New vegas is IMO the hardest of the fallout/elder scrolls games to get into. In every other game information about the various factions is readily available. However getting information on the NCR/Legion is much harder early on. For me I didnt really discover what the legion was about till I was at their camp across the river which is probably 3/4ths through the game. Yes early on theyre painted as uncaring slavers but theres more to them then that and you just dont get to see that early on.
The NCR, as I recall, didnt have anyone to really spell things out till you get up to the air force base and thats probably 1/4 through the games main story.
The powder gangers you can get to know pretty much immediately talk to Joe Cobb and the lady that runs the bar (I forget her name). Every other faction you can pretty much get to know as soon as you meet them but the two big ones were not introduced in their entirety early on which Ive always felt is a problem. IMO they went out of their way to paint the legion as the bad guys early on hoping players wouldnt want to get to know the real legion and instead responded to their emotional/phsycological states of mind rather then rational and informed thought (that said I will still burn the legion to the ground everytime)
Lets also be honest, New vegas' "lanes of travel" as I call them really made the area feel much smaller then the other games. Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and fallout 3 all feel huge because you can go anywhere. While new vegas has way to many invisible walls and unpassable areas. This made the game hard for me to get into as well as many people I know, you may be the same way.
It may help to just take a neutral stance on everything for now until you can find the information you're looking for.
The NCR, as I recall, didnt have anyone to really spell things out till you get up to the air force base and thats probably 1/4 through the games main story.
The powder gangers you can get to know pretty much immediately talk to Joe Cobb and the lady that runs the bar (I forget her name). Every other faction you can pretty much get to know as soon as you meet them but the two big ones were not introduced in their entirety early on which Ive always felt is a problem. IMO they went out of their way to paint the legion as the bad guys early on hoping players wouldnt want to get to know the real legion and instead responded to their emotional/phsycological states of mind rather then rational and informed thought (that said I will still burn the legion to the ground everytime)
Lets also be honest, New vegas' "lanes of travel" as I call them really made the area feel much smaller then the other games. Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and fallout 3 all feel huge because you can go anywhere. While new vegas has way to many invisible walls and unpassable areas. This made the game hard for me to get into as well as many people I know, you may be the same way.
It may help to just take a neutral stance on everything for now until you can find the information you're looking for.