Hardcore!

Well I finished the first of the 4 play thoughts, and aside for the pickpocket (which I only got 4 out of 50) and the leveling up ones (due to an exploit being patched) I got all the achievements for that run and then some.

In the end Mr. House had me hack into some power stations, including hover dam during the middle of a war, to power his robot army so he could take over New Vegas. In the epilogue it says that he turns the whole area into a strict but fair autocracy with the primary goal of making money to fund scientific advacment.

So with that play through done I can set the game to normal difficulty and turn hard core mode off, makign it so I no longer have to worry about water, food, or sleep. Also it makes fixing limbs much easier and heal items cure instantly. The next play through also focuses on science and speech skills so it's much closer to how I normally would play.