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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 21, 2010 8:56:51 GMT
well i got it (newsgroups FTW by the way)... what an amazing game so far. I played it non stop for 4 hours and I'm hooked. i'll be sure to buy it when the price drops a bit. its a shame i don't have funds for preorder now because i'd love to get the bonus items. i've set my gameplay to hardcore, as per the popup that appears. not only would i like the 'mystery' item at the end of the game for doing this but one of my gripes with Fallout 3 was that it was incredibly easy in parts. Strangely i've not seen any bugs yet. ATI card ftw? And again stu, your old pc gear is surpassing itself. i have everything set to max and its silky smooth (thanks partly to a little overclock). i reckon my upgrade can wait a little while longer see you in a few weeks! lol.
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Post by si on Oct 21, 2010 10:51:02 GMT
DUDE! It's a fucking computer game that costs £30! NO-ONE can be THAT skint! Just bloody cough up and get it on Steam now. All pre-order bonus content has already been hacked and posted on my private Bittorrent tracker -- Torrent FTW, Newsgroups FTL. I'm NOT playing on hardcore and 8 hours into the game, parts are REALLY hard -- So hard, i've skipped them and planning on doing them later.. I don't want "difficulty" in a Fallout game to be honest though.. I just want to explore and meet the people and see the story unfold. I'll likely try Hardcore on my second play-through where I intend to murder every single person I meet in cold blood! At the moment, i'm currently playing a "good guy". Two guys at work have ATI cards and one had problems.. They fixed it by using an older version of the DX9.dll file. I have occasional lag when I look at the sky in open areas -- Nothing too major.
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 21, 2010 11:08:38 GMT
No one can be that skint? *sigh* do you really fail to see the irony in what you just said? Im skint! u nobhed. lol and i see no reason to discuss that further. as far as playing the game goes, you must really suck at playing fallout. i want a challenge. this "but i'm in it for the story" rubbish doesn't pass with me. running around with endless ammo and 50 guns is retarded, you may as well just type DNSTUFF + IDKFA lol. go back, delete your saves, learn how to survive in the wastelands and start again you Pussy i'm in it for the lulz this time round... steal what i can and be nice to the people who will help me. everyone else can go QQ me a river.
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Post by si on Oct 21, 2010 11:49:12 GMT
I'm finding ammo really hard to find.. Thank god they improved VATS melee weapons. You can make ammo this time around at ammo stations, but I have yet to find one when I need one. My character gives everyone an equal chance and only gets involve in combat situations is necessary. He does not interfere with other peoples disputes, unless asked. He does not endanger human life nor prey on the weak. I've never understood how people can have NO money IRL.. It's not exactly hard to manage :s ... Unless your're a n00b
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 21, 2010 12:36:26 GMT
noobness has nothing to do with it But the transfer company giving us wrong times making us miss flights on our last holiday, loaning money to family members, gf starting a new job and paying off debts does.
Anyway... Its payday next week for the both of us and all will be well again. I'm glad life is so black and white for you!
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 21, 2010 15:34:31 GMT
VIVA LAS VEGAS! i'm going home.
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Post by si on Oct 21, 2010 20:48:46 GMT
Baddass!
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 21, 2010 21:19:00 GMT
Just Chillin' with my fridge homie
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 22, 2010 8:18:36 GMT
hmm... just compared your screenshot with mine. dont you believe in anti-aliasing? yours looks shiiiiiit
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Post by sovietstu on Oct 23, 2010 17:33:19 GMT
Not overly impressed by this thus far.
Playing it on 360, kinda bored.
The doc at the start was cool though, purely because he may have been voiced by Colonel Tigh...
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Post by si on Oct 25, 2010 11:28:59 GMT
Didn't get much chance to play it over the weekend.. Quickly entered the Vegas Strip and did a few quests.. My game of the year so far
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Post by sovietstu on Oct 25, 2010 11:42:03 GMT
Meh. Anyway si - did you guys share a hotel room? And get drunk? That's the criteria, right?
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 25, 2010 12:12:17 GMT
i cant get into the strip yet... im just outside doing some missions for 'the Kings' so that i can either: a) get 3000 caps for entry (lol) or b) get a passport for entry. I've spent 12 hours on it so far... more time than any any other game I've played this year (in such a short space). Personally, I think that's testament to how good a game New Vegas really is. It just absorbs you into this little world you HAVE to explore. Currently I'm doing this with Veronica from 188 trading post... she carries all the shit i want to trade and kicks enemy ass! Oh, one other thing... Hardcore mode FTW! Taking out the Legion bastards was rock solid but worth it for the creepy looking headpiece.
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Post by si on Oct 25, 2010 12:37:17 GMT
I also have veronica from the trading point! -- She's awesome.. Things just die when she gets close to them! The guys at work were just moaning about how much it is to get into Vegas... I missed that entire thing - I paid ZERO to get in... There's a monorail I went on that got me into Vegas via the back route Stuart.. yes, yes & yes.
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 25, 2010 13:01:11 GMT
haha there's always a back route gigity. that's some good intel, cheers. So... you like Madchester then?
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Post by sovietstu on Oct 25, 2010 13:07:41 GMT
You dirty dog, si Ive spent an hour in Vegas....and then went and played wow, castlevania, halo and l4d2 instead. I think I'll be passing the vegas disc over to Iain tonight... Fancy some more l4d2, actually. Had a really good realism game with Iain and doom last night...
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 25, 2010 13:57:30 GMT
fair enough... can't say i'm surprised though. you went exactly a glowing (pun intended) fan of the predecessor were you?
I loved fallout 3, even bought all the DLC for the Xbox. This time i'm prepared to wait for the pc DLC though (because of Xbox exclusive shite), the improved gfx and smoother gameplay make a huge difference.
Si, what do you think about the iron sights? i use them a lot more than VATS now which has totally been nerfed for mid range on 9mm + 10mm pistols!
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Post by si on Oct 25, 2010 14:14:58 GMT
I'll see how I feel about L4D at the time -- I only play versus though.. The co-op campaign mode holds little appeal these days. Re Stuart: FFS. "dirty dog" and "dirt bag" is all I've gotten off people! About Fallout, The first hour is nothing. The games roughly 80 hours long, and the first hour of that is just hand holding and scene setting - Once a few towns are explored, and the story starts to piece together, it gets interesting. Also, visually the starting "area" of the game is very dull. Re Barnett: Iron sights are OK.. It depends on the gun. Some are awful, some are great -- I have no weapon mods yet (Scopes, etc). I still use VATS a lot as the "real time combat" in the game is pretty bad -- Underneath it's "FPS" mask, it's still an RPG that calculates stats in the background.. So I get annoyed when I shoot a guy in the head and he's STILL running after me. Manchester was "ok". We didn't really know where anything was. I forget where we went on the first night after the gig.. But on the second we ended up in a place called "Moho live" -- Propoganda club night.. It was ok. I have no deep rooted desire to return there anytime soon though A gig in a Catherderal:
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Post by si on Oct 25, 2010 16:22:40 GMT
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Post by BtizeF200 on Oct 25, 2010 17:11:36 GMT
see... i knew you were good for something. that looks much better. cheers
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