Fallout: New Vegas Reviews Thread : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:48 am

I found a video review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_XNODTlOA

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:56 pm

it's even worse on xbox360. the entire machine freezes, no alt-control-delete lol.

If only 360 supports keyboard and mouse. Then it would be easier to exit out of a freeze. :rofl:

On a serious note, they look mostly positive apart from technical issues and "similarities to fallout 3" as I knew to expect them.
Despite the exclusive (Or timed) DLC I'm buying the game.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:28 pm

I found a video review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_XNODTlOA

nice

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:00 pm

nice

Thanks! Can someone notify the thread starter to put the video review up on the opening post?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:52 am

Thanks! Can someone notify the thread starter to put the video review up on the opening post?

I'd prefer a link to an actual article associated with the video since I'm trying to only post official reviews.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:03 pm

It's difficult to say how much of the technical criticism is 360-related. On the PC I had some floating NPCs in FO3, but not a significant amount of crashes. Maybe the 360 is starting to show its age?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:52 am

If the 360 version is having these issues, it's safe to say the PS3 version will as well, right? If not more so? Ugh, it svcks being stuck with one console as my only choice.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:16 am

It's difficult to say how much of the technical criticism is 360-related. On the PC I had some floating NPCs in FO3, but not a significant amount of crashes. Maybe the 360 is starting to show its age?

That is a definite possibility. It was released in early 2006 and doesn't have the processing power anymore to keep up with the PS3 (Bluray=Win) or the PC with its ever updating hard drives and video cards.

EDIT: @Mean_Breeze, it depends on whether Obsidian kept it on par with the 360 or did what Bethesda did in 2008. I WANT MY LUCKY SHADES. :cryvaultboy:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:36 am

From all the reviews ive read it sounds like if you love FO3 ull love new vegas, if not owell. I also read that NV carries the Obsidian trend of being really buggy but not as bad as normal

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:29 pm

I hope you're right about BluRay = win. But you would think Bethesda would have sent out the more stable version, to get more favorable reviews. That worries me. But hey, we'll see how it goes.

Is Obsidian usually very quick about sending out patches, at least?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:35 pm

Perhaps the 360 copies were just the first ones to start rolling off the assembly lines, so that's why they got sent to reviewers.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:32 am

Perhaps the 360 copies were just the first ones to start rolling off the assembly lines, so that's why they got sent to reviewers.

The PC version doesn't unlock until 12 am PST anyways. Really waiting for these reviews.

Hopefully the PS3 version turns out to be better than FO3.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:58 am

Sounds good so far. Though I am curious if all the reviewers remembered to clear their caches or not since as has been said that makes a world of difference. Or if this game has an issue playing on the new slim 360 which I'd heard some games have had recently that had to be patched.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:14 am

god the 360 better not be messed up..

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:17 am

I'm disappointed with the reviews thus far. I was expecting this to be better than Fallout 3 with Obsidian at the helm, but I guess we don't know what type of constraints Bethesda inflicted upon them as to how close they had to stay to the Fallout 3 formula. I got my copy already just waiting for butt Valve to unlock it.

Looking through the reviews that are up I am reminded of a double standard that seems to exist. Most of the reviews seem to complain that it is too much like Fallout 3, but they feel that Fallout 3 was great. You look at other games, like the Call of Duty series, and people don't seem to complain about each game being too similar to its predecessor, and they still think each is great. Is it just that RPGs have higher standards in what is expected to change from game to game in a series?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:45 pm

I'm disappointed with the reviews thus far. I was expecting this to be better than Fallout 3 with Obsidian at the helm, but I guess we don't know what type of constraints Bethesda inflicted upon them as to how close they had to stay to the Fallout 3 formula.

I'd say the reviews so far are pretty good considering the game looks and plays like a 2-year-old game (which already looked and played out a bit dated even back then).

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:19 am

I'd say the reviews so far are pretty good considering the game looks and plays like a 2-year-old game (which already looked and played out a bit dated even back then).

Almost every review mentions bugs, bugs, bugs, game-lock ups, memory leaks, etc...

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:57 pm

great memory leaks..is their going to be a patch to fix all of this stuff?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:37 am

granted i have only played for an hour or so (after i come home from college, i have the rest of the day to play) and i only encountered one instance of slow-down when fighting three radscorpions but thats it so far.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:38 am

Almost every review mentions bugs, bugs, bugs, game-lock ups, memory leaks, etc...

And yet the scores run pretty high.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:19 am

Almost every review mentions bugs, bugs, bugs, game-lock ups, memory leaks, etc...

As I said earlier.

Notice how all of the reviews mentioning technical issues are on the Xbox 360 version, just like most of us predicted.

Anyways, I think I'm just about ready to click that "Add to Cart" button on Steam. Wish me luck, guys. I'll be sure to post my first impressions in the appropriate thread.

bliviongate:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:59 pm

I'm disappointed with the reviews thus far. I was expecting this to be better than Fallout 3 with Obsidian at the helm, but I guess we don't know what type of constraints Bethesda inflicted upon them as to how close they had to stay to the Fallout 3 formula. I got my copy already just waiting for butt Valve to unlock it.

Looking through the reviews that are up I am reminded of a double standard that seems to exist. Most of the reviews seem to complain that it is too much like Fallout 3, but they feel that Fallout 3 was great. You look at other games, like the Call of Duty series, and people don't seem to complain about each game being too similar to its predecessor, and they still think each is great. Is it just that RPGs have higher standards in what is expected to change from game to game in a series?

Im not disappointed with the reviews since theyre what i expected them to be (NV is the same as FO3 with a few changes with more bugs). but i do agree with you about how shooters (while limited with what they can do) are forgiven being the same as their previous game and get too good of scores like cod, while rpgs are critized over being the same.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:36 pm

granted i have only played for an hour or so (after i come home from college, i have the rest of the day to play) and i only encountered one instance of slow-down when fighting three radscorpions but thats it so far.

thank goodness that i have a nice high end PC

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:30 am

As I said earlier.

Anyways, I think I'm just about ready to click that "Add to Cart" button on Steam. Wish me luck, guys. I'll be sure to post my first impressions in the appropriate thread.

bliviongate:

You still have an hour and a half till it unlocks, but better than waiting till 10:00AM PST

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:58 am

And yet the scores run pretty high.

Which means the issues can't be THAT big of a deal. Bioshock had memory leaks and other issues, but it didn't stop every critic in the world from giving it 11 out of 10 when it came out. I'm guessing it'll be fine, especially with games like RDR with ginormous budgets still having glitches.