@FritzDude: You've summed up my entire blog post in two words. I'll let time be the true judge, and maybe I'll even follow up on this post, but I just can't see any bugs being so bad that I would consider this game a not-purchase.
And you're right. Bugs can be patched, which is another argument I gave him.
But is it enough to take away from the general "Falloutness" of the game? Fallout 3 was plagued with technical issues and bugs and that didn't stop me from having a positive experience with the game.
Some of the issues in Fallout 3 had me thinking to myself that, in a game like Halo or Gears, they would have been the end of the series. In Fallout 3, however, I didn't really take issue with them and was willing to deal with that. Not really sure why, though.
@samcotts: Anything in particular about Friday, or just the weekend?
I'm with you though. I remember looking at the trait as I was picking out my perks and going, "This has GOT to be good....right?" No brainer. You've gotta pick it at least once.
So, I'm not going to pretend like I've beaten Fallout:NV, I'm actually only about an hour into the game, but I recently got into it with a friend on twitter about whether or not he was going to get this game. His argument was that the game was made by Obsidian Entertainment, and because of the near-complete failures of Alpha Protocol and KOTOR II, he was going to wait and see how this game shaped up before he bought it. My argument was that this game was being built on the framework that already existed from Fallout 3 and that, despite what would inevitably be a buggy game (proven by gameplay and the recent review on GB), it was still going to be a Fallout game and would, therefore, be something worth devoting time.
One hour into Fallout:NV and I couldn't be any more right.
Is the game a bit buggy? Sure Are the graphics not the best on the market today? Probably (but who really cares) Is it still Fallout 3-style gameplay? Absolutely.
And that, more than anything, is the reason to pick up this game. I put almost 100 hours into Fallout 3, and judging from what I've read, that's less than average for the people that enjoyed Fallout 3. I can't see how, despite bugs and glitches, you wouldn't enjoy this game if you were one of those people.
I'll still stick primarily to VATS, but the iron sight aiming is a vast improvement over Fallout 3's aiming system. I wasn't able to hit the tiny bugs early on in the game, but I'm guessing that once the targets get bigger, it'll be a lot more useful, especially when I've run out of AP points.
I noticed the popup at the very beginning when I found the "alleged" Indiana Jones easter egg. Wasn't sure if the two were related. I guess this means multiple play-throughs!
I envision Twitter one day being nothing but feeds from third-party sites reminding us that we bought something, by going somewhere, and doing something.
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