Bought this game on release (1st mistake) and took it back for a full refund 3 days later as it was unplayable due to bugs. Was thinking about re-buying it now (if I can find it... a few stores I have scouted aren't selling it anymore, due to the huge bugs I would imagine), as I loved FO3, the price has plummeted and as I knew a patch and DLC have been released in the meantime.

But checking here it seems the game is still a largely unplayable mess, with a lack of any response, responsibility or update from the devs since the major patch in dec?

I cannot believe a company has mismanaged and mishandled such a major release. Their response to their customers has been appalling.

So to save the the problems of trolling throo thr forums, just how bad is the game now? It it playable or still dreadful?

You say you came here and saw that the game is "largely unplayable".

What did you expect from the Hardware and Software Issues forum? People posting about how happy they are the game works? I honestly wondering what you expected to see.

New patch or reply from Bethesda about repairing the game

Apart from a couple of known bugs that were fixed with the patch, and the occasional freezing, I've not had any major problems, nor any corrupted saves.
So yes, there are still people experiencing serious problems, but also others who aren't.
Maybe you could rent it?

I'm sorry to say that you will find no such information here. Any attempt to get an update from GStaff has resulted in the same excuse of "we don't have any new information" or "we'll release information when we are ready". There also isn't conformation if they are even working on a new patch at the moment.

The best thing you can do is familiarize yourself with the known bugs listed in http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1153912-fallout-new-vegas-bugglitch-list-v3/. If they don't seem that bad to you then give the game a go. If not, then wait a while longer and maybe come back in a month or two and hope Bethesda remembers to fix this game. Probably will be around the time a new DLC is released.

Since not everyone has the debilitating bugs such as we do, the company seems to be regarding it as a isolated incident and has done little to put a stop to the problem, and I honestly doubt the game can be "fixed" since the representing bugs are unique for every person. Renting the game would be a better move, and I am hoping that gameinformer or someone will ask these guys for answers, but that is probably unlikely as well.

Ah, exactly what I received from others. A view on the changes and an opinion if it had been patched to the point of playable.

As opposed to your response... which I will leave alone.

Thanks all, the bug list seems very very lengthy still. I believe I will come back and check in a few more months.. when the game is in the bargain bin

Glad to know a strictly PC player influenced the decision of an XBox player.

Have you guys noticed all the rewards this game is getting? It won't be in the bargain bin for a long time. If the next Fallout installment comes out in the next couple of years you can bet I won't be touching it on release.

Honestly, some players here found NV absolutely unplayable (continuative freezing, corrupted saves, bugged VATS and so on); some other have experienced little problems – or even no problems at all (I think that the latter are very few people actually).
I myself had 4 broken quests after the second patch and a "good" freezing rate (the game freezes more often after the patch in my opinion). But I don't think the game is unplayable. If you find it at a good price (maybe on the web), buy it.
But I must say that Fallout 3 is – by far – a better game: the only real improvement I found in New Vegas is the realistic weapon aiming. The rest is not really improved, when isn't even worst than F3... an example? Loading time: try Fallout 3 (even without installing it on the hard drive) and see how much time is required by any loading. An what about game graphics? Fallout 3 has almost no drops in frame rate, and the engine is able to calculate larger areas: go to The Mall in Fallout 3 and see how big is that place, and compare it to The Strip, which is divided in three different locations...

i have about 100 hours in the game (360). i waited until after the second patch in hope of avoiding any serious bugs.

At first everything seemed fine, and i thought people may be exaggerating their bad experiences. But the deeper into my game i got, the more and more bugs have started to crop up. i absolutely dread going anywhere near Vegas or the strip. Having to go through dozens of 'compound location' doors to get anywhere was annoying enough. But now, right at the start of each playing session, each door is giving 3, 4 and 5 minute load times. Mind-numbing. And with each dragged-out wait, i wonder if it's going to lock up again, which happens at least once an hour. No, heat is not an issue.

The drawn-weapon filling up the screen thing has been annoying, but it's not half as infuriating as the VATS bug. i cue up several attacks and engage, but in the cinematic i just stand there, doing nothing. Meanwhile my opponent just gets free shots on me. Equipment of varying quality not being separated in menus, companions locking up in terrain, or randomly freezing, or running off to nowhere. Several times i have approached an npc to finalize completion of a quest with some dialogue, and watched them get flung high into the air. Most times i have been able to use the arrow to track them down far from their required location, out in the middle of nowhere. But one time it happened, i tracked them down and found the character merged high up in the side of a mountain with no way to get to them. And in the process, i lost ED-E.

My boyfriend watches me play and just shakes his head laughing, telling me i'm a masochist to keep trying. He's right. It's just friggin' lame.

i'm reasonable, and will give people the benefit of the doubt. But it seems like the company absolutely refuses to acknowledge the problem. A simple apology would go a long way with me as a consumer. But to get nothing, in addition to the news of more dlc coming? Why aren't they channeling labor into necessary fixes first? i don't understand how the industry works. But i know how you should treat customers. And this isn't the way.

Like a lot of other college students, i don't have a lot of money. i adored F3, but i won't be going through this again. The love won't extend that far.