LadyCrimson

Finally got around to watching Predators. The first half was pretty groovy, but the 2nd half kind of lost me. They're so much more interesting when they're playing cat & mouse vs. showing their ugly faces and face to face fighting.

I killed Benny when I first met him ala Black Widow. Ring a ding ding baby. So the only reason I knew his story was through YesMan's dialogue.

BLOPS has a lot of cutscenes? Urgh. I don't like lots of cutscenes in more action-oriented games. Definitely pass then.

That's one of the things I kinda liked in NV....if someone shoots you in the head, you should be dead. Gunfights should be fairly quick and it shouldn't take 50 direct headshots to kill something. I'm so tired of games where everyone is magically bulletpoof or whatever. It's like in the movies where no one can seem to hit anything with their 500 guns unless required by the plot. But I do get the point that such instant-kills seem to come too easily in NV (can't speak for the other FO's). In games it's hard to balance even a modicum of pretend "reality" without making things feel too easy. (edit:or too hard) Really tough, actually.

Heh. I always figured they were games that if I'd picked them up when they first came out, I might (emphasis on might) have liked them fairly well. But as I am these days...yeah, maybe not so much. After Borderlands finally convinced me that I actually liked shooting/sniping guns (vs. magic etc) in the right game, I checked out some FO3 let's plays & considered trying that one....but decided to skip it and just go for NV instead since it was coming out. :D

I have mongolian beef, and I am happy.

I was not a part of any past convos, nor was it my intention to stir up/be part of any major debate. Merely briefly stating my personal preference. It's how I roll.

I find this an interesting statement, and I'd tend to agree. I used to really dislike almost all FPS because of the way they were designed in the 'old days' but as things seem to combine a little more all the time, I find there can be one here and there that I can enjoy. I'm not very into military settings, however, so I'll pass on trying this one.

I guess I'd have to play the first two fallouts to get a better idea of a lot of some of the references/differences. I've never been that into turn-based games...or rather, I have no particular preference for it. Don't care that much which one it is, as long as whichever is chosen is designed well to fit the game (VATS in NV, imo, was not a great thing...). Some of my fave strategy games were turn-based - a genre that I think suits turns very well - but I usually prefer real-time.

Could someone explain to me what, exactly "iron sights" is? All I noticed was that if I hit r-mouse I could aim down the sight of a gun for a more 'straight-on' view...giving every weapon a sort of sniper-viewpoint. Is that it? That didn't strike me as super powerful, especially since half the time the gunsight felt like it blocked my view of the enemy to be able to aim at it (unlike the 'scope' view), not to mention the enemies danced around so fast it was hard to keep them within the gunsight while in that mode.

That's why I said relative to all the rest of the story arcs....they're all kind of petty & hiding behind noble speeches. But then, that's kind of how I think of humanity as a whole so, y'know....been there, seen that. I mean, people (the media) romanticize Capone/gangsters. Don't see how Benny is any worse than that sort of type. But yes, I haven't read any extension of his story in another form. Just based on the in-game.

That's too bad about Skyline...oh well, I'll probably still catch it on cable. I watched the 1st episode of the new AMC series The Walking Dead. Seemed to have a fairly high production value/quality and it wasn't too bad....but it's slow and the lead actor didn't entirely connect for me in the role. That and I'm really not into zombies all that much. But it might pick up as the plot moves along.

I didn't get much of Caesar's story beyond a few forced encounters since I pretty much killed every Legion, named and unnamed, that I ran across. Relative to the general story power-hungry arcs, however, Benny didn't seem any worse. So he wanted to throw over House or whatever it was...I probably would too. House is kind of a creepy fellow when it comes down to it. The aspect of the Legion that I couldn't abide was their form of slavery. I won't tolerate it and I won't even roleplay acceptance of it. ;p

I was half-tempted to leave Benny alone too...he didn't seem such a bad fellow...but I really wanted his suit and he wouldn't give it to me, so...

Reached a point that happens a lot for me, in these types of games....where even tho there's still lots of 'paths' I haven't done/could explore in terms of story arcs, the role playing etc. kind of disappears & I mostly fool around via save games or quick test runs. Altering mechanics, testing them out, seeing what they affect or don't. Taking the phone apart, in other words. I can't help myself. At some point I'll tire of that, and playing the game 'properly' for another run or two will appeal. It's a cycle I go through. So from my point of view, FO:NV works on both of the levels that I really enjoy...it made me want to explore the world (what's around this corner?) for long enough to actually finish the game at least once...which is always a feat since overall I'm a terrible finisher of games....and it has the oddball tinkering & amusement aspects that keeps me mucking about long after the exploring/story arcs stop motivating me. I don't think I've bought a game in a long time that had this much replay incentive, whatever the reason.

I'm normally a "good" type, but I wonder what would happen if you were Vilified by every faction. Would it break the game or is there a plan for that...

Hm...hm...I freed Nelson, but I don't think I did any Golf/Forlorn quests (never went back after getting them on my map) and only about half the McCarran ones (got bugged). Don't remember now tho, it's all a blur. Oh...I did do the This Machine in a non-NCR way because that one chick was bugged out, so for a bit I was a Smiling Troublemaker, but that was the only NCR infamy I had...then I had it all supposedly erased.

Hm, yes, that Battle:LA film looks interesting. There's another aliens vs. everyone movie I keep seeing ads for recently too, but the name keeps slipping my mind. I'm such a sucker for these type of movies.

Did anyone manage to get "Idolized" with the NCR? I probably missed some of their quests in my NCR game but once I reached Liked, even with all the other Fame I received, it never went past that. I may have to reload that series and finish more of their stuff. I did rush the end.

Why I like games like this:even after you think you're familiar with a part/quest, it can still surprise you. All the other times I did the Ranger Charlie quest for the guy in Novac, the outer area was always "safe" and I just entered the building to grab the holotapes and stuff. But this time I fast traveled there, expecting the same, and 4 Legion guys were in the outer yard/on top of the motorhomes, launching spears and dynamite at me. That was a good/dangerous fight because I was taken completely by surprise and didn't yet have good guns for their DT rating. But then a pack of 4 NCR came wandering by and helped me out. I'm not sure if they weren't there before because I waited too long the other times before going, or if it was random. At any rate, it was awesome.

Since I have the Steam DD version I got around to trying uninstall/redownload/reinstall yet again to see if that would help. But no, the reload/GUI is still there. But this time, if after reloading the weapons in question, if I hit the movement keys for a 'step' or immediately fire the weapon it seems to unlock the GUI, so that kind of makes them usable again since most of the time that's what you do after reload. I don't know if this was the actual 'fix' or not, but at least it works, kinda. Before reinstalling, even the movement keys were frozen for a while, I couldn't bring up Pipboy, etc. This all makes me feel like Steam (at least for this game & on my system) has a terrible patch installer. Definitely. Not all systems are the same and all that.

Oh? Interesting. I've never encountered that issue, thankfully. My thought was that it was because she turned hostile. I'd imagine this would negate the 'come with me' script and thus not activate Boone's script to shoot her, if that makes sense. Did you pick the lock when she was still in the room, gifted? I always wait until she leave for home, get the note, go into her house and wake her up. As she walks, I put on the hat. You also have to be somewhat close to where she ends up standing, or Boone doesn't seem to "notice" you. Not right next to her, but not too far away either.

Early to bed, early to rise, exercised, showered, dressed, and now I'm heading out to catch some early morning light.

Congratulations. This might be the first post about Fallout: New Vegas from you that did not contain the word "Boone". What? *looks* Oh no, and I can't go back and edit it now. I was going for a record, too, dang it!....but at any rate, you're wrong, since the first 2-3 days of the game I didn't even know you could hire companions, so I probably made at least 30-40 non-Craigy NV posts! So there. Nyah. And....Boone! Or Craig, if you prefer. Or I could call him Atton2 if you like. So for thirst, does one bottle=one dose or are they reusable if what you need to drink isn't actually 100?