» Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:30 am Oi no, that's the exception.
As we've discussed in previous threads, the PS3 issues actually originated in New Vegas, hence why Bethesda must've known about it when producing Skyrim: because they watched Obsidian struggle to fix it, with the end statement of New Vegas' project director being "PS3's design and the Bethesda game engine just DO NOT mix," basically.
It IS playable on PS3 and stable when it does work, but you have to be willing to accept that by the time you've completed, say...many of the main game sidequests and two of the DLCs, it's time to start a new character. Basically the character file size, as it grows, slows down the game, and something about visiting the DLCs slows it down quite a bit, so managing to visit all four on one character isn't so likely.
If you can avoid buying it for PS3, even if it means buying it for PC and playing on minimum graphics settings, do it. Some people report having flawless copys of the Ultimate Edition, but it's 50-50, which is still pretty bad odds.
Take a look at the New Vegas PS3 forum, for an idea. Or hell post your own thread and ask people if they have issues with it or not.
But New Vegas is definitely worth getting if you can. It's ridiculously better written than anything Bethesda's ever produced, characters have realistic, believable personalities with multiple layers, weapons and armor are balanced, there's multitudes of ways to build various powerful characters, etc etc etc.
As we've discussed in previous threads, the PS3 issues actually originated in New Vegas, hence why Bethesda must've known about it when producing Skyrim: because they watched Obsidian struggle to fix it, with the end statement of New Vegas' project director being "PS3's design and the Bethesda game engine just DO NOT mix," basically.
It IS playable on PS3 and stable when it does work, but you have to be willing to accept that by the time you've completed, say...many of the main game sidequests and two of the DLCs, it's time to start a new character. Basically the character file size, as it grows, slows down the game, and something about visiting the DLCs slows it down quite a bit, so managing to visit all four on one character isn't so likely.
If you can avoid buying it for PS3, even if it means buying it for PC and playing on minimum graphics settings, do it. Some people report having flawless copys of the Ultimate Edition, but it's 50-50, which is still pretty bad odds.
Take a look at the New Vegas PS3 forum, for an idea. Or hell post your own thread and ask people if they have issues with it or not.
But New Vegas is definitely worth getting if you can. It's ridiculously better written than anything Bethesda's ever produced, characters have realistic, believable personalities with multiple layers, weapons and armor are balanced, there's multitudes of ways to build various powerful characters, etc etc etc.
I think I'll hold off on it for now. I'm graduating this fall, and I think I'll use some grad money to buy a decent PC, especially if I plan of playing Bethesda games (since the community is more on top of patches than the actual developers of the games, which is all kinds of sad). Until I've heard customers and reviewers announce that Bethesda's actually learned how to code for Sony's products, I don't see myself getting any more of their products on it, and there's no way I'm going to the 360.
