

The first thing that struck me about the game was quite a negative: the voice acting. With a few exceptions here and there, most of the voice acting just feels dull. Or out of place. Or both. I recall this guy coming up to me, and saying in this calm, bored voice, "Please, my wife is trapped. Can you help her?" To which I responded "sure" and walked off. If he won't muster any enthusiasm, I sure as hell won't help her. Attitude is everything, dammit. But I digress. Many of the game's voices suffer from this. Beats overacting though I guess.

The second negative that immediately struck me was the weak beginning. Getting shot in the head but surviving thanks to some doctor performing brain surgery in his living room? I don't buy it. Although it could help to explain why these damn raiders can survive two shots to the head from a .44 Magnum… Naw, fuck that. Then on your way out the doctor is like "Here, have oodles of good stuff." "Why?" "Just because." Then he proceeds to disappear from the rest of the game. Lame.

However, the game more than makes up for these flaws. I think the biggest thing that New Vegas has over FO3 is just the number of things to do. Every decent-sized settlement has at least 5 side-quests. The Strip has oodles more. Compare this to FO3, where side-quests are few and far between. Not to mention the involved and nonlinear (and often confusing) main quest.

Companions are another nice addition. And before you start going "Ohhh, but Travis, Fallout 3 had companions! Nyeeeeeeeh" Shh no it didn't. Companions in FO3 were pretty much worthless. They'd run in shooting and get their asses handed to them. And when they weren't running in dying, they were making you wish they were dead. (See: Dogmeat's breathing.) Companions in New Vegas, on the other hand, actually function. They don't die, they rarely annoy, and they are often quite competent in combat. Oh, and they actually have personalities. They'll comment on situations, and they have a back story. And some are just hilarious, like Lily. No spoilers.

Gambling was boring and I'm bad at it. Next topic.

The weapons were great. So much variety compared to FO3. Many even looked cool and fairly realistic. Such as the 9mm pistol. What the hell is up with the FO3 10mm pistol? It doesn't even look like a pistol. More like a brick with a handle. Hate that thing. It appears in New Vegas as well, but it's fairly uncommon. Revolvers in the game were a little disappointing. After I saw how the 357 Magnum looked like a puny .22, I was hoping the .44 Magnum would be better. It wasn't, it looked about as big as a .32. I was hoping for some badass large-frame revolver like the Raging Bull, but nope. No 500 revolvers either, from what I've found thus far. =[

To sum it up, did a few things wrongly or badly, but overall a better game than FO3. This game actually holds up without mods, which is more than I can say about Bethesda-developed games. I can't wait to play it with mods.

Comments

Rob 14 years, 2 months ago

Quote:

This game actually holds up without mods, which is more than I can say about Bethesda-developed games. I can't wait to play it with mods.

Morrowind?

Extravisual 14 years, 2 months ago

Morrowind, Oblivion, FO3, etc. All of them require mods to be even remotely entertaining.

Castypher 14 years, 2 months ago

Overacting makes me feel embarrassed to be playing the game. I always have to look around and make sure my local stalker can't see.

Cesque 14 years, 2 months ago

They put Ancient Romans in fucking Fallout.

Sorry, I just really needed to say that.

Mush 14 years, 2 months ago

Hi Cesque.

Nighthawk 14 years, 2 months ago

I'm hoping to get New Vegas really soon. I hear a lot of people complaining that it's too similar to FO3, just with all the places and quests and stuff being new, but with the exact same engine and formula… Which makes me happy, because I loved FO3 to death, and would seriously consider paying that much money for a really big expansion pack for it anyway. ^_^

sk8m8trix 14 years, 2 months ago

Morrowind fucking rocked without mods.

Quietus 14 years, 2 months ago

Morrowind bores me to tears, am i missing something?

Misconstruct 14 years, 2 months ago

Morrowind is great even without mods. But mods certainly can improve it, mostly in the graphics department. It looks a bit dated nowadays.

There are a few Oblivion mods that I consider mandatory, to make it more Morrowind-esque. Hell, more PC-esque even.

Fallout 3 is just fine without mods, played it quite a bit and never touched a mod.