Forum:A "realistic" Mode?

We All know about New Vegas' Hardcore Mode, well what i'm thinking about is that. On steroids. and not the ones that make your boys shrink either. If anyone's played OP: flashpoint, Pretty much that, but less frustrating.

So, Without further ado:

Radiation.

You can only endure radiation poisoning for a certain amount of time e.g. With mild rad poisoning, you can have it for 5 hours Real time. Severe rad poisoning 3 hours. Critical rad poisoning just the 1. rad away would take rads steadily for one in-game hour. rad-x would last for an in game hour.

Healing

Stims heal gradually, med-x sort of does the same as it used to. But instead of using doctors bags to heal crippled limbs, instead you'd have to play a mini game where you have to pull out the bullet, disinfect the wound, dress it, etc... it'd make use of all the misc. medical junk you find. You would still have to keep an eye on you dehydration, starvation and sleep deprivation meters too. Energy weapons inflict a different type of damage to you, so you'd have to do a different mini game were you have to put gauze or.. whatever you need to treat burns. You'd also Have Pain, heat, and cold meters too.

Weapons

You'd have to really make use of different ammo types and stock a hefty supply of Armour piercing rounds (even though ammo does still have weight) because if you meet an armoured opponent, you'd really need to get the drop on 'em.

Your head shots kill instantly (on an un-armoured head) and vice versa. If there's someone wearing power armour, you'd need AP rounds, as mentioned. Again, this works the other way round, if your wearing power armour, only late game enemies would have the fire power to take you down.

Pain, Heat And Cold

Your endurance would not only measure your health, but poison, rad, fire, heat, cold and pain resistances.

Heat and cold resistance will put the player off target, by either shivering, or swooning depending on the temperature. Your pain threshold however is somewhat important, this is what Med-X is for. Pop a Med-X before a big fight it'll stop you passing out from a crippled arm/ leg/ torso afterwards and getting mauled by a yao-guai.

That about sums it up. Make of it what you will.

Hrafn Wulf 23:51, January 3, 2011 (UTC)