Fallout: New Vegas is an upcoming role-playing video game in the Fallout series, currently in development by Obsidian Entertainment (many employees of which worked for Black Isle Studios on Fallout and Fallout 2) and has been scheduled for release in fourth quarter 2010.[4]
Fallout: New Vegas is not a sequel to Fallout 3 and is a stand-alone product.[5][6] Events in game follow three years after Fallout 3 and offer a similar role-playing experience, however, no characters from that game will appear.[6]
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* 1 Plot
o 1.1 Setting
o 1.2 Story
* 2 Gameplay
o 2.1 Combat and weapons
o 2.2 Reputation and dialogue
o 2.3 Companions
o 2.4 Hardcore mode
o 2.5 Mini games
* 3 Development
o 3.1 Music
* 4 Marketing
o 4.1 Trailers
o 4.2 Pre-order bonus packs
o 4.3 Collector's Edition
* 5 References
* 6 External links
[edit] Plot
[edit] Setting
Fallout: New Vegas takes place during the year 2280, three years after Fallout 3 and 203 years after the Great War of 2077, making this installment the chronologically latest in the series thus far.[7] The game is set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Nevada and the Mojave Desert.[7] Unlike other cities in the Fallout series, Vegas was not struck directly by a nuclear attack. Its buildings remain intact, and mutation of its inhabitants is minimal.[7]
The city is divided between various factions.[6][8] The New California Republic (NCR), Caesar's Legion, and New Vegas factions are at war and seek control of the city.[6][8] Landmarks featured in Fallout: New Vegas include the Hoover Dam that supplies power to the city[8] and the Helios 1 solar energy plant.[9]
[edit] Story
The game places the player in the role of a courier.[8] The courier, while delivering a package with unknown contents, is found unconscious in a shallow grave after a failed assassination attempt by an unknown assailant. The courier is treated for injuries by a local caregiver, Doc Mitchell.[6] Thereafter the player enters into character creation (defining skills and attributes, name, gender, age and appearance) before investigating the assassination attempt, recovering the stolen package, and exploring the world.[10]
[edit] Gameplay
Obsidian Entertainment presents new features and improvements in Fallout: New Vegas that are implemented upon the foundation of Fallout 3.
[edit] Combat and weapons
The Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System, or V.A.T.S., will have the ability to use new special attacks [7][8] Usage of certain melee weapons will trigger unique attack animations. For example, using 9-Iron (a golf club) would show up as "Fore" and sends the enemy reeling for a period. Also Obsidian Entertainment has added the ability to use the iron sights on all guns.
New weapons, some Fallout 3 weapons and a weapon modification system are introduced in Fallout: New Vegas.[11] The modification system allow for weapon modifications, such as mounting scopes, modifying rate of fire and changing size of magazine.[11]
[edit] Reputation and dialogue
The quantity of factions prompted developers to reintroduce the reputation system that was absent in Fallout 3.[10] The degree of faction loyalty influences the player's reputation.[10] Reputation affects the behavior of faction non-player characters (NPCs) toward the player, and reflects the impacts of selected choices in the world.[10]
Availability of dialogue options with NPCs are based upon skills, reputation and karma. Skills have a bigger effect on conversation choices.[8] The success or failure of speech is dependent on skill level rather than chance as seen in Fallout 3.[8]
[edit] Companions
Companion behavior and tasks are controlled using the Companion Wheel. Fallout 3 presented companion commands in a conversational text menu. The new Companion Wheel offers command execution by selecting commands that are presented in a radial and graphical menu. Josh Sawyer states the Companion Wheel offers ease of companion interaction.[10] Such examples of companion commands include setting and changing its combat tactics, its default behavior towards foes and usage frequency of available resources.[10]
[edit] Hardcore mode
Hardcore Mode[8][9] (optional) delivers a sense of realism and intensity into the gaming environment. Gaming difficulty is increased[9] and encourage players to implement effective strategies, careful considerations in resource management, combat tactics, and high attention to the surrounding environment. These features include:
* Delayed healing rather than instant healing upon usage of hand-held medication units (Stimpaks)[9]
* Healing crippled limbs require a high medicine skill and medical items (Doctor's Bag)[9]
* Ammunition will have weight[9]
* Requirement of water consumption to avoid dehydration and death[9]
[edit] Mini games
Fallout: New Vegas is confirmed to have gambling-related minigames, including Blackjack, or the use of slot machines. A new game, called Caravan, has also been invented for New Vegas.[12]
[edit] Development
Senior Producer Jason Bergman revealed that Fallout: New Vegas will use Steamworks for functionality, such as achievements and cloud save storage.[13]
[edit] Music
Inon Zur will compose the soundtrack for the game.[2]
[edit] Marketing
[edit] Trailers
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summarizing the trailers.
On February 4, 2010, Obsidian Entertainment released the Fallout: New Vegas teaser trailer.
A second trailer was first shown on GameTrailers TV from E3 on June 11, 2010.[14]
[edit] Pre-order bonus packs
Bethesda have announced several pre-order bonus packs giving exclusive in-game items, they include the "Classic", "Tribal", "Caravan" and "Mercenary" packs available when pre-ordering at specific outlets.[15]
[edit] Collector's Edition
The Collector's Edition was revealed on May 11, 2010.[16] Distribution will be worldwide and available to all platforms.[16] Its enclosed contents include poker chips from Fallout: New Vegas casinos, a deck of cards, a hardcover graphic novel, and a making-of documentary DVD.[
I've never seen a thread that is quite literally a wikipedia page.
We really don't need another thread about New Vegas, the trailer thread is good enough, plus this is a shameless Wikipedia copy-paste.
[QUOTE=dragon1972;22598535]We really don't need another thread about New Vegas, the trailer thread is good enough, plus this is a shameless Wikipedia copy-paste.[/QUOTE]
if its so shameless then dont bother on commenting
[QUOTE='[WANTED];22598595']if its so shameless then dont bother on commenting[/QUOTE]
There's a Fallout forum, this isn't Wikipedia. We're commenting on it so you don't mess it up again.
[QUOTE=G71tc4;22598619]There's a Fallout forum, this isn't Wikipedia. We're commenting on it so you don't mess it up again.[/QUOTE]
ok thanks for letting me know
