The Official Fallout 3 thread of post-apocalyptic proportions!
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About 20 hours in at Tenpenny Towers I just did the
quest.
I have definitely felt a moral weight to my actions in this game that I don't get from most other games. I have never played a Bethesda title before, so its all new to me. Definitely a cool game; and though it has a lot of little flaws, I can't seem to put down the controller.
"Kill Roy and his followers" side
I have definitely felt a moral weight to my actions in this game that I don't get from most other games. I have never played a Bethesda title before, so its all new to me. Definitely a cool game; and though it has a lot of little flaws, I can't seem to put down the controller.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
The Terrible Shotgun! http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/wiki/Fallout_3_Weapons#The_Terrible_ShotgunArcher said:
Mirelurks: Shoot 'em in the face, preferably with a rifle or something - shotguns kind of fail regarding precision.
Radscorpions are weak against mines.
My impressions:
Liked Fallout 3 more than Oblivion (i'm not finished with oblivion) but as soon as i hitted Level 20 (35 hours) ... the fun was gone. headed straight to the last quest and finished the game. Ending? yeeaa....ok.... the whole main quest was really weak imo. Sidequests where awesome.
Loved the Lincoln's Repeater (nice shooting sound) way more than the Plasma Rifle.
I felt a little bit overpowered in the end. I had way to much ammo for the repeater and the plasma. Charon in full tesla armor.
Headshots left and right with my main weapons (Repeater, Plasma, Chinese, Railgun).
Overall, nice game.
8.5 out of 10
I dont know if i can finish oblivion now... without rifles :lol
sorry4myenglish
Liked Fallout 3 more than Oblivion (i'm not finished with oblivion) but as soon as i hitted Level 20 (35 hours) ... the fun was gone. headed straight to the last quest and finished the game. Ending? yeeaa....ok.... the whole main quest was really weak imo. Sidequests where awesome.
Loved the Lincoln's Repeater (nice shooting sound) way more than the Plasma Rifle.
I felt a little bit overpowered in the end. I had way to much ammo for the repeater and the plasma. Charon in full tesla armor.
Headshots left and right with my main weapons (Repeater, Plasma, Chinese, Railgun).
Overall, nice game.
8.5 out of 10
I dont know if i can finish oblivion now... without rifles :lol
sorry4myenglish
Bah it sucks that the DLC is exclusive to the 360 and Pc, I would buy that shit immediately for the PS3 oh well.
Btw is there anything down the line that you have to deal with the super Mutants? Be it main quest or side quest. The Brother hood of Steel eludes to something going on and I found this random Super Mutant getting attacked that could talk, forgot his name.
Btw is there anything down the line that you have to deal with the super Mutants? Be it main quest or side quest. The Brother hood of Steel eludes to something going on and I found this random Super Mutant getting attacked that could talk, forgot his name.
He says Super Mutants are made somewhere but he doesn't say anymore.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
The Military Base in Fallout 1 contained the FEV vats. The Vault Dweller blew it up.Elbrain said:
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Wolfgang died near the Canterbury Commons. Fucking Mr.Gutsy killed him :/ . I loved all the junk he sold... I wish merchant would become incapacitated instead of being outright killed. I wonder if Bethesda knew this scenario with merchants would occur in game and if they wanted it to be like this? It does sort of add an unpredictability to the game.
Elbrain said:
Are you fucking kidding me? NO DLC FOR PS3? Ahhh! Anyone have a link?
EDIT: OK I found it on the multiplayer blog, I wish I would have known that, it pisses me off a lot. I only got the PS3 version because my 360 red ringed. I was looking forward to DLC also, this is my GOTY.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Yeah, I just check the Fallout Wiki and you're right. I guess I just assumed they were all related and migratory or something.HK-47 said:
Jamesfrom818
Banned
I agree that most of the fun is totally gone once you reach level 20. I have ammo coming out of my ass and I have enough weapons and armors to keep my equipment at 85-100% repair for a good while. My reason for exploring was to scavenge for more experience, equipment, and caps. I guess I'm just going to finish the main quest and start a new character, probably an evil bitch this time.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
There's something to be said for the tension early on, before you're a killing machine, when your guns are in terrible shape, you have no ammo, your armor sucks, and you don't even have enough money to rest.Jamesfrom818 said:
When I replay, I'll probably use a mod that reduces the XP you get.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Yeah that would work, but the issue is that you'd have to spread 'em all across the wasteland, which would be kind of tough to do.HK-47 said:
Simply because you'd have to take beginners' paths into account. You can't confront a level 10 with a creature that has 100 strength and 100 agility or whatever.
So you could of course enlarge the wasteland and introduce highlevel content.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
DrBo42 said:
Level progression, skills and weapon upgrades will result in you slaughtering the enemy very easily once your reach the higher levels. I don't mind it though but it would have been cool if it was a little more drawn out (like Morrowind). The time it takes to get to lv20 is sort of short.
Though as the poster below me stated, you do run into monsters that'll still give you issues if your unprepared. Yao Gui, Giant Radscorpions and Deathclaws.
DrBo42 said:
Not as drastically as in Oblivion. I think the game sets the level of the enemies in an area to match your level the first time you wander into that area. Having said that I'm finding Giant Radscorpions and Yao Guai almost everywhere I go now - it gets a bit irritating.
DrBo42 said:
Level scaling sucks in a video game; it's useful in tabletop, but when you've got to travel wide-open spaces in a game, it's nice to be able to plow through / scare off the lesser threats that inhabit certain areas. That said, random encounters in the wasteland will scale to you somewhat, such that Super Duper Mart might have a random wandering deathclaw at higher levels; however, for the most part, areas will have high level monsters and enemies or not.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
They kind of do, actually.DrBo42 said:
The thing is that they stay at the level you discover them at in instances, which makes it rather easy after some time.
And you have like 4 variants or so for scaling per creature type.
So that means that you've got
Code:
Level Creature level
1-7 4
8-14 13
15-20 17(This example is made up!)
BigBlue1974
Member
Not if you save often and are playing as a bad karma character. Just load game right before you level, then go into a town and donate money until you are neutral karma. Go level up, get achievement. Reload, donate until your karma is good, level up, get achievement. You could do something similar going the other way by killing towns people that will give you negative karma, just a little trickier to do, though still tons easier than literally playing through 3 times for the achievements.dallow_bg said:
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
For PC users that want to downgrade their character because the game has become too easy.
Before attempting this, save the game!
First, set your new S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats. These have a value from 0 to 10. So if you want to be half the man you used to be, then substitute NEW_VALUE in each of the commands that now follow with half of your current value for that attribute.
Go to your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats screen on your pipboy to see your current values.
Open the console.
The key to open it is either ^ or ~ (unsure about localized keys)
Close the console. The S.P.E.C.I.A.L. values should have changed.
Generally, stat changes are shown in the pipboy when you close the console, not before that!
Then, set your new skills values. These range from 0 to 100.
For that, switch to your skills view on the pipboy so you can see them.
Then open the console again.
The changes should be observable on your pipboy as soon as you close the console.
Now you want to level up again, of course. To do that, set your level and your xp down.
Provided a console is open, type
Now close the console and look at the upper right of your console -- you can see the XP boundaries for your new level there. The XP isn't adjusted automatically, you need to set it by hand so that it fits the level. Simply set it below the level boundary by subtracting XP.
To do that, open the console and type
NEW_XP is a negative value!
It is in fact TARGET_XP (the XP that fit your new level) minus CURRENT_XP (the XP you had before fucking with the values).
For example, if you want to get the correct XP for level 9 and level 9 ends at 5500 (don't know whether that's actually true) and you had 12500 XP before messing stuff up, your NEW_XP would be less than 5500-12500, which is -7000.
Be aware of the fact that you'll run into big problems if you do this!
For example, less strength means you can carry less. And less agility means your sneaking won't be as effective.
And worst of all, instances you've visited for the first time as a high-level character before adjusting the numbers won't level down! They'll have the same badasses as before!
There are more problems, some less obvious than these, so if you find the game has become unplayable now, just load the save you made before messing things up.
In any case, this is by far better than raising the levelcap because, as I said before, a risen levelcap means you'll just become more overpowered.
Before attempting this, save the game!
First, set your new S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats. These have a value from 0 to 10. So if you want to be half the man you used to be, then substitute NEW_VALUE in each of the commands that now follow with half of your current value for that attribute.
Go to your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats screen on your pipboy to see your current values.
Open the console.
The key to open it is either ^ or ~ (unsure about localized keys)
Code:
player.setav strength NEW_VALUE
player.setav perception NEW_VALUE
player.setav endurance NEW_VALUE
player.setav charisma NEW_VALUE
player.setav intelligence NEW_VALUE
player.setav agility NEW_VALUE
player.setav luck NEW_VALUEGenerally, stat changes are shown in the pipboy when you close the console, not before that!
Then, set your new skills values. These range from 0 to 100.
For that, switch to your skills view on the pipboy so you can see them.
Then open the console again.
Code:
player.setav barter NEW_VALUE
player.setav bigguns NEW_VALUE
player.setav energyweapons NEW_VALUE
player.setav explosives NEW_VALUE
player.setav lockpick NEW_VALUE
player.setav medicine NEW_VALUE
player.setav meleeweapons NEW_VALUE
player.setav repair NEW_VALUE
player.setav science NEW_VALUE
player.setav smallguns NEW_VALUE
player.setav sneak NEW_VALUE
player.setav speech NEW_VALUE
player.setav throwing NEW_VALUE
player.setav unarmed NEW_VALUENow you want to level up again, of course. To do that, set your level and your xp down.
Provided a console is open, type
Code:
player.setlevel NEW_LEVELTo do that, open the console and type
Code:
player.rewardxp NEW_XPIt is in fact TARGET_XP (the XP that fit your new level) minus CURRENT_XP (the XP you had before fucking with the values).
For example, if you want to get the correct XP for level 9 and level 9 ends at 5500 (don't know whether that's actually true) and you had 12500 XP before messing stuff up, your NEW_XP would be less than 5500-12500, which is -7000.
Be aware of the fact that you'll run into big problems if you do this!
For example, less strength means you can carry less. And less agility means your sneaking won't be as effective.
And worst of all, instances you've visited for the first time as a high-level character before adjusting the numbers won't level down! They'll have the same badasses as before!
There are more problems, some less obvious than these, so if you find the game has become unplayable now, just load the save you made before messing things up.
In any case, this is by far better than raising the levelcap because, as I said before, a risen levelcap means you'll just become more overpowered.
Like the hat?
Banned
I want the difficulty of "hard" with the experience gaining speed of "easy"
Jamesfrom818
Banned
So I get into Lamplight and one of the kids starts telling me a knock knock joke.
"knock knock"
"who's there"
"Noah"
Oh shit! What a coincidence! I named my vault dweller Noah!
"knock knock"
"who's there"
"Noah"
Oh shit! What a coincidence! I named my vault dweller Noah!