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[GDJustin]

Can you give us a more detailed explanation of its exact location?

Wait, what? I've already ransacked Evergreen Mills and didn't see that shotgun. details plz

The Terrible Shotgun is in the Market Bazaar section, that you can only get to from inside the main building. If you explore around that room you should find a little alcove/offshoot that looks like a store - not the brothel with the cages, but a different section. There should be a named NPC in there. I can't remember his name. The named NPC has the gun on him. He also has a key to a locker in the back of the room that's STUFFED with ammo, weapons and caps. I've never gotten more loot from a single container, in fact.

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There's also the barter Bobble Head, off the back of that same room.

 

[MCermak]

"it seems the super mutants won."

"did they? that board with a nail in it may have defeated us. but the mutants won't stop there. they'll make bigger boards, and bigger nails, and soon, they will make a board with a nail so big, it will destroy them all"

Where is this in the game? That's great dialogue. I love the irony.

 

[Rodeo Clown]

thats what i just did and it whas awsome. I got somouch loot from them and soo mouch money - god i ove beeing "bad" in this game. I cant imagine playing as a good guy all way long :lol

In games with moral choices, I can never bring myself to play as a total dick. The exception being my first KOTOR run. I think I'm going to eventually in this game, though, partially for achievements.

 

[bdouble]

thats what i just did and it whas awsome. I got somouch loot from them and soo mouch money - god i ove beeing "bad" in this game. I cant imagine playing as a good guy all way long :lol

This is probably the only game where I've been good for this long and probably the only one where its paying off. I mean I got tons of loot and some sweet items for taking down the slavers.

 

[NIN90]

Haha, that text adventure beta was awesome. :lol

 

[beelzebozo]

Where is this in the game? That's great dialogue. I love the irony.

simpsons quote. the "nailboards" the super mutants carry around just remind me of it every time.

 

[CoilShot]

Yep, he won't join you if you're good or neutral. And he costs 1000 caps, which is no small amount in the game, especially towards the start.

Well worth it, though. The friendly A.I., with the exception of some pathfinding issues, really is not bad at all. And he's incredibly useful as a human mule, to use as a second inventory.

Not to bump old stuff but I have a couple of questions about this and Jericho. Is there any way around the 1000 caps? If not what the best way to make caps fast? :lol

 

[Snapshot King]

Does anybody know if the doesn't play well with others achievement works on seperate saves/games? Cuz I didn't get it my first time through. Probably cuz I was good.

 

[Darklord]

Can someone help me with this Blood Ties quest? It's an early side quest from Megaton.

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]I'm trying to help find the girls bother who was taken by the family gang.

I checked Moonbeam, Hamilton's hideaway and Northwest seneca station but they aren't at any of them!

Moonbeam had a huge mutant, Hamilton's hideaway was full of raiders and scorpions and NW station had some ghoul who said go East. Well, where East?

Also, good god the local map is bad. It's so hard to read sometimes.

Edit: added spoiler tags just in case.

 

[Xevren]

To find Ian West you need to

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go back to the station with the ghouls, theres a manhole where the toxic barrels are that you can go in, just keep following that to advance the quest.

 

[Flek]

Can someone help me with this Blood Ties quest? I'm trying to help find the girls bother who was taken by the family gang.

I checked Moonbeam, Hamilton's hideaway and Northwest seneca station but they aren't at any of them!

Moonbeam had a huge mutant, Hamilton's hideaway was full of raiders and scorpions and NW station had some ghoul who said go East. Well, where East?

Also, good god the local map is bad. It's so hard to read sometimes.

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hmm iam at the same quest right now and also looking for the brother. When you travel though the underground station where the ghoul is you end up at a place with 1 "family" member sitting there and saying he wont let you pass. After i blowed his brain to the floor i didnt find anything behind him either so iam stuck too there

 

[Xevren]

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hmm iam at the same quest right now and also looking for the brother. When you travel though the underground station where the ghoul is you end up at a place with 1 "family" member sitting there and saying he wont let you pass. After i blowed his brain to the floor i didnt find anything behind him either so iam stuck too there

I had high speech so he was able to let me through, not sure if you can get through any other way though.

 

[rollingstart]

This game is seriously huge. I'm probably going to be playing for a good while now.

 

[Darklord]

To find Ian West you need to

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go back to the station with the ghouls, theres a manhole where the toxic barrels are that you can go in, just keep following that to advance the quest.

I went in there and went all the way to the other side, some train yard. I never got a quest update... :\

 

[BobM]

So after getting a mission form the guy at galaxy radio, I went off to do the message delivery from that girl in Megaton. I am getting killed alot and ammo is also a major issue for me right now. I have been playing it nice for the most part.

I am still very early in the game i htink. Should i try to find some side missions? Or is this game just hard in the beginning?

I went in there and went all the way to the other side, some train yard. I never got a quest update... :\

me too. I couldt figure out where to go once i got to that train yard and gave up for the night.

 

[Proc]

I poop-socked the main quest line last night and

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met the president of the enclave

. This game really picks up when

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you get to the tranquility chamber and meet up with your dad

. I really couldn't put it down after that until it was a ridiculous hour.

 

[Xevren]

I went in there and went all the way to the other side, some train yard. I never got a quest update... :\

There is a path way that you can take that leads you on where to go, just look through on your local map at any dark spots, really the only advice that I can give.

 

[chespace]

Hello. Best RPG I've ever played.

 

[Darklord]

So after getting a mission form the guy at galaxy radio, I went off to do the message delivery from that girl in Megaton. I am getting killed alot and ammo is also a major issue for me right now. I have been playing it nice for the most part.

Same! Those weird walking crab things are awful. I need to upload like a full clip into one but only have about 1 and a half clips worth on ammo at any time. I think I'm too use to FPS games where there is 5 clips of ammo per room.

There is a path way that you can take that leads you on where to go, just look through on your local map at any dark spots, really the only advice that I can give.

Thanks. I'll check it out again. At least I know it should be somewhere there.

 

[syllogism]

How much of the plot did I skip by going straight to Vault 114 (or whatever)after Megaton? I found

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my father

 

[MaritalWheat]

I poop-socked the main quest line last night and

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met the president of the enclave

. This game really picks up when

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you get to the tranquility chamber and meet up with your dad

. I really couldn't put it down after that until it was a ridiculous hour.

This; even before that moment the main quest actually kept me moving and I hadn't diverted from it too much, but since that point, I've been going straight from mission to mission without even thinking of seriously side-questing, I've been very pleasantly suprised at how interested I actually am in completing the main quest.

 

[Kritz]

So, um, I haven't done a single story mission since finishing the tutorial, and yet I've already grabbed myself some power armour which I can't equip because apparently I need "training" to wear something.

What's the easiest way to do this, assuming I don't need to do story related things in order to do it? I might as well just use the console command to let me use power armour (which is weird that they have one), because the restriction seems really arbitrary.

I think my character might be a bit too powerful for its own good so early on. Those ants really gave out some EXP with that sidequest.

 

[Littleberu]

Hello. Best RPG I've ever played.

I've always loved your hyperbole sentence, Che.

 

[Ikuu]

Just got The Terrible Shotgun, and it's awesome, really enjoying the combat now. Circle-strafing Super Mutants while smacking them away with the Power Fist = :lol

What's the easiest way to do this, assuming I don't need to do story related things in order to do it? I might as well just use the console command to let me use power armour (which is weird that they have one), because the restriction seems really arbitrary.

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You need to advance the story and get to the GNR Station and one of the Brotherhood of Steel people tells you who to speak to about it.

 

[Chiggs]

Hello. Best RPG I've ever played.

It's certainly up there.

 

[burgerdog]

Hello. Best RPG I've ever played.

Like Chiggs said, it's one of the best that I've played, but I usually refrain from saying that. You'll be saying the exact same thing once the next big rpg comes out.

 

[beelzebozo]

Like Chiggs said, it's one of the best that I've played, but I usually refrain from saying that. You'll be saying the exact same thing once the next big rpg comes out.

jesus, i hope the next big rpg that comes out is this good. i don't know that i can count on that though.

 

[MrPing1000]

Question about tenpenny tower.

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I ended up getting the ghouls to move in, where upon roy kills tenpenny. Is his corpse hidden anywhere? I want his key

 

[Revelations]

Has anyone else found a character that assists you other tha n Jericho?

 

[Lucario]

I can't believe I'm actually considering putting this game on easy mode. It's realistic but frustrating that ammo is obscenely hard to come by.

That said, it's the best RPG I've ever played if you put turn-based RPGs on a different tier. I'm only four hours in, and I'm already completely engrossed; I have never seen a video game with a game world this beautiful.

 

[Zzoram]

I'm loving this game so far. Just walking into an abandoned house and exploring is so fun and creepy. I went up stairs and found 2 dead bodies on the bed.

A few things though:

1. Is the president the voice of Malcolm McDowell? It sure sounds like it.

2. How can I pick up mines? Every time I get near one it blows up.

3. Is the Ladykiller perk really as shit as it sounds? I mean, is it good for extra dialog options when talking to women or not?

1. Yes

2. Press E fast to disarm, then E again to pick up (or whatever the Use key is on console)

3. It's okay, a few quests will offer alternate solutions, but it's not too special

 

[Hazaro]

I can't believe I'm actually considering putting this game on easy mode. It's realistic but frustrating that ammo is obscenely hard to come by.

That said, it's the best RPG I've ever played if you put turn-based RPGs on a different tier. I'm only four hours in, and I'm already completely engrossed; I have never seen a video game with a game world this beautiful.

Ammo pickups become easier when you kill more people. Melee is also good.

Get the scavange perk as it doubles ammo found from boxes.

 

[Revelations]

jesus, i hope the next big rpg that comes out is this good. i don't know that i can count on that though.

The Last Remnant should be pretty good. People that have played it are finding its battle system to be awesome.

 

[Zzoram]

I know the PC version is best and cheaper, I'm not sure if I would rather play it on my 32"tv or my 22"pc lcd.

are the PC controls good?

Yes. A mouse makes inventory management a tad better, VATS means you don't really need precision aiming, but it still works well.

 

[Zzoram]

DLC's on its way. We just don't know when.

I listened to an OXM interview with Todd Howard who said they are working on DLC that is roughly Knights of the Nine length or a bit longer, but not a full expansion like Shivering Isles. They don't want to release those little crappy bits of DLC like one dungeon or one item that they did initially with Oblivion.

 

[Teknoman]

The Last Remnant should be pretty good. People that have played it are finding its battle system to be awesome.

Got my eye on that, but I dunno. Valkyria Chronicles has already proven to be amazing.

Anyway, whoever said melee was useless in this game is nuts. Pc controls are very nice as well.

 

[Future PhaZe]

I was afraid that Fallout was hurting my 360 so I deleted the save files...

Turned out it was my dumb harddrive acting up...

I feel empty inside gaf.

I only rented the game and probably will return it soon, but I have every intention to purchase it again later down the line. Such a great game.

 

[Zzoram]

Kind of a stupid question, but where can I store stuff so it won't dissapear? The sheriff in megaton is already dead btw.

An unowned house or your own house. You'll know a house is not owned if you can sleep in the bed. You can get a house in

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Megaton or Ten Penny Tower depending on if you blow up Megaton or not, but you can't get the Megaton house now that the Sheriff is dead because he gives you the deed and key for disarming the bomb

 

[Spruchy]

Hello. Best RPG I've ever played.

Incoming flop.


But yeah GOTY for me.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

whereabouts is evergreen mills?

 

[Lince]

wish there was a way to lock the frame rate....

I've managed to lock it at 60 fps using the default "High" settings and 4xAA 8xAF which still looks slightly better than the 360 version. I guess with a midrange VGA (8800, 9800, 4850) you can lock it at 30 fps using the Ultra settings and forcing 16xAA/16xAF/Vsync through the control panel, you have to make sure the game is always running below 59 fps so keep bumping detail sliders and effects until VSYNC forces the game to stay at 30 (Fraps is your best friend here).

 

[iammeiam]

The little things are what's making this game for me... I'd been doing the Survival Guide sidequest and got stuck on the part where

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you're supposed to hide the Observer in the mirelurk pods.

After dying like ten times and being no closer to completion, I gave up and did the Big Town sidequest, then finished "Following in His Footsteps".

When I decided to pick the Survival Guide questline back up, I fast-travelled to the memorial only to

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immediately see a Wasteland Survivor being attacked by three vicious dogs. He died before I got a shot off in VATS mode, so after I killed the dog I looted his corpse and found a note and a key. Note mentions having taken something, apologizing to whoever it was taken from, and giving the location of the 'treasure'.

So then I fast-travel to the Scrapyard, find the burned-out bus, and unlock the cooler with the key. Inside are a couple of skill books; no giant stash of cash or money, no super-awesome weapon, nothing epic. Just some stuff that would have had personal value to people.

And it's things like that that are really making me love this game. It's not a quest, and I have no idea how many times I'd been to the memorial and not had that scene happen, but it just makes the world feel more alive.

 

[Decado]

How big of a factor is sound in this game? My PC is hooked up to my TV and receiver...but it won't do surround (fucking Creative and and their lying asses).

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Wow, the writing is even worse than the crap modern bioware puts out these days, terrible.

 

[Zzoram]

There is a slaver in paradise falls who keeps giving you UNLIMITED ITEMS ranging from meds to ammo to caps, no guns. If you have the patience to keep initiating a convo then you could easily stock up on enough shit to sell. He hands out a really good amount of stimpacks too but it's totally random. I made a good 500 caps in item value in 10 minutes due to getting a ton of stimpacks in a row. This is the closest thing to an easy cap cheat that I have found in the game so far.

The only catch is that I think you need to be at least Very Evil in karma status for this to work. I had talked to him when I was just Evil but it wasn't untill I killed 3 travelling salesman and robbed the fuck out of them and thier guards that I became Very Evil and he started giving me stuff.

Being Very Evil or Very Good gets you free stuff from people. I'm not sure where you get free stuff for being Neutral.

 

[BobM]

I have nto used much melee so far,i am only to the part where i just got a quest from the guy at Galaxy Radio, and i was scared to jump right into that so am trying to deliver a message for a girl in Megaton.
It sounds like melee might be worth using more. Is the power fists perk very effective? Is it best to get ti early on or does it matter?

 

[Remy]

An unowned house or your own house. You'll know a house is not owned if you can sleep in the bed. You can get a house in

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Megaton or Ten Penny Tower depending on if you blow up Megaton or not, but you can't get the Megaton house now that the Sheriff is dead because he gives you the deed and key for disarming the bomb

The latter part of the spoiler isn't true. If you

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find the sheriff's son, he'll give you the reward, saying it was "what Dad would've wanted".

 

[Zzoram]

The Last Remnant should be pretty good. People that have played it are finding its battle system to be awesome.

I highly doubt that it will be a JRPG that is going to be the next big RPG to surpass Fallout 3.

 

[Hazaro]

whereabouts is evergreen mills?

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[Zzoram]

wish there was a way to lock the frame rate....

Vsync should cap it at 60