
Karma in Fallout: New Vegas has less of an effect than reputation, which is the primary factor affecting how people react.Ī modding feature allows for the modification of weapons by adding scopes, extended magazines, silencers, and more. A high reputation with a faction or town may give certain benefits, such as gifts from the people who live there, while a low reputation may lead to hits being taken out against them. Reputation is a form of tracking relationships within the many factions and towns of Fallout: New Vegas, such as the NCR or Goodsprings. There is a Karma system incorporated alongside reputation system, similar to Fallout 2. The setting can also be changed to only show this cinematic viewpoint for the last enemy of a group. One can choose to activate or deactivate a dynamic "Kill Cam," which shows one's success in combat in slow motion. The player character will take more damage in V.A.T.S. Melee weapons now have special moves in V.A.T.S., such as "Fore!" for golf clubs, along with special Unarmed moves such as "Ranger Takedown." cost Action Points and one can target specific body areas for attacks to inflict specific injuries. Use of one's weapon can be seen in slow motion and greater detail. While using V.A.T.S., the otherwise real-time combat is paused. The Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System, or V.A.T.S., is an active pause combat system implemented in the game. Main article: Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System The Courier must drink, eat, and have proper sleep cycles or will suffer increasingly negative effects, up to immediate death. No Dehydration, Starvation, or Sleep deprivation. However, they still heal without needing or using any stimpaks after battle. Only a doctor, a doctor's bag, sleeping in certain beds, healing poultice, weapon binding ritual, Auto-Doc, or Hydra can heal a crippled limb.Ĭompanions cannot die, instead getting knocked unconscious for a short time.Ĭompanions can die. Radaway heals radiation poisoning over time.Ĭrippled limbs can be healed with stimpaks, or by sleeping in any bed or mattress. Radaway heals radiation poisoning instantly. The Casual/Hardcore mode distinction is independent of difficulty settings.

In order to earn it, the entire game must be played in the mode from the point first prompted until the endgame sequence, without ever turning the setting off. Either a trophy or achievement is awarded for completing Fallout: New Vegas on Hardcore mode. Hardcore mode is an optional setting that attempts to make the game more realistic, with gameplay elements such as dehydration, and non-instantaneous healing.
