Part 3: Man on the run
Fallout: New Vegas
Part 3: Man on the run
Alright, now that we are out of the tutorial area (for now) let's go find those assholes that shot me! I heard they were heading for Primm, so I head south.
New Vegas introduces survival elements into the game. Since I have not had a drink of water lately, I get dehydrated. Since I am still getting my bearings, I waste one of my bottles of purified water quenching my thirst. There is no need to do that, and I will tell you why later.
This is my first human kill. More will follow.
This looks like an NCR outpost. This has been a pretty uneventful journey.
Of course nothing is ever that easy. It looks like the so-called Powder Gangers have taken over the town of Primm.
I do that. Of course he just tells me the same shit this guy did.
Here is me getting stuck on the scenery.
I reload and head back to Goodsprings.
I kill some more geckos along the way.
Fuck! Since I don't want to fool with repairs right now, I just switch to
the 9mm pistol I 'borrowed' from some raiders.
Fuck yeah! I bump Science to 25 and put spare points in Repair and Guns.
I figure this is the most Codexian perk.
This is about the time I noticed that Quicksaves and Autosaves don't actually work.
I head to the Goodsprings Source to quench my thirst. I then noticed that drinking this radiation-free water not only quenched my thirst but also restored my HP. This makes Hardcore mode a lot easier.
It looks like this cowboy robot is more than he lets on.
A quest!
A kewl shot!
A trick!
Next time, make sure all the geckos are dead before you doublecross me.
After the gecko finishes his snack, he comes right for me.
Things look tense. Will I make it?
Of course!
This is the stash Mr. Doublecrosser was talking about.
I avoid the traps and loot the place.
I have no idea what to do with a camera, but I take it anyway.
Shit! I think I know what my new weapon will be. BTW, I currently regret tagging Energy Weapons instead of Guns. Since I want more money, I ask Ms. Tutorial where I can find some more.
She tells me about an unopened safe in the old schoolhouse. While I am there, I ask Trudy where the fucking bastards who shot me went.
I assume she means New Vegas. I then head for the schoolhouse.
Since I just got 25 in Science, I open the safe electronically.
After doing the shitty password-guessing minigame from Fallout 3, I unlock the safe.
Inside I find two Stealth Boys and a few other goodies. I then head for the gas station to talk to the man in hiding.
He acts as another tutorial.
This is
Caravan, the shitty card game Obsidian created for New Vegas. I have not read the rules, so I have no idea what the fuck is going on. Anyway, I offer to help Ringo, and he asks me to find more people willing to take on the bandits.
Sunny is in.
Trudy is in if I have either a Speech or Sneak score of 25. That is real suave dialogue BTW. There 's no way in hell she'll be moved by that!
I read Salesman's Weekly and become entrepreneurial enough to convince Chet of the pecuniary advantages not being slaughtered by bandits represents. Colonel Tigh lends some stimpacks to the cause. Unfortunately, I am not enough of a pyromaniac to convince Easy Pete to lend me some DY-NO-MITE!
I head back to the gas station and tell Ringo everything is ready. Then, the shit hits the fan.
I take out the leader and one other myself. The townsfolk deal with the other four.
I'm rolling! I'm rolling! I'm rolling my bottle caps.
Will do!
Reputation FTW!
Next time, I will begin tracking down the sonsa bitches who shot me.