Something I've noticed in my limited years. People EXPECT things to work properly. We EXPECT to have a decent day, where things don't really go wrong. We don't rave about the day where things went as planned, it was just uneventful.
What I'm getting at is, when a product performs as expected, we don't go nuts and post about it. I've had a few bugs, nothing horrible. I've had it lock on me about 10 times (37 hours of game time so far). Not a big deal, I save a lot. I save a lot ANYWAY, but fear of locking has made me save more often. I honestly had no idea I could install a game on my Xbox, so I learned that because of the locking issue, and it's awesome. My loading screens don't take nearly as long.
I've had the black box on my screen where the lock picking screen should be twice.
Has no one tried to fast travel when they're stuck in a rock? I got stuck at one point (don't know that it was bug related) and I just fast traveled back to town. This happened a few times to me in FO3, and I learned this fix there. Has anyone tried it when they've fallen into the world so to speak? I'd love to know if it still works, and I'd like to think that maybe the idea could help some folks avoid restarting their games and losing game time.
If I talk to Victor outside the Lucky 38, we have the same conversation we had when I first arrived. I believe that I have even done the conversation with Mr. House twice as well by following that line. Never tried a third time, now I just walk up to the door of the casino.
Virtually every time I play, at some point my rifle will cover far too much of the screen, like I've pushed the gun forward, off of my shoulder and higher. It's fairly persistent for a few minutes, and then it goes away. I can make it stop by holstering the gun, then bringing it back up, but it comes back a few times before it stops entirely.
The only other bug I've really run into were a few physics issues: I fell UP about 20 feet at one point. Walked about 5 feet off the ground for a few seconds at another.
I haven't had any save game corruptions. I haven't run into a bug that kept me from finishing a mission. It is buggier than FO3, but not by much (for me).
My real point is just that, typically, happy customers do not go out of their way to tell everyone that they are happy. Because of this, the vast majority of posters are complaining. What is under-represented are the customers who are NOT having game destroying problems. I'm thrilled. I love the game. I'm anxiously awaiting additional patching, but I did the same with FO3. It does not keep me from loving the game, looking forward to it on a daily basis, or playing as much as I can. The story is awesome, the voice acting is solid, and I am constantly reminded of just how much I have left to do in the game, which is a great feeling.
After reading the first couple paragraphs I was just like what the hell. For one I don't pay over $80 to step out the door to start my day, second gamers do praise companies and games when they are great and work without much fault. Read other forums. I can name countless great games where gamers and reviewers just got giddy about after playing but I'll stick with the games that can relate here like the Fallout games and Oblivion. Fallout 1 and 2 got great praise but weren't marketed that well and were that well known to the gaming community or non computer gaming community but the ones that did play them expressed on forums and blogs how much they loved them and encouraged others to play them. Fallout 3 was voted game of the year by many and was loved by most, gamers all over the web were expressing how much they loved the missions, the feel of the game, characters, dlc, etc.... Now Oblivion, another game where gamers loved and expressed their love on the internet, plus another game of the year winner. Now, that said, those games had bugs but nowhere near the bugs that are in Fallout New Vegas. I played through the main story and many of the side quests and in my time I had 5 hard crashes, my player fell through rocks and couldn't move, buildings popping up right in front of me as well as enemies like Deathclaws and Giant Radscorpians, corrupt save files, etc....
What I'm trying to say is, gamers will express disgust when a company gives us a product that is broken, and gamers will show their love and respect when a company gives us a game that is great and works without major bugs and glitches.
» Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:20 am 
