

But literally a new mod is released by the hour since they only have to be ported over.

Of course your on the same engine, so some of the same problems exist. Really a lot more depth in the world and just overall better. Obsidian has taken a decent game and made it great. Take fallout 3, expand it, add more diversity, add more interesting locations, triple the amount of factions, add a better theme, and add more immersion and you have fallout NV. Take fallout 3, expand it, add more diversity, add more interesting locations, triple the amount of 27 hours in, just getting started. Hardcore reverts back to Fallout 3's harsh system, in which a Deathclaw's first swipe will send your beloved companion's head sailing - and it's not as funny when happens to one of your guys.27 hours in, just getting started. In normal, your companions might get knocked out in a fight, but they'll get back up again once combat's over (assuming you survived). Recommended Perks: Cannibal, Ghastly Scavenger 5: Companions stay dead Just an hour or two of shut-eye every day or so keeps you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as you can be. As for sleep, you don't exactly need the recommended eight hours a night. The worst that's likely to happen to you is getting irradiated due to drinking dirty water and eating too much Radroach meat, but a quick fast-travel trip to the doctor's office will fix you up lickity split. Whenever you get a notification that you're suffering from minor starvation, just eat something. You can't swing a dead iguana without hitting something to eat - and even if you could, you could eat the iguana. This aspect of Hardcore mode is disappointingly un-hardcore due to the abundance of tasty food, fresh water and comfy mattresses. In effect, your health bar is diminished from near-immortality to frighteningly finite. But Hardcore mode changes all that: now a stimpack will take several seconds so to work its magic, and in the heat of battle you're almost certainly going to take damage faster than you're healing. Those syringes full of magical juice, both the normal and super varieties, can stimulate your body from battered bones and shredded flesh back to Isaiah Mustafa -like condition in the blink of an eye, meaning that your health bar is basically infinite until you've exhausted your supply. In normal mode, you're basically invulnerable until you run out of stimpacks. This is the biggie - all the rest of the changes combined won't affect you as much as one. More like "HELL Yes!" 1: Stimpacks don't heal instantly What's Hardcore mode, and are you hardcore enough to play it? Don't jump in blind: read our guide to the five big differences, and tips for how to survive the increased deadliness of the Hardcore Nevada wastes.
