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10/29/2008 11:29:53 PM

Anyone with a Pip Boy 3000 clock for sale HOLLA AT YA BOY

10/29/2008 11:33:30 PM

hey, walls, you should man up and buy the game instead of flooding our thread with stupid trollish questions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3
--- it answered all your questions about four months ago

10/29/2008 11:45:14 PM

no shit...the questions he's asking are the most basic shit

just ordered an 8800 GTS so I can run the game (prior card was a x800)...hundred bucks for the upgrade keeps me from having to build a new comupter

10/29/2008 11:49:26 PM

the questions i asked aren't something that could be answered by wikipedia (okay maybe i could've looked up VATS...) but as far as differences between it and oblivion that was a serious question. Oblivion bored the fuck out of me because i had so much going on that i forgot which quests were the main one and i just ended up doing random shit and never getting anywhere. I like tons of sidequests but not so many thats its overwhelming. Pretty sure the wikipedia doesn't have a section dedicated to comparing this to Oblivion.

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[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 12:26 AM. Reason : i decided to get Farcry 2 instead.]

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 12:26 AM. Reason : i'll probably pick this up in classifieds in a month or 2 when people need xmas funds]

10/30/2008 12:26:22 AM

Meh

My roommate has been playing far cry 2 a lot. looks pretty meh.

10/30/2008 12:30:02 AM

farcry 2 was a good choice! it is by far one of the best FPS' i've ever played. Very fun and very realistic!

10/30/2008 12:41:24 AM

walls, we wouldn't be making a 19 month year old thread about fallout 3 if we didn't think it was awesome.

if you want a metacritic review, go to metacritic. if you want an oblivion comparison, go to an oblivion fansite. noone here wants to do your research. until then keep your idiotic questions out of the thread. we trying to game here.

10/30/2008 12:41:42 AM

okay mod, i'm sorry. i didn't know i had to be pumped about this game to post in it's thread.

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10/30/2008 12:47:10 AM

^ The sidequests in this game feel a ton more engaging than the Oblivion ones. I think part of it is that the NPCs seem to have more variety (and voice actors) than Random Elf #57 who wants you to kill 2 deer for him.

10/30/2008 1:17:34 AM

really loving the combat in this game so far...both FPS style and VATS.

10/30/2008 2:03:06 AM

It really is a nice balance. VATS is great when I want to target weak points or slow down the action and watch someone's head explode.

The FPS combat is nice when I don't feel like pausing things to use VATS on a cockroach. Also, melee weapons are more fun in real-time.

I'd like to take this moment to express my love for the lock-picking and hacking minigames.

Each one is difficult but fair. There doesn't seem to be any random impossible crap like the lock-picking in Oblivion. The hacking beats Bioshock's "hacking" for sure.

10/30/2008 2:23:40 AM

Well I finally got to install this at about 11 last night, and figured I would play for an hour or so before bed.

Well now it's 6 am, and the only reason I'm not still playing is I just had my first CTD (hopefully they aren't too common).


This game is great. Saying it's "Oblivion with guns" is an oversimplification, it's used as an insult by hardcore fallout fans of course, but there really are a lot of similarities.


So rather than saying it's "Oblivion with guns" I think it's more like "Everything Oblivion should have been, set in the Fallout universe"

10/30/2008 6:21:43 AM

Quote :

"The hacking beats Bioshock's "hacking" for sure."

10/30/2008 7:49:25 AM

I have been really good in this game so far. I have good Karma, I was at very good, but I did something stupid (hacked a terminal and picked a lock) just to get practice of doing it. Its SO much incentive to be Bad in this game, and not enough, at least for right now, incentive to do good.


LAME

Quote :

" Fallout 3 Glitches * Infinite XP You can gain infinite XP if your speech skill is high enough.(My speech was about 30 at the time). Go to town called "Big Town" located north of Vault 101.If you spoke with a girl named Bittercup she should tell you about her dating exploits. After speaking with her, go into the house marked "Common House" and speak to a man named Pappy. There should be a speech skill dialogue option that says "You came here with Bittercup, right?" You will get XP every time you click it. (I got 6XP with each click). Continue to do this and you can rack up XP in mere seconds. Bethesda has not yet patched this glitch. "

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 8:56 AM. Reason : /]

10/30/2008 8:46:51 AM

Quote :

"The hacking beats Bioshock's "hacking" for sure."

NO

10/30/2008 9:05:19 AM

Without the 'power-ups' to ease hacking or the auto-hack tool in BioShock, it can be harder, way harder in fact than the hacking in FO3. However, the hacking in FO3 is awesome in that you don't feel pressured by time, and you actually have to think quite a bit more, rather than randomly flipping tiles that may or may not uncover a piece of the maze that you need to complete the hack.

10/30/2008 9:09:09 AM

Quote :

"Its SO much incentive to be Bad in this game, and not enough, at least for right now, incentive to do good."

I assumed this would be the case so I created my first character with that in mind. Stealth-Black Widow-Assassin type deal. I'm right at level 4 right now so I'm just getting into things. I'm working on the Megaton side quests right now, trying to determine what I want to finish before moving on to the next area.

Super Duper Mart was full of goodies also, I need to find another place like that.

10/30/2008 9:21:41 AM

Thankfully its not an online game so that glitch will only effect people who decide to take advantage of it and not people who decide to play straight up.

10/30/2008 9:27:17 AM

I really want to play this but I'll be steaming it after Left 4 Dead because of too much gaming right now. I'm sure it'll be even cooler by then, maybe some cool new mods to enjoy, who knows. It's though though - the game looks cool.

10/30/2008 9:47:30 AM

methods to play game:

1) good guy with guns (I think most people default to this at first.. I know I do)
2) stealthy thief
3) strong melee (fun when combined with low intelligence)
4) sniper
5) morally bankrupt childkiller

I think I might go with #2/#4 combo after I finish the game as #1

10/30/2008 10:15:27 AM

Yo I rescued this hussy from being one of this guy's sex slave and took her to Rivet City, did anyone else do this? The random encounters in this game are sick.

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 11:37 AM. Reason : /]

10/30/2008 11:37:00 AM

Man I was playing this initially OCD style trying to immediately get the bobbleheads for maximum stat value

But that felt too much like work so I just started playing naturally, finding things as I go, and its 10 times more fun that way

10/30/2008 11:42:11 AM

I'm glad to see that they still provide plenty of ways to talk out of many situations; that always made the game fun for me. That, and once I picked up a combat shotgun, crawling through the subway isn't nearly as scary anymore.

Quote :

"Its SO much incentive to be Bad in this game, and not enough, at least for right now, incentive to do good."

Well, I got a hit placed on me early on, so it provided a pretty steady stream of high quality equipment flowing my way.

10/30/2008 11:43:01 AM

I have only found one Bobble head, I got it out of Vault 101 before I left, I really have no idea where to look for them, and hope I just stumble upon them.

^ Yeah I ran across some dudes attempting to carry out a hit on me, and fragged them, LOL.

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 11:45 AM. Reason : /]

10/30/2008 11:43:46 AM

Whoa how did you get a bounty on your head? I want some mofos to try and hunt me down.

10/30/2008 11:53:48 AM

I dunno, it was random as fuck, lol. I think the Overseer put the hit out on you.

10/30/2008 11:55:34 AM

Hmm maybe I avoided that by taking him out in the Vault...

10/30/2008 11:57:45 AM

Oh, yeah you are right, I blasted his ass too (glad I did not get bad Karma for it lol), well in that case it was someone out in the wasteland.

10/30/2008 11:59:19 AM

i killed the overseer in the vault too...but it was probably his daughter that put the hit on you...although she really likes me haha

10/30/2008 12:41:32 PM

I shot the daughter twice in the head before I felt bad and moved on

10/30/2008 12:53:19 PM

Has anyone done anything especially awesome with the Black Widow or Lady Killer perk? The only place I've seen an extra dialogue option was with Tenpenny's good in Megaton. It has yet to result in anything cool.

Also, what perks have you picked up that are worth getting/not worth getting?

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 12:55 PM. Reason : .]

10/30/2008 12:55:06 PM

I upped my agility and used the swift learner perk twice I think... the first four levels of perks are pretty vanilla

10/30/2008 1:14:27 PM

I think unless you are just straight up role playing, most of the skill points based perks (i.e. 5 to science and medicine) aren't worth it.

Black widow is definitely worth it as a female, 10% extra damage on like 75% of the humans? yes please.

Intense training is also quite good.

At level 3 you should take Educated. 3 extra skill points per level is FTW. Comprehension may be good, there do seem to be a lot of books out there, but I'm not so sure right now. Iron fist is good for unarmed, child at heart looks like it may be alright.

Gunslinger and/or commando looks good, but I don't know how much of an accuracy boost they are talking about. Toughness is a great early game perk at level 6, it nearly doubles your (or at least my) armor class at that level. But who knows, with power armor it may become useless.

All of the level 8 perks seem pretty good, except maybe size matters.


Avoid here and now. It may seem tempting to gain 2 levels at once, but perks are one of the biggest reasons to level, and there's always more experience points out there.

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 1:19 PM. Reason : ]

10/30/2008 1:17:49 PM

I think Swift learner is a mistake

You get to level 20 faster, but once you get there that perk becomes useless

If you play the game all the way through, you should to level 20 anyway

So it makes more sense to get a perk that will still be relevant during the end game

10/30/2008 1:24:11 PM

you level faster, period, which means you get skill points sooner in the game which means you'll probably have an easier time getting to the end game

I only got swift learner this goround... I wouldn't get it when I'm playing the game the second time around

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 1:45 PM. Reason : .]

10/30/2008 1:43:09 PM

Quote :

"Whoa how did you get a bounty on your head? I want some mofos to try and hunt me down."

Basically, I spoke with Tenpenny's goon in Megaton, promised to carry out his job for him, turned him over to the sheriff, and then killed him when the bust went sour. So far, I've had two hit attempts on me. Its how I got my combat shotgun.

I got ladykiller; it's okay, but I've only had two opportunities to use it so far (for dialogue purposes... plenty of dead female raider bodies litter the wasteland).

10/30/2008 3:45:06 PM

trying to read gamefaqs boards for good information is fucking pointless

i don't see how people are out there creating a thread a minute about stupid shit

10/30/2008 5:52:33 PM

^I learned that with Homecoming and the best way to deal with that is to sign-up with a serious fansite, its heavily moderated and usually has some good content.

10/30/2008 7:00:38 PM

Gamefaqs make TWW people look like geniuses

You can't make a topic there without it being buried ten pages deep in 5 minutes

10/30/2008 7:20:16 PM

What the hell is going on down there? Revolution? Vacation? Somebody fart?

10/31/2008 12:02:43 AM

Just beat the game, freaking awesome game, very engaging. I've had to trouble in some parts of the game being "evil" (the game does give you the option of doing some fucked up deeds).

Overall, I think this one kept true to the feel and atmosphere of the original. The way repair mechanic works is great!

10/31/2008 1:22:01 AM

gibbing heads never gets old, just tonight i caught a feral roaming ghoul mid leap with a shot to the head that exploded as the body flew past me and with my other 3 shots i took out the feral ghoul behind him

if oblivion had let me do shit like that i wouldn't have quit playing it after a month

^ i love the way repair works

[Edited on October 31, 2008 at 1:25 AM. Reason : .]

10/31/2008 1:23:45 AM

Yeah, this game is a huge leap from Oblivion.

10/31/2008 3:05:54 AM

Relatively speaking this game has the best soundtrack that I have ever experienced.

10/31/2008 6:22:51 AM

I'm getting tired of the three dog Dj howling like WOOOOOOOOOOO Ric Flair style every 5 minutes on the radio

10/31/2008 9:49:31 AM

Just got to Megaton and I fucking love it.

10/31/2008 10:17:00 AM

i just got to the town thats on the old over pass and i'm trying to figure out wtf to do next.

10/31/2008 10:30:31 AM

Quote :

"^ i love the way repair works"

Repair is great, I wish had I realized how it worked sooner. I've been pumping points into my repair skill but never figured out how to repair my own shit until last night. Up until then I've been throwing away caps by selling weapons/armor to the store in Megaton and then turning around and paying her to repair my stuff. Now that I've started repairing my own weapons I am doing more damage, able to carry more (since I'm now toting around 1 Hunting Rifle instead of 5...) and I have more money. I wonder how many other aspects of the game I don't understand...

Also, where is Tenpenny's tower? I messed up the event with Mr. Burke but I want to go scavenging

[Edited on October 31, 2008 at 11:07 AM. Reason : .]

10/31/2008 10:55:14 AM

I wish I was a college student so I had more time to play this game.

I beat Fable in like 3 days.

10/31/2008 11:12:04 AM