The Unpopular Opinions

[Azisien]

Doesn't seem right to complain about top-tier difficulty settings either, in any game. I mean they're always labelled Insane and Impossible or Unbeatable, etc etc.

If you booted up a game and chose the difficult UNBEATABLE, and it was actually unbeatable, what would you think? I mean it's silly, obviously, but you did choose to play unbeatable, and got what you chose.

Really impossible mode is very forgiving, because it is still possible.

[Ecks]

Look at this face. Look at it. And tell me you are not enthralled.

[Azisien]

Well here's the thing, she wears weird shit. WEARS.

If you look at her actual face, I dunno, seems pretty normal to me.

[Ecks]

The weird shit is endearing to me, okay? At least she's got that, instead of trying to outwhore every other chick her age.

[Marc v4.0]

That really isn't an attractive picture by any stretch of the imagination.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Originally Posted by BloodyMage

Yes, I realise it's possible, but it felt as though the game was punishing me for trying to go in a different direction. I'd played Fallout 3 and I was pretty eager to play New Vegas, so coming out of the first town, I was experienced enough with the mechanics that I wanted to go exploring before getting into the main quest too much. I took a few steps north and found myself in the middle of a horde of radscorpions. The big ones, I forget what they're called. Barely made it through them to a little place where they warn me about deatheaters. I figured oh, they'll be in the quarry, I'll take this road and I'll avoid them because I don't feel like fighting death eaters with a crappy little pistol. I was still ambushed by three or four of them along the road.

It felt a little like I had to play the main quest so much just to open up the game, which was just disappointing.



I liked the scaling system, at least the one in Fallout 3. Sure, some areas still had pretty deadly creatures but if you wanted to go exploring you could. In some of my play throughs I found most of the map land marks without really advancing the story too much, and it didn't skip it, but I was able to do that because of the scaling system and that was fun. I know level scaling isn't realistic but I do prefer it.

I was extremely overleveled for the main quest though.

I...Isn't that the point?
I mean you can do it, me n' Krylo are apparently proof of that. You just have to know what you're doing and be a bit prepared.

Honestly I'd feel pretty ripped off if the game told me HEY DON'T FUCKIN GO THAT WAY THERE'S FLIES FROM HELL AND DEATHCLAWS and I'd gone in that direction only to find it was a candy coated road paved with Stimpacks and caps.

[BloodyMage]

I can do it. I'm not expecting to be told there's going to be deathclaws in the quarry area and then not find the deathclaws in the quarry area. But I'd like, as an experienced player, of having the opportunity to go north,and explore the area, maybe stay away from a particular area because I know it would take far too much effort with a current level and/or weapons, maybe do some side quests up north and come back to the story when I feel up to it.

I don't want to go north to find that actually, it's not just one area with deathclaws, but it's actually littered with the creatures meaning that anyone under leveled is basically being told in no uncertain terms to turn back because the game wants me to go the other way. There's a difference between being prepared and being straight up incapable. You either have to have maxed out a skill, out run about five of them, or mod the game to gave yourself a fair chance. The guy said they were north, with particular reference to the quarry, so I intentionally bared east and still found a bunch of them just waiting about.

I'll just say this: It's a role playing game, but that design, although possible, made it feel a lot more linear than I expected a fallout game to be.

[Krylo]

The Quarry (Deathclaws) is East by Northeast. Straight north from the starting town there's some cazadors and some rather tough raiders (one has the upgraded metal armor and plasma grenades), but no Deathclaws. North by Northeast is Giant Radscorpions.

There's only deathclaws in one place in that general vicinity.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I can usually snake my way up North pretty well. Difficult, but certainly possible. There are other ways there as well that are safer, like the Novac Road, but thats a bit longer.

e: I have met maybe one deatclaw in the area. May have been a random encounter, but I was leaning a bit close to the quartries. Just steer clear of the quarry and Cazadors will be the worst of your problems.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Everyone!

Fallout talk.

I think y'all need to cut that shit out.