The Official Fallout 3 thread of post-apocalyptic proportions!
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Technosteve
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i think i'm going to buy new vegas day one, i waited for the GOTY and i just blew through most of the content and have a bunch undone. I realized that if i would of gotten the game at launch i would of enjoyed all the dlc, instead of doing a 100 hour in two weeks =(, i would of had time to enjoy everything.
D23 said:
You will at least need to get the Brotherhood of Steel DLC to raise to level cap to 30. The rest go from meh (Operation Anchorage, Mothership Zeta) to ok and maybe even good (The Pitt, Point Lookout). Too bad you're not in Europe because you can get the GOTY super cheap from the UK. If you can't find the GOTY cheap than buy vanilla+Brotherhood of Steel because the vanilla game can easily last you 60+ hours.
Technosteve said:
arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh
It's "would have" please
FunkyPajamas
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Question time!
The general consensus in GAF is to stay away from the GOTY PS3 edition. Will I be ok if I get the regular edition and buy the DLC? (is the DLC available on PS3?).
I don't have a PC good enough to run this game at the moment, but I do want to play it. Can't afford a 360S right now either, so PS3 is the only option. What say you GAF?
:lol I'm sorry!
The general consensus in GAF is to stay away from the GOTY PS3 edition. Will I be ok if I get the regular edition and buy the DLC? (is the DLC available on PS3?).
I don't have a PC good enough to run this game at the moment, but I do want to play it. Can't afford a 360S right now either, so PS3 is the only option. What say you GAF?
Who would of known?Ledsen said:
:lol I'm sorry!
Technosteve
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english am hard
FunkyPajamas
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Thank you. I thought I had read that the GOTY version was all faulty but the regular one not so much. So what I'm thinking is that after installing the DLC it all goes south?Ledsen said:
Eh, I'll keep saving for that gaming PC then, thanks!
Shotgun Kiss
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DeVeAn said:
I think The Pitt is good, and Operation Anchorage is different enough from the main game to make it quite fun and interesting (having to use stock guns, and having to find healing stations instead of being able to use healing items means you can't just plow through everything). Point Lookout is good, albeit ridiculously short.
Mothership Zeta sucks balls though. It felt like I was playing a different game entirely. A shit one.
MrBelmontvedere
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neoism said:so guys this is a little OT but I'm getting Fallout Vegas... for 9.99 on Amazon day 1, but I'm willing to wait for some good mods... This is the first time playing on PC for me. How long will I have to wait for good mods after launch day..?
just IMO here, but mods are best reserved for the second play through. play it as the developers intended first, then the second time through go crazy with mods (which should be around by then) + see whatever you missed the first time.
neoism
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See that's the thing... I'm a one time gamer... with these type of games(also RPG)... I played 133 hours of fallout 3 on one save... I did everything. I'm willing to wait for a month if need be or longer. I just want to experience mods for fallout this timeMrBelmontvedere said:
MrBelmontvedere
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neoism said:
well assuming the Fallout3 "Garden of Eden Creation Kit" (that's the mod SDK) is forwards compatible they should start showing up within the first week. I don't see why it wouldn't be, and come to think of it, a lot of the Fallout3 mods will probably work in New Vegas. in that case you'd be good to go from day one
DrForester
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D23 said:
I'd wait a bit before you go into the DC area. A really nice string of quests is with Moria, who owns the shop in Megaton to fill out a wasteland survival guide. Good way to get started I think. Also, get your explosive? skill up to 30 ASAP and get your house in Megaton for disarming the bomb (Unless you're planning to go evil.)
NEOPARADIGM
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D23 said:
Go slow, take it seriously, and do EVERYTHING.
Oh, and beware there is no end-game free-roam, so you'll likely want to keep a mid-3/4 game save handy.
Enjoy.
What?! :lol I had noticed that the doors lock after a certain time. Didn't think much of it. You would think they would try and kill Paulie Cantelli for stealing chems. but, no!Marvie_3 said:
On my third playthrough. It's still awesome! I think Three-Dog is even saying different things.
I'd heard them say things like "We're closing. You need to leave" and I would always leave. I wanted to see what happened if I didn't leave. A couple of the people will start yelling at you and following you around and eventually everyone flips out and turns hostile. :lolsubversus said:
DrForester
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Marvie_3 said:
Can you kill them without penalty?
Good lord, I came here to ask about this, actually.DrForester said:
I'm in the Garden of Eden mission and I'm up against constant Overlords. Normally, I just Fat Man them, but I've only got 2 left and I think I've still got a ways to go.
What other strategies are there? I tend to use 4 to 5 medpacks if I take them with normal weapons and I'm running low on those, too. I really dont want to have to leave and come back, so any help would be appreciated.
Shoot their weapons. They can't do much if they have nothing to shoot you with 
They'll run away, looking for something else though. If you're fast, you can run up and steal their guns on the ground :lol Melee seems to work fine according to gamefaqs. They pissed me off enough to use the glitches in Operation: Anchorage though. Then you won't need a strategy whatsoever, basically. I think you're pretty close to the end though, so you won't be running in to that many more super mutants during the story missions to be honest.
They'll run away, looking for something else though. If you're fast, you can run up and steal their guns on the ground :lol Melee seems to work fine according to gamefaqs. They pissed me off enough to use the glitches in Operation: Anchorage though. Then you won't need a strategy whatsoever, basically. I think you're pretty close to the end though, so you won't be running in to that many more super mutants during the story missions to be honest.
). Sadly, achievement hysteria makes it hard to enjoy the stand-alone DLCs for me 
lucablight
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I can just install the disc with the DLC on it so I won't have to swap later right? (360 version obviously)
Mr. Enigma
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lucablight said:
You don't install the disc. You install the DLC from the disc onto the hard drive.
Just finished Point Lookout for the first time. Now returning to main quest to get to Broken Steel. Played The Pitt and Op Anchorage on an older save. Don't know if I'll be returning.
Never bought Mothership Zeta. Is it worth the $10? Or should I just wait for New Vegas. Reviews make me want to pass, but I don't trust reviews.
Never bought Mothership Zeta. Is it worth the $10? Or should I just wait for New Vegas. Reviews make me want to pass, but I don't trust reviews.
HadesGigas
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kamspy said:
If you're playing on Xbox they're on sale for $5 (not sure how much longer though).
Zeta isn't that great, but $5 is worth it. You get some neat new energy weapons.
Stoffinator
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Gravijah said:
I've beaten both. They look the same. PS3 just tends to crash a bit more, but most of that was fixed in the last patch for the game.
MrBelmontvedere
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totally agree that Zeta is the worst of the DLCs. really only worth it for completists, which of course I am so i was all over it. I have no regrets!!1
VGChampion
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So I'm giving the game another shot after not really giving it a chance when it first came out and I'm really enjoying it. I think now that I'm more patient with it and don't go guns blazing it's more fun. It's a nice inbetween of my usual FPS tendencies and my current playthrough with Planescape: Torment.
Fallout-NL
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Don't buy Mothership Zeta @ 10 bucks. It's a mess and it's boring.
water_wendi
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Going in blind to the earlier Fallouts is probably for the best. Its similar to how if the first Star Wars movie you watch is Phantom Menace you wont be let down.Dries said: