Have you played any of the other Fallout games?

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

i played fallout 3 and loved it, how does NV compare to 3?

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Originally posted by jupiterone i played fallout 3 and loved it, how does NV compare to 3?

Just as good, if not better. However, I played 3 so much that I got bored of NV after a while (a pretty long while though).

Yeah if you liked 3 you'll like NV. There weren't too many drastic changes made to it, but it's still a really good game.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

It's probably my most played game but then I've had the entire Fallout series, at one point or another. If you're an old-school Fallout fan, you'll love some of the revisions and additions to the weapon's table well beyond the scope of the previous Fallout 3. One negative thing I can say about it is that I think the iron-sights option is a bit over-sold and unwieldy. That said, I still use it.

Another is that navigating to and through your home-base (The presidential suite of Mr. House's Casino) and then back out into the real-world, can be downright tedious. North Vegas Square is pretty much a load screen gate-way junction where you will need to enter the square (load-screen 1), enter the casino, (load-screen 2), get on the elevator (load-screen 3), and repeat the last two, on your way back out, at which point you can fast-travel to any known location.

Once you get into game-play, though, take everything you liked about the first Fallout 3 and add the new guns, percs (some of them old-school, as well), and a few new enemies, and it can be enormous fun. My favorite parts have been shelling with a grenade launcher and sniping from elevated positions, of which there are many, into enemy positions.

While less dramatic, there are many competing story-lines, between House, NCR, Legion, Yes Man and perhaps a couple of others, which make for interesting decision making, depending on your character's nature. The Karma feature is also a little more nuanced, allowing for you to be despised by one group while being idolized by another (even though you can still wind up getting red-options when taking from people who have every reason for loathing you - like when you shell their outpost from a cliff-top).

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i should probably do research on this question but: how is the weapon customizing like? how extensive is it really

I'd say extensive, to quite extensive.

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Originally posted by jupiterone i should probably do research on this question but: how is the weapon customizing like? how extensive is it really

I have a .357 with an elongated barrel and an upgraded cylinder, and I'm pretty sure you can get a scope, too, but I've since shelved that item. A lot of weapons, such as .357 and the Cowboy Repeater, have extensive modifications available which enhance how the weapon operates, how quickly it degrades, velocity, optics, silencers, barrels, and increased capacity magazines.

You can also mod ammo, like double charging for energy weapons.

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I thought Fallout 3 was really lacklustre. I had a good time, but it did not live up to expectation. New Vegas was much better though, if you ask me - I loved the characters, the dialogue, the great weapon modification system, the sheer breadth of quests and eventual long-term outcomes including, what? 6 very different endings? Highly recommended, and definitely worth it if you liked Fallout 3, but for 360? EH!

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Originally posted by jupiterone i should probably do research on this question but: how is the weapon customizing like? how extensive is it really

not extensive enough for me. I don't remember using it really, unless you count making better ammo for it


Game is good though

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Another is that navigating to and through your home-base (The presidential suite of Mr. House's Casino) and then back out into the real-world, can be downright tedious. North Vegas Square is pretty much a load screen gate-way junction where you will need to enter the square (load-screen 1), enter the casino, (load-screen 2), get on the elevator (load-screen 3), and repeat the last two, on your way back out, at which point you can fast-travel to any known location.

That's why I prefer the hotel room you get for helping Manny/Boon (can't remember which) in Novac. Plenty of storage, not tedious, and right by a decent merchant.

OP, get it. Great game, coming from another F3 fan. The map's even bigger and there's some 200+ locations without any of the dlcs.