A Human Becoming
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lawblob said:
Tesla Armor is really good and looks rad.
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Tesla Armor is really good and looks rad.
Scarecrow
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I've found the mix of exploring the wasteland and catching up with podcasts to be a great combination. GNR's music starts to get a little grating after 20 hours. I've just been map markering known undiscovered places and try to look for any points of interest along the way.
How many
I'm also having trouble finding the bobbleheads. I found two near the beginning (one flexing its muscles and the ohter holding a giant syringe) and just recently found a third (one with a minigun). Are they just so randomly placed I'm missing them?
How many
vaults are there out there? Besides 101, I stumbled on 92 and the entrance to 112.
I'm also having trouble finding the bobbleheads. I found two near the beginning (one flexing its muscles and the ohter holding a giant syringe) and just recently found a third (one with a minigun). Are they just so randomly placed I'm missing them?
MrTroubleMaker
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Scarecrow said:
Vaults
Bobblehead
Holy shit. :lol
So I was doing my second quest for Moira, choosing to do the landmine exploration this time. Found the town. Found the playground. Found Mr. Uncle Sam with a sniper rifle, who Moira forgot to mention. So the guy's name is Arkansas. I noticed he just started shooting at me randomly for no reason, so before deciding whether or not to return the favor by blowing his head off with the sniper rifle I retrieved off of the body of Sam Warrick, I looked his name up in a FAQ really quick and found out he can come in handy to me later being alive.
So I run around collecting landmines and raiding the houses that are still standing. Meanwhile spectacles up there continues to try and rape me with sniper fire (can't aim for shit, btw) and blow up crap around me. So I'm just about to raid the last house. I noticed Arkansas was actually able to hit me a couple of times before I went inside. Once I'm inside, I turn on my flashlight and start searching for goodies as I did with the other vacant houses. Calm. Cool. Relaxed. Then out of no where I'm suddenly being capped with a .50 caliber sniper rifle. The damn crazy son of a bitch came in the house after me! Holy DAMN. Did he ever scare the living bajesus out of me. :lol
Somehow I was able to survive despite several point-blank shots from his rifle. What was funny is that I ran out of the house and took advantage of him leaving his post and ran up to his sniping position and looted all the goodies he had up there. Whew. I love this game to death. Just when you think something is becoming routine... a crazy old bastard chases you and attempts to gun you down with a .50 caliber sniper rifle inside a compact, two-story household. Win.
So I run around collecting landmines and raiding the houses that are still standing. Meanwhile spectacles up there continues to try and rape me with sniper fire (can't aim for shit, btw) and blow up crap around me. So I'm just about to raid the last house. I noticed Arkansas was actually able to hit me a couple of times before I went inside. Once I'm inside, I turn on my flashlight and start searching for goodies as I did with the other vacant houses. Calm. Cool. Relaxed. Then out of no where I'm suddenly being capped with a .50 caliber sniper rifle. The damn crazy son of a bitch came in the house after me! Holy DAMN. Did he ever scare the living bajesus out of me. :lol
Somehow I was able to survive despite several point-blank shots from his rifle. What was funny is that I ran out of the house and took advantage of him leaving his post and ran up to his sniping position and looted all the goodies he had up there. Whew. I love this game to death. Just when you think something is becoming routine... a crazy old bastard chases you and attempts to gun you down with a .50 caliber sniper rifle inside a compact, two-story household. Win.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Find a dead soldier?Scarecrow said:
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
SnakeXs said:
You can be trained once you complete the story mission "The Waters of Life."
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Turning in pre-war books (i.e. non ruined-destroyed) at the Arlington Library.
Holy shit, unless the value goes down with each turn in, I've got about 1,000 caps to turn in.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3893/gamasutras_best_of_2008.php?page=15
Very good article on 2008 in gaming. Would make a good thread. I would but I am posting-challenged and have limited abilities.
Very good article on 2008 in gaming. Would make a good thread. I would but I am posting-challenged and have limited abilities.
Kccitystar
Member
I'm just curious, is it possible to be the only person alive in the game? I'm talking about like, can you kill everyone in the game and not have them reappear?
Say if I go back to the underground stations, and I kill everyone, if I have to go underground again, will they reappear?
Say if I go back to the underground stations, and I kill everyone, if I have to go underground again, will they reappear?
Jamesfrom818
Banned
Kccitystar said:
There are a couple unkillables in Rivet City. The doctor and either Flak or Shrapnel. I discovered the doctor being unkillable when I nuked a wedding that I help set up.
dralla said:
1. The only two sniper rifles I've seen in the game so far is one from Sam Warrick and the other from Arkansas, an old coot watching over the abandoned town with all the land mines in it. You could just ask an NPC to repair it. I know it probably costs quite a bit of caps, but you sound like you're far along enough to have enough bottle caps saved up to do that easily.
2. First talk to Lucy West in Megaton. She'll send you Arefu and the quest basically goes from there. Don't want to spoil anything for you.
2. First talk to Lucy West in Megaton. She'll send you Arefu and the quest basically goes from there. Don't want to spoil anything for you.
Scarecrow
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How close is that from the end? I'm not sure wether to keep exploring, do other side quests, or follow along with the story. Right now, I'm at teh "power of science" or something story quest where I have to find Vault 112. How far is that from Waters of life?industrian said:
Kccitystar
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Jamesfrom818 said:
Yeah, I would assume that the characters who are integral to the main story wouldn't be killable
just hit 20 hours on the 360 version
I save in this game about every 60 seconds or so. It sounds nuts but if im traveling a long way I save constantly or I'll see a guy - crouch and make sure he didn't see me - pull out my sniper rifle - save - take a no-vats shot. Option A - His head explodes and I save. Option B - I miss and he says "Your gonna get it meat sack!" and I load -
*Repeat*
I love this game :lol
I save in this game about every 60 seconds or so. It sounds nuts but if im traveling a long way I save constantly or I'll see a guy - crouch and make sure he didn't see me - pull out my sniper rifle - save - take a no-vats shot. Option A - His head explodes and I save. Option B - I miss and he says "Your gonna get it meat sack!" and I load -
*Repeat*
I love this game :lol
Jamesfrom818
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karasu said:
Well you should be fine if you make some manual saves instead of relying solely on the autosave.
A Human Becoming
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The Chef said:
Holy crap. :lol Unless you have a large harddrive, I wouldn't recommend this strategy later on in the game. Saves go up to 5MB, maybe 6MB.
MirageDwarf
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Didn't know you play games besides cooking awesome food.OnkelC said:
I have a question about the Tenpenny Tower and Replicated Man quests:
For Replicated Man, I apparently need to find Pinkerton who seems to be in the other half of the ship. How do I actually get to that? I see a Very Hard lock that I can't open, do I actually need to get up to 100 lockpick skill for this? I'm able to tell Zimmer that the android is dead to finish the quest asap but it's a pretty crummy reward.
For Tenpenny Tower...well, I already sniped Tenpenny for You Gotta Shoot 'Em In The Head. I'd want to convince everyone to let the Ghouls move in but it seems like killing Tenpenny might have messed that up, I'm trying to play a good character and don't want to lose karma(I already know opening the basement for them is a HUGE karma loss). Anything I can do?
For Tenpenny Tower...well, I already sniped Tenpenny for You Gotta Shoot 'Em In The Head. I'd want to convince everyone to let the Ghouls move in but it seems like killing Tenpenny might have messed that up, I'm trying to play a good character and don't want to lose karma(I already know opening the basement for them is a HUGE karma loss). Anything I can do?
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Papercuts said:
You have to go outside to the big split in the middle of the ship. Under water to the right is a door, he's somewhat deep inside there.
My question, what's the best way to get to the Nation Archives? I got the this place called L'enfante Plaza, is that close? On my map it is but usually there are a lot of inconveniently placed piles of rubble blocking my way. The my biggest gripe with the game so far.
Kill Your Masters
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Papercuts said:
You will have to swim. Go through the market place of Rivet City, and you'll get out a door which leads to a dead end. Jump down there and a bit to the right is a entrance, you'll have to dive into the water, open some doors, make sure you have enough stimpaks because when the air is out your HP will deplete very very quick
Ledsen said:
That explains it.
I seem to notice a lot of the game is based on trial and error since despite the game being all about exploration, doing things out of order or missing a certain element of something could mean bad consequences. I missed out on two achievements because I went exploring before doing the main quests; because I reached certain places in the main story when I wasn't supposed to.
MrTroubleMaker
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It spawned for me for each of my three play though without having to find all that stuff, strange.. I wonder why ?Ledsen said:
ICallItFutile said:
Actually I do this too. I don't think he does a new save, but probably just overwrites his current one so no new space is taken. I think im on save #1900 something but i only really have 20 real saves or so. Saving before a lockpick(to keep autoforcing it until it works) or computer(pick first 4 until it works) is useful too.
Don't know if I should finish the game or not. Lvl 20, tons of cash/stuff, no real incentive other than to finish the story, and the story element is not that strong. This game is more about exploration more than anything, that's were i got the most fun out of the game. I'll wait for the DL that raises the level cap, and hopefully they'll throw in some money sinks too.
ALeperMessiah
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If I killed Arkansas at the minefield before receiving the Strictly Business quest am I locked out of it?
A Human Becoming
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ALeperMessiah said:
No, there are three other people you can capture.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
I didn't notice anything but it seems i've just had the
random encounter. I only noticed when i walked past a building and saw something glowing.
I've collected 20 odd of the
but i can't for the life of me find the
. I'm playing on PC and if it hadn't been for the console commands i'd have only found 3 items as it had strewn them through backdrop buildings, not even proper ones. Dammit.
What i'd like to know is, is there a console command that highlights items or will take me to an item? I don't want to just spawn it in my inventory, i'd rather actually find it myself if possible.
UFO
I've collected 20 odd of the
alien power cells
Firelance
What i'd like to know is, is there a console command that highlights items or will take me to an item? I don't want to just spawn it in my inventory, i'd rather actually find it myself if possible.
ALeperMessiah
Member
ICallItFutile said:
OK cool, so you don't need all 4 people I take it? If so how many do you need?
criesofthepast
Member
Anyone else finding there to be more glitches and freezing issues post-trophy patch? I don't remember ever having to hard-reset my PS3 on my first playthrough before that patch came out. Having said that, my second playthrough is so much better than my first. I have no idea how I got through the first one without Fawkes. The dude is crazy but makes the game too easy. Also, i'm pretty sure I just lost him, all of a sudden I was running through the Wasteland, looked behind me, and he was gone. I haven't seen him in days. He isn't dead because I haven't gotten the "friend is dead" message yet. Kinda sucks. Hope he dies out there so I can recruit someone else.
A Human Becoming
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ALeperMessiah said:
You need at least one person alive to do the quest. You need to capture all the people who are still alive.
EDIT: There's a glitch to get paid twice for one of the people, which I discovered completely by accident (I actually got paid three times, but the third time was completely random, long after the first two).
I accepted the quest Big Trouble in Big Town before or during Strictly Business (I don't think it matters when, as long as it's before you rescue Red). When I rescued Red, I put the collar on her and fast traveled to Paradise Falls. When I got there he paid me, but she still appeared on my map to be in Big Town. I fast traveled there and talked to her again, where she ran to Paradise Falls. When I went there, I was paid again for her.