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[dark10x]

But it's not that simple. Your machine HAS to maintain 60fps or you'll get a fairly negative side effect: the game will start moving in slow-mo. The opposite of this is if you were to set the clamp at 40, but your machine was rendering faster, the game would start speeding up.

Wait, is that really the case? If so, that's pretty interesting.

My framerate hasn't dropped below 60 fps even once, however, so I can't really say for certain. I might try setting it to 30 and seeing if the game runs at double speed. It's just that, at zero, it looks really awful while moving around even though the framerate is 60 fps.

 

[straydog1980]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh i want to play again RIGHT NAOW.......... DAMMIT!!!!!!

 

[MMaRsu]

uhm lol I think I skipped alot of story in one go woops! A spoiler.. 6 hours in.

Spoiler

Just rescued my dad from Vault 112. I was just discovering having done no story missions after Tenpenny tower, so I didn't go and look for dad at that radio station. Then all of a sudden I see this garage and I'm just exploring and shit, suddenly I'm in this crazy world ( nicely done btw ) and I rescued my dad. Strange.

So did I skip a whole bunch of story missions or? so lol.. its cool that its non linear though



Perfectly playable. I'm playing this on a p4 1.5ghz, 1gb ram and a 6600GT, lowest graphics but it still runs pretty well. You should have no problem if you have some ram

Were can I get power training btw? When I left the first vault I killed some guy in awesome brotherhood armor or whatever it's called, but I can't use it cause I need Power Training.

quoting myself for the next page...

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I'm only 3 hours in... but I hate the combat so far. It just seems dull and total bullshit. Also, I encountered a flame thrower dude early in the game in Wastelands, shot him to death from afar while also fighting another dude, only to have the flamethrower guys body completely disappear out of the game along with his weapon. Wtf?

 

[dark10x]

Perfectly playable. I'm playing this on a p4 1.5ghz, 1gb ram and a 6600GT, lowest graphics but it still runs pretty well. You should have no problem if you have some ram

Wow, I can't believe it runs at all, to be honest. That's slower than the rig I played Half-Life 2 on back in 2004.

 

[MindWash]

I'm only 3 hours in... but I hate the combat so far. It just seems dull and total bullshit. Also, I encountered a flame thrower dude early in the game in Wastelands, shot him to death from afar while also fighting another dude, only to have the flamethrower guys body completely disappear out of the game along with his weapon. Wtf?

Strange. Hasn't happened to me. In fact, bodies stay for quite a while.

 

[MMaRsu]

Wow, I can't believe it runs at all, to be honest. That's slower than the rig I played Half-Life 2 on back in 2004.

Yeah it's funny . I can barely run HL2 on this, but Fallout 3 works okay. Sure it dips here and there, but nothing major and ofcourse it doesn't look that good. I'll take a few pics soon

 

[Chiggs]

Wait, is that really the case? If so, that's pretty interesting.

My framerate hasn't dropped below 60 fps even once, however, so I can't really say for certain. I might try setting it to 30 and seeing if the game runs at double speed. It's just that, at zero, it looks really awful while moving around even though the framerate is 60 fps.

It is. It seems you've got a good enough machine to handle it, though. So no big deal.

 

[Teknoman]

If I can play Oblivion at almost max and Bioshock at high, could I run this ok?

Anyone?

Also has it been confirmed whether or not mods will work with STEAM downloaded versions?

 

[MMaRsu]

Anyone?

Also has it been confirmed whether or not mods will work with STEAM downloaded versions?

Yes you can. ( about the specs )

 

[Teknoman]

Yes you can. ( about the specs )

Great, hopefully i'll be able to maintain a steady 60fps with all the graphical features maxed out. Not really a guy that has to have AF and AA maxed though.

Probably going to wait on buying it....maybe a Black Friday sale or something. Gaming plate is already overflowing.

 

[Kolgar]

Will I like this game if I liked, er, LOVED Mass Effect?

To be honest, Oblivion frustrated me. But Mass Effect moved me so much that I wonder if it may have given me a new love for RPGs.

And that Gametrailers review looked AWESOME.

What say you, GAF?

 

[dark10x]

Yeah it's funny . I can barely run HL2 on this, but Fallout 3 works okay. Sure it dips here and there, but nothing major and ofcourse it doesn't look that good. I'll take a few pics soon

Yes, you HAVE to post some pics. I'm eager to see what it looks like.

 

[Zeliard]

Yes, you HAVE to post some pics. I'm eager to see what it looks like.

How are you liking the game so far?

 

[timetokill]

Loving the game.

My story thus far only goes to megaton but I'm wrapping it in tags because I think the path I took makes the game overly easy and some might not want to be spoiled by it (although I'm sure half of you have already done what I did anyway).

Spoiler

Started two games, one as a goodie two shoes the other as a dick. Even going so far as to name my dick character Asshole, my father loved the name so I kept it. Anyway, when I got to megaton there was a caravan sitting outside. I ended up killing the two guys and took a scoped magnum off of one of the guards.

When entering megaton the sheriff approached and I promptly proclaimed that I was the new sheriff in town. I backed up this claim by getting a critical hit on his cranium which caused his head to explode in to gooey chunks, complete with eyeballs which rolled all the way down a hill. One settler decided to take me on after questioning my abilities as the new sheriff but I ended up quelling that argument pretty quick with a double tap to the head. I took the sheriff's Chinese Assualt Rifle and headed around town seeing what else I could shoot.

I ended up in some repair building that had plans for a "Rock-it launcher". Killed the chick that had those (with a little girl watching no less) and stole everything I could from the shop. The good stuff included: a real rocket launcher, shotgun, assault rifle, grenade, mine, and plenty of ammo. I also got enough parts to make the "Rock-it launcher" which I created immediately. After taking out the chick who owned the store some mercenary tried to take me out but with all the loot I had he was taken down quickly.

I then headed to the bar where I entered just looking for a drink, but was met with about 6 townsfolk who decided it would be best if I was no longer sheriff. This screenshot explains how that story ended up: http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0li8.jpg. Those two dudes came back to sit down as soon as I put my gun away. I'm sure they realized that I was just doing my job as sheriff.

Overall I'm loving the game now that I've turned in to such a dick. I was enjoying it before, but I got to about the same point with my "good" character and I didn't even have any ammo left. Now I'm stocked for battle and I don't even need to worry about killing everyone in megaton by blowing up the bomb because, if things keep going as they are now, I'll just do it myself.

I took a similar path, but instead of the game being too easy, the game is insanely difficult. Why?

Because I only kill people with my fists.

That's right, Dirk Punchington doesn't mess around with guns. Nothing like beating a guy to death the old-fashioned way.

But yes, it makes the game ridiculously difficult, even on Normal difficulty. I haven't

Spoiler

killed the sheriff

yet, but I know that I can (tried it on a temp save).

 

[TheExodu5]

Anyone?

Also has it been confirmed whether or not mods will work with STEAM downloaded versions?

Yes. This runs, and looks better than Oblivion.

 

[Zeliard]

I took a similar path, but instead of the game being too easy, the game is insanely difficult. Why?

Because I only kill people with my fists.

That's right, Dirk Punchington doesn't mess around with guns. Nothing like beating a guy to death the old-fashioned way.

But yes, it makes the game ridiculously difficult, even on Normal difficulty. I haven't

Spoiler

killed the sheriff

yet, but I know that I can (tried it on a temp save).

If you're pumping up your unarmed skill, you're gonna be a monster once you get the power fist.

 

[neoism]

Bobblehead locations guide

Spoiler

Strength - Megaton - Lucas Simms House
Perception - Republic of Dave - Museum of Dave
Endurance - Deathclaw Sanctuary - Deathclaw Sanctuary Entrance
Charisma - Vault 108 - Cloning Lab
Intelligence - Rivet city - Science Lab
Agility - Greener Pastures Disposal - Office
Luck - Arlington Cemetery North - Arlington House

Skills:

Barter - Evergreen Mills - Market Bazaar
Big Guns - Fort Constantine - CO Quarters
Energy Weapons - Ravenhold
Explosives - WKML Broadcast Station - Sealed Cistern
Lockpick - Bethesda - Bethesda Offices East
Medicine - Vault 101 - Dad's Desk
Melee Weapons - Dunwich Building - Virulent Underchambers
Repair - Aerefu - Evan Kings House
Science - Vault 106 - Living Quarters
Small Guns - National Guard Depot - National Guard Armory
Sneak - Yao Guai Tunnels - Yao Guai Den
Speech - Paradise Falls - Euology's pad
Unarmed – Rockopolis – Head directly west from Casey Smith's Garage, look for tattered banners strung up. Use your local map or you may miss it.

 

[Teknoman]

Yes. This runs, and looks better than Oblivion.

even better.

 

[Az987]

I was having the same problem - the game's lockpicking tutorial/explanation was terrible. But once I figured out how you're supposed to lockpick, it's become much easier. Lemme try and explain:

- Left stick moves the Bobby pin. Right stick moves the screwdriver.

- If you move the screwdriver and the bobby pin starts to "give" (ie controller shakes, the pin moves around onscreen, etc.) then you don't have the pin in the right spot. Move the pin to the left or the right, and try again. You should see the lock either get closer to unlocking, or farther from unlocking.

From there you can make fine pin adjustments via trial & error.

Awesome thanks, ill give it a try next time I play.

 

[destrosio]

I'm going to pick this awesome game tomorrow. tried to corrupt the gamestop guy today but there were not enough copies left for the release day... anyway... I'm expected to be barred in my room for the next month at least... with this, dead space already at half game, and yes, gow 2... but hey! I suspect this will get me for a looong time... love the V.A.T.S.

 

[godhandiscen]

The game is crashing to desktop for me already twice and I am barely at the test part. Anybody else experiencing the same?

 

[Zeliard]

The game is crashing to desktop for me already twice and I am barely at the test part. Anybody else experiencing the same?

Yeah, crashes to the desktop are a huge issue with Fallout 3 right now. It's happening to a number of people, including myself, and most seem to have 8800 cards so it may have to do with that. Lots of complaints about it on the bethsoft forums.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Impressions below. Discussion of Megaton, the first town, and nothing particularly plot or quest related, so not much to worry about in terms of spoilers:

Sounds like typical Fallout to me. It was definitely a lot harder to kill everyone in the first two games, but I remember spending an hour or so completely slaughtering one of the beginning towns in Fallout 2 and getting decked out by the end. I started with one of those stun rods and left the place with assault rifles, tons of ammo, tons of stimpacks, money and a few decent sets of armor.

I do agree that the social reactions could be a bit better, but at least it isn't like vanilla Oblivion where hurting one person out of stealth would cause the guards to instantly appear and everyone in the region to hate. In Megaton it didn't seem like many people in the town liked eachother, so I guess you could use that as an explanation as to why no one really cared about you murdering the other townsfolk.

Also, Karma does matter in this game, but to what extent, I do not know. The ex-Raider in the first town wouldn't join me because my Karma was too high. I bet there are plenty of NPCs in the game that will refuse to interact with you if your Karma is too high or too low and that will probably affect a lot of quests. I wouldn't be surprised if some NPCs / towns outright attack you for having low Karma like in the original Fallouts where you would be hated by most people if you slaughtered innocent people.

 

[Zeliard]

Sounds like typical Fallout to me. It was definitely a lot harder to kill everyone in the first two games, but I remember spending an hour or so completely slaughtering one of the beginning towns in Fallout 2 and getting decked out by the end. I started with one of those stun rods and left the place with assault rifles, tons of ammo, tons of stimpacks, money and a few decent sets of armor.

I do agree that the social reactions could be a bit better, but at least it isn't like vanilla Oblivion where hurting one person out of stealth would cause the guards to instantly appear and everyone in the region to hate. In Megaton it didn't seem like many people in the town liked eachother, so I guess you could use that as an explanation as to why no one really cared about you murdering the other townsfolk.

It's also a Wild West-type atmosphere. I liken it to some western flick where a guy gets killed in a bar, the music and chatter stops for a second while everyone absorbs what just happened, and then it just starts back up a few seconds later as if nothing happened.

 

[Zzoram]

Yeah, crashes to the desktop are a huge issue with Fallout 3 right now. It's happening to a number of people, including myself, and most seem to have 8800 cards so it may have to do with that. Lots of complaints about it on the bethsoft forums.

I've gotten crashes "Program has stopped responding" twice now, after about ~1.5 hours of play each time. E8400/HD4870 cat 8.10/4gb ddr2/Vista 64 SP1

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Gamebryo is really showing its age with Fallout3, unfortunately.

It's crazy how quickly graphics are improving in games. When Oblivion came out I thought it was one of the best looking games ever. Same with Gears of War. Now both of the games still look good, but definitely look dated compared to what's out now and will be coming out in the near future. The lack of real-time lighting and environmental shadows definitely hurts in the above two games and it makes the environments in Fallout 3 look kind of bland too. The game still looks good, though.

 

[Zzoram]

This question is directed towards the Fallout fans in this thread.

I love Fallout 1 and 2. However, I've never liked a Bethesda game I've played. I'm worried they've just turned the game into Oblivion but with guns.

Can a Fallout fan confirm whether or not this truly feels like Fallout?

I loved Fallout and I think this game does indeed feel like Fallout. It just takes some adjustment to the new interface.

Do not play this game like an FPS, or you'll die hard. VATS is essential, and if you just hide while your AP recharges, you'll be playing this practically like a turn based game.

 

[Teknoman]

Is the third person camera decent?

 

[Zzoram]

Is the third person camera decent?

Not at all. I just flick to it on occasion to see what I look like, or to see around a corner :lol

 

[MMaRsu]

Is the third person camera decent?

Not for a second.

 

[sevenchaos]

There any good optimization guides for the PC version yet?

It's really annoying that I was able to play both Crysis games fine but this game stutters quite a bit when running through the wasteland.

 

[chespace]

I've gotten crashes "Program has stopped responding" twice now, after about ~1.5 hours of play each time. E8400/HD4870 cat 8.10/4gb ddr2/Vista 64 SP1

Same on my Q9550/HD4870x2/8GB DDR2/Vista 64 SP1.

BTW, I tried doing what Evilore did last night before I left for work this morning and it didn't work out at all. Not sure why it was so easy for him. I shot the sheriff (but not the deputy, badumdum), took his AR, shot some more people, and was getting swamped and flanked left and right and running out of AP for VATS constantly. So I was force to run around, spam stimpaks, and shoot people in real-time a lot.

I killed quite a lot of people, but I was killed before I was even close to killing the entire town of Megaton.

Why was it so easy for you, Evilore? Playing on normal here, btw.

Not saying the social mechanics aren't broken, but I just didn't find it that easy to exploit the start game.

 

[neight]

Is the third person camera decent?

Nope. I don't like FPS games so I tried to like it believe me.

 

[Zzoram]

Same on my Q9550/HD4870x2/8GB DDR2/Vista 64 SP1.

BTW, I tried doing what Evilore did last night before I left for work this morning and it didn't work out at all. Not sure why it was so easy for him. I shot the sheriff (but not the deputy, badumdum), took his AR, shot some more people, and was getting swamped and flanked left and right and running out of AP for VATS constantly. So I was force to run around, spam stimpaks, and shoot people in real-time a lot.

I killed quite a lot of people, but I was killed before I was even close to killing the entire town of Megaton.

Why was it so easy for you, Evilore? Playing on normal here, btw.

Not saying the social mechanics aren't broken, but I just didn't find it that easy to exploit the start game.

I wonder if this is a Vista 64 issue.

 

[burgerdog]

I expected the game to be Oblivion with guns, yet it somehow isn't and it's incredible. Quests are much better overall. I've put eight hours into it and I have to drag myself away from the game to stop playing.

 

[Klocker]

Is the third person camera decent?

actually if you hold the Lt Bumper (360) you can move the rt stick to adjust your zoom from way out to an over the shoulder close up view. I get motion sickness in first person corridors and always use it for indoors... works fine for me as it stays to the setting that you leave it and you can quickly adjust

 

[saunderez]

quoting myself for the next page...

Yeah you skipped that whole part of the quest line. No biggy.

As for power armour training, you'll know when you can get it. You can't rush it, it's part of the main quest line.

 

[Proc]

Why was it so easy for you, Evilore? Playing on normal here, btw.

If you entice him through a conversation tree as you come into megaton (show him no respect), you won't get any adds.

 

[Mesijs]

I just ended the main quest!

It was quite sudden and unexpected, but the game is totally amazing overall. There's a shitload to do still in the world. I think I'm 30 hours or so in.

 

[chespace]

I just ended the main quest!

It was quite sudden and unexpected, but the game is totally amazing overall. There's a shitload to do still in the world. I think I'm 30 hours or so in.

Can you go back and do more quests even though the main quest has ended?

 

[Loudninja]

Can you go back and do more quests even though the main quest has ended?

Nope

 

[Zzoram]

Can you go back and do more quests even though the main quest has ended?

No, you either load an earlier save or roll a new character and try a new strategy.

 

[Zeliard]

I've gotten crashes "Program has stopped responding" twice now, after about ~1.5 hours of play each time. E8400/HD4870 cat 8.10/4gb ddr2/Vista 64 SP1

Sigh. I just booted the game up and messed around in the school for only like 10 minutes before the fucking game crashed to the desktop. Again. Worse is that it requires a reboot or it won't start back up. And I know it's not my comp, since it's the exact same issue a lot of others are having.

Bethesda, fix your shit please.

 

[saunderez]

No, you either load an earlier save or roll a new character and try a new strategy.

I rolled a new character this time emphasising exploration in front of the main quest. I can't believe the stuff I missed first time through, it feels like a totally different game.

 

[Zzoram]

I never play the main quest in these kind of games until dozens of hours in, I always explore.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Same on my Q9550/HD4870x2/8GB DDR2/Vista 64 SP1.

BTW, I tried doing what Evilore did last night before I left for work this morning and it didn't work out at all. Not sure why it was so easy for him. I shot the sheriff (but not the deputy, badumdum), took his AR, shot some more people, and was getting swamped and flanked left and right and running out of AP for VATS constantly. So I was force to run around, spam stimpaks, and shoot people in real-time a lot.

I killed quite a lot of people, but I was killed before I was even close to killing the entire town of Megaton.

Why was it so easy for you, Evilore? Playing on normal here, btw.

Not saying the social mechanics aren't broken, but I just didn't find it that easy to exploit the start game.

I managed to kill the entire town as well right in the start of the game (Still at lvl 2 or 3).

Spoiler

Started by placing a live grenade on the sheriffs pants. Insta kill, took his gun, ran away to cover, killed a few, ran again to recover AP, killed some other guys, went into the depot killed the mercenary, got a missile launcher :lol, waited for them to show up at the door, BOOOM. Everything else was pretty easy after that.

 

[shuri]

:lol :lol :lol

I had my first run in Roy the ghoul leader at the tower where he was once again trying to get in; as he was wasting my time, I decided to hit him in the back with my trusty baseball bat. He pulled his freaking ak47 and started unloading at me, I was wounded pretty badly but hide behind a tree. I returned fire with my hunting rifle untl he actually retreated away (!!) and ran .

I went in the tower, and the security chief told me there was a price on that Roy guy. I accepted the contract and eventually tracked him down; he was sleeping to what seemed to be his wife on another bed. I beat her to death with my baseball bat, and as she got her skull crush like a melon, he woke up saying 'what the hellllll', I walked away and threw a grenade at him; and moments after I was showered in his bloods and limbs :lol

Take that, motherfucker, that was for shooting at me with your ak47!

I claimed my reward for his head and went my way. I eventually reached a bridge where 3 hired killers accosted me on a bridge saying there was a price on my head for what I had done; they pulled out their guns and knives, i went in VATS mode and noticed one of them had pulled a grenade out instead.

I aimed at his hand holding the grenade; first shot made it blow up; catapulting the other guy next to him off the bridge; and crippling the other merc who had spoken to me. I finished him off with a headshot.

THIS GAME IS AWESOME, AWESOME IS THIS GAME.

 

[Clockwork]

Ok, I am wondering if I missed anything (haven't been playing that long, have not completed any side quests. Just hit level 4 for exp and I am still in Megaton:

Spoiler

So after I left the vault I spent most of my time looking around Springville and the school. Once I cleared the raiders out as well as the ants in the basement I finally went to Megaton (had already reached level 3 exp). The first thing I did when I got there is talk to the sheriff and disabled the bomb and ended up getting the deed to my own place. After that I talked to Moriarty and gave him 100 caps to tell me where my dad is. After that I just fudged around avoiding quests, but got some gear and such. During this I managed to make it to level 4 for exp and picked up the android/railroad mission - I managed to get all the tapes and was apprached about bringing the piece to another settlement to say the android is dead)

Have I screwed anything up by disabline the bomb and paying off Moriarty right away?

???

 

[Pimpbaa]

Yeah, crashes to the desktop are a huge issue with Fallout 3 right now. It's happening to a number of people, including myself, and most seem to have 8800 cards so it may have to do with that. Lots of complaints about it on the bethsoft forums.

I can understand that. Considering how obscure the Geforce 8800s are.

Spoiler

This is fucking inexcusable!