20 Oct, 2010
Yesterday saw the launch of the much anticipated, Fallout: New Vegas. Sadly it also saw dozens of complaints across the internet about odd glitches (click here and here for an example.) I love Bethesda and all, but I wasn’t too surprised to hear about the glitches. Fallout 3 was littered with ‘em, but I still loved the game – when it was doing what it was supposed to.
Well, when it came to New Vegas, I thought to myself, “Aha! I have escaped this terrible fate… nothing’s wrong with my game!” as I have been playing it steady since I picked up my copy yesterday afternoon.
Then … about an hour ago it froze not once, but twice, and I had to restart my 360 both times. I can still see the dent in the wall where I threw my controller.
However I bring you good news! If you too have encountered such a problem (or maybe flying NPC’s) you can be rest assured that Bethesda is well aware of the problem and is working on it “as quickly as possible.” No exact date on when the patch will be released, so all we can do is just hope that it comes out soon.
Have you seen any wacky glitches during your playthrough? Tell us in the comments below!
UPDATE (10/22/10) : Patches are quickly being sorted. Hooray!
Wanted to let you guys know that Obsidian and Bethesda are continuing to work to address issues reported with Fallout: New Vegas. Overnight, a new game update went up on Xbox 360, resolving a number of quest and scripting issues — similar to the update we reported on Wednesday for PC players. To get the update, players will want to make sure their Xbox 360 is connected online.
A newer update is up on Steam as well — fixing issues players reported with game saves. In our forums, senior producer Jason Bergman explains the update
“We are also pleased to say that we have just released a second fix for PC users to address the autosave and quicksave issues that some people were encountering. That particular issue was never seen prior to release and it was extremely difficult to reproduce reliably, even after the game had launched. In order to fix this problem we have had to disable Steam Cloud functionality. It has been turned off, and we won’t turn it back on until we’re absolutely sure it will not cause any more problems. Please restart your Steam client to make sure you get the update.”
Update: We’ve received word that the PS3 update for New Vegas is live in Europe.
Source: G4tv: The Feed | Bethesda’s Blog
Bethesda didn’t make Fallout, they published it. Very different.
Oh, I’m aware of Obsidian Entertainment taking the reins here. You should check out my articles with the dev diaries of the making of.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have “blamed” Bethesda for the glitches – but they were there in Fallout 3 so I had to bring it up (Obsidian also used the same engine that Bethesda used in F3.) However, Bethesda devs are the ones who are patching the game – you can check it out on Bethesda’s blog as well, right here: http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/10/20/updates-on-fallout-new-vegas/