Fallout New Vegas - worth buying now?

Imo despite the quirks and failings after launch, for me, this has got to be the goty so far. At times I find the NV game world staggering. Go for it. :)
 
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Ooo god yes! recent patches have got most of the performance bugs nailed, much smoother than release (though it was worth buying then)... i've played 47 hours so far and i've only just reached the new vegas strip! there's so much to do!

Staggeringly good value for money!
 
I sat and stared at a lake for about 3 minutes last night, just sat there, staring at it

Amazing game, some annoyances, especially with combat but the story and epicness help you over look that easily
 
If you've played FO3 then you may aswell get it if you want it. If you've not played FO3 then get the GotY edition and ignore FONV till its cheap or has its own GotY edition.
 
If you've played FO3 then you may aswell get it if you want it. If you've not played FO3 then get the GotY edition and ignore FONV till its cheap or has its own GotY edition.



I have FO3 and enjoyed it, but I have had some games in the past where they were filled with problems until patches came out, so I always wait now for a few months when a new game is out to make sure it's working before buying.

TY to everybody and I will be out buying this game asap...
 
If you do buy it dont get it from Steam.

Get it from a good etailer, save about 7 squids, and activate on Steam anyway.

Then use the box as a Hitler tash and knob drawing excercise
 
i got it 2 days ago and the frames per second issue was ridiculous so i ended up installing the dll fix until an official patch sorts it out.. only problem with the dll patch is that transparency AA is messed up and don't work at all but at least i can maintain a constant 60FPS while looking at an NPC
 
same question as OP.

and "if you like FO3 then get it" is not an answer that interests me, not really helpfull to state the obvious

what I would like to know are the bugs ironed out? I have read many forum posts about bugs (performance, ingame quests etc...). I don't want this to be like Oblivion, it was riddled with bugs, I basically unistalled it and played it a year later once the bugs had been addressed
 
personally I have encountered no game breaking or quest bugs that have been obvious enough for me to stop playing, the main problem with the game for me is the performance drop around NPC's, which made any highly populated areas a pain to navigate. ultimately, if I've not been able to find something or someone, I move on and do something else in game so it's not been a problem.
 
same question as OP.

and "if you like FO3 then get it" is not an answer that interests me, not really helpfull to state the obvious

what I would like to know are the bugs ironed out? I have read many forum posts about bugs (performance, ingame quests etc...). I don't want this to be like Oblivion, it was riddled with bugs, I basically unistalled it and played it a year later once the bugs had been addressed

Most of the bugs in the game were performance related, poor fps, CTD's etc. They only affected some people and not others but most seem to have been ironed out pretty quickly, they pushed out a fair few patches within the first few days of release and kept doing so since.

I never encountered a single problem on an ati 4850 and a mate had the same smooth experience as i did on a GTX260, both of us with the game maxed out and both started playing on launch day. Yet there were people on various forums with much better cards such as GTX480's that were having a hell of a time with performance at the start.
 
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