Fallout 3: New Vegas Pre-orders?

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**1-UP**

So I have no doubt I'll be buying the new Fallout 3. Because of that, I'm sorely tempted to go ahead and pre-order (something I never, ever do). When I started looking into it, however, I learned that you actually get in-game bonuses for pre-ordering, but the in-game bonuses are different depending on where you get it from!

Per IGN

Classic Pack – Available at GameStop
-Armored Vault 13 Suit - Extensively patched up and dotted with piecemeal armor, this outfit is an homage to the classic ending of the original Fallout.
-Vault 13 Canteen - This handy device is useful for staving off dehydration and providing a small amount of healing in the Mojave Wasteland.
-Weathered 10mm Pistol - A well-worn 10mm pistol that packs an extra punch despite its modest size.
5 Stimpaks - Food and water are good for long-term healing, but when the fighting is fierce, Stimpaks help keep Wastelanders upright.

More new pics in the gallery.
Tribal Pack – Available at Amazon
-Tribal Raiding Armor - Pieced together from scraps of armor, this outfit provides protection without impacting mobility.
-Broad Machete - This heavy-bladed melee weapon does high damage against limbs and can quickly deal out a flurry of attacks.
- 5 Bleak Venom doses - Useful on any Melee Weapon, Bleak Venom makes short of work of most living targets.
-10 Throwing Spears - If you would like to silently pin an enemy's head to a wall, Throwing Spears are the way to do it.

Caravan Pack – Available at Steam and Walmart
-Lightweight Leather Armor - This hand-modified suit of leather armor reduces its overall weight without impacting its ability to protect.
-Sturdy Caravan Shotgun - Despite its rough appearance, this Caravan Shotgun will reliably fire 20 gauge shells until the Brahmin come home.
- 4 Repair Kits - Useful for repairing any outfit or weapon, Repair Kits are a valuable tool for any caravaner.
-Binoculars – The Mojave Wasteland is a dangerous place, but with these trusty Binoculars you'll be able to spot trouble coming.

Mercenary Pack – Available at Best Buy
-Lightweight Metal Armor - Modified for long-range travel, this Metal Armor sacrifices some protection for mobility and overall weight.
-Mercenary's Grenade Rifle - Though similar to other 40mm Grenade Rifles in the Mojave Wasteland, this model has a faster reload cycle.
-3 Super Stimpaks - When you absolutely, positively, need to keep your blood inside your body, Super Stimpaks fix you up in no time.
-3 Doctors Bags - Mercenaries and broken limbs go together like Iguana-on-a-Stick and Nuka Cola. Thankfully, these Doctors Bags take a bit of sting out of the inevitable crushed skull.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this at all, because I'm at a loss. My gut feeling is that everything the pre-order gives will be more or less moot, but I'd kick myself if the only way to get something like Binoculars (a constant wish in the original Fallout 3) was to get the game from wal-mart (Something I normally wouldn't do).

Soooo...what do you folks think?

**kenshin620**

I'm sure some modder will get some bootleg version of those sometime

If not just choose which is most convenient.

**Battle Brother Lucifer**

Caravan pack looks best anyway

**BrookM**

We're getting the Caravan pack around here.

**Yak9UT**

1-UP wrote:So I have no doubt I'll be buying the new Fallout 3. Because of that, I'm sorely tempted to go ahead and pre-order (something I never, ever do). When I started looking into it, however, I learned that you actually get in-game bonuses for pre-ordering, but the in-game bonuses are different depending on where you get it from!

Per IGN

Classic Pack – Available at GameStop
-Armored Vault 13 Suit - Extensively patched up and dotted with piecemeal armor, this outfit is an homage to the classic ending of the original Fallout.
-Vault 13 Canteen - This handy device is useful for staving off dehydration and providing a small amount of healing in the Mojave Wasteland.
-Weathered 10mm Pistol - A well-worn 10mm pistol that packs an extra punch despite its modest size.
5 Stimpaks - Food and water are good for long-term healing, but when the fighting is fierce, Stimpaks help keep Wastelanders upright.

More new pics in the gallery.
Tribal Pack – Available at Amazon
-Tribal Raiding Armor - Pieced together from scraps of armor, this outfit provides protection without impacting mobility.
-Broad Machete - This heavy-bladed melee weapon does high damage against limbs and can quickly deal out a flurry of attacks.
- 5 Bleak Venom doses - Useful on any Melee Weapon, Bleak Venom makes short of work of most living targets.
-10 Throwing Spears - If you would like to silently pin an enemy's head to a wall, Throwing Spears are the way to do it.

Caravan Pack – Available at Steam and Walmart
-Lightweight Leather Armor - This hand-modified suit of leather armor reduces its overall weight without impacting its ability to protect.
-Sturdy Caravan Shotgun - Despite its rough appearance, this Caravan Shotgun will reliably fire 20 gauge shells until the Brahmin come home.
- 4 Repair Kits - Useful for repairing any outfit or weapon, Repair Kits are a valuable tool for any caravaner.
-Binoculars – The Mojave Wasteland is a dangerous place, but with these trusty Binoculars you'll be able to spot trouble coming.

Mercenary Pack – Available at Best Buy
-Lightweight Metal Armor - Modified for long-range travel, this Metal Armor sacrifices some protection for mobility and overall weight.
-Mercenary's Grenade Rifle - Though similar to other 40mm Grenade Rifles in the Mojave Wasteland, this model has a faster reload cycle.
-3 Super Stimpaks - When you absolutely, positively, need to keep your blood inside your body, Super Stimpaks fix you up in no time.
-3 Doctors Bags - Mercenaries and broken limbs go together like Iguana-on-a-Stick and Nuka Cola. Thankfully, these Doctors Bags take a bit of sting out of the inevitable crushed skull.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this at all, because I'm at a loss. My gut feeling is that everything the pre-order gives will be more or less moot, but I'd kick myself if the only way to get something like Binoculars (a constant wish in the original Fallout 3) was to get the game from wal-mart (Something I normally wouldn't do).

Soooo...what do you folks think?

Fallout 3:New vegas? you know this is a stand alone game not a expansion right? Its a completely diffrent Fallout it just has they same game engine.

**Jericho**

We get the choice between Steam or Eb games (Owned by gamestop) here.

So i went with the Eb games collectors edition and i believe i get the Classic pack since they are the GameStop of Australia. (would have to double check on their website though....)

**BrookM**

Gamemania appears to be handing out combo packs of Classic and Caravan around here, double win.

**Catyrpelius**

Alot of companies are going with the free stuff on preorder. Soem of them are better then others.

Im going with the gamestop version, simply because thats where I get all my games.

**brotherskeeper74**

I pre-ordered the Collectors Ed. before the announced (or I knew about) the pre-order stuff. So, I will be getting my Vault-13 stuff. Don't care either way, just can't wait to get back to the wastelands again.

**burning_phoneix**

Jericho wrote:We get the choice between Steam or Eb games (Owned by gamestop) here.

So i went with the Eb games collectors edition and i believe i get the Classic pack since they are the GameStop of Australia. (would have to double check on their website though....)

EB Games are owned by Gamestop so yes you will be getting the classic pack.

I pre-ordered the collector's back in June and I just can't wait. This is the first collector's edition I bought of anything so I'm more excited than usual.

Also, since I bought the PC version, it will be a cinch to get all the other pre-order items with a mod one or two days after release.

**COMMANDER SUNTZU**

This game will hopefully have some decent changes to the game engine as it was 3 YEARS AGO that the last one was released. I would be disappointed if it was exactly the same in a different setting. But i think that the limited edition looks pretty good with lots of nice RL extras.