FALLOUT 3

[DevilWearsPrada]

I'm gonna pick this game up when I buy a new 360, but in the mean time I reinstalled Fallout2 and remembered how tedious it can be in parts
Also, I don't know how to get hides from the geckos :\

[executioneer]

i went to rent this game and it had a ps3 game inside now i have to wait for the "ps3" game to be retuned

THIS IS NOT A RENT GAME THIS IS A BUY GAME THATS WHAT YOU GET

[Fathom Zero]

It was a rent for me.

[Hurude]

blimey, I love fallout. I don't get that much time to play at the moment but every time I do its a real joy.

[Dimnos]

Has anyone been to the Republic of Dave and rigged the election? I cant get the box open to rig it and the key I took off of Dave only works on his safe to get his gun. Has anyone been able to get one of the other people in office?

[Zomboid]

It was a rent for me.
Just terrible.

[Fathom Zero]

What a coincidence, that's what I thought!

[bigtimecow]

i still can't get this to work on my 32-bit vista laptop. it starts to load after i start a new game and then "fallout3.exe has stopped working" or whatever >:

[DevilWearsPrada]

you need a higher science skill

[Dimnos]

Are any of your possible companions even worth taking with you? From what I have seen they just block your shots and then get killed. They are more a pain in the ass than anything else.

[Fathom Zero]

Star Paladin Cross is good, as well as Fawkes. Everyone else is more retarded.

[Dimnos]

Cross is the one who blocks my shots when she goes running in with her hammer. Anyone know if she is any good with any of the guns?

[kahljorn]

i use the robot and dogmeat ;o
i dont usually have much of a problem

[LordSappington]

Fuck, this game is hard. I never get any stimpacks, and always run into those huge raider gangs, where I'll have to take on ten of them. Goddamn laser handgun broke on me, too.
Why do I love this game so much???
Also, when can I get Dogmeat?

[Fathom Zero]

He's a little northwest of D.C., more north than west. In the scrapyard.

[DevilWearsPrada]

just got this, played it in the dark with the volume turned up and the sheer amount of shit myself is fantastic

[Fathom Zero]

Like I said, it's like if Doom 3 and Oblivion smashed their heads together.

[Dimnos]

Fuck, this game is hard. I never get any stimpacks, and always run into those huge raider gangs, where I'll have to take on ten of them. Goddamn laser handgun broke on me, too.
Why do I love this game so much???
Also, when can I get Dogmeat?

He is south of minefield. If you have done the survival guide quest it should be on your map.

[Zomboid]

He's in the Scrapyard. Just head North of Vault 101 and then go west a bit.

[DevilWearsPrada]

So I used the hammer of dawn to kill the berserker outside of the radio station and jacked some of the dead paladins' power armor, but I need some training or something to wear it and all the captains tell me is that scruffy the janitor will teach me at the citadel but I need to talk to ol' gil first at some lab and idk wtf. I just wanna wear the power armor :(

[Dimnos]

So I used the hammer of dawn to kill the berserker outside of the radio station and jacked some of the dead paladins' power armor, but I need some training or something to wear it and all the captains tell me is that scruffy the janitor will teach me at the citadel but I need to talk to ol' gil first at some lab and idk wtf. I just wanna wear the power armor :(


You have to do the main story line to get into the Citadel. Just focus on it until your in there then dont go back until your ready to finish the game. I dont know how far into you are but... you can skip the GNR part by just going to Rivet City and talking to Dr Lee in the science lab. From there got to the Jefferson memorial then to vault 112. Then back to Rivet City, back to Jefferson, get attacked, flee in terror, arrive at Citadel, ask the elder for power armor training, talk to power armor trainer guy.

And there you have it.

[DevilWearsPrada]

Oh yeah I was doing the survival guide quest so I found out where james went before getting the dish

[Dr. Boogie]

Got it for xmas and beat it yesterday.

What's that, Fawkes? You wanted to help me escape from Ravenrock, but you were too late, so now you'll have to find some other way to repay me for saving your life? Cool, having a rad-immune helper could come in handy.

What's that, Fawkes? You won't help me out with the purifier because it's my "destiny"? Wow, I never thought of it that way. I guess I figured that since you made a big stink about walking through an irradiated vault chamber for me that maybe this wouldn't be a big deal for you. Figured it would be the very least you could do, seeing as I saved you from living the rest of your life stuck in an underground cell. I mean, you pride yourself on being a smart super mutant with high-minded ideals, and this would be the perfect opportunity for you to help out humanity and prove that not all super mutants are mindless killers, but that's ok. You've got other priorities. I wonder why I had to have good karma for a selfish jerk like you to join up with me.

Also, what the hell was up with Colonel Autumn? Didn't he die when James flooded the purifier with radiation? Then he just reappears with no explanation?



Seriously, though, fuck you, Fawkes. I don't need to hear about "destiny" from an NPC whom I've known for around 20 minutes. You said you took your name from some guy who fought and died for what he believed in, but really, all you wanted was a one-syllable name that's easy to remember when you've lapsed into a super mutant bloodlust.

[executioneer]

fawke you, fucks :lol

[DevilWearsPrada]

Has anyone been to the Republic of Dave and rigged the election? I cant get the box open to rig it and the key I took off of Dave only works on his safe to get his gun. Has anyone been able to get one of the other people in office?

Persuade Rosie and Bob to run for president, then tell all the adults to cast their votes. Go back to Dave and tell him everyone's vote is in. Then, run to the ballot box in sneak mode (use a stealth boy for good measure), keep your crosshairs on it and keep trying to open it until Dave unlocks it. then, take out all of dave's ballots, and one of either bob's or rosie's ballots. Dave will throw a hissy fit about leaving for old olney and starting a new republic, run away towards old olney, and most likely gets murdered by a bear or mutant on the way there. Unless you haven't gotten his key yet, in which case you blow his head off/pick his pocket. Then report to rosie and she'll give you his safe combination.

[LordSappington]

I just finished it, and the ending made me want to cry. I mean, everybody freakin' loved me; I saved a bunch of slave children, disarmed a NUKE, and stormed a facility with a giant, hilariously anti-commie robot, then to die in one of the most straightforward ways possibly?!
Also, yeah, Fawkes WAS a dick like that. who are the other people that I can tag along with, and where are they? I have Fawkes and Dogmeat; I just keep Dogmeat at the Vault, because he's too awesome to die. Which he does. Very quickly.

[DevilWearsPrada]

This game's entertainment value goes up when you think of some of the quests as some kind of weird future allegory of american history.

Like when you help the 'union' (including hannibal hamlin) free the southeastern part of the map from slavers. Except you have high tech armor and there are lasers. And when the 'railroad' employs you to free a slave. and he's an android.

Or when you have to get the declaration of independence. From a robot. With a powdered wig. Even better you can program a backup protectron with thomas jeferson's personality, although all robojefferson does is blare GNR radio really loud and wander around.

The wig you can get from that quest is great. I like to wear it with tenpenny's suit because it makes me look like george washington.

[Fathom Zero]

I wear it with the Ghoul Mask.

[executioneer]

i'd wear it with the naughty nightwear so i'd get +20 to speech :(

[LordSappington]

I have my shady hat from the Survival Guide quest, and a Tesla power armor. Fairly epic, I like to think.
Also, it pisses me off how expensive it is to fix my broken plasma rifle. 1900 caps?!

[pac-man]

I've avoided this thread like the plague (had to wait for Xmas for the game). No need for me to say how great this game is. Pretty much everything that can be said has been said, but fuck it, here's my take:

The bad:
Topping out at lvl 20
Graphical glitches
Not enough songs/banter on GNR
Short main quest (though I figured that out by the day after Xmas and left that shit alone till tonight)

The good:
Atmosphere (I especially loved the little stories that bodies, items, and buildings sometimes told)
Voice overs
VATS combat
It felt like a Fallout game more than an Elder Scrolls game. I enjoy both, but I was worried about the reverse being true.

The great:
This game is fucking enthralling like few I've ever played. Despite glitches, too few enemy types, and a bunch of other legitimate problems, the game never ceases to be fun and challenging.

They need to hurry up and release the DLC for this mofo.

[OxBlood]

I have my shady hat from the Survival Guide quest, and a Tesla power armor. Fairly epic, I like to think.
Also, it pisses me off how expensive it is to fix my broken plasma rifle. 1900 caps?!

Just get MORE Plasma Rifles and repair it with them. Also, get the unique Plasma Rifle, it rocks ;)

[executioneer]

or you could try using other weapons once in a while, using a plasma rifle to kill giant ants or molerats is a bit wasteful

[Dr. Boogie]

Small guns is best. Lincoln's Repeater got me out of every trouble situation.

[LordSappington]

or you could try using other weapons once in a while, using a plasma rifle to kill giant ants or molerats is a bit wasteful
I'd been stockpiling ammo of every type the whole game; it doesn't weigh you down, so I'd take ammo every time I saw it. By the time I got my plasma rifle, I had a good 800 rounds or so for it.
Also, in my haste, I only grabbed one. :(
Where can I get Lincoln's repeater, and the unique plasma gun?

[executioneer]

unique plasma gun is gotten from helping the android, find out more about it in the science lab in rivet city

no idea about lincoln's repeater as i haven't found it yet, my guess is in a monument or museum of history of some sort

[Dr. Boogie]

But don't just fork over the component that nosy chick gives you. Do that, and you get jack. Not the unique ripper, "Jack", I mean nothing.

Lincoln's repeater is in the Museum of History in the offices, along with a bunch of other Lincoln memorabilia you can sell to the museum curator in Rivet City, or the leader of the escaped slaves in the Temple of the Union. It's in a special display case. I think it's the only unique weapon that has a different model, and a unique Vault Boy icon.

[executioneer]

and different ammo!

[OxBlood]

Also: If you get the rifle from the android, go and rat him out to Zimmer to get the wired reflexes perk. Then proceed to kill Zimmer and his Bodyguard before they reach the android (Karma gain will be 0. +200 for helping the android, -200 for ratting him out).

Lincoln´s Repeater uses Magnum Ammo if I´m not mistaken. But I actually prefer Ol´painless. Weaker but far more Ammo for free (since it´s just the unique Hunting Rifle)

[Dr. Boogie]

I keep em both around. Ol Painless for walking around, the repeater for tough spots. High damage and zero spread, that's a keeper.

If it used .32 rounds, I wouldn't use anything else.

[LordSappington]

Dammit, I forked over the part because I didn't know about the surgeon guy, and I didn't want to fail the android and lose karma. Time to restart again. :(
I wish Fallout had a feature where you could restart the game, but your character keeps its stats and inventory.

[Dimnos]

Also, get the unique Plasma Rifle, it rocks ;)


That is the best weapon! I got it early and have just been using it. I also picked up that slave girl you can buy in Paradise Falls. Give her some Merc armor a .44 and you wont even have to pull out your gun unless you are getting swarmed. She guns raiders down faster than I can pull out my rifle.

[Dimnos]

Has anyone done Bannon's request? Its not an actual quest but if you go to Rivet City and talk to Bannon he tells you he would appreciate it if "someone" would "find" something incriminating in some guy whos name I dont remember right now. Has anyone successfully done this? I have been in the guys room and taken everything I could carry back to Bannon. I have gone back and done it where I leave everything in there but make sure to look at everything. I have even hacked the guys computer but I havent found anything. I thought maybe I should plant something in his room then tell Bannon? What would I plant in there to incriminate him? Chems? Guns? They sell it all legally in Rivet City.

On the subject of Rivet City... Has anyone told that kid to run away from home. Then he does and no one cares about him, only his friend that ran away with him CJ Young. Can you do anything with this after they run away? Every time I fast travel to Rivet City I see the girl running across the bridge out of town buy she wont talk to me.

[kahljorn]

follow her and try following that one guy around/talkng to him maybe.

[Dr. Boogie]

Has anyone done Bannon's request? Its not an actual quest but if you go to Rivet City and talk to Bannon he tells you he would appreciate it if "someone" would "find" something incriminating in some guy whos name I dont remember right now. Has anyone successfully done this? I have been in the guys room and taken everything I could carry back to Bannon. I have gone back and done it where I leave everything in there but make sure to look at everything. I have even hacked the guys computer but I havent found anything. I thought maybe I should plant something in his room then tell Bannon? What would I plant in there to incriminate him? Chems? Guns? They sell it all legally in Rivet City.

On the subject of Rivet City... Has anyone told that kid to run away from home. Then he does and no one cares about him, only his friend that ran away with him CJ Young. Can you do anything with this after they run away? Every time I fast travel to Rivet City I see the girl running across the bridge out of town buy she wont talk to me.

In Seagraves' room, under his bed leaning against a footlocker I think, you find a holotape called "Seagraves' incriminating letter". It's a letter from his old slaver buddies trying to get into the city. You bring that to Bannon, then you bring it to Danvers, this female guard who sleeps during the day in the bridge tower. Then you go back to Bannon, and he gives you a discount at his store and the schematics for the Deathclaw Gauntlet.

And the runaway kid only goes as far as the first subway station north of Rivet City. You can get him to come back, but I usually don't bother because he's annoying.

[Dimnos]

Thanks :)

[VaporTrailx1]

I think I had about 1200 10mm rounds by the ends of the game.

[Zomboid]

I just finished it again, and I had a shitload of every kind of ammo. Once I started being able to kill things in 1-2 head shots, ammo got saved up pretty quickly.

[Dimnos]

I went and took out the brotherhood outcasts last night. Stole all their power armor and a gatling laser. When searching the lower levels of the place (Fort Independence I think) I found special weapon Miss Launcher. Those guys were a bunch of pussies. Now I just have to find their base in Fairfax or whatever and finish the job. Then Im off to sell kids into slavery. :lol

[Hurude]

I'm up to level 8, still loving the game. I don't get to play it very much unfortunately. I loved the mission in ten penny tower when you have to let the ghouls in, I felt bad at first about getting everyone killed but once I got my snipers rifle I soon moved on.

[Dimnos]

they are all a bunch of dicks in Tenpenny Tower anyway. Dont fret over them.

[LordSappington]

Deathclaw Gauntlet

OH GOD WHAT DOES THIS DO

[executioneer]

i'd guess it hits for a bitchpile of damage

oh yeah i think it ignores armor too

[Nick]

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images//1/1d/F03Freddy_HollywoodFreddy.jpg

It makes you Freddy Kruger.

[Dimnos]

Whats up with your face in that pic? Did you some how get turned into a ghoul?

[Zomboid]

i'd guess it hits for a bitchpile of damage

oh yeah i think it ignores armor too
I think it does ignore armor, but it's pretty weak.

[Dimnos]

Its weak? >: Well shit... I was going to make a melee character my next play through and I wanted to use that. If it sucks what is a good melee weapon?

[Zomboid]

The shiskebab is pretty effective. I used a lot of melee weapons on my first playthrough, and that weapon always stood out as being much better than anyone else I had.

I think the most useful setup I've had so far was in my first game, where I maxed out big guns and had decent small guns skills. I destroyed everything within short range with the flamer and used the Reservist's rifle for long range. The flamer is incredibly powerful if you max out big guns and get the pyromaniac perk. Plus, you don't need to use VATS. One time, there was a shitload of Talon mercs coming at me, and I just sniped em all from afar using the missile launcher.

[Nick]

Whats up with your face in that pic? Did you some how get turned into a ghoul?You can get a Ghoul mask from the Tenpenny Tower ghouls if you convince Tenpenny and the residents to let them live there rather than killing anyone.

[Dimnos]

Oh yea the ghoul mask. I forgot about that.

[executioneer]

or if you let the ghouls in so they can kill everyone there

[DevilWearsPrada]

Collection achievement hunting before I finish the main quest, killed all the behemoths and have all but 5 bobbleheads left.

is there a unique sniper rifle?

[executioneer]

the reservist's rifle, yeah

[Nick]

There are two. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Sniper_Rifle

[Zomboid]

The 3 shot clip on the reservist's rifle kinda sucks, but I think it's better all-around than the other unique one.


Can be repaired with common sniper rifles.
Has an extremely high critical percent multiplier of x5.
Players with ten luck, Finesse (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Finesse) (+5%), and Survival Guru (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Survival_Expert) (+3%), will be able to critical nine out of ten shots! ((10+5+3)*5)=90%.
Achieving 18%MDPS will give the Reservist's Rifle an effective DPS of 122!
Costs 6AP less to shoot in V.A.T.S. (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/V.A.T.S.) compared to other sniper rifles (32AP vs 38AP).
Uses 3 rounds instead of 5 in each magazine.
Reservist's Rifle has better durability (+50%) than regular sniper rifles.
Of all sniper rifles the Reservist's Rifle has the fastest rate of fire.I can attest to the points about the high criticals :O

[Nick]

Expansion packs. Yay.

[Dr. Boogie]

Just finished Operation: Anchorage.

$10 seems a little steep for a linear sidequest that takes less than 90 minutes to solve.

[Zomboid]

I'm playin through it now. I just took a bunch of psycho, put on the power fist and fucking destroyed about 8 chinese guys in 10 seconds. My unarmed skill is only at like 15, too.

[BurntToShreds]

Just finished Operation: Anchorage.

$10 seems a little steep for a linear sidequest that takes less than 90 minutes to solve.What is worth it? did you atl least get a special weapon or a piece of armor afterwards?

[Tadao]

10 bucks isn't so bad.

[Dr. Boogie]

What is worth it? did you atl least get a special weapon or a piece of armor afterwards?

After you beat it, it opens up a vault full of weapons and stuff. The new things you get are the gauss rifle, a chinese stealth suit, a chinese officer's sword that does electrical damage, and a suit of winterized t51b power armor.


And you also get a host of new bugs stemming from the event, including one where the "you gotta shoot 'em in the head" quest ends when you pick up the power armor.

10 bucks isn't so bad.

Shut up, you don't know.

[Dimnos]

Did it increase the level cap? Or is that one of the next two?

[Dr. Boogie]

No, no level cap increase. Of course, the PC version has already had that problem taken care of.

[Zomboid]

The level cap increase comes in March.

[Fathom Zero]

And The Pitt comes out in February. I'm gonna dig going to places I've been to in Pittsburgh.

[DevilWearsPrada]

I'm gonna put off buying DLC until the actual canon expansion comes out

[Zomboid]

It's all canon, retard.

[DevilWearsPrada]

You know what I mean, smartass >:

[Fathom Zero]

No, because it is.

[Nick]

I think he means the one that changes the ending. That, or something really silly.

[executioneer]

maybe like one you can buy in stores, is what he means? IMPROPER WORD USE

[Nick]

Maybe he thinks Fallout 3 isn't actually Fallout canon and shouldn't be included with the rest of the games. What a snooty douche.

[OxBlood]

What he means is that the expansion has no impact on the game, since it´s just something more or less unimportant that happens in a simulator instead of the world itself.

[Zomboid]

It happens in the fallout world as well as the simulator. Again, canon.

[Fathom Zero]

It's a fucking quest. It's not like a downloadable mission you select from the main menu that has nothing to do with D.C., your character, or Fallout in general.

[Dr. Boogie]

I think he means he wants a full expansion rather than just a quest. Why he decided to throw "canon" in there is beyond me.

[Sam]

MAYBE HE IS WAITING FOR AN EXPANSION THAT LETS YOU USE A CANNON. :rolleyes

[Zomboid]

I am always amazed at how fucking stupid people can be. And then I'm slightly less surprised when people jump to the first idiot's defense.

Either:
A) He's an idiot and used the word incorrectly.
B) He doesn't even know what canon means and (see A).
C) He thinks that for any additional quests to be canon, they have to alter the ending. In other words (see A and B)

Seriously, that's it. Everything in the game, including all DLC, is fallout canon. It's an official game in the series and I don't know what the fuck is so difficult to understand about that.

What he means is that the expansion has no impact on the game, since it´s just something more or less unimportant that happens in a simulator instead of the world itself.Have you played the mission? See what Fathom said.

Edit: If he is just waiting for an expansion, that's dumb too. You'd rather wait for a...what? Expansion disc that hasn't even been announced? How long will you wait for it? A year? Two? Just pay for some points, download it, and buy a dictionary.

[executioneer]

i never jumped to any defense, i'm just trying to help with translation from retardo to english

[Zomboid]

DID I FUCKING SAY YOU DID, WILLIE? DID I? FUCK NO! FUCK!

[executioneer]

YOU CLEARLY DID I AM NOT BEING UNREASONABLY DEFENSIVE OR ANYTHING

[Zomboid]

YOU ARE. IF YOU WANT ME TO BE SPECIFIC, I MEANT OXBLOOD.

YOU AND THE OTHER GUY POSITED YOUR THEORIES WITH A "MAYBE" BEFORE THEM AND WITH A HINT OF MOCKERY AS WELL.

[Nick]

Oh, hi.

[Zomboid]

YEAH, THAT OTHER GUY.

[DevilWearsPrada]

Oh my fuck, you are such a grammar douche.

I said 'canon expansion' meaning it actually expands the story. You don't have to throw a little bitch fit about your failure to 100% comprehend my word usage.

[Supafly345]

Executioneer, can you tell me what he just said?

[DevilWearsPrada]

h8 you guys

[Zomboid]

Is there a Retard-to-English dictionary for this dipshit?

[executioneer]

nobody on the internet uses canon like that quit being an aspie

[OxBlood]

Have you played the mission? See what Fathom said.

I explained what he meant, not what I think about that downloadable quest. He dismisses it as non-canon (not really the correct word to use, true) because it doesn´t have an impact on the Wasteland, so "unimportant" would be correct. But some of the other sidequests were unimportant too, so who cares. And I´m not defending anyone, I´m explaining shit, because I like to do that ;)

I personally don´t care about it very much, 3 Weapons, 4 pieces of armor and one worthless perk (or I misunderstood the description. 3 points in 3 skills is nothing) are not the things I would want for Fallout right now.

[Dr. Boogie]

All of you shut the hell up about "canon"! You're supposed to be sharing your thoughts on Operation: Anchorage.


I say: too short, not worth the money.

[OxBlood]

I agree, even though I haven´t played it (but I know what the contents are). Not enough stuff for my taste.

[Zomboid]

I say:

Too short; worth the money, though. I mean shit, 10 dollars isn't a lot.

[OxBlood]

But those ten dollars could be spent for the third expansion which brings us the long wanted levelcap-increase :P

Or in the meantime be part of the money you spend on Streetfighter 4 and Resident Evil 5 ^^

[Zomboid]

I'll just get all that stuff anyway. I AM COOL LIKE THAT.

[Fathom Zero]

Ten dollars is enough. $5 is what I would pay for a shitload of cars in Burnout: Paradise, or an island with a treasure chest on it that contains three new weapons in any other RPG.

[Tadao]

I say:
10 dollars isn't a lot.

Hah! You are soooooo cheap Boogie!

[Dimnos]

I dont think the good Dr. means that $10 is sooo much money. More that the dlc isnt even worth $10.

[Tadao]

I took it as 10 bucks is not worth 90 mins of fun.

[Zomboid]

I don't understand why people are willing to pay 10 bucks to see a movie that is 90 minutes long, but not pay 10 bucks for 90 minutes of interactive fun that you can then play anytime after that.

[Dr. Boogie]

I don't understand why people are willing to pay 10 bucks to see a movie that is 90 minutes long, but not pay 10 bucks for 90 minutes of interactive fun that you can then play anytime after that.

The reason I'm against that is because $10 can get you a lot more than a little over an hour of fun in Fallout 3. Hell, you could get the entire Bionic Commando Rearmed game for less than that. My standards are just too high.

Plus, you're not even getting a real FO3 quest. You can't interact with any objects, you can't search any of the people you kill, and you can only get health and ammo from special health and ammo stations. It's more like they're just borrowing a level from Call of Duty.

And as for the movie ticket comparison, when do you draw the line on that? Why not just buy every 360 game? Is $60 really that much more than $10? As long as you get at least 6 hours of gameplay out of each, you're still breaking even.

[Zomboid]

I don't get 6 hours of enjoyment out of a lot of games. I tried bionic commando: rearmed, and I just didn't like it enough to buy it.

I felt this was money well spent though, grandpa Bower.

[Dr. Boogie]

Well there you go.

[Tadao]

Now get off his lawn!

[Supafly345]

10 dolla is the fee for not being able to wait for the value pak that comes out at the end of the games marketable life.

[BurntToShreds]

So what are your predictions for the third expansion, Broken Steel? I personally think that they'll give us a stealth mission with Gallows.

[LordSappington]

I bet it's going to have skirmishes with the outcasts.

[Dr. Boogie]

I heard a rumor that they might add in the opportunity to have your ghoul/super mutant companion activate the purifier at the end. If only all bad writing fixes could be that easy.

[OxBlood]

"Hey, Fawkes, you´re absolutely resistant to that radiationstuff, you go in there and flick that stupid switch"

"No, it´s your destiny to *SMACK* OW! You hit me?!"

"GET YOUr GODDAMN MUTANT ASS IN THERE NOW YOU LIPLESS EXCUSE FOR A CLOWN!"

That´s how it should have went.

[MetalMilitia]

I've been putting off installing this for a while now because I didn't want it affecting my final year exams. With them over I've finally got it installed and it's a good thing I did wait because it's eating a lot of my time. Awesome game.

I've kind of put the main quest on hold for a while and I'm just working working though a ton of side-quests. The only thing is I keep stumbling back into main-quest plot points by exploring. Hope it doesn't ruin the story too much.

btw - how do you go about getting the BoS to teach you how to use the power armour?

[Dimnos]

btw - how do you go about getting the BoS to teach you how to use the power armour?

Once you get Dr Lee and her group of cronies to the Citadel, you just ask the elder if you can be trained. He tells you to go talk to some guy who is normally in the conference area of I think A Ring.

[Zomboid]

OR, you can complete Operation: Anchorage. You automatically get the training through that.

[LordSappington]

Power armor sucks. It's too heavy and slow.
But the Tesla Armor looks pretty kickass, and the Medic armor is fucking hilarious.

[Zomboid]

The power armor is great. I like all of the different power armors for different things. The medic armor was really fun, but I switched to Tesla for my evil, energy weapons using guy. I got some unique outcast armor on my first playthrough, and that was really effective too.

I gave the rusted t51b armor to clover on my last playthrough :O

[Dimnos]

Outcast armor is the best. You can kill all those fags and not only take their armor but they have the special Miss Launcher as well.

[timrpgland]

Fawkes died on me...

Finished another playthrough of Fallout 3 on the PC which runs a lot smoother. During Operation Anchorange my achievements weren't calculating on me for some reason so I have to restart it.

It's decent but short. It was worth the purchase and I'm looking forward to the next 2 downloads.

[MetalMilitia]

Finally completed this. Really annoying that you can't continue to play after the main quest is complete. You should at least have the option to go back to just before the last part of the quest and explore a bit more. By the time I realised the game was finishing it was too late and I couldn't escape the plot.

[Dr. Boogie]

It creates a separate save file when you enter the memorial, but that's it.

They're supposedly fixing it in one of the upcoming DC releases.

Fawkes died on me...

It's better that way, believe me.

[MetalMilitia]

Yeah I had a quick save at just before the robot reached the water treatment place so I loaded that up and escaped into the wilderness. I kind of hate it though because it feels like I'm breaking the games. It's weird, I shouldn't care because I can still pick up quests and whatnot but it has removed a great deal of immersion for me.

Oh and one other thing that annoyed me at the end:

When I had to go into the room and die from radiation I still had my radiation-immune super mutant buddy standing right next to me. Why couldn't he have done it?! Also the control panel was so damn close to the door... I could've just punched in the three digits with a broom or something and been fine. It was a bit of a lame ending.

[Dr. Boogie]

Oh and one other thing that annoyed me at the end:

http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/showpost.php?p=605270&postcount=273


You mentioned immersion being broken, but wouldn't it be a bigger immersion-breaker if you just popped up outside the memorial after the credits?


At any rate, I heard a rumor that they plan to fix the crap with Fawkes at the end, as well as not being able to continue playing after the end. Last I heard, they were talking about doing that for the Broken Steel expansion.

[MetalMilitia]

lol

and

Yeah it's true but they should've just made it so the end of the game wasn't this big event but rather the days after where people kind of know something went on but it's not had time to have any significant impact on the world. That way we could merrily wander the wasteland until the sequel or expansion comes out. :(

[executioneer]

here's a breakdown of exactly how i reacted to the end sequence
first off, naturally, since i had fawkes with me, i asked HIM to do it. even though, y'know, i actually managed to get the GECK without his help, i figured THIS one he'd need to do for me... no? FUCK OK
i go in and don't spot the control panel right in front of the door. Why? because obviously if it's RIGHT FUCKING THERE how the hell is the radiation gonna be too dangerous to survive and not be really dangerous levels right outside the door?
so then i do an entire loop of the "dangerous area". whoops, i'm still not dead! then i see the keypad. being a little frustrated, i have no fucking clue what the code is. i punch in about four different combos. no luck, but still not dead.
so i turn around and try to talk to my companions thru the glass. doesn't work, still not dead. jump up and down and shoot at them a few times. no effect, still not dead. then i guess it blew up or something, my rad levels were still not too bad, but i died.
THEN i remembered about the bible passage, but couldn't remember which one, so after i reloaded, i listened to the journal entries until i found it, opened door, keyed in numbers, then my dude keels over instantly from the oh-so-lethal radiation :rolleyes
then i reloaded, and killed fucking fawkes with nuka-grenades and kept throwing them at paladin lyons until the reactor went critical or whatever
then i made her go in and do it, and i was glad to see her die cause she was still a "critical NPC" and no amount of grenades woulda killed her otherwise
then i started a new character and killed everyone killable in vault 101 and megaton

SUFFICE TO SAY I WAS A LITTLE MIFFED

[Dr. Boogie]

And then when you make Lyons do it, suddenly she's the hero. I only put this whole damn project together, and all she did was one little thing at the end.

Felt like I was that bitchy Agincourt guy.

[Fathom Zero]

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7/cimg0255s.jpg

Finally. Damn it. Business Assassin finally has all da Bubbleheads.

[DougClayton4231]

Has Bethesda finally fixed the "crash every 5 minutes" bug? I haven't been able to play since the Broken Steel patch came out.

[Fathom Zero]

Its crashed on me less than the 360 version did, BUT the DLC's are utter shit.

There is so much slow-down and so many freezes that even I can't ignore them. I would not buy them if the content itself wasn't worth it. Point Lookout didn't break as much as Broken Steel was; that was a goddamn slideshow.

Then again, I played the 360 versions and the DLC ran as smooth as the main game did, so it's your call.

PS, I have the PS3 version. The main game is not so crashy, but the DLC is broken. If you're not heavy into Fallout, it's not worth the potential misery.

[Zomboid]

Fallout 3 crashed maybe... five times for me on the 360. That includes after I got all of the DLC. I did get stuck in one of those rock barriers one time, though. I guess I shouldn't have been trying to jump over it, but come on! >:

[Supafly345]

FINALLY got this game after goty version came out and god damn it goes on forever. I felt a little bored at times because it takes so long to get everywhere and I am pretty sure I missed a lot of stuff I can't get again on my way to beating it. I dunno, I got burnt out on it within the first week, I am getting into the DLC but not having much motivation.

And I am a bit late to this party but, are you not allowed to equip the power armor without that expensive anchorage bullshit? I feel sorry for anyone who payed for that shit.

[Dr. Boogie]

You have to play through the main story until you get someone in the Brotherhood of Steel to teach you how to use the stuff.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, the Anchorage thing is just a glitch.

[bigtimecow]

the GOTY edition is only like 37 bucks on steam so i am so fucking tempted to buy it, but my computer is awful :(

[captain516]

Are there any major differences between the GOTY edition and the normal version?

[executioneer]

apart from it coming with all the DLC add-ons, i don't think there's anything

[Supafly345]

the price?

[timrpgland]

I still have to finish Mothership Zeta and get the level 8 neutral achievement for complete on PC. :(

[Angryhydralisk]

I've been playing this at a friends. I haven't played a game this addicting in a long, long time.

Recently got Eugene (The uber-Minigun) and Lincoln's Repeater.

[Supafly345]

Ok, I finally got bit. I started a new game and played it this time having a better grip on it, and its tremendously more fun.
I've been sort of ocd-ing it up trying to get max skill and max special stats by the time I reach 30. And trying to do this before I start a single mission.

And its practically designed to be flawlessly replayable. The wasteland is so distinct and varied, with no square mile looking the same that I could explore this game fore another 3 games and not feel too familiar with it.

[LordSappington]

My problem with games like these is I find an awesome strategy/weapons lineup the first playthrough, and can't bring myself to try other possibly inferior tactics. :(

[Zomboid]

Supafly is addicted to Fallout 3 like I'm addicted to Dragon Age :(

[executioneer]

bioware and bethesda should never, ever collaborate on an rpg

it'd need to be classified as a controlled substance

[Supafly345]

Supafly is addicted to Fallout 3 like I'm addicted to Dragon Age :(I was considering trying to figure out how to turn myself invisible online just because I didn't want people to know how much I was playing it.
I have the difficulty set to very hard just for the insane exp boost, but the last 10 levels still take forever if you aren't doing missions.

[Zomboid]

Oh, I know what you mean. I have every achievement but one in Fallout 3 and I have something stupid like 250 hours put into it.

Don't feel too bad about playing as much as you do. Whenever you're on, I'm playing Dragon Age. That's all I've been doing the past two days :(

[Dimnos]

What kind of character do you have Zomboid? Im running around as a Dwarf telling all the humans they are cowards and that I will put an axe in all their problems.

[Zomboid]

I've got a human noble. I'm pretty much playing as a good guy and being all fair and equal (FAGGY) for everything. I'm looking forward to playing through it again as an asshole Dwarf or an Elf with a chip on his shoulder.

[Supafly345]

Pbyhpsv-6sM

[Fathom Zero]

Haha. I first laughed loud at Mister Burke on the balcony. The rest was just as awesome.

[Supafly345]

The split second of dogmeat dancing was my favorite part.

[Fathom Zero]

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/home/teaser.php

I'm tired of making new threads for sequels. New Vegas is going to be a pretty happenin' place.

[Supafly345]

Oh thats real? I thought that was just a floated idea from years ago.
I gotta buy a replacement copy of my fallout 3, a friend's cat knocked over my xbox while I was playing and that cut up the disk =(

[Fathom Zero]

Apparently, it is a thing that is happening.

The game of the year edition came out recently, unless you've already got all the DLC already.

[Supafly345]

Yeah, I only got it for the first time as GOTY. My bonus content disk should work for an old used copy of the original, so thats what I'm going for.

[Fathom Zero]

It does. It's just a regular copy of Fallout 3.

[Supafly345]

Purchased, now my unending addiction continues.
I really really love the crafted weapons. My favorite unarmed is the deathclaw, my favorite grenade -NAY- weapon is the nuka grenade, and the shishkabob is unbelievable with pyromaniac. FUCK I am so objectum sexual with this game.

[darkvare]

is new vegas an expansion or a new game?

[Zomboid]

It's a new game.

[Supafly345]

Fux, now when I load the extra content it tells me that the disk is dirty, and this only started when I re-loaded the dlc from the bonus disk. Fuck whats going on.

[captain516]

Nobody told me that the songs would be so catchy. "Butcher Pete" was stuck in my head for two days.

[ChrisGlass]

Yeah, the radio was a nice touch. Too bad for me it seemed it bugged out a LOT on the PC, plus it attracted enemies a lot more and didn't work in a lot of places by design.

[Dimnos]

...plus it attracted enemies a lot more...

I love it when money and loot walks its way to me. :)

[executioneer]

wait the radio attracts enemies more often? i thought it was just annoying with the limited music selection and repetitive 'news' stories, maybe it was partially increased encounters that was annoying me

[Fathom Zero]

This is so much fun. (http://www.fileplanet.com/203394/200000/fileinfo/Fallout-3---Cube-Experimental-Mod)

[executioneer]

aw that looks neat :( i love that movie

[Zomboid]

I am so drunk that Willie's avatar looked like mine for a sec. I shouldn't drink so much :(