Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money Review

Adam

Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money Review by Adam

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THEMAN · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:52 am�� Post subject:

well, sounds like I ought to be happy I'm not getting it because I'm on the PC version. The traps + ghosts thing sounds incredibly stupid.
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fatpizza · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:05 am�� Post subject:

Sinde I have the PS3 version I obviously won't be getting this. But when it does eventually come out I'll probably wait for the GOTY edition anyway, as the DLC for Fallout 3 at $15.95 per pack was an absolute ripoff.
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renegadesx · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:14 am�� Post subject:

To do a GOTY edition you will need it to win a Game of the Year award. I have yet to see New Vegas win such an award. Maybe because of the bugs.

Once patched its a lot better and a fantastic game, (I'm level 9 and still barley strached the surface of the main quest). But bugs let down review scores and GOTY nominations.
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grim-one · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:13 pm�� Post subject:

THEMAN · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:18 pm�� Post subject:

FALLOUTNV complete edition
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el_rezzo · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:50 pm�� Post subject:

Still holding out for the GOTY edition (come on, some crappy little website will give it GOTY so they can get their name on the box). I'm sure it will be a better experience once most of the bugs are patched out like with Fallout 3. Will be nice to get $150 of content for $40 too.
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light487 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:36 am�� Post subject:

As I was reading the review I kept thinking.. "Metro 2033".. hrmm yes.. "Metro 2033".. oh ok, right.. "Metro 2033"

That's not a bad thing of course because Metro 2033 is a great game, albeit a little too scary for me, but I couldn't stop thinking that.. the scavenging, the survival horror etc

renegadesx · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:07 am�� Post subject:

Stay away from Amnesia: Dark Decent then, maybe one of the scariest games since the first Silent Hill.

But may I ask why Resistance 2 or Metro 2033 was scary for people? Even Dead Space wasn't that scary, it had atmosphere but not suspense. The freaky bad guys are not scary when you expect them.
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JP2daMC · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:58 am�� Post subject:

I haven't played Metro, but if it's like parts of Fallout, it can be scary. I find that the build-up of playing it alone (in terms of being alone at home and without a companion in the game) and wandering into the unknown without a quest and without interacting with NPCs (as they can break that feeling of being alone in a hostile world) can really start to give that feeling of tension.

It depends what you react to. For me, atmosphere is king and a lot of it is in my own head. I need a game to give me the space and enough implied horror to let my imagination creep me out. I find the games with bigger spaces between action, like Fallout, are generally creepier than a game like FEAR 2 which relies on action and jump out at you scares every 5 minutes.

Some people found that Dead Space didn't scare them. The action certainly didn't. But it worked for me when there was the combination of having to slowly make your way through some levels while low on health, and that's when you react more to noises and jump out at you scares. However, the opposite is true when you're armed to the eyeballs with a full health bar and oodles of health packs.

The implied horror and shadows and noises in these games are much more effective for me than the monsters themselves. And Silent Hill and old Resident Evil games took it up a notch by making your characters weak and with little ammo and with more implied tahn actual horror (Silent Hill especially). Most of the time you had to blindly run from monsters and sneak around them, which is much scarier than having the ability to blow them to bits.
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light487 · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:17 am�� Post subject:

Adam · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:54 am�� Post subject:

I should maybe point out that while I make the survival horror connection, I mean it purely in a gameplay sense, and not with regards to Dead Money's atmosphere. The game didn't scare me at all.
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drinniol · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:36 pm�� Post subject:

Here's a thought, kids; You've all growed up and will never find anything that will scare you like a seven year old until you get terminal cancer.

And even then that's a whole different kind of scary.

Fetidchimp · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:55 pm�� Post subject:

well that was important announcement
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