Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I'm in the mission where
about how long do I have left?
Mr. House has me go see the Boomers,
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Fallout New Vegas |OT| Obsidian does what Bethesdon't
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beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
this is a very excellent game. i'm almost done with finals and i just want to give my whole life over to it.
natureboy46 said:
I've thought about getting 3, but unfortunately I watched someone play through the entire game while studying for an 8hr test of *fun*. So more or less, I've already seen everything that happens in Fallout 3 story-wise. I'm sure I would play it slightly different but at this point it's not worth it to me.
Stoffinator said:
This may be the most confusing thing I have read all day :lol
kyo_daikun
Member
Alienshogun said:
Your on
Part 3 of Mr Houses missions, you have 4 more parts to go and then the finale, probably 5-10 hours worth depending on if your rushing or doing other stuff inbetween
jim-jam bongs
Member
Well I finished my pacifist run. Did absolutely no killing whatsoever except for
Ended up on level 20 from questing, hacking/lockpicking and discovery experience, but I cheated a bit and took three levels of Swift Learner since there weren't many other perks which I could actually use.
In the end
I'm thinking about looking at the G.E.C.K. and seeing how difficult it would be to mod non-lethal ammo types into the game, since the only weapons which do fatigue damage are the boxing ones which require a couple of hits to take someone down even from stealth. It was definitely a lot of fun and an interesting challenge without any weapons, but you get the feeling that you're gaming the mechanics a lot of the time by exploiting stealth and AI behaviour. Popping in tranquiliser rounds and a tazer would make the non-lethal playthrough a lot less cheesy.
dropping the sound emitter on the ants nest to ingratiate myself with the Boomer's.
In the end
I decided to ally with the NCR since I'd already done an anarchist run and ruled New Vegas with my army of robots. Hardest parts were avoiding the assassins in Red Rock when I was gathering supporters to convince the Great Khans to abandon the Legion, and having to complete Still in the Dark so that the Brotherhood liked me enough to sign a truce with the NCR. Sneaking around three vaults infested with rats, mantises andthe spore beasts was a tense experience.
I'm thinking about looking at the G.E.C.K. and seeing how difficult it would be to mod non-lethal ammo types into the game, since the only weapons which do fatigue damage are the boxing ones which require a couple of hits to take someone down even from stealth. It was definitely a lot of fun and an interesting challenge without any weapons, but you get the feeling that you're gaming the mechanics a lot of the time by exploiting stealth and AI behaviour. Popping in tranquiliser rounds and a tazer would make the non-lethal playthrough a lot less cheesy.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
jim-jam bongs said:
it shouldn't be to hard, there is already ammo for
* Big Boomer
* Dinner Bell
* Hunting Shotgun
* Riot Shotgun
* Sawed-off Shotgun
12 gauge shotgun shell Bean Bag
* DAM x 0.05
* Fatigue +250
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_ammunition
just change the DAM to 0, for an example
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
kyo_daikun said:
Yeah, just finished. Had to turn the damn difficulty down for the final encounter I was only 22 at the time and getting my ass handed to me.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Does anyone else wish the Fallout series would move away from "realistic" and towards more mysterious stuff? A large part of what appeals to me about the series is the idea of the vaults. The fact that you could find them anywhere and you have no idea what you'll find behind them but pretty much all the ones i've been to so far are just boring or midly interesting. Also more unique and interesting quests like Come Fly With Me. Sometimes it feels like i'm just playing a generic shooting game of "go here and kill these guys" instead of actually learning more about the world and conspiracies etc. I guess something more like Bioshock where you're in this world and you have no idea what you're going to find. Like when you enter the Ultra Luxe and immediately something seems shady and you want to find out what is going on.
Blue Ninja
Member
My Melee/Sneak character could really use some more Stealth Boys, but apparently, the number of those things found in New Vegas is extremely limited. 
As long as your manual saves are fine, right?RobertM said:
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
sn00zer said:
You mean the movie? What do you think was the inspiration for the games in the firstplace?
Quick side note, there is a poster from A Boy and His Dog in The Book of Eli.
SuperSonic1305 said:
Yeah, I feel like that was one area in which Fallout 3 was a bit stronger, in that there is a lot less direct exposition, so it's more up to you to piece together information about events in the Capital Wasteland based on things you observe rather than a 10 minute long dialogue.
New Vegas does have one 'mystery' vault, though, and it's one of the best parts of the game.
jim-jam bongs
Member
MrTroubleMaker said:
I did a bunch of research into non-lethal weapons and ammo before I started so I knew about these, but I'll be damned if I could find anyone who sold them in any quantity. Going to start fiddling with the G.E.C.K. today, I'm pretty sure you can adjust the likelihood that ammo will spawn at vendors.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Blue Ninja said:My Melee/Sneak character could really use some more Stealth Boys, but apparently, the number of those things found in New Vegas is extremely limited.
If you are a sneak character you don't need stealthboys in the first place, those are just there for the builds that don't have any sneak.
I played a sneak character and didn't use a stealth boy the entire game.
There's a series of highly rated user quests for Fallout 3 that are essentially this, and they're excellent. Almost no waypoint markers, you've got to figure out things and piece clues together to complete them. It's the sort of situation you won't care about the xp rewards because just doing the quests are so much fun.SuperSonic1305 said:
Blue Ninja
Member
Go to Camp McCarran Concourse, buy everything the Cook has in his inventory. Injure yourself by throwing a grenade at your feet (but make sure you're not blowing up anyone else in the process), and eat all the food you just bought without going out of your Pipboy. Wait for 48-72 hours until the cook restocks, buy everything again, and repeat until you get the achievement.finalozzo said:
finalozzo said:
Go to Thorn and fight 3 Giant Radscorpians, collect their glands. When you have about 50 go to Primm in the building you find
ED-E
Circle T
Member
Can someone with the PC version do me a favor? I like the little chime that plays when you complete a challenge (Kill so many things, pick so many locks, etc). I would like to use that sound as my phone's SMS tone, but I'm playing the 360 version, so I can't do it myself. Is it possible to extract that sound out? Thanks
Circle T said:
GamesRadar had a pretty cool article about victory jingles and the like last week...check the link,not sure if it`s the one you want though...
http://www.gamesradar.com/f/gamings-greatest-victory-jingles/a-20101203165156352026
SixStringPsycho
Member
Can anyone tell me when is the PS3 update going to be released? I haven't touched it since Ive found so many bugs in this
Circle T
Member
I think I lost ED-E, and might possibly be locked out of a replacement 2nd companion.
I currently have Boone and ED-E as companions. We were heading toward Nellis A.F.B. when
But once I'm inside, ED-E is nowhere to be found.
I didn't think anything of it, thinking he would eventually just end up back in Primm. But, a TON of game time has passed now, and nothing. I didn't get a notice saying he returned there, nor is he there as I went to check myself. But then, just a few minutes ago, a random NPC mentioned "Thats a crazy looking robot" to me, as if ED-E is still in my party. He's gone, as far as I'm concerned, but the game seems to think he is still there. Am I fucked?
I currently have Boone and ED-E as companions. We were heading toward Nellis A.F.B. when
the Boomers started bombing the shit out of us as we approached. I got he notice that "ED-E is unconscious" but I couldn't stop or I'd get bombed as well. Next thing I know, I'm at the gate, and some NPC has initiated a conversation, followed by me entering the base.
I didn't think anything of it, thinking he would eventually just end up back in Primm. But, a TON of game time has passed now, and nothing. I didn't get a notice saying he returned there, nor is he there as I went to check myself. But then, just a few minutes ago, a random NPC mentioned "Thats a crazy looking robot" to me, as if ED-E is still in my party. He's gone, as far as I'm concerned, but the game seems to think he is still there. Am I fucked?
darkiguana
Member
I just beat it today
. I really enjoyed it, I stayed mostly good throughout. I am thinking about going through again and being bad and with a different build. Don't know if I will though. I may just wait for the dlc.
I now rule new vegas with my army of robots!!!
kyo_daikun
Member
nomoment said:
Nope, no mention of when it will be released either, I would guess Xbox will get a patch when the DLC is released, god only knows when for PS3.
It's getting to the stage where it's completely ridiculous how long this is taking IMO. I'm a diehard Fallout fanboy and am anxiously awaiting my second playthrough of New Vegas but I'm sure as hell not doing it until the big patch hits. I had far too many issues on my original playthrough, from companions disappearing to quests glitching forcing me to essentially fail them (or not get the outcome I should have got). I never had half as many as problems with Fallout 3.kyo_daikun said:
As good as the game content is I don't want Obsidian touching future Fallout games if they're going to release one of the buggiest games in recent memory and take this long to patch it.
kyo_daikun
Member
saunderez said:
Completly agree, finished my first play through and endured the crashes, started a second thinking it would take awhile for the bugs to kick in, within 4 hours of playtime it had started to repeatedly crash again and thats when I gave up, kindof glad PS3 isnt getting the DLC yet as I would really struggle with myself over whether I should get it or not.
Aaron said:
PC has had one additional patch since the PS3 and Xbox had their first and only one (not sure if it just had the same stuff patched tho)
jim-jam bongs
Member
PC version is pretty solid now. Still get the occasional crash but no major scripting or save corruption issues.
disappeared
Banned
tokkun said:
Mystery vault?
jim-jam bongs
Member
Aaron said:
Really? Bummer. I find that after the last patch it's pretty comparable to Fallout 3.
kyo_daikun
Member
I just killed loads of geckos and made gecko steaks to get the 10000 food trophy, you get quite a lot from them and I had a lot of gecko meat already on me.
Also when doing the radscorpion method apparently the Thorn can crash a lot (surprise suprise)
Also when doing the radscorpion method apparently the Thorn can crash a lot (surprise suprise)
timetokill
Banned
Finally finished the game with my hardcore/unarmed/no charisma/totally evil build. Ended at Level 24.
Was a lot of fun, and the end of the game was great. Kinda crazy to play a Fallout game with no way to make any of the speech checks :lol
As always, unarmed + bloody mess is the best. Punching guys and watching them explode always makes me laugh :lol :lol :lol
The "ending" cutscenes were a bit disappointing as usual, though.
Probably gonna play a
run through with high guns and speech, for the fun of it.
I really loved how this game was a lot more ambiguous about who "the good guys" were. None of the main groups are truly, totally good. Well, except maybe the
. Generally they have their selfish motivations alongside their "stated" goals, and that really helped round out the characters well.
Was a lot of fun, and the end of the game was great. Kinda crazy to play a Fallout game with no way to make any of the speech checks :lol
As always, unarmed + bloody mess is the best. Punching guys and watching them explode always makes me laugh :lol :lol :lol
The "ending" cutscenes were a bit disappointing as usual, though.
Probably gonna play a
Yes Man
I really loved how this game was a lot more ambiguous about who "the good guys" were. None of the main groups are truly, totally good. Well, except maybe the
Followers of the Apocalypse
jim-jam bongs
Member
The ending of Fallout is like war. And war... war never changes.finalozzo said:
Enemy Of Fate
Member
Could you recommend some Aaron?I'd be very interested in loading back up Fallout 3 to play some of them.Aaron said:
timetokill
Banned
Kurtofan said:
I've been disappointed with pretty much all of them
I get that there are a lot of "different" endings and so it makes sense to make them static, with voiceovers, etc.
But I'd love to actually come away surprised by some things that happen in the endings. I'd love to hear about some good second and third-order effects based on a combination of things you did. What we get is generally a summary of "here's a list of choices you made in the game." Problem is, I already know what I did in the game, and I have a pretty good idea of how it will turn out just after the game. I'd just like to see them flesh those out more and let us know how those choices affect each other, and further down the road. Like I said before, I know why they do it. The sheer amount of combinations would provide for a pretty sizable amount of content just for the # of endings. But with a game like this, I can't help but expect that -- the game offers such a wide variety, so the ending feels a little unsatisfying.
The end of the games as they are just feel flat to me. I love playing them, but the endings always make me feel kind of blah about it.