That Latest Fallout: New Vegas Patch for Xbox 360? Yeah, Don't Install It

Christ, how can one game still be so fucking buggy. 

Yo dawg...

The PC version is worlds better than at launch, but I still have a hard time convincing myself to play it anymore. I *really* want to like it as much as I liked Fallout 3, but... meh. It just feels off somehow. If I had the 360 version and lost my save because of this, I'd swear off the game for good.

Goddamnit Obsidian...

Bethesda/Obsidian could probably find a way to red ring a ps3.

Bethesda has the most buggy engine I've ever seen.

" Silver lining to PSN being offline. Crazy people can't break your game saves until May 3rd at the earliest."

THIS SHIT IS LIKE INCEPTION OR SOME SHIT

I ERASED MY FUCKING GAME BECAUSE OF THIS! GODDAMMIT

Don't mention the patch's eye...

Such irresponsible garbage. I guess that ridiculous two-week patch certification process is meaningless too.

Too bad as I did this & seeing the same amount of lockups as before now with messages of DLC not being available. Would have liked it if they did the DLC support/variety for this like Fallout3, seems at times that they moved on past doing more for this game.

Bethesda: This is why people don't like you. It's because of stuff like this.

@patrickklepek:    That's right: a patch for a patch! Such if the age of games we live in, apparently, though one has to wonder how a botched patch survived both development and certification without anyone catching this bad boy.

You'd think the ability to patch games post launch would help improve games not make them more buggy.

The patch work just fine, it's just that you can't load your current save file because of DLC error, and if you continue to load it will freeze the game. I had no problem starting a new game because, truly, this patch is a god send because of the performance optimizations.

Good QA testing!

"Glad I play on the PC. Sucks for everyone on the 360 version, though.

Is this a crash bug for the 360 itself, or just for the New Vegas bootup?

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The game will load up fine.  The problem is with loading your saved games.  As soon as you do an error message about not having some of the DLC required for that game pops up (which is hilarious because I never bought the DLC).  If you ignore the error and continue loading the game will freeze on the loading screen.

My impression is that you can start a new game, but I don't really feel like replaying those 20-30 hours I put in already.

Come on. This was on the forums for some time. It seems a bit off when you see news on the forums before you see it from journalists.

Gamebryo Engine. Gamebryo Engine never changes.

So don't install the patch that is required or else you can't be logged into Xbox Live?

Doesn't Microsoft have lengthy approval procedures for patches? I mean, plenty of developers complain about the length of time MS takes to approve updates to games. I specifically remember the Super Meat Boy update not arriving on consoles for many weeks after Team Meat said they had submitted it to MS, and every time they were asked, they said it was on MS, not them. So how did this slip though? Surely if MS are doing such lengthy tests, shit like this shouldn't happen.

Silver lining to PSN being offline. Crazy people can't break your game saves until May 3rd at the earliest.

Damn I installed it but things are working fine. It did tell me that the Dead Money DLC no longer existed.... I suppose that's my punishment for buying it in the first place.

A patch for the game! a patch for the patch! a patch for the patch for the patch..

No wonder it was released buggy when they still have trouble fixing it months after release.

Oh Obsidian.

Ouch.

Glad I play on the PC. Sucks for everyone on the 360 version, though.