What are the new mini games in New Vegas? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:36 pm

I am hoping that the lock picking and computer hacking is gone now or at least improved greatly. I hated them in Fallout 3 and believe there is no purpose for them to be in the game. I read that there will be card game mini games.

So besides the card game mini games, what mini games are their in New Vegas. By that I mean like lock picking and coputer hacking. Have they been improved? Are they gone?

If they are gone, how will we pick locks now? Do they still have computer terminals? I am hoping this part of the game is more fun this time around.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:25 am

I would hope they are refined if not gone... but I believe it was said that they are largely unchanged.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:29 pm

The lockpicking and hacking ones are still there and there are no announced new minigames aside from gambling related ones.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:38 pm

Sadly, it sounds like hacking is completely unchanged.

Lockpicking is fine though, I can deal with that.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:25 am

Thanks guys for the comments. So disapoiting to hear that not much has changed then.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:23 pm

I hope hacking and lockpicking are the same. Lockpicking was really easy and hacking was too if you abused a glitch.
As for new minigames, it's Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, ect. and a new game called Caravan, which is a card game too.

Spoiler

To hack a computer every time you need to guess a word until you have one try left. If you don't guess it correctly and you have one chance before getting locked out, log off of the computer and try again, until you have one left. Repeat until you guess correctly. But who am I kidding, y'all already knew that

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:23 pm

I actually like the lockpicking mechanism, although there is one thing that i would want to see in New Vegas, and that is more type of locks, as all locks in Fallout 3 looked the same if i recall correctly.

We'll see what they look like in a few days, all have fun breaking into them. :tops:

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:45 am

i thought the computer game was the dumbest thing ever...

doing it on very easy and easy it was fun and had strategy but after some of the normal and higher i felt like there was no strategy involved and i felt like i had to resort to backing out of the system then trying again for atleast 2 minutes

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:34 pm

I liked lock picking in FO3, why was it bad? I didn't like all the hacking for Doors, I thought that was [censored]. Hacking for turrets and optional tech like that I thought was fine, but I think that to get into ammo storage rooms and stuff you should have both options (which you usually do, but not always) and Doors that lead further in a given "environment".

Edit: I'd rather have the hacking more like bioshock tbh, the word-game is just annoying.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:12 pm

I don’t hate the computer/lock picking but I was hoping for an option to toggle it between the mini game or pure % based on the skill points, I mean why not let the player decide if they want to play the mini game and once they get sick of it let the player switch to sim mode and the lock pick/hack will be simulated based on Skill %%.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:20 pm

I might be in the minority, but I think the lock-picking and hacking mini-games are great the way they are.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:01 pm

I liked lock picking in FO3, why was it bad? I didn't like all the hacking for Doors, I thought that was [censored]. Hacking for turrets and optional tech like that I thought was fine, but I think that to get into ammo storage rooms and stuff you should have both options (which you usually do, but not always)

Easy double xp right there, pick the door/safe then hack the console, bingo! double xp for the one door/safe

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:47 am

I liked lock-picking and didn't mind the hacking because it was actually challenging. :unsure:

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:34 pm

Easy double xp right there, pick the door/safe then hack the console, bingo! double xp for the one door/safe

True, but it took to long, I'd just lockpick the door take the stuff and get on with killing things, on Very Hard you get XP at a very fast rate anyways.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:18 pm

Lockpicking is extremely easy I don't want that minigame changed period.

Hacking a Computer is well, a pain in the butt :brokencomputer:

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:48 pm

I am indifferent. I liked the lockpicking in F3 and hacking never posed to much of a problem with the exploit.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:00 pm

I hate Minigames. Hate them.

The ones in FO3 were bearable. However I would like to have a Skill check on locks/hacking to where you can bypass the minigame if you have the chops.

However it was still a matter of the Player's skills more so than the Player Character's skills that determined the outcome.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:47 pm

You can play "Pick up the soap with Fisto"... if you know what I mean.

» Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:21 am

at 100 lock picking you could bypass "very easy" locks, that you basically could unlock with your eyes closed anyways :/ Made me a sad panda.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:39 pm

I hope hacking and lockpicking are the same. Lockpicking was really easy and hacking was too if you abused a glitch.
As for new minigames, it's Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, ect. and a new game called Caravan, which is a card game too.

I believe Poker didn't make it in, actually.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:35 pm

Yes of course there is gambling! And no lockpicking/hacking will stay the same.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:32 am

I hate Minigames. Hate them.

The ones in FO3 were bearable. However I would like to have a Skill check on locks/hacking to where you can bypass the minigame if you have the chops.

However it was still a matter of the Player's skills more so than the Player Character's skills that determined the outcome.

Quoted for truth. Well, 100% agreement on a subjective question anyway.

» Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:34 am

I hated the PC mini-game, but I liked the lockpicking one.

» Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:34 am

I didn't mind either. I actually quite liked lock picking as unrealistic as it was.