EGMi Magazine : Fallout: New Vegas

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:56 pm

http://www.egmnow.com/egmi/issue/index.html?issue=240-3

Here you guys go, a preview of Fallout: New Vegas inside this one.

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:12 am

It apparently has a picture of Raul in a kickass mexicano outfit.

Oh and "All fallout games start with the Vault. This is really the first Fallout where you're not."

You didn't start in or at a vault in FO2 or Tactics (IIRC)

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:20 am

Oh. My God. Raul looks like the single most badass ghoul in the history of Fallout. I'm not joking. So it looks like the screenshots that were already released were a placeholder. I mean, holy crap.

I'm thinking Boone might actually have to sit my first playthrough out now.

» Mon May 16, 2011 11:19 pm

@apples: I think that is concept art, not the final "in game" model. The problem is the image is so small it is hard to tell (it looks a lot like the NCR Ranger Armor image that got leaked early on). Still, the Vaquero! outfit is hilarious.

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:49 am

All right, looks like Raul is awesome. Thought he was going to look like a squishy little ghoul man like he did earlier.

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:07 am

@apples: I think that is concept art, not the final "in game" model. The problem is the image is so small it is hard to tell it is drawn. Still, the Vaquero! outfit is hilarious.

I could tell the outfit was drawn, it's just that the face and hair and everything look like they could easily be rendered. I would be really disappointed if Raul doesn't end up looking like he does in the pic, because it's just badass. It suits Danny Trejo much more than the earlier pics, too.

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:12 am

Whoa what's up with the third pic. Its too blurry? I hope that blur isn't there on purpose.

The screenshot is from the trailer. It's blurred because it quickly cut to something else.

» Mon May 16, 2011 11:03 pm

Whoa what's up with the third pic. Its too blurry? I hope that blur isn't there on purpose.

Are you referring to the one with the laser rifle? I think the player is just taking damage. Nothing out of the ordinary, it happens in Fallout 3 when you take damage as well.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:20 am

What is interesting about the Raul image is there seems to be three levels of armor. I wonder if each represents a different stage in the companion development questline? If so, that adds credence to what others have speculated: that the Advanced Power Armor Mk I is the reward for completing Arcade Gannon's (former Enclave) companion quest.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:20 am

Whoa. Raul. Me likey.

Whoa what's up with the third pic. Its too blurry? I hope that blur isn't there on purpose.

Did you play F3 with your eyes closed? The aggressive use of blurring in fights was the most memorable thing to me. Memorable because of giving me headaches until I shut it off. ^_^

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:42 pm

What is interesting about the Raul image is there seems to be three levels of armor. I wonder if each represents a different stage in the companion development questline? If so, that adds credence to what others have speculated: that the Advanced Power Armor Mk I is the reward for completing Arcade Gannon's (former Enclave) companion quest.

Could be the case. Sounds like it make sense. Maybe rewards from the quest can vary from new, unique, equipment for your companion or for yourself.

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:46 am

Did you play F3 with your eyes closed? The aggressive use of blurring in fights was the most memorable thing to me. Memorable because of giving me headaches until I shut it off. ^_^

Thrice only played fallout 3 for one playthrough IIRC and that was a long time ago.
He/she's forgotten a lot of the gameplay.

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:30 am

I could tell the outfit was drawn, it's just that the face and hair and everything look like they could easily be rendered. I would be really disappointed if Raul doesn't end up looking like he does in the pic, because it's just badass. It suits Danny Trejo much more than the earlier pics, too.

Definitely, parts do look rendered. Also, I agree (Strongly) that it fits Trejo better. The Vaquero outfit, sans sombrero, is going to look [censored] bugnuts.

Could be the case. Sounds like it make sense. Maybe rewards from the quest can vary from new, unique, equipment for your companion or for yourself.

Totally. Especially since the pic of the Enclave armor features a pipboy, implying it is the player character wearing it.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:32 am

Cool maybe we can get some cool Bandito style clothes for the Courier. :tops:

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:12 am

What is interesting about the Raul image is there seems to be three levels of armor. I wonder if each represents a different stage in the companion development questline? If so, that adds credence to what others have speculated: that the Advanced Power Armor Mk I is the reward for completing Arcade Gannon's (former Enclave) companion quest.

If we complete one companion questline can we dismiss them and start another?

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:07 am

If we complete one companion questline can we dismiss them and start another?

I like that is immediately where your mind went, I only wish I had thought of it first. *crosses fingers*

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:18 pm

Cool maybe we can get some cool Bandito style clothes for the Courier. :tops:

What's so great about it is that it is a classic, awesome looking piece of clothing that has been adjusted to look like it should exist after the apocalypse, with the shoulder pad and all.

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:03 am

Thrice only played fallout 3 for one playthrough IIRC and that was a long time ago.
He/she's forgotten a lot of the gameplay.

Haha yes this is exactly right.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:59 pm

Haha yes this is exactly right.

Do you not have it anymore? Because I think it would probably help out a bit if you did another playthrough before New Vegas comes out. You will be a bit more familiar with how everything works first hand instead of through people telling you and through memory.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:28 am

What's so great about it is that it is a classic, awesome looking piece of clothing that has been adjusted to look like it should exist after the apocalypse, with the shoulder pad and all.

I know what you mean, It took me back to Red Dead Redemption for a moment there. I remember wearing the heck out of the Bandito outfit when I played RDR. (Especially when I was hanging out down in Mexico) :tops:

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:05 am

Holy [censored], Raul looks badass in that Mexican outfit. He'll definitely be my companion.

Edit: Also, he has two holsters...

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:52 am

A high res image of that Vaquero outfit (either in game or concept) needs to get leaked/released PRONTO!

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:46 am

I might just have to tell Raul to give me that outfit...looks sweet.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:06 am

If we complete one companion questline can we dismiss them and start another?

I believe we can, but they've also said that each companion will give you a perk that only works when they are with you. I assume the perk is part of the companion-quest reward.

» Mon May 16, 2011 11:32 pm

What is interesting about the Raul image is there seems to be three levels of armor. I wonder if each represents a different stage in the companion development questline? If so, that adds credence to what others have speculated: that the Advanced Power Armor Mk I is the reward for completing Arcade Gannon's (former Enclave) companion quest.

I kind of doubt it. It just wouldn't be fair to the companions leaving uniquely badass armors and clothes at the whim of the PC. Enclave armor is almost certainly a non-unique item, and hopefully there will be more than one of Raul's suit.