FO: NV (General Discussion)

[Starwars]

Yeah, no idea what they were thinking. It's useful though, it's probably good that the duration is so short.

 

Just finished Vault 11. Never did it on my first playthrough. Very impressive stuff. The Vaults are very well done (the ones I've seen anyways).

 

"Doing voiceovers for a videogame?! Geez, who do you think I am? David Schwimmer?!?!"

 

The reason he was recruited is because he loved Fallout 3 actually so I imagine he enjoyed it. That said, I agree that it's not a very good performance (though I didn't find it terrible). Then again... Can't really blame him because just look at the writing for the guy. Would be really hard to pull that off in a convincing way.

[HoonDing]

Hardcore mode doesn't go far enough. When things get really nasty, being still able to pause the game by entering the PipBOY and popping all the drugs in your inventory is still a huge advantage.

 

Not to mention Sunset Sapparilla is basically a FO3 stimpak, healing 50 HP in 2 seconds.

[Blodhemn]

^No idea how anyone can attempt to defend Perry's performance. It was pretty absurd acting.

 

Well, my main issue right now is spending far too much time trying to find quest people within the buildings. It sucks because it's pushing crappy design in between what Obsidian is actually good at, quests with depth concering choice and outcome opportunities.

[Hurlshort]

I thought Perry was solid. It wasn't a great fit for him, Benny should have been a bit smoother in my opinion, like that guy from Burn Notice or a wiseguy. Still, he didn't blow the part, he was decent for my money. Heck, after playing Two Worlds, I will take mathew perry any day of the week.

[LadyCrimson]

I guess I'm the only one who thought Benny's lines/voice was great....for comedy. Benny's an idiotic sleezeball, the voice was perfect for it, imo. I figured he's supposed to sound a bit wonky, vs. an actual 'wise guy' type. How seriously can you take ring-a-ding-ding and "I hear dig from you, baby, and all I can think of is a shovel,"...to me it sounded like an absurd version of Bogart.

[HoonDing]

"I'm a courier, let me handle your package"

[RPGmasterBoo]

I liked Benny's voice over as well. What I didn't like are the non important NPC voiceovers. They are so flat and mild in tone you'd think everyone's stoned.

[RPGmasterBoo]

I liked Benny's voice over as well. What I didn't like are the non important NPC voiceovers. They are so flat and mild in tone you'd think everyone's stoned.

[thepixiesrock]

Not to mention Sunset Sapparilla is basically a FO3 stimpak, healing 50 HP in 2 seconds.

 

Don't you mean healing 50 HP over 25 seconds?

[Nepenthe]

I liked Benny's voice over as well. What I didn't like are the non important NPC voiceovers. They are so flat and mild in tone you'd think everyone's stoned.

 

 

I liked Benny's voice over as well. What I didn't like are the non important NPC voiceovers. They are so flat and mild in tone you'd think everyone's stoned.

I occasionally get that feeling here, as well.

[RPGmasterBoo]

Finished the game at 40 hours in siding with Mr. House.

 

The endgame was predictable but interesting. The actual ending was okay. Overall this is easily the best game Obsidian ever made. Its simply the most well rounded and thought out product in their catalog.

 

Congratulations. You have Boo's stamp of approval.

 

FNV is probably the only game that I've seen that does branching plots and C&C's in a fully convincing manner. The Fallout universe was convincingly expanded (as far as something that silly will go). The factions reside in a moral gray area (some more than others) which really makes picking a side interesting. The crappy gameplay of Fallout 3 was also improved probably as much as it was humanely possible.

 

That said, I still prefer the dialog and storyline heavy MotB and KOTOR type games. C&C's and multiple factions/endings are not the primary reasons I play RPGs. I generally prefer a tighter story, even at the price of some linearity. FNV is not that type of game, and its too story light for my purposes (but I'd say the same for any other Fallout game).

 

Overall, to the people that it was intended - I think they have no reason to complain. If NMA bashes this IMO that will just prove they think F2 was unreasonably good. In fact this is, in many respects, a superior game.

 

9/10

[Blodhemn]

I guess I'm the only one who thought Benny's lines/voice was great....for comedy. Benny's an idiotic sleezeball, the voice was perfect for it, imo. I figured he's supposed to sound a bit wonky, vs. an actual 'wise guy' type. How seriously can you take ring-a-ding-ding and "I hear dig from you, baby, and all I can think of is a shovel,"...to me it sounded like an absurd version of Bogart.

 

Well. The problem is, Baby. He speaks his lines. Like he reads. Them. And stops. Like I'm stopping. With what. I Type.

[Hurlshort]

Finished the game at 40 hours in siding with Mr. House.

 

The endgame was predictable but interesting. The actual ending was okay. Overall this is easily the best game Obsidian ever made. Its simply the most well rounded and thought out product in their catalog.

 

Congratulations. You have Boo's stamp of approval.

 

FNV is probably the only game that I've seen that does branching plots and C&C's in a fully convincing manner. The Fallout universe was convincingly expanded (as far as something that silly will go). The factions reside in a moral gray area (some more than others) which really makes picking a side interesting. The crappy gameplay of Fallout 3 was also improved probably as much as it was humanely possible.

 

That said, I still prefer the dialog and storyline heavy MotB and KOTOR type games. C&C's and multiple factions/endings are not the primary reasons I play RPGs. I generally prefer a tighter story, even at the price of some linearity. FNV is not that type of game, and its too story light for my purposes (but I'd say the same for any other Fallout game).

 

Overall, to the people that it was intended - I think they have no reason to complain. If NMA bashes this IMO that will just prove they think F2 was unreasonably good. In fact this is, in many respects, a superior game.

 

9/10

 

Wow. People are going to start calling you a softy Boo. I'm glad you liked it

[Labadal]

I'm lovinng the game so far. The music is great, the writing is good and the gameplay feels improved. I still haven't played enough to give proper judgement, but so far it has been good, with one freeze and one flying gecko.

[Kaftan Barlast]

I guess I'm the only one who thought Benny's lines/voice was great....for comedy. Benny's an idiotic sleezeball, the voice was perfect for it, imo. I figured he's supposed to sound a bit wonky, vs. an actual 'wise guy' type. How seriously can you take ring-a-ding-ding and "I hear dig from you, baby, and all I can think of is a shovel,"...to me it sounded like an absurd version of Bogart.

 

Well. The problem is, Baby. He speaks his lines. Like he reads. Them. And stops. Like I'm stopping. With what. I Type.

 

 

But the real bad thing is that he says everything like he's reading it from a paper without regard to the situation. If you tell him you're going to kill him he just calmly says "cash me out here" like he was asking someone to go fetch him a coffee.

[Blodhemn]

[Thorton_AP]

I guess I'm the only one who thought Benny's lines/voice was great....for comedy. Benny's an idiotic sleezeball, the voice was perfect for it, imo. I figured he's supposed to sound a bit wonky, vs. an actual 'wise guy' type. How seriously can you take ring-a-ding-ding and "I hear dig from you, baby, and all I can think of is a shovel,"...to me it sounded like an absurd version of Bogart.

 

Well. The problem is, Baby. He speaks his lines. Like he reads. Them. And stops. Like I'm stopping. With what. I Type.

 

 

But the real bad thing is that he says everything like he's reading it from a paper without regard to the situation. If you tell him you're going to kill him he just calmly says "cash me out here" like he was asking someone to go fetch him a coffee.

 

 

I think that that makes sense for a character like Benny however.

[HoonDing]

But the real bad thing is that he says everything like he's reading it from a paper without regard to the situation. If you tell him you're going to kill him he just calmly says "cash me out here" like he was asking someone to go fetch him a coffee.

In reality, they just used Mark Meer and used Matthew Perry's name for better marketing.

[Nepenthe]

But the real bad thing is that he says everything like he's reading it from a paper without regard to the situation. If you tell him you're going to kill him he just calmly says "cash me out here" like he was asking someone to go fetch him a coffee.

In reality, they just used Mark Meer and used Matthew Perry's name for better marketing.

 

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[Cantousent]

I just started a new game tonight and I think the background music while talking to the Doc in Goodsprings is heavily influenced by PS:T. I can't quite place it, but I'm thinking of installing PS:T yet one more time to see. Also, I have a shovel and I'm sorely tempted to dig up the graves. From what I understand, it doesn't hit Karma, although it does give you some sort of gravedigger achievement or something.

[WorstUsernameEver]

You get no perk or achievement unfortunately.

 

You get items though!

[CoM_Solaufein]

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