Zero Punctuation: Fallout: New Vegas

[lobotoja]

FIRST: that was not a bad review,, he did not as per usual drop a busket of insults and not once i heard that the game is shit... and i think he expressed the likinkg of rpg aspect well enough

SECUNDO: how could he rip a game that has a MONUMENT BUILD WITH HIZ NAME ON IT FFS!!!

 

[lobotoja]

There are three constants in man's life. Death, Taxes, and Bethesda games that will bug out and crash.

you mean obsidian games that will bug out and crash. Bathesda games will be filled with glitches yes...but Obsidian is the king of that...when you play a bathesda game you hope you don't get some geometry conflicts, or a quest breaking...When you play an obsidian game you hope the game just starts.

how many bethesda games you played... aeldersk scrolls arena and such you know... all i can remember is crash srash crash as they allways tried to do more than thay could, a tooo big world that was repetitive and boring after a while, morrowind again a great game but crashes and bugs mounted up as the living world concept overgrew them. And obsidian games how many did you play ? i cant remember kotor sl crashing, and since half of those guys were in black isle neither did the first fallouts or baldurs gate or icewind dale for that fact either didnt have quests you could not finish... pushing for innovation is one thing but over estimating your capabilities and taking a piss and relising a buggy game to make profit and never patching it to the end crown goes to Bethesda.

 

[lobotoja]

FIRST: that was not a bad review,, he did not as per usual drop a busket of insults and not once i heard that the game is shit... and i think he expressed the likinkg of rpg aspect well enough

SECUNDO: how could he rip a game that has a MONUMENT BUILD WITH HIZ NAME ON IT FFS!!!

and thats a double post ;]

 

[Hyper-space]

I knew you were going to comment on the bugs.


Nevertheless, I'm getting this game, perhaps the modding community can fix all the cockups

The buggs are not completely universal, that is not everyone encounters them. Obsidian have however been very dedicated, releasing two patches a couple of days after launch, with a major one soon following.

I personally have only once crashed, that was when i fast-traveled, but fortunately the game auto-saved right before i crashed, so nothing was lost.

 

[AvsJoe]

Gimmicky? Yes.
Funny? You betcha!

So long as the answer to #2 is a version of yes, I will tolerate any positive answer to #1.

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You should edit this to "Sorry. Double post." or something similar.

 

[JediMB]

and since half of those guys were in black isle neither did the first fallouts

Granted, I never played the original Fallouts back on Windows 9x, but they've crashed plenty in XP and Vista/7. Fallout 2 also had a problem where saving and loading in the Wanamingo Mine could cause the game to crash as soon as you tried to move, or corrupt the save entirely.

 

[Dragonpit]

Honestly, it's an interesting review. Incidentally, I'm thoroughly convinced he'd take apart any game, even ones HE made.

 

[lobotoja]

and since half of those guys were in black isle neither did the first fallouts

Granted, I never played the original Fallouts back on Windows 9x, but they've crashed plenty in XP and Vista/7. Fallout 2 also had a problem where saving and loading in the Wanamingo Mine could cause the game to crash as soon as you tried to move, or corrupt the save entirely.

system issue not programs and i used windows 2000 the one based on nt till xp64 ;p

 

[JediMB]

and since half of those guys were in black isle neither did the first fallouts

Granted, I never played the original Fallouts back on Windows 9x, but they've crashed plenty in XP and Vista/7. Fallout 2 also had a problem where saving and loading in the Wanamingo Mine could cause the game to crash as soon as you tried to move, or corrupt the save entirely.

system issue not programs and i used windows 2000 the one based on nt till xp64 ;p

The game crashing with 100% certainty because you have saved and loaded under the wrong circumstances is definitely a programming issue with the game itself.

 

[Corpse XxX]

While good comedic value, where the hell was the review?

I was wondering the exact same thing.. He did not actually say anything at all about how the game was.. only what he did in it..

 

[Jesus Phish]

The first few encounters of this review are just like my own. It puzzled me for a while when it turned out +H2O had a bad effect.

I enjoyed this episode though. It was a different and a nice approach.

 

[Fdzzaigl]

Haha, nice!

So far I'm really enjoying this game, I've spend nearly 90 hours on my first playthrough now, which is titanic.

I also play in hardcore mode, but like Yahtzee did, it's easy to just nick everything you see and sell it.

The bugs are annoying however, I had to use the console a couple of times to make questgivers who mysteriously disappeared come back, thank god I'm playing on PC and can download some community bug fixes and mods.

 

[carpathic]

I really enjoyed this review. I thought it was a pretty fresh take, and quite fun to hear Yahtzee run though some of his htoughts as they pertain to New Vegas.

 

[whitemoth]

no, it's made of acids, which absorb water. Soda makes you thirsty. Test it out.

 

[dave.k]

The music in the daily interludes of this review, brought back memories of when Yahtzee used all sorts of different songs at the beginning and end of the review. That was so much better than the current trite theme song. Plus Yahtzee cleverly tied in the music to the general tilt of the review. It was much more entertaining. I wish Yahtzee would go back to that.

 

[HyperEffective]

I can see the same issues Fallout 3 had have been carried over.

I could never get that game to work. It bugged out so much and my PC constantly had compatability issues no matter what I did. Just gave up on it

Plus the movement of your character looked so wooden and robotic when in 3rd person mode

 

[Sansha]

*Yawn* You can put your e-peen away, no one is impressed. Try setting it higher than Easy and you'll find that they can easily close the gap before you can cripple their wings if you aren't careful; especially in the early game when Yahtzee encountered them.[/quote]

Whoa, chill it out. Who's e-peening? I'm saying Cazadors take huge damage when you nail them in the wings. Sometimes they even flip onto their backs when crippled. Like I said, they're more irritating than an actual threat. More of a waste of shotshells.

Anything's easy when you know how to deal with it... but really, get Dinner Bell and pretty much everything becomes trivial to kill.

 

[ProzacMan]

Damn, I was totally into that story. I think I'd probably watch a two hour Yahtzee Fallout story. You know, so long as it didn't freeze.

I'm with him! Maybe the Escapist can pay you a little extra to do one day a week of the game as Yahtzee's Fallout New Vegas videos on top of your regular reviews.

Actually he could even do it as an after credits extra after the regular video. Might get people to actually stick around and read the credits. ;-)

 

[roo18]

It has got more evened out than Fallout 3. I always found starting on Hard mode was torture but then around level six it got way too easy. Hardcore mode is definately more my style as I always plan ahead than run into combat, but then I went lugging around 150 stimpaks, water, food, doctor's bags and almost 100,000 caps by the end of the game and it kind of took away the challenge.

Maybe I might try a playthrough of a Bethesda Fallout game without bankrupting every trader I find...

 

[repeating integers]

Haha, funny review as always Yahtzee.

I suppose this means you found it "alright" like Fallout 3?

Hmm. How many games exactly do you think are more than "alright"? I know you're a cynic, but other than Half-Life and Silent Hill... are you not impressed with anything?

He is impressed with other games, hes smart in keeping high standards because frankly, most games are pretty bad these days. I remember he enjoyed the thief games, spoke well of mass effect, and iam quite certain hes a Deus Ex fan. Among others iam sure. Ill bet he likes Homeworld btw, looking at your avatar.

I doubt he likes Homeworld, to be honest, even if he's heard of it - it's an RTS, and you know his opinions on them.