### STORY ###
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas.

It’s the kind of town where you dig your own grave prior to being shot in the head and left for dead…and that’s before things really get ugly. It’s a town of dreamers and desperados being torn apart by warring factions vying for complete control of this desert oasis. It’s a place where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves, and make more than an enemy or two along the way.

As you battle your way across the heat-blasted Mojave Wasteland, the colossal Hoover Dam, and the neon drenched Vegas Strip, you’ll be introduced to a colorful cast of characters, power-hungry factions, special weapons, mutated creatures and much more. Choose sides in the upcoming war or declare “winner takes all” and crown yourself the King of New Vegas in this follow-up to the 2008 videogame of the year, Fallout 3.

Enjoy your stay.


### KEY FEATURES ###

Feel the Heat in New Vegas!
Not even nuclear fallout could slow the hustle of Sin City. Explore the vast expanses of the desert wastelands – from the small towns dotting the Mojave Wasteland to the bright lights of the New Vegas strip. See the Great Southwest as could only be imagined in Fallout.

Feuding Factions, Colorful Characters and a Host of Hostiles!
A war is brewing between rival factions with consequences that will change the lives of all the inhabitants of New Vegas. The choices you make will bring you into contact with countless characters, creatures, allies, and foes, and determine the final explosive outcome of this epic power struggle.

New Systems!
Enjoy new additions to Fallout: New Vegas such as a Companion Wheel that streamlines directing your companions, a Reputation System that tracks the consequences of your actions, and the aptly titled Hardcore Mode to separate the meek from the mighty. Special melee combat moves have been added to bring new meaning to the phrase “up close and personal”. Use V.A.T.S. to pause time in combat, target specific enemy body parts and queue up attacks, or get right to the action using the finely-tuned real-time combat mechanics.

An Arsenal of Shiny New Guns!
With double the amount of weapons found in Fallout 3, you’ll have more than enough new and exciting ways to deal with the threats of the wasteland and the locals. In addition, Vault-Tec engineers have devised a new weapons configuration system that lets you tinker with your toys and see the modifications you make in real time.

Let it Ride!
In a huge, open world with unlimited options you can see the sights, choose sides, or go it alone. Peacemaker or Hard Case, House Rules, or the Wild Card - it’s all in how you play the game.

Source: Bethsoft


### HARDCORE MODE ###
- Stimpaks heal over time.
- Ammo has weight.
- Must drink, eat, and have proper sleep cycles to stay alive.
- Only a doctor or a doctor's bag can heal a crippled limb.
- RadAway heals radiation poisoning over time.
- Companions can die.
+ 100G points at end of game
+ alludes to a special bonus at end game, but no info yet


### SCREENSHOTS ###








Source: Bethsoft


### TRAILERS ###






### RELEASE DATE ###
October 19th North America
October 22nd Europe

This post has been edited by redninja: Oct 21 2010, 11:45 AM

### COLLECTOR'S EDITION ###


- "Lucky 7" poker chips.
- Fallout: New Vegas deck of cards.
- "Lucky 38" platinum chip.
- Hardcover graphic novel "All Roads"
- The Making of Fallout: New Vegas DVD
--> More info

### ADD-ON PACKS ###
- Only available through pre-order through certain stores in UK, US, NZ, Steam etc.

Classic Pack

- Armored Vault 13 jumpsuit
- Weathered 10mm pistol
- Vault 13 canteen
- 5 stimpaks

Caravan Pack

- Lightweight leather armor
- Sturdy caravan shotgun
- 4 repair kits
- Binoculars

Mercenary Pack

- Lightweight metal armor
- Mercenary’s grenade rifle
- 3 super stimpaks
- 3 doctor's bags

Tribal Pack

- Tribal raiding armor
- Broad machete
- 5 bleak venom doses
- 10 throwing spears

This post has been edited by redninja: Oct 21 2010, 03:05 PM

So who's got it?

Are you going to play HARDCORE from the start?

Did you resist getting the 'Wild Wasteland' perk?

Hardcore and Wild Wasteland FTW!

anyone tried that caravan pack DLC?

i tried to redeem the code but it wont be accepted...Im blaming the servers right now....hopefully can try later

I have the Classic Pack, same problem - code invalid. Some people say they have to update the servers.

sorry i meant the classic pack...if you go to xbox.com you cant access the redeem code feature...

Wait for the to update the servers.

Is it possible to use the add-ons on a current game? Lots of people are having issues with the invalid code and they're saying that it only works on a new game after using the code. That would suck.

I want the canteen since in short play yesterday was having trouble staying hydrated. Standing in front of the water pipe to drink only goes up one bar at a time.

This post has been edited by redninja: Oct 21 2010, 04:13 PM

if its like Metro 2033 there will be multiple spots where you can retrieve your add on content. But I think you can warp back to the doctors place and there probably be a box or something containing all the stuff there....at least I hope so

alright i read from the fallout wiki about your add ons...it says the doctor will give it to you along with all the other belongings....

sheet...

exactly .. sheet

oh well fallout is a game to be replayed a couple of times. just hope there are water canteens available to buy.

You should be able to buy the water canteens. Just a question of where and when.

Sorry for noob question but how do you turned on hardcore mode?

@falconhour - it's after customizing character, special in beginning of game. you will get a full screen prompt to select hardcore. you can de-select it anytime in the game but to get the achievement (and mysterious bonus, if any) you cannot turn it off at all.

just got to the strip...about level 9. Then my friend said that he also was at the strip but was level 15...after beating my friend with a magazine ... i realize that I am making the same mistake I made 2 years ago where I got so far into the main story I forgot the side quests...so putting it off for a while and going exploring...I want to find Danny Trejo's character....and Zach Levi's

where i can find the pc version

You're very far ahead! I'm some ways back just arrived in NoVac and leveled up to 6 only. Finding it tough to make space as was used to Fallout3 with safehouse storage. There will be one at the Strip where you can store snowglobes as well but that's a little far ahead.

Finding it tough to survive with no water storage, low ammo and next to no caps. No sight of canteens yet. It's a little unrealistic as you'd think the first thing anyone would do before venturing out into the inhospitable desert is to get some kind of water container - even a plastic bottle, and filling up with clean water from Goodsprings.

Codes should work now. You'll get the DLC items once you load a save game.

^^ thanks MK84, real good news

@ red ninja, thanks for advise on the Hardcore mode. I realized the same when I have customized my character and heading out form Doc place.

Just another question, what is the different (in term of Achievement - of coz gameplay wise woud be obvious) if I select Hardcore mode and choose Easy or Very Easy difficulties? I browse thru the Achievements and it didnt mentioned or care what difficulties you're playing as long if you choose Hardcore to get the 100GS. Is that true?

LoL the Canteen really makes a BIG difference for hardcore mode.

*...takes a sip from the Vault 13 Canteen*

MK84 i got the canteen on loading! thanks for heads up.

tbh have not researched much about it. it should not have an impact on it. i'm not uber hardcore as juset set off with default normal level only level difficulty should only be level of enemies - armored, shielded, more damage they dish out, less damage taken with your weapons. that sort of thing.

alright guys...been doing side quests like mad...kind of leaning toward the NCR quests. I am currently level 21.

One annoying thing Bethesda likes to do is make a mission where you have to wait until a time where the mission actually happens...its kind of funny seeing my character just sitting down on a chair and waiting for something to happen.

Perghh.. MK main Hardcore mode ke?

Hitman190 - how many hours in did it take to get to Level 21?

I'm sorta stuck on Level 8 now, tried to head to Vegas but could not get past the Deathclaws. Finding the game tough.

not that long really 18 hours in right now...

:Speechcraft is because its usually worth 80-120XP if done correctly
:Barter is exactly the same
:Missions from Factions like the Kings are worth 1000XP and its so simple I didnt need to fire a shot
:There is one perk that lets you level up again
:Finally...just find as many powder gangers and creatures...then kill them

Yeah I went head to head with a deathclaw...I couldnt manage to kill him so I went around him...Is he waiting for you in the mountain pass? If so just go around the mountains...you will reach Vegas in no time at all

I got Boone! He's in the Dino mouth have to go in thru side. Very powerful sidekick.

LOL Boone is awesome...also met Zach Levi's character...now need to see if i can find Danny trejo's


One word of advice...if you are going to Jacobstown...dont bother climbing the mountains...look for a road it leads directly to it...

Will remember bout Jacobstown

I feel so nerfed compared to Boone. He uses the same gun I used before but one shot one kill. Comparatively I'm emptying a whole magazine/clip into something and barely makes a dent. It doesn't make sense.

Almost made it to The Strip. Have to come up with $2,000 caps or there's a passport workaround for 1/4 the price. Gonna go try that out.

get the passport trust me it works and the robots are dumb enough to fall for it...i had like 1010 caps when I was there and I sold my cigarettes and some of my food but not even that could push the number to 2000 caps...alternatively...

Did all King missions, took some time but it's worth the XP and caps - only got up to around 1,400 caps. Quite lucrative jobs in Freeside. Finally in The Strip now after meeting Mr House so much to do. Still not too high of a level yet.



There is a bug where the game just freezes when it tries to load an area. Encountered it a few times, quite annoying as have to hard reset, then flash red rings boot, then ok 2nd boot. Hopefully it won't corrupt a save one time.

lol yeah...

Hate unfinished quests so I did this ..

just came from what I think was the hardest quest so far...

^ heh stumbled into there, had to leave as they just kept coming

am up to Level 20 now, gonna try to head to Nellis AFB next. Stumbled across it once on the way to Rangers station for return to sender mission, you go 'wazzat?' then pewwwww .. kabooom .. death.

i forgot your tip about jacbostown, i thought the rangers station would be close so went direct .. those nests are insane, i hate those insects!

yes thats why I wanted to go around the mountain areas...the cazadores(the insects) are no threat one on one...when 10 show up to rape you in the face....then take out the shotgun and hope for the best...

anyway my update,

just got to nelis whoo! picked up all snowglobes, got all companions too .. not sure which ones are my fav yet, seem to use boone most because of that ..



So just two of us playing the game eh? Or guess other people busy playing instead

This post has been edited by redninja: Oct 25 2010, 10:58 PM

there is too much game to catch up, tomorrow Fable3?

apparently it is just us

i have been grinding so that tomorrow when Fable 3 comes out I can have Fallout done but alas no cigar...also I think Halo still has alot of pull

I'm not getting Fable3 until done with FNV. It can wait a week or two. Then it's a choice of that or AC Brotherhood though

I would like to get fable 3, but the combat and graphics in fable 2 really put me off. Hopefully fable 3 does a better job.

i enjoyed the combat in fable 2, it was fluid and easy to pull off some combos. I think Fable 3 did makes some changes though but I am not sure what they did. I know of some folk who already have the game and posted it on Youtube but I dont want to spoil it for myself...Fable is my game been a huge fan since the very first one came out.

I liked Fable 2 combat, a little simplistic but the rich environment and story really made up for it. Can't miss Fable 3, just get it later after reading all the reviews if can't decide

Next play through am not gonna do hardcore. Find it is annoying. Adds realism of course but unnecessary to enjoy the game.

I saw a enemy shoot me from in the middle of a rock. VATS'ed his head off but he still kinda stood still stuck in the rock.
We need more patches.

true this game is buggy...the worst bug is that if you are anti Caesars legion, if you go to the camp and talk to anyone...you will instantly be teleported back to the port...irritating

o rly?
Tbh I don't remember encountering anyone from Caesars Legion or having anything to do with them at all before I went to the camp

Hardcore just adds needless routines, chores... especially if keep fast-traveling around, so annoying...

Finally advance storyline of main quest a little bit. Not sure about my choices so far. Quite confusing. It's easy to mess up with faction quests now. The Legion reaaaaally hate me. Didn't even get to visit their camp.

Hate the loading times on The Strip even with game installed. No ability to fast travel anywhere on The Strip area. To go to Lucky 38 suite to change sidekick there are like 3 loading screens .. ugh.

huhu...about the fort...

^^ lol

i just did that. think i am running out of steam with this game. so many bugs, keep freezing .. give up.

going to go play red dead undead nightmare dlc for a couple of days

OMG! I just got my FNV.
Goodbye world, I'm heading to the Wasteland to hunt me some mutants.
(when my wife saw what I got in the mail, she immediately facepalmed and gave me that 'here we again' look)

haha,. She know u will spend hours on the couch playing Fallout lor..dats why la haha

Fallout, until now i dont understand the gameplay n the objective. When got enemy I shoot shoot for not knowing where i suppose to go after dat..my exp by playing fallout 2..n not even half way playing..

finished the game yesterday but did not get hardcore achievement. so mad cause all throughout kept with it - travel back & forth to get to doc or doc's bag, waste caps and space on ammo, annoying need to eat/drink.

did change the difficulty a few times between normal-easy so maybe that messed it up. so be careful with that.

went with Yes Man ending first time
just finished pro-NCR ending

no 100G points for me. have to start from scratch ugh.

idk about you guys, hardcore mode feels a little intuitive, like the game would probably be *too* easy without it.
At least that's how I feel. It just adds a whole nother layer of authenticity to the game.

Anyone done Vault 11? one of the best story.

Which one is Vault 11? The plants?

damn, I'm addicted to playing caravan.
Made like 200K of caps and already wasted 73 gaming hours.

Found a glitch though. If you're betting with NCR and Legionaire money, you can get double the amount of caps if you win.
Here's a quick run up of how to exploit it:-
1) Make sure you have some NCR or Legionaire money on you
2) Transfer all your caps to your companion or store them in your safehouse.
3) Start a caravan game and raise the bet. For example, let's say you up the ante to 100 and your opponent put 100 too. So now, the pot total is 200.
4) Win the game and you'll get that 200 in caps. Your NCR and Legionaire money will be left untouched.

At first, I thought that the game auto converts my NCR money to caps once I won the hand. Apparently, that is not the case. I'm now a Caravan hustler at Novac siphoning caps from Cliff and the crazy old guy. That girl up in Mojave outpost is quite a Caravan gambler too and bets big. She can bet like 2K+ and that's like an easy 5K winnings if you use that Caravan glitch.

I hate caravan, only stuck with it to get the achievement. Gambling is super easy with Luck at 6 onwards - boosted +1 with Naughty Nightwear which can be bought from Mick & Ralphs in Freeside for less than 200 caps (+10 speech too), and Luck +1 from New Vegas Medical Clinic.

At Luck 9-10 in Blackjack you will get 21 all the time, even with 19 and you hit .. you will get 2! Unfortunately each casino has their own limits 10-15k. It is best to go close to the limit then hit the slots, you can get some mad caps like 30,000+ with one pull. Then you get banned from gambling. It's okay as it is more caps that you will ever need.

Managed to 100% Fallout New Vegas yesterday! Whee!

The hardest achievement was 'Hacking the Mojave'. Terminals are scarce and some you need Science 75-100 or are behind locked doors. If you want to get this easily build a character with focus on science and lockpick skills. Best place to find terminals are REPCONN HQ (7), Camp Searchlight (4 turret controls, outside so no loading screens) and NCR office/embassy on strip (3 - but red/bad karma).

That's why I dont gamble at the casinos. I hate that limit. And I'm already banned at the Tops & Ultra-Luxe BTW.
I dont think 30K would be enough for me. Repairing my Gobi Sniper Rifle would cost around 9K each time I go for a Cazador/Deathclaw/Nightstalker hunting spree. Add that cost to feeding Boone's ammo for his sniper rifle (and he's very trigger happy whenever we go wandering in Legion territory). And I make my own ammo. .308 JSP FTW! My team is very high maintenance.

Any of you guys get that Veteran Ranger Armor? I tried looking everywhere for a Veteran ranger to kill but couldnt find any.

I'm using the Van Graff Combat Armor which I stole from the crate in front of Silver Rush. It doesnt add to the weight because it's marked as a Quest Item and it doesnt deteriorate as fast as a normal Combat Armor.

Started playing 2 weeks ago. New Vegas has the feel of the old fallout games. Some of the soundtracks are from the original fallout 1 & 2. Anyone here tried the anti-material rifle? The damage is very high but kinda expensive and few ammo.

After reading this thread, I think I might buy the game and get into the Vault universe again too!

That's because some of the dev team are those people from Black Isle.
I've tried the anti-materiel rifle but didnt like it. I'm sticking to my Gobi. BTW, you can get tonnes of 50mm from Hoover Dam.

I finally got that NCR Combat Armor. The only problem is that no one can repair the helmet. If you wanna repair it, you have to murder more Veteran Rangers to get another helmet (Incidentally, that's how I got the anti-materiel rifle too). Had to reload a previous save when I was at level 29 so that I can take Jury Rigging at level 30.

Went to Vault 22. It was just too awesome.

Woah....you played till level 30? Currently I'm at lvl 26.
Doing the quest to find some brain sample for Rex. LOL..Dam Hoover appears to have some bugs.

My Xbox hang each I explore it ><

The Brotherhood power armor kinda useless in New Vegas. It only give bonus +1 strength + 25 rads. Compare to the original + 3 strength.

I never bring any of companions into Hoover Dam. They'll mysteriously 'disappear'. So I just tell them to wait outside.

Actually, I've been carrying around a dog's brain in my inventory but havent done the Rex quest yet. I killed this Fiend leader on one of the quests from Camp McCurran and one of her dogs had a brain in its inventory. I have ED-E as my non humanoid companion. It's like having R2D2.

Not only that the power armors are quite useless, some of the perks as well. Grimm Reaper Sprint was my favorite perk in Fallout 3, in Vegas it only restores 20 AP upon successful kill. And IMHO energy weapons are dumbed down in Vegas. In F3, I just had that unique Plasma Rifle from the Rivet City quest and used it all through the DLCs. In Vegas, I'm not that keen on using energy weapons. Maybe it's because of the lack of Enclave soldiers.

Well, Rex is also a robotic dog. ha ha ha..Got it from Elvis. lol...My favourite weapon is the Sniper Rifle. Much effective in killing those deathclaws. Man, they are tough to kill! Gauss Rifle has a very high damage. Saving it for the heavy armoured boys. Ha ha ha.

For Rex there are a few brains that you can choose from - it will give him different stats increase.
- NCR = nothing
- Lady Gibson's = attack
- The Fort = health
- Violetta (Fiend) = speed

Have you tried looking for the unique weapons? The Q-35 Matter Modulator is pretty sweet.

I got the Q-35 Matter Modulator but prefer the sniper rifle because of the longer range. he he he..

Got the Gauss Rifle after completed the Brotherhood's quest. Not yet tested it.

I used Violetta's brain for Rex. LOL

Quite surprise to see Marcus from Fallout 2 and Cassidy's daughter, Sharon Cassidy.

Quite nice to have her as companion.

Get the Gobi sniper rifle. It uses less AP and carry 6 shots per magazine. Plus it has a critical chance modifier. The only thing it doesnt have is a silencer. So I'm carrying a modded Sniper rifle for those silent kills.

I just got that unique Gauss Rifle, YCS/186. It's cool and all but it takes 4 MF cells per shot.

anyone selling fallout 3? seems interesting...

just want to let you guys know, the Dead Money DLC @800ms is region locked, not sure if it works with a SG VPN, because recently there have been a few DLC that doesnt work even with an SG IP, it kicks you out of Live! @ 99%.

This post has been edited by IccyAsd: Jan 4 2011, 10:28 AM

I'm juz buying via xboxlive.com n then downloaded it using xbox,,,got fully completed download

are you sure? where are you located at? are you using SG VPN? i tried buying from xboxlive.com it says its not available in my location.

Edit:- alright good news, i have just tested they lifted the Region Lock on this DLC. so its able to download & buy now without using SG VPN

This post has been edited by IccyAsd: Jan 7 2011, 09:21 AM

yup confirm it,,,myy account is sg,,,,and buying using xboxlive/us,,,,open the xbox then they started download trus,,,,