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theres a huge preview in this months PC gamer, just got my subscription copy
loads of screens, look very similar to fallout 3 and uses a lot of the same art...but lots of new art too

features a new optional hardcore mode that addresses many things that were modded in..
need to drink water
ammo has weight
healing isn't instant

normal node is as per fallout 3

storyline involves NCR versus slavers versus new vegas residents

you're not a vault dweller, but you get given a pip boy by someone who is..and seemingly a vault suit since the shots show one

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Thanks for the info, that all sounds pretty great.

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theres a huge preview in this months PC gamer, just got my subscription copy
loads of screens, look very similar to fallout 3 and uses a lot of the same art...but lots of new art too

features a new optional hardcore mode that addresses many things that were modded in..
need to drink water
ammo has weight
healing isn't instant

normal node is as per fallout 3

storyline involves NCR versus slavers versus new vegas residents

you're not a vault dweller, but you get given a pip boy by someone who is..and seemingly a vault suit since the shots show one


Sounds very good. I wish I could read the mag myself.

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Good news and Neat updates ^_^

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theres an M4 lookalike assault rifle

it mentions special moves for melee weapons in VATS specifically a move for a golf club called "fore" which seems to be a groin shot :)

the hoover dam is in and supplying electricity..hence the city in the trailer

it mentions a quest to rescue a ghoul from some supermutants who can then be a companion

Edited by Charger, 06 February 2010 - 07:03 AM.


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So groin shot is back?

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theres an M4 lookalike assault rifle

it mentions special moves for melee weapons in VATS specifically a move for a golf club called "fore" which seems to be a groin shot :)

the hoover dam is in and supplying electricity..hence the city in the trailer


This gets better, by every moment.

Would you be kind and create an extensive summary, if you happen to have time to do it?

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Wow I like how the "Hardcore Mode" isn't just a cheap Bullet Sponge add on.


I think this is a huge improvement for people who liked the sense of survival you had at low levels on Fallout before you advanced to higher status.

Can't wait to find myself low on water sun beating down giving up hope and then finding a dead water carrying raider.

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Can you read the preview anywhere online?

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That's nice that they give you the option to play "hardcore" if you want to. I prefer the regular mode, so I'm glad they retain that, but I bet the new features will make a lot of people happy.

Can you read the preview anywhere online?

Sorry, scanning magazine articles (or writing them out verbatim) contravenes copyright so it would be against the rules to link to it if anyone did upload it.

A summary of the main points would be fine, though. :)

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This gets better, by every moment.

Would you be kind and create an extensive summary, if you happen to have time to do it?


I'd love a summary too.

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So groin shot is back?



I dont know if the groin shot is back or if its just the special move for that weapon..it doesn;t make it clear


nightkin and geckos are back

Edited by Charger, 06 February 2010 - 07:09 AM.


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I love geckos! :)

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Sorry, scanning magazine articles (or writing them out verbatim) contravenes copyright so it would be against the rules to link to it if anyone did upload it.


Oh I meant like on the magazine's official site or something (as some mags have previews of that month's feature articles and stuff), but okey dokey.

Edited by AndyTbone, 06 February 2010 - 07:11 AM.


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Could you please describe the pictures? What's going on in them, what does New Vegas look like etc. etc.

Edit: Yes Nightkin!

Edited by xXAntibodyXx, 06 February 2010 - 07:12 AM.


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Oh I meant like on the magazine's official site or something (as some mags have previews of that month's feature articles and stuff), but okey dokey.



to be honest its a subscription issue and probably not even in the shops yet..its the match issue...subscribers get it early

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I dont know if the groin shot is back or if its just the special move for that weapon..it doesn;t make it clear


nightkin and geckos are back


Hooray!


We need that summary! :dance:

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sorry I cant be bothered typing long essays, lol

most shots are combat...against supermutants, geckos etc...some supermutants look like the fallout 3 models , others are new models , theres a female one with a 50s hairstyle :) who apparently is one of their leaders
a few pics of NPCs..a guy with a beard and straw hat, a ghoul an NCR ranger
new weapons are the golf club, the m4 lookalike and a big gun, which is shown blasting some mutants, is held like a minigun, with a backpack...but its not a minigun
the only pic of new vegas itself is concept art and not a screen
some location shots include a huge model dinosaur advertising a hotel, some satellite dishes, an array of solar panels
a character gen shot(i think) showing a "vigour machine" instead of the skill book...looks like some kind of thing you'd see in a fairground...50s style of course

Edited by Charger, 06 February 2010 - 07:24 AM.


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Any mention of the Caesar's Legion perhaps? :) Or some other names of factions and places?

Is the guy in the trailer an NCR ranger?

Edited by Desert_Ranger, 06 February 2010 - 07:28 AM.


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ceasars legion are the slavers..one of the 3 main factions...

hmmm it mentions a topless revue in a casino in a town called primm....I'll believe that when I see it, lol

thers a supermutant base called black mountain

NCR base is mccarran airport

a town called fremont

the hoover dam

cesars legion are based at the strip

Edited by Charger, 06 February 2010 - 07:29 AM.


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BTW, could you perhaps take a photo of the magazine so we know it's not fake like some other posts like this before? There have been some fake ones that got our hopes up already :(

Edited by Desert_Ranger, 06 February 2010 - 07:29 AM.


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There is a map as well showing the areas which will be in the game. These include Area 51 and the Hoover Damn. I think there will be some reference to Mothership Zeta in Area 51, if not a whole new Alien quest.
It also says your stats get tested by a 'vigour machine', with a picture of it. The best way I can describe it is that it looks like the 'Love Tester'(or something like that), which is in the corner of Moes Tavern in the Simpsons.
There is also a picture of a child stood near a jukebox with a dog next to her. (Dogmeat?)

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it mentions special moves for melee weapons in VATS specifically a move for a golf club called "fore" which seems to be a groin shot :)


Was hoping for this, not just the groin shot, but thats a welcome bonus haha. Should spice up melee vats a bit.

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ceasars legion are the slavers..one of the 3 main factions...


YAY!

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BTW, could you perhaps take a photo of the magazine so we know it's not fake like some other posts like this before?

Photographing and linking to copyright material will earn at least a warning on these boards. Best not, OK?

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There is a map as well showing the areas which will be in the game. These include Area 51 and the Hoover Damn. I think there will be some reference to Mothership Zeta in Area 51, if not a whole new Alien quest.
It also says your stats get tested by a 'vigour machine', with a picture of it. The best way I can describe it is that it looks like the 'Love Tester'(or something like that), which is in the corner of Moes Tavern in the Simpsons.
There is also a picture of a child stood near a jukebox with a dog next to her. (Dogmeat?)


Do you think or did they actually say it will be related to Zeta? If so, that's bad news...

Edited by xXAntibodyXx, 06 February 2010 - 07:30 AM.


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I was just talking about taking a photo of the cover so that we know it's real, not the stuff in the article. I don't think this is against any rules. What would be wrong with that? It's just the cover that will be public anyway.

Edited by Desert_Ranger, 06 February 2010 - 07:37 AM.


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features a new optional hardcore mode that addresses many things that were modded in..

:D

need to drink water

:mellow:

ammo has weight

:D

healing isn't instant

:D

storyline involves NCR versus slavers versus new vegas residents

Caesar's Legion?

Edited by Syraxis, 06 February 2010 - 07:32 AM.


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Could some one let me know what mags the rewiews will be obviously pc gamer but is there any other one's and when are they coming out.In the UK.

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Do you think or did they actually say it will be related to Zeta? If so, that's bad news...

the alien, area 51 stuff seems to be speculation...as they say is wans't in the demo they were shown, but nevada wouldn't be nevada without it


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