" @Bongos said:

" Totally making a hardcore lumberjack hacking his way through the wasteland.  "

Oh God, if only their were tree cutting mechanics ! "

" No. I like to do first playthroughs as intended. "

I will play on easy first

I'm playing Fallout 3 on very easy and still dieing...so no.

indeed.

Im sure I will start game on hardcore.

" Im sure I will start game on hardcore. "

I think I will give it a try, normally playing games where the difficulty is ramped up bores me becuase it takes away the realism from the gameplay. If the only way to get past a certain point is to find a glitch in the A.I or attack something in a way which would just be ridicuous in reality its not for me. However my whole attraction to Fallout  is the idea of trying to survive in a post-apolcalyptic world and the harcore mode sounds as if it might be trying to replicate this sort of experience more realistically, rather than making all the enemies take hundreds of bullets before they die. It always annoys me in these games when you can fit half a lorry load of gear into your pack and when you never really have to eat or sleep.  
 I would like it if the longer you went with-out sleeping the more difficult it became to control your character and they became worse and shooting etc, tbh I would really like someone to make a Videogame of Cormac McCarthy's  book "The Road." I know it wouldn't be for everybody, but I like the idea of struggling to survive, kind of like you were in F3 after you came out of the vault - that was the most exciting time of the game for me.

As long as things don't lose their durability faster I will. I hated how a gun would break after 20 minutes of use. I want realistic, not annoying/frustrating/contrived hardness.

yea i'll give it a try sounds like it could extent game play by a lot.

Hell no, I play Fallout 3 on easy just because it doesn't feel right on other modes, not because of it actual being difficult but because I can't stand to see a guy take 3 shotgun shells to the face and not die. 
  
A human should take human like damage and go from scale from there with other creatures, imo.

I'd play NV on Hardcore because I like the realistic experiences of ammo weight, having to drink, and all that shinaz you have to worry about. I played FO3 on easy because unloading a magazine of bullets into a guys face for a full 12 seconds and them not dying is super annoying. I can deal with Super Mutants being resistance because, well, they aren't human. If Hardcore mode means unrealistically strong enemies, I'll play normal on easy mode. If it doesn't have anything to do with game difficulty, I'll play hardcore.

I tend to be a masochist when it comes to video games, so yes.

Yes, hardcore all the way, unless it gives the enemy's more health. 

No. One of the things I liked about Fallout 3 was how easy it was to exploit the game. With the finding-more-ammo perk (I forget it's name), and the fact that ammo had no weight, I was able to build up a fortune of caps by looting and selling all sorts of ammo for weapons that I never used. For example, I almost never used mini-nukes, and you can get 200-something caps for one of those! And they had no weight! 
 
That, and I play games to have fun. I don't think that dying because of having no water is fun. Unless it can be turned on or off at will (like difficulties in Fallout 3), I won't be doing this. 

Sounds a bit too tough for me, besides I'm not sure I want to deal with all that scavenging for water, extra inventory management and waiting for my health to heal.

Definitely. 
 
Besides, according to Gameinformer, Hardcore mode is NOT a difficulty level, it's a modifier.  So you can play on Easy, which has experience, enemy/player health etc where they would be with an easy mode, but Hardcore adds those extra effects.  So it's not going to be affecting the "meters" too much, it just won't hold your hand.

Wasn't a huge fan of Fallout 3 but if they clean some shit up and make the combat less awful I might try it. Won't play on hardcore.

I'll probably only play on hardcore. 

I wonder, if the aim of hardcore mode is to make the game more realistic, does this do away with the whole "dice rolling" system of shooting? It would be really interesting to have your gun's accuracy be solely dependent on its condition, not how many points you put into a skill. Also, it'd be really neat to have guns backfire when the reach 0% condition, rather than just becoming unusable. 

" I wonder, if the aim of hardcore mode is to make the game more realistic, does this do away with the whole "dice rolling" system of shooting? It would be really interesting to have your gun's accuracy be solely dependent on its condition, not how many points you put into a skill. Also, it'd be really neat to have guns backfire when the reach 0% condition, rather than just becoming unusable.  "

Definitely. I will skip the "softcore"??? and immeaditely start with hardcore. I just hope it's done properly. I'm the kind of gamer who loves a challenge and i usually play every game on the hardest settings.

Oh hell yes.  Gotta see how immersive that mode makes the game.  Can't wait to try it out.

I'm not sure if I'll be playing New Vegas at all yet. 
I still don't trust Obsidian to make a good game out of Fallout, I was tricked once before with Neverwinter Nights 2. Never again.

Maaaaaaaaaybe?

yes after i beat it if theres a way to make purified water but if i have to find water all the time no

If there's an achievement for it...

" Definitely. I will skip the "softcore"??? and immeaditely start with hardcore. I just hope it's done properly. I'm the kind of gamer who loves a challenge and i usually play every game on the hardest settings. "

I'll definitely play hardcore for my first time through. I recently started playing Fallout 3 again and I installed a mod called FWE which makes you have to monitor your hunger, thirst and tiredness, makes combat more difficult, etc. It almost turns it into a survival horror game what with the distinct lack of ammo/Stimpacks and having to run a lot. I realize that may sound like the opposite of fun, but it really adds to the atmosphere for me. I thought FO3 was sort of so-so when it was released, but with this mod on it makes it a lot more fun. I'm hoping with New Vegas playing in hardcore mode off the bat will make me appreciate the setting a lot more.

I'll give it a try but I think playing like I did in Fallout 3 will be more fun. I just want more Fallout. I'm still playing Fallout 3 and have more than 300 hours into multiple saves. I love it.

" I'll give it a try but I think playing like I did in Fallout 3 will be more fun. I just want more Fallout. I'm still playing Fallout 3 and have more than 300 hours into multiple saves. I love it. "

I will go hardcore for sho'. But not on my first playthrough. 

only for the achievement

No way.  I'm already not a fan of the limited ammo and health in the game.  Not that it's the game's fault, just personal taste.

Definitely. Me likey immersion, even if it means that the game is effing hard from the get go (see: First S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game)

i like survival situations so i would give it a whirl 

If the combat's as difficult as the last game then definitely not. The combat was ridiculously hard in Fallout 3. 

in hardcore they need to make it so u can drop an enemy in like 3 shots but if it isnt i wont be playing, itll be too difficult and unrealistic and not worth it

Crack that whip and punish me!
Hardcore from the first second.  Even tho I hate inventory management and Im a furious looter (started a new game in FO3 two days ago. Anyone want 60 blood packs and 4 different outfits that are useless?) 
 
A bit off-topic, but why do people need achievements n shit to play? Ah nvm, Ill never get it.

I only play games on the hardest difficulty. So yes for me.

probably for the second playthrough, just hope that its as easy as Fallout 3

If it takes half your ammo to kill anything while a couple shots are fatal to the player, then hell no. Realism I can appreciate but mind-numbingly impossible grind fests ain't my bag.

I think the Hardcore setting will probably make the game more balanced. In Fallout 3 ammunition essentially became a second currency that was much more easy to come by than bottlecaps.

" I think the Hardcore setting will probably make the game more balanced..."

Depends on how tacked on it feels.  While the idea of some of the things in hardcore is good to me, just taking the exact formula and feel of Fallout 3 and adding those things would probably just make it feel awkward.  Making a (relatively) shallow game deeper isn't as simple as just adding in elements that typically constitute or accompany depth.  The whole game has to be built around those elements (or rather, built to accomodate them), or they just feel tacked on.

i've been in the wastes of the fallout universe since the original so i think im ready for it.

" Im sure you'll all at least try it out, but will you attempt a full playthrough in this mode?   Apparently you have to drink water, manage weight a little more than usual, damage is amped up and other fun stuff. (I wish i could make this a poll but alas, there is no button for it.) I might.........    but I'd like to see it first. "

Depends on how many bullets it will take to kill something, dying easily I can deal with and enjoy the challenge, always loved RPGs that require food+ water managment... but if you're dying because an enemy takes 20 shots to the head, that's not fun and I might wait for a second playthrough.