Let's Play: Fallout New Vegas - Episode 2

[@Musebore]

It’s a joy to watch someone play for the first time, you’re doing great! Some info: skill books are permanent and do 1-2 points, magazines are temporary and do 10 of a stat. You made it a lot easier not helping Ringo in good springs if you want to get Meyer as the sheriff for Primm. Many of the locations in New Vegas are based on real life locations. So Primm is a real place.

[@Mystic0138]

The beginning is me trying to find my glasses every morning 😂

[@lookalivebrett]

Lookin' for glasses when you need glasses sounds pretty rough. 🙏

[@gwenjohnson3288]

“I feel more confident now cause I’ve taken a life. I’ve tasted blood” was so funny to hear coming out of your mouth

[@MariaMartinStudio]

"how do ya like that? Gettin shot in the head a bunch of times?" LOL

[@R.Daneel]

Not setting yourself up for success? You're role playing. It's your character and, just like in real life, you work with what you have! Ignore meta-gaming comments. You do you, and feel free to guess and get things wrong. That's part of the FUN! You won't hit any game breaking barriers - maybe just make them a bit harder. The min-maxing lameness is for your fifth play-through, not your first.

[@JustKedd]

"Shes walking fine with a broken leg." *switches to third person view* "Oh. Is she limping? Did she always walk like that?" hahaha love it

[@nicolemarie018]

Fallout:new vegas truly deserves that resident evil remake treatment, its such a good game

[@p8on645]

A note about your glasses: if they break while you’re wearing them, you can still keep them on and get the effects from the perk, but if you take them off when they’re broken you can’t equip them again until they’re repaired! Same goes for armour

[@p8on645]

Though the protection from the armour does drop drastically the more broken they get!

[@IfThenCreate]

Ah this is good to know! And reminds me that my real life glasses are being held together by superglue 🫠

[@hollowfoundry]

Really glad you are doing this blind. The game is great, and so you shouldn't need to read the whole wiki or play the most "optimized" way to have a good time.

[@gray_102]

Makes my Saturday everytime seeing these

[@very_nervous133]

Great video! Please continue! 🎰🤠

[@ceruleace]

fun fact: you can actually sleep with benny by choosing the black widow perk! (24:33)

[@IfThenCreate]

[edited] I originally replied to this comment saying I wish I didn’t know I could do that, but I take that back, because otherwise I probably wouldn’t try to get that perk 👀

[@crazykid5021]

Not trying to backseat game but you can disable land mines, shooting them is a good alternative though since you have to be quick. Also, increasing speech is good, people were just saying that charisma is considered a dump stat, you don't need a high charisma to have a speech build or anything. (I say "considered" since it's a roleplaying game, you don't need to min-max to have fun or have a viable new vegas character. High charisma can in fact be beneficial.) You can see if npcs are hostile by looking at the blips between your health bar and compass. Lastly, you can see what ammo tyoe guns use if you hover over the gun in your inventory. Hope you don't consider these comments to be annoying, watching you play new vegas blind is just a little stressful and hopefully this helps a little. But if you don't want this kind of handholding I'll respect that.

[@IfThenCreate]

Backseat gaming is welcome as long as it doesn’t spoil anything coming up (which you didn’t, thank you!) I wonder if I can learn how to disable a mine or I’m just too slow for it 😅

[@crazykid5021]

@@IfThenCreate I think that because your explosives skill is quite low the amount of time you have to disable mines is really short. So shooting them is fine. I wouldn't want to spoil the story, New Vegas has a fantastic narrative that should be experienced as you play. (sorry for any weird or incorrect grammar or spelling btw, English is not my native language.)

[@5amaan]

Yeah, leveling up stealth and explosives helps, I think there's a perk that makes you walk quieter, which helps as well. Don't quote me on that though, it's been years since I've played

[@grahamda1379]

To me it’s like watching Lucy going into the wasteland for the first time.

[@5amaan]

You can actually disguise yourself with different faction outfits in this game until you're vilified within that group!

[@houserabbiit]

Playing cards are for an in game card game, called caravan. You don’t need them this early in the game, def get your gear up before (but you can find cards around the game constantly)

[@IfThenCreate]

Ooo I am intrigued

[@nac1582]

i love watching people play fnv so much! your gameplay and attitude is so fun

[@JessaTaylor629]

This is so fun to watch. I've never played but my bf has and we love watching you figure out everything! I hope you keep going with your playthrough !!

[@renaigh]

are you using any mods or is this strictly vanilla? Unmodded New Vegas has a tendency for memory loss and sudden crashes due to it being functionally unfinished.

[@IfThenCreate]

No mods, I got the bundle on sale so all the DLCs (I think) though. Thats good to know 😅😅

[@R.Daneel]

@@IfThenCreate If you're not getting crashes, you're golden. Google "New Vegas Anti-Crash Mod" and poke around a bit if it's crashing enough to frustrate you. Some of them can be multi-step installs, so if it ain't broke (enough), don't fix it IMHO ;-) If you already quick save a lot anyway, so you're not losing much play, honestly just not letting it bother you and restarting after a crash can work just fine.

[@JJM090]

You're doing great! Good to see someone playing for the first time again. Only tip I can give is with guns, energy weapons and melee. Pick one and get really good at it. But it's an RPG, no wrong answers. Have fun!

[@daxtonfleming]

Loving this playthrough so far! Your interactions with NPCs are delightful. Unfortunately "I know that voice" will be a frequent occurrence. If you're up for a tiny bit of modding to reduce crashes and bugs, the Nexus Mods collection "Gopher's Stable New Vegas" is a great, minimal set of mods that doesn't change or add any content, just makes the game less prone to crashing. You might also want a radio muting mod; the music in this game is a DMCA magnet.

[@IfThenCreate]

Thank you so much for this!! Just installed the stable mods collection 🎉

[@cinderELLA686]

Loving this so far! You may have already figured this out (I'm not done the video yet) but before I forget - some healing items heal over time, which means when they're done healing they 'wear off'. So not necessarily a temporary buff, just a slow application :)

[@IfThenCreate]

OHHHH that makes sense!!

[@WhatDeeCrow]

yes!!! such a happy surprise and the perfect addition to my saturday. thank you for continuing to play! cant wait to watch this episode

[@twistybeard4703]

OMG! I started playing New Vegas again after your first FONV video and I had forgotten how often this game crashes. Save, save, save and save some more. And don't forget to save before & after every major quest or encounter if you don't want to repeat everything.

[@gabrielletrevino4716]

Honestly you can get away with SO much if your speech is high. I did so much in the game without having to be /good/ at the fighting parts bc my speech was so high.

[@gabrielletrevino4716]

It’s the fallout game that I think values Speech the most in terms of ways to complete important tasks

[@grahamda1379]

This is exactly what I wanted to see today!

[@breanna143]

Forgot how much I love fallout new vegas

[@dahliako]

Watching you play this is very much like me playing 😂😂 but I’d be too scared to venture at night until I was way more used to it

[@lxna.delrey]

Yes new post!!! The new vegas vibe is so cool and I love the graphics they makes it feel more homey for some reason lol

[@IfThenCreate]

It feels so warm and the faces are so playdough-y ✨

[@davedower9146]

When you help out primm, don't forget to check out the Mojave courier office where you found the dead courier guy.

[@very_nervous133]

43:20 then you should chose “black widow” perk

[@BT0WN]

Really enjoying this series

[@lookalivebrett]

Loved it. I vote for Slim Primm! 🤖

[@NeptunePirate18]

yay!!! im so happy to see you play fallout nv!

[@sarahshroom]

!!! got so excited to see part 2 of this LP !

[@Doors2Perception]

Don’t forget to head back to good springs and enter the bar to talk to Trudy!

[@robkaszuba105]

Next settlement build needs a Dr. Frank-N-Furter for sure

[@IfThenCreate]

YES

[@sarahshroom]

enemies to lovers! 😂 not really a spoiler since it's a perk, BUT since it is quest related, just in case -- lil semi-spoiler warning: if you have the black widow perk when you first confront benny, you _can actually_ sleep with him! (leads to some of my favourite game dialogue tbh! lol)

[@LostGirl1]

I always max out speech when I play New Vegas, I don't care what anyone says, it's fun! Being able to talk myself out of major fights is something I enjoy doing 😂

[@sarahshroom]

also a terminal hacking tip! -- unlike in fallout 4 where if you guess incorrectly and get locked out only temporarily, in fallout new vegas, you are _permanently_ locked out!! my friend used to guess 3 times, close out, and then go back in, as the guesses reset iirc.

[@culturedpsycho1392]

Ghost Town Gunfight is not a DLC quest, it can help you get better reputation with goodsprings or the powder gangers, thats up to you

[@IfThenCreate]

Ooo that’s good to know, thank you

[@edscoble]

You don't know your history, as you got shot in the head and lost all memories of who you are, which enable you to find out who you are/create your own character.

[@62zuzuspetals]

Yay…. Saturday viewing sorted 🫶🏽

[@katmmmullins]

cutesy hair!! yay!!