Fallout 3 Thread

[Tieno]

Hold TAB for about a second.

There's no "TAB" on my 360 controller

How do you turn on the flashlight in the 360 version?

[bork]

Hold TAB for about a second.

There's no "TAB" on my 360 controller

How do you turn on the flashlight in the 360 version?

It tells you how to in the game!  Hold down the button that is mapped to your Pip-Boy.  It's X on the PS3 version so I guess A on 360?

[demi]

B

Tieno cant read apparently

[MrAngryFace]

Woo, got the radio station fixed, got Here and Now perk and Mysterious Stranger Perk. Museum was awesome. Im gonna go back later on, I have to go to bed eventually and I wanted to finish the quest so I left as soon as I got the dish.

[cool breeze]

Mysterious Stranger is my favorite perk.  Nothing like almost killing an enemy only to have some badass finish him off for you.  Only bad part is that if he kills an enemy, you don't get their finger.

[MrAngryFace]

im still not high enough level for lawbringer, soon I hope!

[MrAngryFace]

So the mercenaries get off your ass when you become evil enough, right?   I hope you can join them and do assassination quests.  Those are always a blast.

I dunno, im good karma all the way. Only the evil know my wrath.

[cool breeze]

The way it works is that if you're a bad dude, bounty hunters try to kill you, if you're a good dude, mercenaries try to kill you.  This is Bethesda's way of forcing you to be neutral, but screw that since I'm a good guy and will kill those who stop me from bringing peace to the wasteland.

And you can join Assassins/Mercs.  It is the evil counterpart to the lawbringer perk, so instead of good points and money you get bad points and money.

[MrAngryFace]

I love bringing brutal justice to the wastes. Thats so badass.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I want this game so bad thinking of trading in all my DS games for this game :O

[cool breeze]

I love bringing brutal justice to the wastes. Thats so badass.

especially when three dogs goes on the radio and says shit like "There was a time I thought the world was truly over, but now there is a savior roaming the wastelands blah blah blah mr. vault 101 is awesome".

He talked about how I found this one orphan kid a home as I'm standing around over the corpses of these raiders I recently murdered and I'm just like "damn, I'm a nice guy."   

[Don Flamenco]

The way it works is that if you're a bad dude, bounty hunters try to kill you, if you're a good dude, mercenaries try to kill you.  This is Bethesda's way of forcing you to be neutral, but screw that since I'm a good guy and will kill those who stop me from bringing peace to the wasteland.

And you can join Assassins/Mercs.  It is the evil counterpart to the lawbringer perk, so instead of good points and money you get bad points and money.

Got it.  screw neutrality!  that would be quite boring in this game.  

I want this game so bad  thinking of trading in all my DS games for this game :O

I don't care how many DS games you own, you'd be getting the better deal.  

[MrAngryFace]

hahaha, well youre a lot nicer than most of what walks n talks out there. Sure Three Dog wasnt there as I shot out the leg from a slaver that was trying to get away, only to power-fist his face in, but what does he know anyway. I got him his space dinner plate for his radio.

[Tieno]

Hold TAB for about a second.

There's no "TAB" on my 360 controller

How do you turn on the flashlight in the 360 version?

It tells you how to in the game!  Hold down the button that is mapped to your Pip-Boy.  It's X on the PS3 version so I guess A on 360?

I know it tells me, but I didn't pay attention to it when it told me that so I didn't know it was B.

B

Tieno cant read apparently

Thanks demi, you're the best.

[TVC15]

I can't get the patch to install.  Is it because I have the D2D version?

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

God damn I love Lincoln's Repeater.  The thing can take out Super Mutants like they're nothing but your average Raider.  Combine the gun with a few perks like sniper, finesse, commando, or grim reaper's sprint and you're a walking killing machine.

[Tieno]

Jesus christ, just arrived at the Museum of History and I can see capitol hill in the foreground looming in the night. It's so cool to see something familiar in such a context. There's this constant depressing and melancholic feeling, a feeling of loss when you travel the wasteland.

Too bad I've never been to Washinton DC in real life. Does Fallout need to take place in Washinton DC? Or can future Fallouts take place in other cities/continents?

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

The is the first Fallout in DC, the others were set in California so I'd imagine it could be done in another part of the country.  Let's see a nuked out Hawaii.

[Greatness Gone]

Beat it.

Fallout 2 was better, but this was a good attempt.

[MrAngryFace]

Yes let us all dwell on Fallout 2.

I cant wait to play more tonight, have to finish up Blood Ties and then trek to Rivet City!

[Tieno]

The is the first Fallout in DC, the others were set in California so I'd imagine it could be done in another part of the country.  Let's see a nuked out Hawaii.

I'd like european city, somewhere I've been like Paris, London or Berlin. But they probably won't do that.

Fable II was a nice good simple RPG, but this is another category...fantastic. Such a cool dreary setting.

[chronovore]

I've been interested in the series forever, but only played (wait for it) Fallout Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel. Neither of them have anything in common with the legendary RPGs other than the license, it seems.

I will probably pick this up next year but, seriously, how does this compare with Elder Scrolls Oblivion?

[Tieno]

I've been interested in the series forever, but only played (wait for it) Fallout Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel. Neither of them have anything in common with the legendary RPGs other than the license, it seems.

I will probably pick this up next year but, seriously, how does this compare with Elder Scrolls Oblivion?

Cooler setting and world, better menus, so far better balance, better graphics, better combat (it's no just swinging a sword or shooting lighting) although not a shooter, denser but still huge.

I loved Oblivion immensly (put more than 160hours into it) but this one is more engaging faster and keeps you in it.

[MrAngryFace]

Tactics was so un-fallout it was scary, plus omg balance issues.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I will probably pick this up next year but, seriously, how does this compare with Elder Scrolls Oblivion?

Oblivion doesn't even come close to matching Fallout 3. Story, characters, graphics, sound, gameplay,...hell everything is better in Fallout.  It's like night and day.

IMO, this game keeps reminding me more of Morrowind than Oblivion - and I mean that in a good way.  I LOVED Morrowind.

[MrAngryFace]

Fallout 3 is teh awesome, I wish I could play it right now instead of go to work!

[Smooth Groove]

Damn, all the positive feedback is making Fallout 3 go to the top of my list.  Guess I'll put away Far Cry 2 for awhile to check out F3 in more depth. 

Can someone please explain VATS for me?  I know that VATS pauses the combat and lets you target specific parts but are there any negatives to using it? 

[hyp]

no negatives, just reduction of action points.  once action points are gone, time to run like a little bitch!

also, crouching reduces action points even more when using VATS -- but also increases accuracy.

[MrAngryFace]

Whats nice about VATS is you can fire outside of vats without an impact on your AP. So if you are at range and your target is an easy shot, go for it without VATS, but if things get up close its generally best to switch to VATS to get the most potential out of each shot.

[Mrbob]

Fallout 3 bitch slaps Oblivion.

I want to be at home playing this game some more as well! 

I love using my combat shotty against super mutants.  I'll crouch to the ground, hide behind cover, and when they get close I'll pop out, aim up in vats and blow their heads off in about two shots.

[Smooth Groove]

Ok, thanks for the tips.   

Just a few more questions.  What are the weapons that I should specialize in?  I invested my first points in big guns because I thought it would be hard to come across more exotic weapons like lasers. 

Also, is it worthwhile to invest XP in hacking? 

[Eric P]

i found another vault, but reading here it makes it sound like it breaks the main quest, so i will have to reload at an earlier point

[MrAngryFace]

I love the sawed off shotgun. If they do get in close I just aim for the head and POP. scoped magnum is my mid-range of choice and I still have the general purpose hunting rifle for long range- better than nothing.

Switching weapons as enemies move between ranges is pretty essential for ammo conservation.

The vault tour in the museum of technology was awesome and creepy. I still need to fully explore that place.

[Eric P]

Ok, thanks for the tips.   

Just a few more questions.  What are the weapons that I should specialize in?  I invested my first points in big guns because I thought it would be hard to come across more exotic weapons like lasers. 

Also, is it worthwhile to invest XP in hacking? 

i almost always do small guns cuz they are the easiest ones to get at start when you are a weakling, speech because i talk to everyone i can, and this time i did repair because repair is SO important here.

i am not really a fan of big guns myself and i found a laser pistol pretty early on (esp for a FO game).  my most recent level (10) i dumped a ton of points into energy weapons

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

i found another vault, but reading here it makes it sound like it breaks the main quest, so i will have to reload at an earlier point

112?  Yeah, leave it alone for now.


Going back to VATS, the only time I don't use VATS is when I've run out of action pts and I'm forced to lay some lead down to keep whatever at bay.  With caps and ammo being as limited as they are (especially in the beginning), VATS is the best way to conserve resources plus it just looks fucking awesome.  Nothing like blowing the shit out something like a Raider and seeing their limbs fly all over the place in slow motion. And pick up Lincoln's gun, add a few perks like the one that resets your AP for every kill, and you can basically chain everything in sight without leaving VATS.  Pretty sweet.

[Tieno]

I fucking love VATS, it's very cool seeing the legs or head blow up. Reminds me a bit of Gears in that. Crippling someone is also very cool, they wince in pain and stumble towards you.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Or stumble away from you, which is even better.  I love seeing them trying to limp away why you just casually walk up to them, reload, and then blow their heads off.

[hyp]

a tip for you pc guys...

for some reason, when i was running the game in 16:10 @ 1920x1200 on high settings, the framerate was pretty bouncy and i'd have noticeable jerkiness in every type of environment including rooms/indoors.  i then switched the resolution to 16:9 @ 1920x1080 and noticed HUGE improvement in framerate.  60fps+ indoors and in cities, with a very solid framerate outdoors, definitely above 30fps -- all on ultra settings with 2x AA, 15x AF, and v-sync on.

not sure why that was the case, but i highly recommend trying out the 16:9 settings to see if you get improvements.  it was literally night and day.  i didn't think i'd be able to play on ultra settings at such a high framerate.  the visuals are even more drop dead gorgeous now.  fyi, the video card i'm using is an nvidia geforce 8800GT on a mac pro.

[Eric P]

i run at medium and it's cool by me.

i could run it higher but when i did, my hdd was going nuts


it still does, but not at the horrifying levels previous

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I bought Fallout 2 like a month ago from GOG and started playing it last week...I don't understand anything about this game..what do I do?

But I really want FO3, so I might grab that later today or tommorrow

[MrAngryFace]

I run at ultra high at 1650x1080 with 4xAA and 14xAF and v-sync + HDR lighting. Runs niiiice

[TVC15]

I have everything maxed at 1920x1200 and everything runs fine.

[Great Rumbler]

Beat it.

Fallout 2 was better, but this was a good attempt.

I like F3 better than F2, but the latter felt really same-y compared to the first game.

[Don Flamenco]

With everything else maxed, turning off water reflections, lowering AA and AF to 2x and 5x, and turning off Vsync got me to 40+ outdoors and a solid 60fps indoors/cities at 1440x900. The game hardly tears with vsync off.  Surprisingly, the biggest gain for me was disabling water reflections--that shit was dropping me to like 20fps any time I got near a body of water.

[Great Rumbler]

For some reason, the main hit for me is whenever a Mr. Gutsy is in the area. It chugs really bad when that happens.

[Eric P]

i had my rig at ultra, i stepped outside VATS something and my machine crashed, so i scaled it back

[cool breeze]

Beat it.

Fallout 2 was better, but this was a good attempt.

I like F3 better than F2, but the latter felt really same-y compared to the first game.

I played Fallout 2 before Fallout 1, I enjoyed both games, but I like Fallout 3 more.  They are different types of games now and I really like what it has become.

[Eric P]

i liked FO1 a lot more than 2.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

So my lawbringer perk is basically wasted now.  I was on top of the hill next to the Regulator ranch when 2 giant radscorpions broke down the fence and started attacking the brahmin.  The regulators filed out of the cabin and started attacking the giant radscorpions with one person running off north into the wasteland alone, which I thought was kinda funny at the time.  After it was all over I climbed down off the rocks and entered the cabin.  Well it just so happened that the idiot that ran off also happened to be the woman I need to talk to start this freakin' thing.  I went outside combing the area to see if I could find her or her body but came up empty and now that I've been in and out of that cabin several times, the autosave file won't help me and my previous hard save was like two and a half hours ago. :/  Lesson learned.  Save often.

[TVC15]

Still playin Shenmue?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Getting this game tommorow, can't wait

[Joe Molotov]

I played Shenmue for about 24 hours over a 3-day weekend when it first came out. I'm not saying I'm proud of it, I'm just saying it happened.

[MrAngryFace]

lol I walked into Lucas Simms house in the morning when the door was unlocked and he was asleep inside. Snuck into his room and grabbed the bobblehead. Right when I leave his house some lady goes "Youve done so much for us, I wish there were more people like you. I want you to have this" then hands me bullets.

To be honest, bobbleheads dont count as anyones property, so I wasnt stealing...kinda

[Great Rumbler]

It's blue, so it's not stealing. That's how you know.

[MrAngryFace]

its blue if your hud is blue lol

[TakingBackSunday]

If tt's any color other than red, its fine

[Positive Touch]

god why is there so much talking at the beginning let me kill shit ffs

[Positive Touch]

god why is there so much talking at the beginning let me kill shit ffs

ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY DAMMIT, YOU WILL LISTEN TO ALL THE TALKING BEFORE WE MAKE SOME TIME LEAPS.

Yeah and then its like "YES IM FINALLY FREE TO EXPLORE THE WORL-OH WAIT there's the town i'm looking for right in front of me." 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Got it

[Tieno]

So I'm heading for Vault 112 and on my way I see this church, I think to myself "oh nice church, maybe there are some friendlies there cause it's a church and shit". I enter the church and get a shotgun blast to me body from a trap, then all of a sudden I see 4 reds light up. Head outside and walk into a flamer, kill him. In the distance I get shot at from 3 other dudes. I duck behind a wrecked car, which gets on fire from the enemy fire. I go duck behind the church and I see one red icon coming towards me...as he comes to me the wrecked car explodes (holy shit, they're like mini-nuclear explosions, so loud, always scares me). Then I wonder where the other two raiders have went and come from my hiding spot and see they're in a fight with a trader who passed by.
Luckily there was a lot of loot in the church.
What's also fun is luring enemies into traders or brotherhood of steel guys or outcast brotherhood of steel guys. They're so fucking strong and do all the work for you, although once two super mutants (one with a mini-gun) killed one brotherhood guy who had a laser rifle, the other guy killed them off but it got me great armor and weapons.

When wandering through the wasteland it still amazes me how utterly destroyed this world is, the imagery is more scary than anything I've experienced in any game...so cool.