What is the last video game you played?

[Quintus 5,399]

Halfway through Castlvania, it's a big game (by my standards); by the end it might end up feeling a bit too big, but we'll see. Lots of variety to spur me on though, a nice drip feed of upgrades and powers. The variety in the environments alone is a pretty damn fine achievement, especially being as STUNNING as they are here. Seems like every corner offers another splendidly epic vista. The frequent bosses have also been perfectly doable, and only slightly irritating (never been one for boss fights). This is an excellent game it has to be said.

[King Mark 3,631]

Powder Gangers are the only faction I never really dealt with. I always defended Goodsprings in the beginning and ignored them until tens of hours later. After I did mostly everything I went back and killed them all at their base.

I already did that

"Wipe them out, all of them"

I re-started the game from scratch (took 2 hours to do what I had done in 10). I realized I needed to have 5 luck to get the "scrounger" perk later (the single most useful perk in Fallout 3). Now I put the Charisma at 1 instead since you can pass all the speech checks by raising the Speech skill regardless.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I beefed up Intelligence and Luck, left the rest around Level 5 or 6. Gotta have me my Mysterious Stranger.

[King Mark 3,631]

Right now I have to chose which regions to power up with the Helios One power station.

I don't know.

Is the NCR good guys or bad guys in the end? Or should I please those Brotherhood of Apocalypse guys

Or can you end up having a good reputation with both.

I feel like I stumbled on to something too early in the game

[Wojo 2,453]

I hope I don't run into the same problem I had in Fallout 3, and get too attached to everyone and want to save and help them. I think I'd rather go through New Vegas and skewer everyone.

[Quintus 5,399]

Don't be silly, you know deep down you'll never get around to playing it. You're just a gamer in theory.

[Wojo 2,453]

Well of course I will, now, just to disagree with you!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Right now I have to chose which regions to power up with the Helios One power station.

I don't know.

Is the NCR good guys or bad guys in the end? Or should I please those Brotherhood of Apocalypse guys

Or can you end up having a good reputation with both.

I feel like I stumbled on to something too early in the game

The NCR are technically the good guys, but the people oppose their strict laws. On my first play through, I took the neutral route and freed New Vegas of any power and made it an independent.

[King Mark 3,631]

I ran into a Death Claw and they seem a lot tougher than in Fallout 3. I barely could scratch it with my best weapon (still only level 8)

[Wojo 2,453]

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Deathclaw_%28Fallout:_New_Vegas%29

The deathclaws in New Vegas are tougher than those in FO3. They add several different types of the creature, some tougher, and some weaker, but all deathclaws in the game are in fixed locations, not randomly scattered like in FO3. Plus they are in groups, so if you see one, there are more around, sometimes as many as 15.

That's crazy.

I don't think the dart gun reappears in NV, but the idea is still the same: cripple their legs so they can't run or jump, and then get up on something so they can't reach you.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Deathclaws = Death

Big surprise, right? Probably the toughest enemy I've had to deal with in a video game. KM, steer clear of Nipton (I think that's the town) and the Quarry. That's their nesting ground.

My first encounter in that area, I was strolling along, and came across a sign with it's back facing me. I went in front to see a Deathclaw warning sign. I immediately got tense, since I somehow was in that danger zone without knowing

Crippling the legs doesn't really work this time around. If you're not prepared, and they see you, you're dead. Simple as that. One time a little clan of 3 or 4 caught sight of me. I tried to run, but my puny legs were no match.

You eventually have to clear the Quarry, so my advice is to grab the Anti-Material Rifle with Incendiary rounds. That's the strongest weapon I have against them. Snipe from afar, so you can kill them before they reach you.

After the initial wave of about 5 or 6, you'll come across the Alpha Deathclaw. Twice as tall and fast and deadly. Kill him as fast as you can. Then if you're like me, you'll come across some harmless baby Deathclaws which I promptly killed and laughed at. However, a notification happily told me that Mama Deathclaw was furious. Have fun with that. I got lucky. The bitch is like 50 feet tall but she got stuck on a rock and I was able to take her out safely.

Further into the world there's a cave. Can't remember the name, but it's pretty much a giant Deathclaw cave, and a Legendary Deathclaw resides at its center. That thing killed me in one swipe. I never went back.

[King Mark 3,631]

Yeah I stumbled in the quarry where they hang out and got ripped to shreds. But I killed a "young" one .

Only 1 perk per 2 levels. This sucks. I'm a VATS player so I guess I can only take the perks relating to that

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Yeah that's my biggest pet peeve, one perk every two levels. There are a LOT of perks too. The DLCs raising the level cap allowed me to snag some of the ones I really wanted though.

I wouldn't mind them implementing an infinite level cap. Wasn't it like that in Oblivion?

[Wojo 2,453]

I read that the last patch for NV stops the Deathclaws from respawning. Sounds like that's a good thing.

If there's one thing that made me sad about Fallout 3 is that there are only five Super Mutant Behemoths and they don't respawn. I never beat the game so I only encountered three of them: the one by the train wreck west of the big Raider base, the one captured inside that Raider base, and the one outside GNR. So nope, I never made it into the Capitol either. None of them was particularly difficult if you just hop up on a rock or ledge where they can't get you. The one inside the Raider base was really fun if you released him early so he could kill the Raiders for you.

That doesn't make sense, though, that I would want more Behemoths, while I really despise running across Overlords, Albinos, and Reavers, especially in tight corridors where escape is linear.

I was actually afraid that NV wouldn't have a marquee monster like FO3's Behemoth, but these Deathclaws on overdrive sound like they fit the bill.

[King Mark 3,631]

I killed 2 Deathclaws to reach the strip. But I was standing on top of a mount and I wasted ridiculous amounts of ammo

This game is really confusing .So many choices. I killed Benny, but what to do with Mr. House? For now I got him the chip and doing as he says. But some Yes Man is making me do other stuff I'm not sure will make me fail other quests

You can also screw up the quests if you miss a small detail, like exposing Mortimer in the Ultra Luxe.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

There are TONS of options. It doesn't really matter whether Benny lives or dies, that doesn't changed the endgame. If you're a chick and have that perk against men, you can convince him to sleep with you and then kill him in bed There are 4 distinct endings: side with the NCR, side with the Legion, side with Mr. House, side with Yes Man.

Doing quests for Yes Man will inevitably cause you to fail Mr. House's quests.

The best thing to do (unless you want to do a whole other play through), is to save at key decision moments. So if you end up following one path, you won't have to start over to experience the other.

[King Mark 3,631]

I think I'm too early to do all that. I'm going to explore the wasteland for sidequests first.

I don't want anyone hating me yet so I miss quests.

The only guy I don't want to join for sure is Legion .Not sure about Mr.House,Yes Man or NCR

[Koray Savas 2,251]

What you do with the Nellis Air Base is a key decision, just to let you know if you're not there yet. I think that was the point that I started creating multiple saves.

[Quintus 5,399]

Just wondering when Jason is going to get around to renaming this the Fallout 3 thread.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

BethesdaSoftworks is king!

You guys looking forward to Rage?

I think the only thing that excites me more than Skyrim right now, is the high probability that the next Fallout will use the same engine.

Oh, I beat Assassin's Creed II last night. The ending is beyond ridiculous, but I always hated the story. I'm glad they had an epilogue of sorts during the credits because if that was the true ending when it faded to black, I was gonna be pissed.

[King Mark 3,631]

weren't you obsessed in getting all the parts to the video?

New Vegas:I did kill the Gomorrhea casino mob bosses and exposed Mortimer at the White Glove society. So far it doesn't seem to affect any outcome and I can still side with whoever. But Caesar is the least important to me

[King Mark 3,631]

I want to another EB games and they had some Heavenly Sword copies with boxes and manuals

they just gave me one hassle free( not even needed to show my bill or bring my disk)

[Koray Savas 2,251]

weren't you obsessed in getting all the parts to the video?

New Vegas:I did kill the Gomorrhea casino mob bosses and exposed Mortimer at the White Glove society. So far it doesn't seem to affect any outcome and I can still side with whoever. But Caesar is the least important to me

Not really obsessed, more frustrated

Some of those puzzles were frickin' hard. Didn't have the patience towards the last three or four and just looked them up.

I guess the whole video ties into the ending? It's pretty much the same thing as Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

As for New Vegas, what you do with particular factions only affects how that society treats you, and doesn't really play into the endgame. Like I said earlier though, the Nellis Air Force Base kinda does.

[King Mark 3,631]

I also looked up some of the puzzles online

But some you had no choice to solve yourself even with clues(like the images in the concentric circles)

I'm using the 2 companions now in New Vegas (got around to repairing ED-E and I got a Zombie helper). They aren't very strong because I only have 1 Charisma, but they give an extra perk and useful to store stuff until you sell it .Plus the enemies don't all gang up on me at once

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Zombie helper... you mean Danny Trejo the ghoul?

Rex and Cass are my dream team. They kick so much ass.

[King Mark 3,631]

I guess, I found him locked in a room

But when I started the game I had planned not to use companions(I never did in FO3), so I'm "trying them out" now. At least on Normal they just get knocked unconscious and don't die, so they aren't too much of a hassle to take care of

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I only used Dogmeat in Fallout 3, and he died

New Vegas has 6 different companions, I believe. Each of them have their own personal quests, so talk to them and stuff.

[King Mark 3,631]

ah, right, I forgot they might have quests

[Koray Savas 2,251]

ED-E and Rex's quests collide, sort of. Depends on how you get Rex. I killed the old lady who wanted to charge me 500 caps for her dying dog's brain, so I couldn't do the quest for ED-E. She needs to be alive for the latter.

[King Mark 3,631]

I talked to her before and she doesn't give me the speech option to help.

It's the kind of "bug" I really hate in this game so far

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Help with ED-E? Did you already initiate the quest?

When in doubt, wiki it. Most games these days have their own wiki sites that are really helpful if you're stuck at any parts.

[King Mark 3,631]

yes yes, I look up those guides often

not to cheat but to try to "enhance" the games. I like to have weapons guides and stuff, or make sure I don't miss quests

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

BethesdaSoftworks is king!

You guys looking forward to Rage?

except Rage is made by id software. Though thats hardly a bad thing at all

[Wojo 2,453]

You're both right. Rage is being developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks, much like Fallout: New Vegas was developed by Obsidian and published by Bethesda Softworks.

And yes, I'm looking forward to Rage. I love reading John Romero's comments about it.

[Quintus 5,399]

Rage is certainly very pretty, but I'm yet to see anything which suggests the gameplay will be just as cutting edge. Looks like another shooter where the AI runs at the player in the hope of being blown away.

[Wojo 2,453]

Eh, it's got driving. I haven't played very many FPS that had vehicles as a major element.

[Quintus 5,399]

Yeah those bits look shit!

I haven't played very many FPS that had vehicles as a major element.

I have.

[Wojo 2,453]

Duke Nukem Forever has it, but I don't want that game until it's less than $10 in the bargain bin or on Steam.

Unreal Tournament has had vehicles since 2004, but I haven't played many of them.

ARMA II has many vehicles, but I haven't installed it yet.

FarCry 2 had vehicles, but between it and Fallout 3, the latter won my attention. Never played Crysis 1 or 2.

Naturally, the GTA games have heavy driving elements, but those are all third-person shooters, not first-person shooters.

I think that's it for games I have.

[Quintus 5,399]

I play a lot of Halo

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I'm contemplating selling Duke Nukem to Amazon For $25. I think that's a lot for the rate it's dropping in price. There are a couple more trophies I'd like to pick up but I have no will to play the game anymore

[Wojo 2,453]

Well, you were the sucker who bought it.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I enjoyed it for what it was. It just has zero replay value.

[Quintus 5,399]

I enjoyed it for what it was. It just has zero replay value.

A bit like a hangover shit, then?

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

You're both right. Rage is being developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks

I knew that, its just that I think the developer does have quite a bit more influence in how well (or badly) a game turns out to be.

Rage is certainly very pretty, but I'm yet to see anything which suggests the gameplay will be just as cutting edge. Looks like another shooter where the AI runs at the player in the hope of being blown away.

That in itself can be extremely fun, if they get the feel of the guns and movement just right. Not to mention the satisfaction of hitting an enemy (impact sounds, gore). knowing id software, this is almost a given. Doom 3 may not have had cutting edge gameplay, but boy was it incredibly satisfying to kill stuff in that game.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

You're both right. Rage is being developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks

I knew that, its just that I think the developer does have quite a bit more influence in how well (or badly) a game turns out to be.

And I agree. Was just talking about Bethesda-associated games in general. They've published some bad ones.

[King Mark 3,631]

I had to "waste" 2 perks

Explorer, because there's no way you'll find all those locations and cave otherwise,even with an online guide

Weapon Handling, because I didn't put enough points into strenght

[A24 4,338]

[Quintus 5,399]

You're both right. Rage is being developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks

I knew that, its just that I think the developer does have quite a bit more influence in how well (or badly) a game turns out to be.

Rage is certainly very pretty, but I'm yet to see anything which suggests the gameplay will be just as cutting edge. Looks like another shooter where the AI runs at the player in the hope of being blown away.

That in itself can be extremely fun, if they get the feel of the guns and movement just right. Not to mention the satisfaction of hitting an enemy (impact sounds, gore). knowing id software, this is almost a given. Doom 3 may not have had cutting edge gameplay, but boy was it incredibly satisfying to kill stuff in that game.

That's very true. I too enjoyed Doom 3 very much, for what it was.

Thing is, that was years ago. I know what you're saying about the satisfying combat, but that can get a bit samey. The last game I played to get that approach just right was Bulletstorn, a game which didn't stretch out its one gimmick too long. I just hope with all the hype surrounding it id deliver more than just a refined shooting gallery.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I had to "waste" 2 perks

Explorer, because there's no way you'll find all those locations and cave otherwise,even with an online guide

Weapon Handling, because I didn't put enough points into strenght

The New Vegas Medical Center allows you to genetically alter your DNA. You can add points to strength, intelligence, charisma, etc. Costs a pretty cap though.

[King Mark 3,631]

well, you can add only 1 implant for Str. I started with a base of 4 Str so with the implant makes 5(not enough for some weapons I wanted to use). So I still needed Weapon Handling.

For the last 2 days I've been randomly exploring and left the main quest alone, but I'm reviled by the Legion and they send assassins. I went to The Fort and killed everyone except Caesar in his tent. I'm helping the NCR and Brotherhood of Steel.

I'm not sure about the Anti-Material rifle, I only get 2 shots in VATS and it has tons of recoil. I found a special Gobi Campaign scout rifle rifle that does as much damage and 6 shots in VATS

I also use "That Gun" a lot and a scoped Trail Carbide