Fallout 3

[Isambard]

i wanted to buy it but im afraid of the changes it has suffer. i really love fallout 2 and this game looks like oblivion... what things can you tell me about it?

I say buy it. The ruins of DC are done so well that its haunting. I spent a good part of the game just running around and looking at the destruction. The atmosphere is defineatly there

 

[Cabal]

I say buy it. The ruins of DC are done so well that its haunting. I spent a good part of the game just running around and looking at the destruction. The atmosphere is defineatly there

Heck, even the first view of the apocalyptic wasteland makes it all worthwhile.

 

[MilitantSheep]

I'm completely addicted to it! I'm not really a gamer though, the only console I have is my Nintendo DS and brain training is the only game I have (if anyone wants to donate Mario Kart, I'd be endlessly appreciative! ), I got addicted to Fallout after taking over my ex-housemate's game while he went the loo a few months ago, when he came back down he was gracious enough to let me start my own character and sit in the corner helping me through my own game for an hour or so

First, the game is way too gory (to the point of being repulsive at times).

Really? I just levelled up enough to get the bloody mess perk and I was SO happy!! Bring on the gore!

Edit: I am so ladylike it scares me at times

 

[Cabal]

Really? I just levelled up enough to get the bloody mess perk and I was SO happy!! Bring on the gore!

Edit: I am so ladylike it scares me at times

In apocalpytic alternate future universe, everyone has mutated such that they kersplode when critted with a bullet.

Gotta love that radiation!

 

[antiarte]

i just got this game. for free.

 

[Cabal]

i just got this game. for free.

You've just lost Karma!

 

[The-Doctor]

The only thing I dont like is that once you reach level 20 you cannot level up anymore or add even more perks...my favorite is the Mystery stranger perk...darn handy sometimes...espcially when you find your self nose to nose with a Super Mutant Behometh and only armed with a butter knife.

 

[antiarte]

You've just lost Karma!

it was legal

 

[Cabal]

it was legal

I know.

 

[MilitantSheep]

it was legal

How? I want!

 

[Denward]

I had to play it out of the fact that I was a Fallout Fanboy still have my fallout 1,2 and tactics lying around somewhere. Though I have to say even though games like this give you a bit of free will in the choices you make there are not any that make a huge difference. RPGs that bring the moral choices to the table like fallout 3 and mass effect are so fun to play. I do wish though that they give more and more options in the games we play. Too often as of late Ive been extremely dissapointed in alot of games... Fallout 3 acutally suprised me a little but in the end just went into the cookie cutter with a different name category. I end up playing games on saturday on my day off and beating them easily even on harder difficulties, then only to try to replay with no other story or options than just a higher diffuclty. Things like why didnt they let you become a ghoul? Sorry this was a rant in the end, but.... Im fed up with the industry and its lack of ingenuity and creativity games just look to pretty without things that make you want to keep playing it over and over and over.... Infact I pulled out my PS2 and decided to play Shadow of colossus again.

 

[Vehementi Dominus]

I'm addicted to it, like my character's addicted to Buffout.

I've litterally done everything there is to do in it. Twice.

Downloaded the Space Marine power armours and the boltgun, too. Makes it a lot more fun:

Legion of the Damned FTW!

 

[Jesus4Life777]

I started playing this again last night. You can tell how OCD I am with game because:
1) I pick up everything and store in in a locker at my house and will sell all the junk once I haveo 100 Barter.
2) I made sure I will have 100 skill points in everything but unarmed.
3) I have been really careful with the perks. For instance, I have the survival expert perk from Moria's wasteland survival guide and I made sure to get the Guru version of this perk with +6 Damage Resistance (it all depended on how I answered her questions).
4) I'm worried that I may have chosen some of the wrong perks since I'm almost level 20 and there's only 1 perk lest to choose. I hope I have already chosen the cyborg perk.

One question, if you get all the downloadable content on XBLA, can you level up beyond 20? If so, is there all new perks that you will want to get or will you still choose from the one's you haven't picked yet?

I was just as OCD with Oblivion when I was playing it... I never finished.

 

[Staccato]

One question, if you get all the downloadable content on XBLA, can you level up beyond 20? If so, is there all new perks that you will want to get or will you still choose from the one's you haven't picked yet?

Not yet, but the new DLC 'Broken Steel' that's released on May 5th will allow you to level up to level 30. You can get a new perk at each level, either from the ones available now that you haven't chosen or a set of new ones that Bethesda will be creating.

 

[Cabal]

I started playing this again last night. You can tell how OCD I am with game because:
1) I pick up everything and store in in a locker at my house and will sell all the junk once I haveo 100 Barter.
2) I made sure I will have 100 skill points in everything but unarmed.
3) I have been really careful with the perks. For instance, I have the survival expert perk from Moria's wasteland survival guide and I made sure to get the Guru version of this perk with +6 Damage Resistance (it all depended on how I answered her questions).
4) I'm worried that I may have chosen some of the wrong perks since I'm almost level 20 and there's only 1 perk lest to choose. I hope I have already chosen the cyborg perk.

Hmm...iirc it's possible to max out most of your SPECIAL attributes and skills without even trying too hard - which suggests to me that Bethesda left the RPG aspect of F3 a little on the buggered side, but still fun nonetheless. It just doesn't recall the previous two games which had you struggling in places if one of your attributes was under 6, and on my first playthrough I'd swear none of my attributes were below 8.

 

[Jesus4Life777]

I guess that most people who played Fallout3 just went through the game rolling with the punches. I get so OCD with Fallout3 and Oblivion by trying to make the perfect character. It's insane. It's like back in the day when I played old rpgs I always made sure that I would level up a lot before moving on to the next sections. I would preserve items. I would search every nook and cranny for treasure chests so I wouldnt miss any. Maybe the reason why I'm OCD with video games is because 'I want to get the most out of the game' and that old boyscout motto 'be prepared'. If grinding weak enemies means be prepared then so be it.

I quit playing Oblivion but I hope Elder Scrolls V is 10 times better - that game has some serious potential up the wahoo.

Anyone else reading this thread OCD with their video games?

 

[Cabal]

I guess that most people who played Fallout3 just went through the game rolling with the punches. I get so OCD with Fallout3 and Oblivion by trying to make the perfect character. It's insane. It's like back in the day when I played old rpgs I always made sure that I would level up a lot before moving on to the next sections. I would preserve items. I would search every nook and cranny for treasure chests so I wouldnt miss any. Maybe the reason why I'm OCD with video games is because 'I want to get the most out of the game' and that old boyscout motto 'be prepared'. If grinding weak enemies means be prepared then so be it.

I quit playing Oblivion but I hope Elder Scrolls V is 10 times better - that game has some serious potential up the wahoo.

Anyone else reading this thread OCD with their video games?

I guess I'm OCD in similar ways to you as regards finding stuff, I'm definitely a scavenger, and I'm very glad I took the perk that allows you to find more caps in lockers etc. I'm usually a power-armor and several big guns kind of player, and I have ridiculous amounts of ammo for about 5 of the big weapons through scavenging.

Can't say I've stored that much though, I tend to take ammo and what I need, although if I find something profitable I'll take it with me - radscorpion glands are probably the best example of that, if I'm travelling through an area full of giant radscorps I'll grab as many as I can, they're light but surprisingly valuable, and a good way of making spare cash.

One area in which I am VERY OCD is on fast travelling - which I never ever do. I think it breaks flow and destroys the point of having a huge open world in the first place. So yeah, the Vault 87 trek took me a few days of play to get to, what with fighting and exploring along the way. Getting back to DC from Raven Rock took me about a week.

 

[Hypersonic]

I think that if you didn't really like the RPG/FPS combination, then get a FPS like COD4 or get an RPG, like http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/RPG-29_USGov.JPG/800px-RPG-29_USGov.JPG ...or oblivion.

 

[Kharak]

I quit playing Oblivion but I hope Elder Scrolls V is 10 times better - that game has some serious potential up the wahoo.

Bring back polearms! I want my Argonians to wield spears, Ithankyou. Crossbows would also be nice...

What's the deal with Patrick Stewart dying in game too? What a waste!

 

[Vehementi Dominus]

I guess I'm OCD in similar ways to you as regards finding stuff, I'm definitely a scavenger, and I'm very glad I took the perk that allows you to find more caps in lockers etc. I'm usually a power-armor and several big guns kind of player, and I have ridiculous amounts of ammo for about 5 of the big weapons through scavenging.

Can't say I've stored that much though, I tend to take ammo and what I need, although if I find something profitable I'll take it with me - radscorpion glands are probably the best example of that, if I'm travelling through an area full of giant radscorps I'll grab as many as I can, they're light but surprisingly valuable, and a good way of making spare cash.

One area in which I am VERY OCD is on fast travelling - which I never ever do. I think it breaks flow and destroys the point of having a huge open world in the first place. So yeah, the Vault 87 trek took me a few days of play to get to, what with fighting and exploring along the way. Getting back to DC from Raven Rock took me about a week.

Cartons of cigarettes and pre-war books are pretty useful for makin' caps.

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