Fallout 3 Thread

[psyko12]

Im sorry, but they ruined it, and people who never played Fallout 1 or 2 saying "look at this new shooter", just makes it that much worse.

IMHO they didn't ruin it, they just changed the way how you play the game, rather than being the old school point and click and turn based gameplay that we all knew from previous series. Also the story line takes years after the last fallout so in any relation, storywise they're not related. Just elements from the FO universe was in there.

Would you rather play Fallout 3 with the same old gfx and this new story line or move on to the future and use every means of pumping out beautiful gfx and new storyline. It's sad tho that the "real" fallout 3 was almost complete but they shut down b4 they were able to release Van Buren.

No offense mate, but it's all just preference. but for me this game rocks..

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Yup...

1) Get out the core code from Oblivion...
2) Drizzle the Fallout world on top of it...
3) Serve it as Fallout 3...


I'm sure Bethesda looked at the old code base of Fallout, noted that it was turn-based, realized that turn-based just doesn't sell anymore, and looked for something else that is profitable to base it on (which ended up being Oblivion). Imagine if it were turn-based--only a few people would purchase it and not the hundreds of thousands that already did.

So yeah, I can see why some diehards would be unhappy with it but then again, it is wrong to expect it would be a "true" successor. I mean, when Dues Ex 3 comes out, I don't expect it to play anything like the first two because it is being made by a different crew. The same should be expected of Duke Nuke: Forever (if it is ever released). Even FarCry 2 took a completely different direction after Ubisoft took over from CryTek. Oh, and we can't forget Splinter Cell: Double Agent which was developed by Ubisoft Shanghai instead of Ubisoft Montreal. You can really only count on consistency if the same developer (and people in charge) are working on it.

 

[Laurijan]

after the 1.1 update i havent had a single game crash

 

[D007]

absolutely had strong similarities that were very obvious to oblivion..
if you ever played oblivion you would notice it in a heartbeat.


but I had a lot of fun in this game..
was well worth the money.
It was one of the better games I've played in a long time.

 

[sudano68]

I didn't like it. Don't really know why, just wasn't my thing.

 

[Laurijan]

I played the game through the 3 time this time leaving only bout 20 location undiscovered.. with use of the tcl command i this happed to a raider:

When i fallout 4 coming out?

 

[Nick89]

Things I can think of off the top of my head that I dont like about FO3:

The power armour, it sucks.
Perception has nothing to do with accuracy.
weapons loose condition way to fast.
the laser rifle and pistol seem to suck, and they dont do any special laser damage. same with the Plasma Rifle.
no descriptions for ANYthing.

some other things/when I remember.

 

[ste2425]

shurely people can edit those things with game mods right?

 

[psyko12]

shurely people can edit those things with game mods right?

There are some mods that make the PA the same as the older PA's on FO series. (Ex: weight reduction due to power armor countering it's weight coz of boost in str etc.)

 

[AphexDreamer]

Can anyone recommend me a good fun quest to play in Fallout 3? I'm just free roaming as of right now. Just looks from some interesting directions to walk in.

 

[ArmoredCavalry]

Can anyone recommend me a good fun quest to play in Fallout 3? I'm just free roaming as of right now. Just looks from some interesting directions to walk in.

If you're just starting I'd say go to megaton, and check the Supply Store. The owner will talk about her "survival guide" and how you can help her research chapters. It is a pretty extensive side quest, and really helps to get associated with the game.

gl hf

 

[AphexDreamer]

If you're just starting I'd say go to megaton, and check the Supply Store. The owner will talk about her "survival guide" and how you can help her research chapters. It is a pretty extensive side quest, and really helps to get associated with the game.

gl hf

Thanks but i've done that already. I've done a fair amount of quests actually but I know not all of them. Just list a few that you've done down the road that maybe I haven't done just yet.

 

[farlex85]

Thanks but i've done that already. I've done a fair amount of quests actually but I know not all of them. Just list a few that you've done down the road that maybe I haven't done just yet.

Have you done You Gotta Shoot Em in the Head? Also Paradise Falls, which is extra fun if your good.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Have you done You Gotta Shoot Em in the Head? Also Paradise Falls, which is extra fun if your good.

Ahhh, yes and yes. Thanks again though. How many quest are there all in all. Maybe I have managed to do them all?However, I have yet to find all the locations.

 

[farlex85]

Ahhh, yes and yes. Thanks again though. How many quest are there all in all. Maybe I have managed to do them all?However, I have yet to find all the locations.

There's tons of them. Have you found the alien ship at the far north w/ the alien gun? Also the dl content is out w/ new quests. Check a strategy guide for more.

 

[ArmoredCavalry]

Ahhh, yes and yes. Thanks again though. How many quest are there all in all. Maybe I have managed to do them all?However, I have yet to find all the locations.

I've found a whole lot of the locations (maybe close to 80%), and there really aren't as many side quests as I had hoped. Or maybe they just hide well.....

But yeah, in Oblivion, I never even did the main quest, there were so many side quests. Any time I started walking in the direction of the main quest, I'd somehow pick up 3 side quests. I was a little disappointed with the lack of obvious side quests in Fallout 3....

 

[AsRock]

Things I can think of off the top of my head that I dont like about FO3:

The power armour, it sucks.
Perception has nothing to do with accuracy.
weapons loose condition way to fast.
the laser rifle and pistol seem to suck, and they dont do any special laser damage. same with the Plasma Rifle.
no descriptions for ANYthing.

some other things/when I remember.

Lazer did some thing special as it turn some to dust, ok not all the time but that would of been real boring if it did.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Just found a new quest to occupie me for now. It deals with AntAgonie vs some Mechist guy and they are at war. Thanks again ppls.

 

[Jeno]

how many of yall blew up megaton?

 

[AphexDreamer]

how many of yall blew up megaton?

I did, first time through I didn't though. I've made like 5 Character and it took me till the 5th one to truly enjoy the game.

I've done 24 quests and have found 104 locations, is that it or is there more???

 

[RevengE]

So I just got Fallout 3 tonight Its great so far other than those stupid huge fireants at the beginning lol.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

You can skip a good lot of the fire ants. There's only about two missions that involve a lot of them. It's the Giant Radscorpions that pissed me off mainly because they're so fast so you can't run away from them. Some can apparently make themselves invisible too.

 

[Mussels]

You can skip a good lot of the fire ants. There's only about two missions that involve a lot of them. It's the Giant Radscorpions that pissed me off mainly because they're so fast so you can't run away from them. Some can apparently make themselves invisible too.

VATS them in the legs, they slow down

I never saw any invisible ones...

(see what i did there? lol)

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I never saw any invisible ones...

In front of that grocery store (something "Mart" I think). I think it is actually friendly until you go into VATS and start shooting at it. It takes a crapload of wammo to drop it and of course, it charges the moment it gets hit. I remember it respawned when I left the Mart but I think I was in there for an extra-long time too (I checked everything for goodies).

 

[RevengE]

where is the source of the fireants? they are really pissing me off?