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Patrick Bateman
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AniHawk said:
Where?
Mad Hatter
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Sephon said:
holy shit! that's freaky! :lol
When did that start happening? Maybe you should get a doctor
Mad Hatter
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Oh, I was gonna mention this earlier.
re:voice acting
There's some decent voices in the game but, my GOD. Professor Malleus in
has to be some of the worst voice acting I've ever heard. It sounds like they took some random software engineer and told him read from a script real fast. It's SO bad it really destroys atmosphere.
's voice was pretty shitty too. I clicked through his lines just so I wouldn't have to hear him talk. And I loved his voice actor in
.
re:voice acting
There's some decent voices in the game but, my GOD. Professor Malleus in
Vault 92
Harold
Fallout 1 and 2
I don't know I just can't get into the actual look of the game. I don't mind everything being destroyed, but it sucks that as great as the sky looks with the Sun rising there don't seem to be any shadows. Because not everything seems properly lighted I can't help but notice bad textures and geometry. When I referenced to mods I, was hinting at how good the mod service for Oblivion was, that game added weather changed the sky, some of the textures ended up being better, some didnt.voltron said:
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6148788/index.html
The game has its good looking moments, and there are obvious things that will never be fixed like animation, but some things can be changed which is why I purchased the PC version. Don't get me wrong this game is 2nd for my personal GOTY (culdcept saga being first
) so I really like it, which says something because I got board with oblivion fairly quickly.ZombieSupaStar
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Mad Hatter said:
isnt it the same VA for
Harold
also, I coulda swornd the female ghouls VA sounds just like the village elder from fallout 2
Haunted
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Lots of smaller texture replacement mods already up on Fallout Nexus (haven't tried any of them yet, though).Jirotrom said:
I'm not seeing a really comprehensive, big texture pack up, though. Going to take a bit more time for that, surely.
So I finally discover Little Lamplight, and I find the
I looked for it but didn't see it so I just kept going east to see what would happen. Eventually, he was killed by a giant radscorpion. 
guy that's too old to stay there and has to go to Big Town. I agreed to take him there, and he said it was to the east. Is there actually a place called Big Town? And if so, do they mark it on your map?
crowphoenix
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TeTr1C said:So I finally discover Little Lamplight, and I find theI looked for it but didn't see it so I just kept going east to see what would happen. Eventually, he was killed by a giant radscorpion.guy that's too old to stay there and has to go to Big Town. I agreed to take him there, and he said it was to the east. Is there actually a place called Big Town? And if so, do they mark it on your map?
I found
Big Town before Little Lamp Light. Big Town is actually really far off heading East North East.
Haunted
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TeTr1C said:So I finally discover Little Lamplight, and I find theI looked for it but didn't see it so I just kept going east to see what would happen. Eventually, he was killed by a giant radscorpion.guy that's too old to stay there and has to go to Big Town. I agreed to take him there, and he said it was to the east. Is there actually a place called Big Town? And if so, do they mark it on your map?
There is, but the name is deceiving. 4 or 5 houses, and as much inhabitants.
Okay, this is rapidly becoming one of my favourite games of all time. I've now got all three versions due to a comedy of errors and PC is definitely the way to fly if you have a computer that will run it. The lighting seems way better than the console versions; plus you have the console to fix any glitches (this is why I eventually got the PC version - 19 hours in on 360 and a glitch broke my game - I was already slightly annoyed that nothing would repair T51b armor, but then an NPC I needed killed themselves).
TBH there's nothing much between the console versions technically, but 360 will have all the DLC so I'd go with that if you're in two minds.
I've seen things in this game that point to the future of roleplaying game questing - I'd just done a trading run from my Megaton home with looted weapons and armor to sell at Rivet City, so I get there, offload and take a seat at the cafe in the marketplace; now it starts to get 'next gen' - the waitress comes over and asks if she can take my order, we get talking and she mentions she's interested in a guy, but she's not getting anywhere, pushing a little further, she says she's spoken to the town whore wo reckons ant pheromones will get the guy going, I wish her good luck and eat up before making the trek back home.
Sometime later I'm scavenging an old car factory infested with giant ants; in the back of the warehous I encounter their queen and after a struggle I manage to take her down and find ant queen pheromones on her body and on my next trip into Rivet City stop by the diner again and give them to the waitress, who is really pleased.
Again, time passes and on another tradng trip to rivet city I bump into the waitress, ask her how things are going and she mentions that er and her bloke are getting married, she even invites me to the wedding the next day; so I stick around and show up at the time she mentions and sure enough most of Rivet City show up for the ceremony, which ends , everyone goes on their way and I get some positive Karma.
That blew me away - the only hand holding the game gave me was a small note right after the first conversation reminding me the girl wanted ant pheromones. Everything else was just logical roleplay.
The downside is the main quest - it feels horribly scripted and rushes you from one objective to the next without pause. If ou dive into it and follow it, it feels very narrow and more like a single player FPS / Adventure game that they've slammed into the middle of a roleplaying universe. I'm intrigued as to how the DLC will integrate into it all.
TBH there's nothing much between the console versions technically, but 360 will have all the DLC so I'd go with that if you're in two minds.
I've seen things in this game that point to the future of roleplaying game questing - I'd just done a trading run from my Megaton home with looted weapons and armor to sell at Rivet City, so I get there, offload and take a seat at the cafe in the marketplace; now it starts to get 'next gen' - the waitress comes over and asks if she can take my order, we get talking and she mentions she's interested in a guy, but she's not getting anywhere, pushing a little further, she says she's spoken to the town whore wo reckons ant pheromones will get the guy going, I wish her good luck and eat up before making the trek back home.
Sometime later I'm scavenging an old car factory infested with giant ants; in the back of the warehous I encounter their queen and after a struggle I manage to take her down and find ant queen pheromones on her body and on my next trip into Rivet City stop by the diner again and give them to the waitress, who is really pleased.
Again, time passes and on another tradng trip to rivet city I bump into the waitress, ask her how things are going and she mentions that er and her bloke are getting married, she even invites me to the wedding the next day; so I stick around and show up at the time she mentions and sure enough most of Rivet City show up for the ceremony, which ends , everyone goes on their way and I get some positive Karma.
That blew me away - the only hand holding the game gave me was a small note right after the first conversation reminding me the girl wanted ant pheromones. Everything else was just logical roleplay.
The downside is the main quest - it feels horribly scripted and rushes you from one objective to the next without pause. If ou dive into it and follow it, it feels very narrow and more like a single player FPS / Adventure game that they've slammed into the middle of a roleplaying universe. I'm intrigued as to how the DLC will integrate into it all.
A Human Becoming
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Fawkes is strong and hilarious. I only wish I'd gotten him before I could kill most enemies very easily.
Like the hat?
Banned
wtf, i went to the regulator HQ with 35 fingers to turn in, and when i tried to talk to the woman, she just ran away, every time i tried to talk to her it said "[cant remember her name] is fleeing"
A Human Becoming
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That happened to me once, but then she stopped and I was able to hand them over. It's likely just a bug.
Yeah, their Brahmin herd tends to attract both radscorpions and Yao Guai. If you fast travel to the location and head right inside, you will probably miss the attacks on their herd going on right behind you.ICallItFutile said:
First time it happened to me, everyone inside immediately ran outside and I'm thinking; 'wtf is going on?' For as badass as they claim to be, everyone was in 'fleeing' mode and scattered in all directions once outside.
The Cruz woman who you give the fingers to, for me she ran toward the broken bridges. Once she was far enough away she was just cowering in fear, but I was at least able to talk to her. Then I manually pushed her back to the HQ but she won't go back inside, just stands outside all day.
Seems everytime I fast travel there there is some animal attacking tho so I have to go into VATS as soon as I 'land' so she won't go runnning off again.
Metalmurphy
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Do you have negative Karma?JodyAnthony said:
crowphoenix
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She did that for when when a couple of Giant Rad Scorpions were slaughtering their livestock. Killed the Rad Scorpions and she was back to normal.JodyAnthony said:
crowphoenix
Banned
The Regulator HQ. It should be on your map.chespace said:
got bored this afternoon so I finished the main story...damn people weren't kidding about the ending..
Overall I love the game but I wonder if they went far enough when they cut the size of the world after oblivion. The best quests and locations in this game are moments I'll remember for ever, but for every one of those there seem to be 5 quests that could have been much better. I'd happily take the number of locations halved again in their next game if it meant less locations were empty/poorly implemented.
The worst part was Fawkes, standing right there, he's already told me he was virtually immune to radiation when he got the GECK, and now he spouts some bullshit about my destiny?! FUCK YOU FAWKES GET IN THE AIR LOCK!
If you have a good speech skill can you make the enclave guy activate it?
If you have a good speech skill can you make the enclave guy activate it?
Overall I love the game but I wonder if they went far enough when they cut the size of the world after oblivion. The best quests and locations in this game are moments I'll remember for ever, but for every one of those there seem to be 5 quests that could have been much better. I'd happily take the number of locations halved again in their next game if it meant less locations were empty/poorly implemented.
cilonen said:
I agree. I am playing the PC version as well, far better looking I think and the glitches are fixable.
But I also agree on story. I was doing the main story and then it felt weird and when it ended, i could not play anymore. I didnt ready any spoilers during my first run through. Now I am playing it relaxed and the side quests are far more enjoyable. They are like mini stories and mini campaigns as they are often multi sided and link to a number of events in the larger universe. Plus I am leveling better, finding stuff better, and approaching issues with a different point of view.
I feel they need to scale back the world for the future again a bit, and instead of a main story that ends the game, they need to have say a dozen mini stories that are fully fleshed out with side impact that ultimately culminate in a few varied game endings. Somewhat centered on their divisions of labor maybe, a protector, explorer, thief, mercenary... division.
Honestly, I think the game should have had no main story. Just have your character kicked out of the vault for whatever offense, maybe just not enough food to go around, they slam the door shut and now you've got to survive. Then they could flesh out the towns more and give you more options. Like you should be able to take control of a raider gang, and have them work for you, even become the head of the Talon mercenaries. Side with the super mutants against the vile humans, become a ghoul, etc. Make the story truly about your own experiences instead of this lame shit about your father.
I also think they should have included a quest to gain control of an experimental satellite system that would explain away fast travel.
I also think they should have included a quest to gain control of an experimental satellite system that would explain away fast travel.
A Human Becoming
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I liked the main quest myself, especially the later half.
You do need to have good Karma to recruit Fawkes.
You do need to have good Karma to recruit Fawkes.
ZombieSupaStar said:
what? I thought that the character you mentioned was superbly done as VA. Best quest in the game imo. I found it after I finished the main quest. (Why isn't this integrated better?).
also on this quest
Damn if it wasn't really nice to see all that green
Mad Hatter
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Jax said:what? I thought that the character you mentioned was superbly done as VA. Best quest in the game imo. I found it after I finished the main quest. (Why isn't this integrated better?).
also on this quest
Damn if it wasn't really nice to see all that green
Check this out.
Harold in Fallout 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6-UMCCw64k
Harold in Fallout 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyItZa21kps
Harold's VA in Fallout 2 is sooooooo much better.
Harold in Fallout 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyItZa21kps
Harold's VA in Fallout 2 is sooooooo much better.
Also, according the Fallout wikia, it's a different VA.
A Human Becoming
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The game's glitches are really starting to bug me. I'm trying to kill the
EDIT: Finally!
Super Mutant Behemoth west of Jury Street Metro Station, but he doesn't seem to want to spawn. I fought him once and died, reloaded my save and haven't been able to fight him since.
EDIT: Finally!