Fallout New Vegas' HARDCORE Mode is VERY UNHEALTHY

[@Toxic_0_]

The old "I'll just walk to Vegas" trap

[@morgansbasement]

They knew what they were doing 😂

[@Clubz604]

Come on man I was gonna go to bed

[@morgansbasement]

After you finish your homework 👆🤓

[@luckaddiction882]

That seems to be a recurring theme with him. I remember one livestream where he made us who aren't from the US stay up until 4am.

[@dustinfurman4045]

Was lol

[@morgansbasement]

@@luckaddiction882 IDK what you mean looool

[@CallMeMrBrightsides]

Man I just clicked the video at 6:25 AM I gotta continue haha but I’m stoned so I’m chillin

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Pro tip, if you doing any sort of challenge run, just do main quest until you reach Strip and do most quests on your way besides searchlight incase you find it. Legit Vanilla NV even with hardcore and very hard difficulty is still too easy. You get alot of food and water from just looting places or occasionally stealing from npcs. I mean if u do sunny smiles tutorial quest u literally find goodsprings water source u can always teleport too for water. Tons of places with geckos to farm for meat aka food and it doesnt take much survival skill to grill their meat. If you REALLY dont want to do it, farm scorpions instead for their stingers to give to Ruby Nash for free filling meal. Thought scorpions are tougher then geckos the blue ones I mean. Sleep is even eaasier to fill, but Ig occasional atomic cocktail found somewhere can do its thing or craft coffee which is easy.

[@morgansbasement]

The survival components were definitely less punishing than I expected. I didn't know about the water source in good springs, but even without that, I had minor dehydration at the worst. Overall it was a fun way to spend a weekend!

[@tylermitchell3621]

The wasteland didn't raise no b---- And Daddy didn't raise me at all!

[@morgansbasement]

LMAOO

[@Teemperor2]

People always says how NV hardcore is quite easy, but that's really just the case if you know all the tricks and optimal strategies. So yeah, if you grab Chance's knife at the start and rush This Machine then it's easy, but if you do the same thing blind with just the straight razor then it's a whole different story.

[@morgansbasement]

I didn't notice the food/water being an issue in hardcore, but tbh the very hard difficulty was actually tougher than I expected

[@DeathGrunt666]

Or maybe don’t go with a melee build, skip all the main quests, and rush Vegas at level 1 it would be a lot easier

[@cogbait]

Honestly hardcore just feels like minor inconvenience mode

[@morgansbasement]

I thought it would be way worse tbh

[@Luyan7r]

now fallout 4 survival mode tho..

[@UnrulyRantLord]

​@@Luyan7rTHE INFECTION SPREADS THROUGH YOUR BODY

[@aglaia9505]

Algorithm will pick you up again keep it up friend

[@morgansbasement]

I believe!

[@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo]

Well I'm here today.

[@morgansbasement]

@@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo And I appreciate you

[@ayylmaooo]

@@morgansbasement - And I'm also here today due to the algorithm,

[@MyDeadRespect]

“Bethesda Game” it was made by Obsidian…

[@morgansbasement]

You know exactly what I mean when I say that, dont be dense lmao

[@Sithis211]

​@@morgansbasementthat you wanted to spread false and misleading information and credit the wrong game developers of the original games story?

[@h0neymusterd]

Awesome video man! love it I can tell you spent alot of time editing this one 👌

[@morgansbasement]

Thank you, buddy!

[@willlauzon3744]

Wait. People DIDNT play hardcore? This is how I always play. It's not really hard. Just learn how to purify water, get the perk that takes all items that weigh 2 pounds are halved and learn how to sharp shoot and use explosives.

[@Ssjgeek]

How do u craft purified water

[@willlauzon3744]

@@Ssjgeek you need 5 dirty water and some medical tubing. Go to a fire place (you need something in survival) and look for Mass Purified Water.

[@cykablyat3680]

ywah me too, its the way the game is meant to be playied

[@willlauzon3744]

@@Ssjgeek have I think 50 or something in survival, you will need two glass pitchers and some surgical tubing. Go to a fire pit with at least 5 dirty water. Select MASS PURIFIED WATER and there you go. Turns dirty water into purified water.

[@UnrulyRantLord]

Yeah like legit I ran Hardcore on Very Hard. Got the explorer achievement without the perk. It was pretty goddamn easy. Granted a lot of reloads but less about my deaths but my companions, fucking legion assassins... Overall it was an extremely smooth and quite fun experience

[@TheDrunkenBard]

Godd Howard would be proud. Not only for the achievement, but for that segway too, rightly so.

[@AztecUnshaven]

There are some VERY nice Hardcore overhaul mods in the community that truly take the challenge to a new level and still stay very "lore friendly". Try them out sometime! I recomend the "JSawyer Mod", it was made by lead New Vegas director Josh Sawyer himself, as a "Director's Cut" of sorts. There's also the "JSawyer Ultimate" version that incorporates previously cut content into the core experience. Fantastic stuff.

[@UnrulyRantLord]

Definitely wish I could use it but I'm on Xbox. Very Hard Hardcore is very easy

[@Daithi_mk]

I'm a paraplegic and I just wanted to say thanks for representing us in your gameplay!

[@morgansbasement]

That is so fucked LMFAO

[@alexandervazquez7501]

These videos keep getting better and better :D

[@morgansbasement]

I'm trying! I'm pumped it's coming across that way

[@GLORyON97]

That was alot of fun, nice work!

[@morgansbasement]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheRamkin]

You're the man boss! Videos get better and better every time

[@morgansbasement]

Thank you, buddy! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@kuroineko6440]

Banger video! Love the Fallout series, happy to see something that I played as well 😁 Also: Death counter! Love it 🥳

[@morgansbasement]

The death counter will be must going forward haha!

[@garyella1301]

A few tips if anyone has not done it yet and just planning to get it out if the way rather than trying to play a lot with it. If you set the game difficulty to very easy before starting a new save game and once you apply hardcore mode the very easy difficulty is on too. Take the shortcut through black mountain to get ncr uniform and onto the strip through camp mccaran. Discover hidden valley early on because doing the yes man ending is the quickest and to speed it up get veronica so you can leave as soon as entering. Once you meet the other factions, skip the presidential assassination mission and you are pretty much done and make sure speech stat is maxed. If you go to the lucky 38 lobby its a good place to grab good value items such as booze, cigarettes, and pre war money which you can sell in freeside and new vegas medical clinic for food/water and medicine.

[@morgansbasement]

This guy knows the god damn tips. Where were you 2 weeks ago lool

[@dionis5008]

It's a shame I find this golden channel just now. Instant sibcriber. So mcuh drama, storytelling. This is therapy for those who feel burnt out on videogames.

[@morgansbasement]

Welcome to the basement, Dionis! I hope you enjoy your stay!

[@enricofermi3471]

If "Very Hard" diff works the same in NV as it does in F3, it's basically just triples (or doubles?) the enemy HP. There's no reason to play on VHard, even if you're doing hardcore.

[@morgansbasement]

I just wanted to try it to see how the challenge was, and it turns out it wasn't that bad haha

[@ZKP314]

That’s it?

[@JohnCalum]

This was great man really well done!

[@morgansbasement]

Thanks for checking it out! I'm glad you enjoyed it, John!

[@Mozio-hx2xl]

You are the best achievement hunter I know.Nice work bro.Banger video.

[@morgansbasement]

Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed this one

[@MayorHairBear]

Absolute banger of a video mate!

[@morgansbasement]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I had a blast with this one

[@John-tv4tx]

Good work mate, keep it up!

[@morgansbasement]

Thanks a lot!

[@PlatinumROB_91]

Great work mate!

[@morgansbasement]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Rob

[@idoitturtle4348]

Aw man, I was just about to fall asleep... nah who am I kidding I aint going to bed for a couple hours, and a new Morgan's Basement video is undoubtedly worth my time

[@morgansbasement]

Let's go turtle!

[@Rift2123]

An hes back again with another 20 minute wonder love the long vids too but sometimes a tidy 20 minuter just fits in the schedule

[@morgansbasement]

Hell yeah! I hope this one hit the spot

[@gamblersluck]

Melee build, max out speech right away and now you can bypass the final battles of the game. Use survival skill to get food from geckos easy. Fast travel to Good springs source for free water and a bed nearby.

[@morgansbasement]

Where were you before I started the run lol

[@gamblersluck]

@@morgansbasement probably at work since KZbin won't let me stream till I get 50 subscribers. So yeah.

[@DeathGrunt666]

Couldn’t imagine a harder way to accomplish this

[@morgansbasement]

I thought it would be fun to go in semi-blind since I haven't played this game since 2011 😂. It might have been sub-optimal, but I had a blast

[@001-IGNIS]

Hear me out this dude finna hit 1M if he keeps pulling this bangers

[@morgansbasement]

I like the way you think!

[@BRANDORILEY]

Algo suggested the Wolfenstein run again but I instantly subbed when I watched for the first time so not much else I can do. Maybe running the Elden ring dlc deathless or something will drum up some new viewers cause that shit will be an eye magnet!

[@morgansbasement]

That funny you recommed that cause I'm currently doing Dark Souls 1 Soul Level 1 all achievements haha. It should be coming out after the next permadeath run video

[@uTobias]

Video was a banger brother!

[@morgansbasement]

Thanks, Tob!

[@ianperry8557]

I find crafting ammo, meds, repair kits and more make survival very manageable.

[@morgansbasement]

I didn't do this, but I agree that it's a good tip!

[@Meoweyful]

Lets Go brother! enjoyed the vid!

[@morgansbasement]

Thank you, brother 👆🤓

[@Ssjgeek]

I honestly can not believe you got past the death claws like thht

[@UnrulyRantLord]

Hug the right side of Black Mountain and take it slow

[@explodingbearz]

You're damn good at voice over. Keep it up

[@morgansbasement]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@logansinclair1645]

The neck beard on your character is a perfect match!

[@morgansbasement]

Thank you brother 👆🤓

[@MYSTICALRA1NB0W]

Looking forward to the next time you strip down

[@morgansbasement]

Saturday night, be there, or be sad you missed it

[@nikkovalidor4890]

its actually the GRA three star challenges achievement but when I saw them have ones like "kill a deathclaw with a .22 pistol" i was like "nah man, im good"

[@nikkovalidor4890]

but for real though, I'm also currently on a very hard/hardcore run. just finished the dead money dlc and it really got me questioning my life choices

[@morgansbasement]

I finished all the DLC achievements in 2012, so I don't remember them too well. There was a dynamite one that involved death claws, and that was so annoying lmao I will say, hardcore on very hard is some goofy fun. Great way to spend a weekend. But I'd avoid the Sierra Madre on that difficulty 😂

[@kreozello]

Fr. Hardcore was relatively easy. Going for GRA challenges is much more huge deal.

[@morgansbasement]

@@kreozello TBH I thought the GRA challenges weren't bad, just a bit of a grind

[@kreozello]

@@morgansbasement and so I though when first heard of em! Iirc 1 and 2 star challenges are quite bearable but 3 star challenges might be even impossible at some stages of the game. As far as I am aware one involves killing MrHouse with 9 iron, which is one of the easiest tbh but it is the one easy to miss too. P.s. I am sure you could "cheat" on some of those challenges like the ones that require you to kill creature with specific item. Like you could use a normal weapon to make it's hp drained and then use the required one. One day I'll try for those achievements but currently I have paid most of my time for modded FNV (Tales of two Wastelands + tons of mods)

[@GabryelFile]

I'm honestly surprised to know that so few people have this achievement. It is not hard to get at all, as long as you focus on Survival, Medicine and Repair and play smart.

[@morgansbasement]

It wasn't as bad as I expected, and I put it off for so long lmao. I also did none of the things you suggested lmao. The very hard difficulty was the kick in the nuts lmao

[@GabryelFile]

​@@morgansbasement the Very Hard difficulty really complicates things, no doubt about that I did two Hardcore runs, the first one to try to make the game harder (it doesn't, you just start doing tons of boring micromanaging IMHO) and a second one to get the achievement (because I disabled Hardcore on that first run)

[@UnrulyRantLord]

​@@GabryelFileReally? I reloaded more of my companions dying than myself. It's pretty damn easy

[@jasonhall10]

Ugh, I really want to watch the video but I still haven't played this and don't want spoilers! You do such a great job with editing, man. Keep up the good work.

[@morgansbasement]

I highly recommend playing this one when your schedule opens up. It's actually a top 20 game all time IMO

[@willlauzon3744]

How have you NOT played this. Go. Step 1. Spend the $60 and get the platinum edition. Step 2. Play game. Repeat step 2 many times!

[@jasonhall10]

@@willlauzon3744 Bought it for like 2.50 in a Steam sale! Gonna try to start it soon.

[@jensenlewis2498]

Uploading this on uk time is a real gift🥳

[@morgansbasement]

I uploaded this so late that it might have been Aussie time 😂 but we take the UK time W

[@Cynic-0055]

New Vegas is my favourite Fallout game hands down. Fantastic 100% Achievement playthrough too. 🤟

[@morgansbasement]

You and I are on the same wavelength. Couldn't agree more

[@cicerothenekoknightplaysall]

Least this video isn't a fallout

[@JustFutureBlessUp]

that first basement survival tip had me weak 😭😭😭🤣🤣

[@morgansbasement]

Lmaoo as long as you follow it while you laugh 😂

[@stephbetter3806]

12k subscribers in 2 months congrats

[@morgansbasement]

We've been having a good run! Definitely feeling blessed for this

[@innovalegal7230]

During my first playthrough I was able to pass the defenses of Boomers. It was mere lucky.

[@lifeline1985]

Yeah playing hardcore me and my pops went through it with almost no issues. The most annoying part is your companions dieing and if you don't have a save they are gone.( and your limbs break so often )

[@morgansbasement]

I'm NGL I completely forgot you could even have companions until you mentioned it right now LOL. I also didn't even know they had permadeath TBH

[@lifeline1985]

@morgansbasement yeah man and they die so easily. Just wait till they walk through grenade trip wires lol.

[@vincer7824]

Dude you look like a heavyset Joaquin Phoenix. Saw your Mein Leben vid, good stuff.

[@morgansbasement]

BRO LOL, this has me in stiches 😂

[@Ssjgeek]

This difficulty is only really punishing at the beginning of the game when your broke, I recommend having at 6-9 (lol) luck taking the black mountain route to new Vegas n ply black Jack tell your filthy rich makes it a little bit easier earlier on also hit nepten asap n get “that gun” u can steal it for free. with a high luck it’s honestly lowkey one of the best guns n the game

[@Ssjgeek]

Up your sneak to 50 b4 meeting Benny buy sleepytyme shreds Benny like cheese

[@TrippinBusa]

Melee build go bonk

[@ShazShake]

W video really well made and entertaining

[@morgansbasement]

I'm glad you were able to check it out, Shaz! Thanks man!

[@KevinConner-vq7cs]

Very hard and hardcore mode is the only way to get much of a challenge out of new vegas. Any other way is just cheesing your way through it

[@morgansbasement]

I normally like hoarding ammo, and just RPing, so I'm fine with just chilling normally and not worrying about dying every fight (in Fallout games haha)

[@KevinConner-vq7cs]

Not many problems that can't be solved with Annabelle and 100 missiles or 25 fatmen. 50 caliber ammo can add up fast too

[@UnrulyRantLord]

Even then it's still pretty easy

[@TheMotorhead30]

not the rarest achievement, "Pros Only" for completing 3 3-star Gun Runner's Arsenal challenges(such as using starter weapons to kill 5 adult deathclaws) only has 1.7% of Fallout New Vegas owners completing it on steam(PC)

[@morgansbasement]

I never said the word rarest lmao, I said hardest. And now that I have all the achievements, I stand by the hardest achievement being this one

[@renerivera9715]

Hell yeah good luck playing the dlcs

[@morgansbasement]

I got all the achievements for the DLC'S in 2012, they were great!

[@TrippinBusa]

Back for a second watch!

[@morgansbasement]

Lets go!

[@TrippinBusa]

Having just restarted my own play of this game im using speech

[@morgansbasement]

That's the strongest skill in the game haha

[@EwokNubNub]

anyone know the song at 11:31?

[@morgansbasement]

I gotchu! It's called [Castlevania Treasury Room (hard rock arrangement)] on KZbin

[@EwokNubNub]

@ much appreciated, and love your content!

[@morgansbasement]

@@EwokNubNub Thank you!

[@Lyndis_]

Are the GRA challenges not on Xbox?

[@morgansbasement]

They are but TBH I didn't really have any issues working on those, and this Hardcore on Very Hard run gave me much more trouble haha

[@UnrulyRantLord]

​​@@morgansbasementAfter Mein Leben I honestly thought it would've been a cakewalk

[@annamcdade1710]

👍 good job my friend

[@morgansbasement]

Thanks, Anna!

[@dman51_]

Hardcore is ALWAYS the way to go!

[@dannypatpat]

Past day or 2 when i try to play this game it just sits on the loading screen, makes me sad

[@morgansbasement]

NOOOO! I pray that issue gets fixed soon

[@dannypatpat]

@@morgansbasement I'm not sure if it's because I'm running new Vegas on epic when I ran 3 and 4 on steam with no issues

[@morgansbasement]

@@dannypatpat I have issues using epic from time to time, so I can believe that tbh

[@ItsOptus]

If he tries oblivion you’ll blow up

[@morgansbasement]

I 100% Oblivion like 14 years ago haha

[@ItsOptus]

@@morgansbasement luckkyyyy broo

[@joshuakincaid8238]

I thought Hard core was the hardest difficulty. I've been trying to beat the game by doing a glitch where I keep doing a speeh check and getting not only XP , but also free 9mm rounds and armor. Then selling that stuff for caps. Since I'm already a high level and have my speech at 100. I just need to run though the final area and do a speech check with the boss to avoid fighting him.

[@slurpy9021]

As someone who did this as well for the achievement def woulda been nice to have this but I also had hundreds of hours already so it was easier for me and also the vault 13 canteen bearly does anything i still had to drink a lot myself

[@morgansbasement]

I've never played on hardcore, so I wasn't sure if the canteen was op or not. Considering that water wasn't that much of an issue, I could've kept it and it would've been the same outcome haha

[@slurpy9021]

@@morgansbasement yeah no worries not like saying it was dumb to do or anything I just was letting you know cause the only time I ever needed water was when waiting for vendors or going through a bigger dungeon and still I forgot I had it half the time I think the sip is equivalent to 1 purified water so it’s not super useful in hardcore

[@morgansbasement]

@@slurpy9021 No worries bro! I'll know if I do any other challenge runs!

[@slurpy9021]

@@morgansbasement yeah ofc ofc

[@Kzhmerdah]

so ive come to find out on my playtrough this week where i played very hard /hardcore and let me tell you... the dlc in this mode is very fn difficult. first off i cant even kill a death claw with max crits/anti material/and explosive ammo the difficulty makes alien blaster look like a fn pea shooter...

[@yukimakoto1467]

I get this achievement using speedrun trick.

[@paulbertpili7273]

Your not gonna go to the strip you go to primm

[@morgansbasement]

TOO LATE. I got rich and it worked

[@peter___7240]

Go for the invictus achievement on stalker gamma.

[@morgansbasement]

What is stalker gamma?

[@peter___7240]

@@morgansbasement kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYbcpXqVbpaZapYsi=f3CYAPPbAX_r0oWY

[@DeMZIrus]

Nice vid!

[@coopermcneil5552]

Imagine being one of the 5 losers disliking

[@morgansbasement]

That's what I'm saying, Cooper!

[@BipkinOfficial]

i played this game so godamn much on ps3 the only difficulty for me is hardcore very hard

[@morgansbasement]

I never played on anything higher than normal before 2 weeks ago haha. I liked hardcore mode, but very hard felt so silly early on. It's so over tuned in the early game (for my enjoyment). Like I can't imagine doing a completionist run on that mode, you'd have to get op and then go back and do all the quests

[@ItsOptus]

I got the brotherhoods armor lol

[@CJAW86]

I love this game!

[@morgansbasement]

My favorite fallout for sure!

[@CJAW86]

@@morgansbasementhave you got KZbin membership? I can’t seem to find it. Or a Patreon. I’d like to support this channel.

[@morgansbasement]

@@CJAW86 I really appreciate that! I'm currently getting some stuff designed to justify memberships, but at the moment watching the video is more than enough. Thank you!

[@holdupits420]

I thought u gad to do it without dieing

[@morgansbasement]

I just wanted to get the achievement, and fortunately, death was allowed haha

[@minicantin]

hooo fallout new vegas the best lets goooo

[@morgansbasement]

So gooood!

[@Ssjgeek]

Btw this is not a Bethesda game

[@morgansbasement]

I know it's made by Obsidian, but since all the Fallout/Elder Scrolls games are similar, I was referring to not letting big hills or hard enemies stop you from following the shortest path between 2 locations haha

[@Jackbat69]

This is the easiest challenge ever If you actually wanted to make it hard no fast travel. Or play fallout dust mod

[@morgansbasement]

I wanted to get the achievement on the hardest difficulty haha, not being able to fast travel would add alot of down time

[@nomanlandson]

Fallout NV hardcore mode is super easy

[@morgansbasement]

The hardcore part wasn't bad, but the very hard difficulty was super trial and error haha. Of all the achievements in fallout, this one is the hardest imo. Most are simple

[@trippiewiththejuice4857]

Hardest difficulty is impossible

[@missingxbox1716]

Bro I don't get how it's hard I did this 5 times over

[@morgansbasement]

This is the only difficulty based achievement in the series, so it's the defeacto hardest one haha

[@TheDrunkenBard]

All jokes aside, I'd like to join your channel as a member, to support you monthly in some small way.. ??

[@morgansbasement]

I haven't enabled memberships yet because I don't feel like I provide enough to warrant them. I'm gunna have my girlfriend design some emotes/channel badges, then I'll reevaluate! I appreciate the sentiment, though. It means alot!

[@TheDrunkenBard]

@@morgansbasement Your usual content alone justifies channel memberships, in my opinion anyway. :)

[@morgansbasement]

@@TheDrunkenBard That's very kind! Thank you, buddy!

[@TheDrunkenBard]

@@morgansbasement Always welcome brother ;)

[@DjZeroPlayer1]

I mean hardcore aint hrd on very easy 😂

[@morgansbasement]

On very hard it was surprisingly difficult 😂

[@UnrulyRantLord]

Pffft. This is so damn easy

[@morgansbasement]

It's more of a test of patience haha

[@CyberpunkF]

Not hard you can literally speech yes man pacifist run. XD

[@morgansbasement]

The fun is doing it blind though 😂 I didn't look up any guides, so I had more issues than an optimized pacifist run

[@anhluuviet5793]

This is ez tbh :v

[@morgansbasement]

It wasn't the hardest challenge! But I didn't know how tough it would be going in. I had a blast though ngl

[@anhluuviet5793]

@@morgansbasement true, the thrill makes it so much better, i've finished the main game wth all dlcs at least 2 times on this difficulty and still want more.

[@UnrulyRantLord]

Dead Money scares me but it's not exactly necessary

[@buffalobot8222]

Love this game and your play throughs 🫡

[@morgansbasement]

Thank you for checking this one out! I'm glad to have you here!