Summary
Some longtimeFallout: New Vegasplayers have taken to playing dirty tricks on fans of the streaming television series by trying to trick them into wandering into high-danger areas unprepared. Specifically, they’ve been goading unsuspecting newFallout: New Vegasplayers into venturing into a massive deathclaw den and straight into the line of mortar fire with the false promise of high-level loot and no enemies.
Fallout: New Vegasbecame a beloved part ofFalloutcanon when it launched back in 2010, and it still holds a 96% approval rating on Steam. Although Bethesda acquired the franchise betweenFallout 2andFallout 3,New Vegasput narrative control of the series back into the hands of some of the people who created it, though now updated to run in a first-person view. Lately, however, theFalloutstreaming series on Amazon Prime has fans flocking to the game once more, so much so that thepopularity ofNew Vegasis straining the servers at Nexus Mods.
It’s fair to assume that many of these players are new to theFalloutgames and have started playing them after falling in love with the TV series. That seems to be the assumption of at least two Reddit users, who have made similar posts encouraging new players to venture into Nellis Air Force Base and Quarry Junction. Nellis is home to the explosive-loving Boomers faction, and while the enemies there can be quite dangerous for players who draw their ire, player deaths are common even in the open field before reaching the base due to its high concentration of mortar fire. Quarry Junction, on the other hand, is swarming with one of the series' toughest enemies: the deathclaws that haveplagued theFalloutfranchise since its beginning.
Attempts to Trick First-Time Fallout: New Vegas Players
The post regarding Quarry Junction, made by Reddit user PartySecretary_Waldo, is aimed at players looking for good starting gear and makes the false promise of 300 stimpacks. Likewise, the post about Nellis, by Reddit user Cifeiron, falsely tells players to ignore the NPC who warns them about the base’s dangers, claiming that the area is highly irradiated but devoid of enemies. That second post does accurately state that there’s a great unique weapon at Nellis, and while it’s falsely presented as a 155mm gun instead of a grenade launcher, the Thump Thump that can be found there isone ofNew Vegas' best explosive weapons.
Hopefully, new players won’t be put off by the false rumors that have been surfacing.New Vegashas reached record peak player countsafter the TV series' debut, and new signs of life for a 13-year-old game show that there’s plenty of interest in seeing what else theFalloutfranchise has to offer.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHERE TO PLAY
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas.It’s the kind of town where you dig your own grave prior to being shot in the head and left for dead…and that’s before things really get ugly. It’s a town of dreamers and desperados being torn apart by warring factions vying for complete control of this desert oasis. It’s a place where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves, and make more than an enemy or two along the way.As you battle your way across the heat-blasted Mojave Wasteland, the colossal Hoover Dam, and the neon drenched Vegas Strip, you’ll be introduced to a colorful cast of characters, power-hungry factions, special weapons, mutated creatures and much more. Choose sides in the upcoming war or declare “winner takes all” and crown yourself the King of New Vegas in this follow-up to the 2008 videogame of the year, Fallout 3.Enjoy your stay.
