I'm going to admit something, to give everyone a laugh at my expense. I didn't know that bottle caps were the game's currency. So whenever I found them I always left them, wondering why the fuck everyone has bottlecaps. Then I clued in after about 6 hours of wandering around. Then I cried.
The Official Fallout 3 thread of post-apocalyptic proportions!
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Ledsen said:The combat sucks on normal, I don't understand why people play on normal
Change it to hard or better yet, very hard. You'll be forced to target arms, legs etc.
This is only true for the first several levels. I really enjoyed it on very hard. I had to use a lot of mine tactics to get through some areas... as you level up it becomes more and more like playing on normal though.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Member
Ok, not sure if this is spoiler material or not, but i have a question on a sidequest....
How many Behemoths are there to kill for the trophy, and can someone list where they are?
MrTroubleMaker
Member
sloppyjoe_gamer said:
Booted this back up to kill some time and decided to head to the White House, since I haven't been there yet..
So, I head into the sewers underneath and find a takeoff ramp, a landing ramp a trashed car in the middle and a bike on it's side on the landing ramp. Obvious conclusion, someone was having some fun down there. Then I spot a pair of skeleton legs on the landing ramp and shrug it off as you'll find them all over the place anyway.. Then I look up on the ceiling and spot the rest of the body dangling from a light fixture.
Apparently the guy took the ramp too fast and his head got caught in the light fixture, shreading his body in two and sending the lower half flying with the bike. :O
Little things like that are why I keep playing this. :lol
So, I head into the sewers underneath and find a takeoff ramp, a landing ramp a trashed car in the middle and a bike on it's side on the landing ramp. Obvious conclusion, someone was having some fun down there. Then I spot a pair of skeleton legs on the landing ramp and shrug it off as you'll find them all over the place anyway.. Then I look up on the ceiling and spot the rest of the body dangling from a light fixture.
Apparently the guy took the ramp too fast and his head got caught in the light fixture, shreading his body in two and sending the lower half flying with the bike. :O
Little things like that are why I keep playing this. :lol
raYne said:
yeah, there is a alot of stuff like that. i was in some house where there was two dead skeletons "spooning" on the bed together. i guess they died in their beds when the bomb went off...creepy.
Make sure to look at the chandelier above the bed in Duvack 's(SP) house. it's hilarious.
Diablohead
Member
Holy shit! been playing for coming up to 10 hours in one sitting but it feels like 5, the game is always throwing something new at you, I spent most of that time doing the main quests but now i'm wearing the brotherhood power armour, welding a chainsaw sword, have 79 melee strengh and also have high points in heavy weapons, I feel like something out of warhammer 40k :lol
So fun being a bullet sponge now, run up to a outsider and use a slomo v.a.t.s headshot :lol
and found the fat boy, but no ammo. I need to head back there though because I only look around about 1/3 of the building before resuming quests.
My current progression right now is to find some more bobbleheads, going to visit gary atm
So fun being a bullet sponge now, run up to a outsider and use a slomo v.a.t.s headshot :lol
Now that is awesome, I visited the white house earlier afterraYne said:
helping three dog
My current progression right now is to find some more bobbleheads, going to visit gary atm
Unregistered007
Banned
rhino4evr said:
oh shit...........
Diablohead
Member
I have not stopped playing since I woke up to play this, it's been about 16 hours now and I just beat the main story...
Started a new char to become pure evil and piss about with this time, female and playing 3rd person where possible to make things a little different, one thing that I noticed though i s early in the game the 3rd person cam is up close like gears of war but then later on it's half a mile away from you and real rubbish, is there a way to zoom it back in because I can't figure out how if so
Thankfully with my good character I had a save about 2 minutes away from the end so I just ran out into the open again and made it a fresh save for when I finish collecting bobble heads and doing the rest of the quests being on the good side.
I was expecting more, then that's it? I best buy the dlc.
Started a new char to become pure evil and piss about with this time, female and playing 3rd person where possible to make things a little different, one thing that I noticed though i s early in the game the 3rd person cam is up close like gears of war but then later on it's half a mile away from you and real rubbish, is there a way to zoom it back in because I can't figure out how if so
Thankfully with my good character I had a save about 2 minutes away from the end so I just ran out into the open again and made it a fresh save for when I finish collecting bobble heads and doing the rest of the quests being on the good side.
On consoles? Hold the 1st/3rd person toggle button (L1/RB), while in 3rd person, and move the right analog up or down to zoom in or out. The PC equivalent should be easy enough to figure out.Diablohead said:Started a new char to become pure evil and piss about with this time, female and playing 3rd person where possible to make things a little different, one thing that I noticed though i s early in the game the 3rd person cam is up close like gears of war but then later on it's half a mile away from you and real rubbish, is there a way to zoom it back in because I can't figure out how if so
Left/right while doing the same rotates the camera, FYI.
Diablohead
Member
Ah cheers, I thought there was a combo to do it but was too lazy to check it in the manualraYne said:
, 360.Update: 10 minutes in and all of vault 101 have major brain damage :lol
Sword Familiar
178% of NeoGAF posters don't understand statistics
rhino4evr said:
Skill books I knew about from before, but on my first run I had no clue about the pre-wars until' I got to the library so I must have missed a lot of 'em :/.
Now, on my second run, I try to pick them up and stow them away in a locker so that I'll make a big pile of cash when I get around to going to the library. Same thing goes with scrap metal, nuka-cola premiums and special ammo.
Btw, anyone else find a nuka-cola truck miniature? It's seems to be a rare enough item to hold on to. Perhaps the girl who likes nuka-cola wants it?
Ok, so I'm on the Nuka Cola Challenge quest and the funniest shit happened at Paradise Falls:
This game is amazing.
I'm a good character so I want to free the slaves. I do everything required to free the slaves (steal the key, connect the network). I go in and there are the three that I enslaved in order to gain entry into Paradise Falls. I interact with the first one and it gives me the option to unlock the slave collar. First one, no problem. Second one (Red, a doctor from a little town south of the Police HQ up north) doesn't go so smooth. I offer to take her collar off. Goes fine. Then she says "hey... is it supposed to vibrate?" Then BAM her head explodes into a million pieces! It really caught me off guard. I was laughing so hard.
This game is amazing.
Diablohead
Member
I play direct from dvd and they are not too long, from memory they are tons better then oblivion.Dunlop said:
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
rhino4evr said:
I love stuff like that in abandoned stores or Raider camps and such. I walked into this one store and there was fucking boxes of cereal and Abraxo stood up like fucking dominos and white tape pointing to this floor trigger that did nothing. Fucking creepy shit.
Love you, Fallout.
Also, the safe room in Fort Whatsisname did such a great job of fleshing out the story you hear from Mr. Crowley and everyone else. The environmental design in this game, in terms of that sort of stuff, is nothing short of phenomenal.
AndresON777
shooting blanks
Diablohead said:
To be honest I think it runs better from the dvd drive. Sometimes the game would lock up for a second when I switched weapons playing from the hdd
BenjaminBirdie said:
I love that shop! It's a rube goldberg device. There's a floor switch that drops a brahmin skull over a log that knocks over all the boxes which leads around the store tot he ultimate final conclusion.
A couple of the creepiest moments to me have come from the radio towers you find and turn on. One of them had an audio loop of a guy requesting help for his son. The second was another radio tower and it was a ghoul just breathing over an open channel and when I went into the drainage chamber nearby where the source of the signal was coming from, it was filled with ghouls. Creepy shit.
Scarecrow
Member
I think something glitched on me. I'm doing the Head of State quest. I killed a bunch of slavers and am supposed to meet some dude, but he doesn't appear at the spot marked on the map. Also, looking at the world map, it keeps giving me a second waypoint that keeps changing locations whenever I fast travel.
*Never mind. I got it.
But now I've got another question. There's a locked door in the National Guard Depot that I need a password for. I can't find it, though
*Never mind. I got it.
But now I've got another question. There's a locked door in the National Guard Depot that I need a password for. I can't find it, though
AndresON777
shooting blanks
Scarecrow said:
That door holds the experimental MIRV iirc
youtube is your friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnh59URM44A
ms really pimped out chobot, i used to think she didnt look good
Scarecrow
Member
Well, I just beat it, and I have to agree that the ending blew.
It gave me a bad ending even though I followed through with what I was supposed to do. I activated the purifier, but Hellboy said I "didn't make the sacrifice his father did" while showing Project Purity burning.
Also, why couldn't I send in my radiation resistant partner Fawkes in to do the dirty work? C'mon now.
Also, why couldn't I send in my radiation resistant partner Fawkes in to do the dirty work? C'mon now.
Bumblebeetuna
Banned
Have they said how much Operation Anchorage will cost on PC? Can't imagine paying $10 for something that is supposed to last 4-5 hours "depending on play style".
ChoklitReign
Member
Awesome game. I have two characters, though one's just has improved SPECIAL stats and picked better perks (take Intense Training or 2 at the beginning!). Both love to sneak and shoot from far away. JayDub is full of shit, Speech is very useful to level up (I'm at 40 or 50). The Mall with dozens of Super Mutant Brutes with miniguns and missile launchers is insane :lol I just got Charon and he's pretty good as long as you back him up. Despite aiming with my second profile to explore more I still haven't touched anything north of Minefield. I'm already at level 15 so I'm definitely getting a slower leveling mod; the Fallout Balance Overhaul mod sounds awesome, it's ridiculous how many stimpacks you find.
Issues I currently have:
1. What's with my walls?
2. I'm doing the escort mission at the end of the Waters of Life quest and the bitch won't move from here after making it to the Citadel (the door in the pic is where she needs to go). I read that the guy needs to be given some stimpacks here but both of em just say to keep moving. Well why aren't you moving?! Did I just break the main quest? I want my power armor ;_;
Issues I currently have:
1. What's with my walls?
2. I'm doing the escort mission at the end of the Waters of Life quest and the bitch won't move from here after making it to the Citadel (the door in the pic is where she needs to go). I read that the guy needs to be given some stimpacks here but both of em just say to keep moving. Well why aren't you moving?! Did I just break the main quest? I want my power armor ;_;
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
^ That part was a bitch. Easily the only thing in the game from what ive played so far which is disliked. Luckily its short. And yea your suppose to give him stuff ( Many options ). Your second pic is when there suppose to stop you. Walk near the door to the right. (North of you in the pic)
Having the game installed to HD does decrease the loading times by 1-4 seconds or so. the game was optimized so well that playing from the DVD is perfectly fine.
Having the game installed to HD does decrease the loading times by 1-4 seconds or so. the game was optimized so well that playing from the DVD is perfectly fine.
ChoklitReign said:
You need to give Garza stimpacks, buffouts, or use a speech thing to say leave him behind or kill him yourself. I think you might be stuck if he ended up getting killed already. Oh wait, that's him in the picture right? Not sure, maybe kill him and see if you can move on.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
:lolRSTEIN said:
I only have Arkansas enslaved so far. I felt like destroying Paradise Falls go I go in guns blazing. I go inside the slave house and I free Arkansas. He runs out and then he just starts shooting all the other slaves with his sniper rifle. I just started cracking up.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Dunlop said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=341808
Fallout 3 (5.9 GB)
doesn't have the times though, I would install it if I were you just to save that dvd drive
:lolJamesfrom818 said:
The other guy I captured was Flak from Flak & Shrapnel in Rivet City. I take his collar off AND GUESS WHO MAD THE TRIP ALL THE WAY FROM RIVET CITY TO FIND HIS BROTHER? I couldn't believe it! Shrapnel walked all the way to Paradise Falls! I forgot to kill a bunch of slavers so both Flak and Shrapnel were killed after I freed them :\ Maybe I can go loot their store now 
Jamesfrom818
Banned
RSTEIN said::lol
The other guy I captured was Flak from Flak & Shrapnel in Rivet City. I take his collar off AND GUESS WHO MAD THE TRIP ALL THE WAY FROM RIVET CITY TO FIND HIS BROTHER? I couldn't believe it! Shrapnel walked all the way to Paradise Falls! I forgot to kill a bunch of slavers so both Flak and Shrapnel were killed after I freed them :\ Maybe I can go loot their store now
I'd go back to another save because Flak and Shrapnel's is the only place I've seen mini nukes for sale.
I love having 100% speech. For instance,
That reminds me, if the third DLC continues the ending and focuses on the Brotherhood getting rid of the Enclave... that won't have any effect.... right?
I convinced our dear President Eden to go terminate himself and blow up the Enclave base while his robots help me get out.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
RSTEIN said:
I have 50 and I've probably shot 20 of em.
Merguson said:
100 speech is a waste. You could get by just fine with 50 + speech boosting equipment and reloading whenever you fail.
Gully State
Member
I'm contemplating whether or not to finish the game right now since you guys are all saying how terrible the ending is and the fact that the DLC takes place before the end. Is operation anchorage going to have new perks or will that be coming on the 3rd DLC?
While I'm thoroughly enjoying the game, I have to say that it seems to me that Bethesda made the safest 3D fallout game it could. It doesn't really take chances in the story at least from what I've been through. To me, the sidequests and freeform stuff is more interesting than the main quest and it bothers me a little b/c of the lack of intrigue in the main story. Maybe I'm missing something as I've never played the previous games but it seems like the established lore (which is incredible rich from what I've read) could've been further fleshed out in Fallout 3.
In the end, kudos to Bethesda for making a great game, I'll be spending some more hours on it and look forward to the extra content. Now I have one request. Please release an optimization patch that addresses all the glitches.
Question to PC version players, does extra ram help with the pop in problems and wildly fluctuating framerate? If so how much? I have the framerate capped at 30 FPS and even then fraps indicates my framerate never dips but I'll still get this really awkward pauses in game while the assets are being loaded.
While I'm thoroughly enjoying the game, I have to say that it seems to me that Bethesda made the safest 3D fallout game it could. It doesn't really take chances in the story at least from what I've been through. To me, the sidequests and freeform stuff is more interesting than the main quest and it bothers me a little b/c of the lack of intrigue in the main story. Maybe I'm missing something as I've never played the previous games but it seems like the established lore (which is incredible rich from what I've read) could've been further fleshed out in Fallout 3.
In the end, kudos to Bethesda for making a great game, I'll be spending some more hours on it and look forward to the extra content. Now I have one request. Please release an optimization patch that addresses all the glitches.
Question to PC version players, does extra ram help with the pop in problems and wildly fluctuating framerate? If so how much? I have the framerate capped at 30 FPS and even then fraps indicates my framerate never dips but I'll still get this really awkward pauses in game while the assets are being loaded.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Yes, more RAM potentially reduces loading times and pop-in. Depends on how many you have now, how fast the RAM is and other stuff how big the performance boost is though.
If you have a gig DDR-2 now and add 512meg, there'll be a noticeable difference. If you have 2 gig now and go up to 4 gig with DDR-3, the difference is less noticeable.
If you have a gig DDR-2 now and add 512meg, there'll be a noticeable difference. If you have 2 gig now and go up to 4 gig with DDR-3, the difference is less noticeable.
Ad Infinitum
Member
i'm wondering how far i am through the main quest -
- uni starts up again soon and i wanna know if i can finish this before starting my reading.
game took a helluva long time to get fun but i'm quite enjoying it now.
on my to a different vault to find my dad, just massacred half a town full of bandits on the way. might be level 6 or 7, can't remember
game took a helluva long time to get fun but i'm quite enjoying it now.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
voltron said:
omg omg omg omg
I WILL SHOOT THINGS APART AND THEN REPAIR MY WEAPONS
Guys, I found an area in the top left called Raven Rock. What is this place? And... how do I get in? It says "this door is opened elsewhere."
Also: I found the Yu Gui (or whatever they're called) and Deathclaw sanctuaries. Is there anything worthwhile inside?
Also: I found the Yu Gui (or whatever they're called) and Deathclaw sanctuaries. Is there anything worthwhile inside?
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
RSTEIN said:
Kind of a spoiler I guess,
you only go there as part of the main quest.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I have some questions about the release bugs (PS3).
1: Do I still need to turn off system notifications or can I turn them on without my PS3 crashing everytime someone logs in/out?
2: What more did they fix with the latest patch?
1: Do I still need to turn off system notifications or can I turn them on without my PS3 crashing everytime someone logs in/out?
2: What more did they fix with the latest patch?
Another_visitor
Member
Haven't been to the Yu Gui sanctuary but there's plenty of loot in the Deathclaw sanctuaryRSTEIN said:
a few dead merchants & a bobblehead