Fallout New Vegas (and general Fallout) discussion

[Jessweeee♪]

So has anyone seen this?
2299

The internet says the beeping is morse code for 12-11-13

But I heard .---- ...-- .-.-.- .---- .---- .-.-.- .---- ....- .---- .---- .-.-.- .---- ...-- .-.-.- .---- ....-

Which actually translates to "13.11.1411.13.14"

[edczxcvbnm]

I guess they used a morse code translator to figure out the date. Also a look at the clips audio wave might be more accurate than listening. I also think the countdown on the website pointing to 22 days from now should more or less confirm that something is going down on that day.

Fallout 4 clues abound on thesurvivor2299.com | IncGamers.com

I am somewhat optimistic but I really hate the way Bethesda creates campaigns. I will have to see some compelling evidence to hop back on board with them again.

EDIT: Also, thanks for the heads up on this one. I had not heard about it yet =D

[NeoCracker]

Yeah, I don't know if I"ll be on board with the Bethesda Team handling it. I see no reason to believe they are going to craft something as great as Obsidian did with the IP, and after the New Vegas trout went down I don't think Obsidian's going to have anything to do with them.

Still though, I could always be swayed.

[Del Murder]

I just blew Easy Pete's head off and now I'm traumatized. I'm not sure what I expected to happen when I started shooting at his head, though.

I don't know if this is the game for me, but I'll give it another shot.

Also: too much useless junk to collect! How do I know what stuff is useful and which is just scrap?

[Psychotic]

It's kind of obvious if it's a finance clipboard that you don't want it. Just pick up weapons, ammo and explosives. For financial value, pre-war money and bottle caps. That'll set you right.

Though I'm pretty sure everything tells you its value before you pick it up?

[Rantz]

If it's something I won't be using but am considering picking it up to sell later, I just do a quick estimate of the value:weight ratio to decide if it's worth it. Early on, I have a pretty low minimum ratio, but it rises pretty quickly as I progress in the game. As for stuff you can actually use, pretty much what Paul said plus of course any and all meds. I usually don't bother with ingredients and stuff but they can be used for cooking stuff at campfires if you want. Certain quests require items like scrap metal/electronics, fission batteries and other "mechanical" things like that but they're not very hard to come by so unless you're close to a safe storage house where you can keep them I wouldn't bother.

[Shorty]

If it looks like junk, it is junk. Look out for the value when you're in your Pip Boy to help determine whether or not it's worth keeping.

In the beginning, I pick up as much junk as I can to sell, though. Caps are caps, and they seem harder to come by in her beginning.

Are you playing a melee character or a guns character?

When leveling up, I find the most useful skills to focus on to be speech, science and lockpick, and I stack up as many points as I can while leaving some for guns, barter, repair, medicine, whatever. It's more useful for me to max out speech, science and lockpick earlier to take advantage of opportunities in early in the game. But everyone has different characters and everyone plays differently!

[Shoeberto]

If I was face to face with Caesar after hearing what he had to say and given the world we live in, would I actually agree with him? His points are valid and the history is accurate. Should man kind have to have this sort of struggle again before we are mature enough as a society to reach democracy or is the corrupt NCR the right way to go and try to fix those problems as we advance with that?

(SPOILER)So when I played my first time I totally thought there was a way to just a way to not take sides with NCR or Caesar, and use House's robots to rule the Mojave as a benevolent dictator. After a point, I ended up talking to Caesar, thinking I needed to do it to advance the plot while maintaining my neutrality.

Then he kept asking more, and I lost any chance of aligning with the NCR. I thought his story was cool, but the dude was cray, and I'm not down with slavery. So when I had the chance to subtley kill him via brain surgery, I went for it.

Then his second-in-command took over, and he was even worse. Caesar had something of a moral compass, even if he was battrout. This dude didn't smurf around. I thought I could make it good. I thought I'd have my chance to off him. Before I knew it, he had asked me to help attack the Hoover Dam, and I couldn't get out of it. I went for it, and ultimately won over the NCR, but I felt like I lost in a big way. I wanted to be Switzerland, and instead I put a merciless warlord in charge.

It was one of the most conflicting endings I ever experienced in a game. I had such good intentions.

I might have to try New Vegas at some point based on the praise it's gotten.

EDIT: Bah, I'm reading now that the PS3 version is super glitchy and that's the version I would get.

I started on the PS3 but I just couldn't stand it after playing FO3 on PC. If it's what you have to play on, it's alright, but it lacks some serious polish. The game plays pretty well on PC with a game pad if you can get one hooked up to your TV.



I wanted to go back and play through the DLC that I missed - I only played Old World Blues after my first play-through. But after re-installing Windows, I realized I lost my old save. I kinda want to dick around and avoid the main quest if I'm gonna get a character leveled up prior to jumping into any of the DLC packs. Can anyone recommend some areas to explore? I stayed pretty close to the plot my first time through so I probably missed a lot.

[Spuuky]

(SPOILER)So when I played my first time I totally thought there was a way to just a way to not take sides with NCR or Caesar, and use House's robots to rule the Mojave as a benevolent dictator.

...but there is a way to do that...? More than one, even?

[Shoeberto]

(SPOILER)So when I played my first time I totally thought there was a way to just a way to not take sides with NCR or Caesar, and use House's robots to rule the Mojave as a benevolent dictator.

...but there is a way to do that...? More than one, even?

I assumed as much, but apparently I was too impatient or unobservant and missed a key part. (SPOILER)I killed House and took over his system, but that just ended the quest line. All I had left (story-wise) was Caesar and the NCR calling for me to pick sides. It could have also been a glitch in the game, who knows.

Makes for a cool story, at least.

[Psychotic]

You should always be able to do (SPOILER)Yes Man though.

Vault 19 has a neat story worth checking out, Stu.

Also, best song? Heartache by the Numbers? Or Let's Ride into the Sunset Together? smurf Johnny Guitar though.

[Shorty]

I like Jingle Jangle Jingle. I'm not sure what my favorite is!

[Rantz]

There are plenty of great songs, but I think this one is actually my favourite. Not super prominent in the game though!

[Shoeberto]

You should always be able to do (SPOILER)Yes Man though.

Vault 19 has a neat story worth checking out, Stu.

Also, best song? Heartache by the Numbers? Or Let's Ride into the Sunset Together? smurf Johnny Guitar though.

(SPOILER)I read through a walkthrough and it looks like killing Mr. House too early might cut off a quest line, even if you get control of the Securitrons.

So, when I killed Mr. House to save the wastes, I unwittingly ended up helping Caesar. And then killing Caesar to save the wastes put Lanius into power. I got the worst ending by doing the things I thought were best. It's a heavy-ass game.

[edczxcvbnm]

Best song? To me that might be Johnny Guitar. I have no real clue why I like it but I think it fits the kind of somber and distant feel in the game. Sure everything is close and you make friends with factions and stuff but you are always the outsider.

I also really like Let's Ride into the Sunset Together and Big Iron. Great soundtrack overall.