April 21, 2010

Fallout New Vegas Info


Alright people, here is what I have been able to eek out of all the repetitive info and total bull@*(#) that has been posted online about Vegas. WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS TO PARTS OF THE GAME INTRO OR TO SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES. YEE ALL BE WARNED OF THE DANGER. If you are still with me, here is some of the stuff so far:

-You can customize your age.

-Besides karma, there is now a system that is called "Reputation". By that, I mean killing an entire town and then donating 100 caps to the local church doesn't cut it anymore. Your character actually makes a name for himself/herself as you run through the game, making certain options available while removing some others.

-The Hoover dam is in operation and is a major power vacuum for the local gangs.

-There are 2 confirmed factions in the game: Cesar's legion and the New California Republic. The Brotherhood of Steel is rumored to also play some role.

-You are not born in the Vaults, but rather are a Currier who was beaten and left for dead in the waste.

-At some point there will be hostel stealthed super mutants.

-At some point, you can gain a portable control console for an orbiting space laser satellite and use it throughout the game.

-There will be some sort of command wheel that helps you control your companion/follower.

-There will be an optional hardcore mode that will change some things, like: Stimpacks healing slower, you can getting dehydrated, and ammo being weighted. I'd shy away from this little option till the second run through.

-Obviously, there are all new critters to shoot at so I won't ruin that.

-Almost forgot that weapons are now custom modifiable. EPIC!!

-Some weapons have special moves that do special things. (With the golf club you yell "fooor!")

I did warn you about in game info stuff, but to rap it all up into a nut shell, Fallout New Vegas looks epic and I am psyched for it to come out, which, according to Obsidian, will be on November 16th, 2010. But on the Gamestop sight it says pre-orders ship Ocotober 1st, so we will see what happens.