NEW VEGAS!

[Dusty Lens]

Food I keep. I never know when I might need it.

The difficulty at present is rather challenging. Moreso than Fallout 3. I'm spending a little time feeling things out before bumping her up to the highest difficulty level, which is where I prefer to be.

In terms of repercussions do note that we're returning to the regional system. The actions you take determine how the locals feel about you. The locals does not necesarily mean the townspeople. Note my original point about being able to walk a different path. Sadly the local nogoodnicks rather think that I'm a bit of a "jerk" at this point.

One thing that I find very compelling but have not had the means or opportunity to fully explore is some manner of new fangled alchemy system. Everything from campfires to chem labs to whatever now has the potential to allow you to mix item A and B together to form mystery object C. Be object C a tanned gecko hide, some manner of chemical miracle cure or armor piercing ammo.

In other words the repair, science, wilderness and so on skills now have a derth of possibility that extends far beyond their original "hack computers/repair stuff" potential.

The being a doctor skill is now extremely important.

EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH.

Speech also makes a comeback with the removal of the utterly pointless % system of FO3. Speach was a skill you never touched as the f5/f9 buttons basically gave you an instant 100 in that region.

Skills now play a role in determining conversation outcomes. Many avenues, including quests, can be closed to you if you don't know what you're talking about.

A very cool mechanic are magazines. Read a magazine, get a temporary 10% boost to a skill. Think of it as a "small guns" potion, as an example.

The crafting system is one that I feel holds a ton of potential... To be honest it's almost frustrating how many options are out there at present, I know that I wont be able to tap into even a quarter of the content on my first playthrough and I'm utterly lost as to how I can proceed in a way that I'll find most rewarding.

I'm sticking to my original FO1 build. A charismatic, intelligent weakling who can't take more than two bullets but has a nice rounding of luck.

But, for some reason, I'm feeling a strong urge to ditch the guns this time around and go for the sneakymcstabalot build.

Because sneaking up on people and stabbing them is the literal definition of excellence.

But then I -know- there's going to be boxing somewhere. Sneaking up on people and punching them is the other literal definition of excellence.

Sniping people from a mile away, while fun, just doesn't feel as classy as putting a machete where their face used to be.