New fallout DLC out today
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clancampbell
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Completed the dlc last night....found it to be uninspired and by the numbers.......
Rich
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It looks like if you go through windows live for PC it's 800 points for them too cause it says it's out for xbox and pc. Yeah I'm not all that impressed by the DLCs for New Vegas which is really sad since they're being made by some of the guys who made the original games. Then again I wasn't all that impressed with some of the Fallout 3 DLCs.
I haven't finished it, but yawn... This entire wild west environment bores me to death. Fallout 3's locations were much more interesting, IMO. I was hoping we could explore something more like the first two games, abandoned military bases, having the BoS task you with finding old tech, etc.
Bethesda really wanted to get away from the original games and it's why they've lost a lot of fans. The old X-com franchise is getting the same treatment, from turn based to FPS and it's not going over well. I wish bethesda would just let Interplay make the games and them handle the releasing. Actually I'm not even sure Interplay really exists anymore. I know Tim Cain who created Fallout has his own company now.
I would really love a prequel to Fallout where you survive the war and are one of the lucky few not in a vault to survive, you could have your storyline change depending on how much radiation you get thereby staying human (or with a wink to fallout 2 grow extra parts) or become a ghoul. If bethesda hadn't taken over the franchise we'd have Fallout online and fallout 3 (i forgot Interplay's name for it) but instead we have Bethesda using the design docs for bits and pieces of that game mixed with their own stuff. The Legion and Caesar were meant to be in the Interplay fallout 3 as was a space station, old prewar bases and bunkers, ghouls who can reproduce and stuff like that.
Given the fact that it's the midwest even if it's an alternate timeline to ours there should be tons of bunkers and stuff like that which could be used for quests. Heck even some silly stuff like in the originals would be nice, I miss that twisted black humor you'd get now and then and random encounters that were cool such as Dr Who, star trek, and Monty Python jokes. I'm betting that the guys from the original series working on New Vegas had a ton more they wanted to do that they weren't allowed. I mean Fallout 1 and 2 were their babies so we know they know how to make games. Bethesda seems to be a very...strict company when it comes to stuff and New Vegas feels like they forced everyone to finish it ahead of time just by the sheer number of glitches in the game.
I would really love a prequel to Fallout where you survive the war and are one of the lucky few not in a vault to survive, you could have your storyline change depending on how much radiation you get thereby staying human (or with a wink to fallout 2 grow extra parts) or become a ghoul. If bethesda hadn't taken over the franchise we'd have Fallout online and fallout 3 (i forgot Interplay's name for it) but instead we have Bethesda using the design docs for bits and pieces of that game mixed with their own stuff. The Legion and Caesar were meant to be in the Interplay fallout 3 as was a space station, old prewar bases and bunkers, ghouls who can reproduce and stuff like that.
Given the fact that it's the midwest even if it's an alternate timeline to ours there should be tons of bunkers and stuff like that which could be used for quests. Heck even some silly stuff like in the originals would be nice, I miss that twisted black humor you'd get now and then and random encounters that were cool such as Dr Who, star trek, and Monty Python jokes. I'm betting that the guys from the original series working on New Vegas had a ton more they wanted to do that they weren't allowed. I mean Fallout 1 and 2 were their babies so we know they know how to make games. Bethesda seems to be a very...strict company when it comes to stuff and New Vegas feels like they forced everyone to finish it ahead of time just by the sheer number of glitches in the game.
I would. At 800 points each you might as well get that with all the DLC. The sad thing is as much as i gripe about the new fallouts until Tim Cain and them come out with an old school post apoc game (which is rumored to be in the works as he got the rights to the Fallout prototye game called Wasteland) I'll keep getting these as I'm a fallout fanatic and they do stay pretty true to the history of the game universe.
clancampbell
Sr Member
I'm totally with you on this...when i saw it was Wild West style with basically cowboys and indians, my heart sank....why did i buy it?...i guess i just needed a Fallout fix.
I FAR preferred Fallout 3 with it's Retro Chic, but this, "There's a snake in my boot!" stuff is tiresome.....
Rich
Grey
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I haven't played it, but i'll take mediocre DLC over no DLC. It dosen't cost me an arm and a leg to buy it, and when you have 4 or more DLC packs that are each a few hours long it really extends the longevity and replay value of the game. Many RPG's come out that don't get the same treatment, two months later and a couple patches, and the developer has moved on.
For the record, I also liked Dead Money.
For the record, I also liked Dead Money.
nocashrider
New Member
i really enjoyed the first 2, i mean i can go through and replay those many times over and over but its just not the same with the new ones even though they can be fun, i did wish it was still top down like the others though instead of fps, and the prequel idea sounds like it would be pretty good
I cruise the fallout sites, most of which only focus on the originals the most, and there are other companies doing games like the first two the problem is they can't get anyone to publish them in the US or they run out of money. A lot are fanmade too so it's a hobby thing, which i've been thinking of doing. Dead MOney is beating the snot out of me sadly.
Fallout 3 was the first game I played. For some reason I missed the first two. I did get the first two through GOG and liked them. I think Fallout 3 fits right in, it's just in a different part of the country. I'd even argue with the Enclave, Fallout 3 fits into the universe way better than New Vegas. New Vegas just doesn't feel like either of the other three games to me. I don't know if it's the location or what.
I think it's the location or they tried to mix in too much stuff frm the canceled Van Buren project. I do like parts of this new DLC such as finding the guy's logs in the caves but that's always been the best part of post apoc stuff for me is seeing the accounts of how people survived. I had issues with this DLC as one of the lunch boxes wouldn't generate for a long time.
Even Tactics fits into the universe, Bethesda has it as semi-canon. I like the idea of new vegas but it just seems to be slightly lacking for some reason. I think it's the fact that there really isn't a big bad enemy threatening the world like in the other games. I mean Caesar really isn't that bad of a badguy compared to the Master or Enclave.
Edit: Anyone feel like bethesda is being a giant tease by putting that crashed airplane in Zion and then totally ignoring it? I mean it's not mentioned anywhere and it would have been so cool to explore.
Even Tactics fits into the universe, Bethesda has it as semi-canon. I like the idea of new vegas but it just seems to be slightly lacking for some reason. I think it's the fact that there really isn't a big bad enemy threatening the world like in the other games. I mean Caesar really isn't that bad of a badguy compared to the Master or Enclave.
Edit: Anyone feel like bethesda is being a giant tease by putting that crashed airplane in Zion and then totally ignoring it? I mean it's not mentioned anywhere and it would have been so cool to explore.
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Yeah I really like that guy, but I was surprised they didn't explain the Desert Ranger armor. I figured it would turn out he was a Ranger. I've had more crashes with this DLC than either of the games previously. I also am having a problem at the end where a cutscene is apparently not running and then Joshua attacks me.
I thought the same thing. I figured I would at least find a note or something in the supplies scattered around that would say something about it. Maybe it has something to do with that guy because he talks about the cars shutting down from the EMP, so maybe that's why the plane crashed.
I figured it was the EMP but you'd think he'd have mentioned it. They also never say what happened to him after the kids showed up, now i want to know more about that school they mentioned I mean that was a LONG time after the war for kids that young to be in a school. That ranger might have roamed into the area like the dopes from Vault 22. I actually felt for the guy in the cave, he was well written enough that you could sympathize. He was on a hunting trip heading home when the crap hit the fan.
Jannix Quinn
Sr Member
I started it last night and the first cave I found had
in it. He shot at me so I killed him. I hope I haven't ruined the entire quest.
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