Fallout 3

[dryerdoor]

I got an early retail copy last Friday, and this has to be one of the best games I've played so far. Since Bethesda took it over (Oblivion fame), it's a good shift from the old top down few Diablo-esque view, to the First/Third person game. They did a good job with the game, graphics are absolutely amazing, story is good and controls are responsive. The VATS system is a welcomed addition.

This game is pretty much if Oblivion met Mad Max.

[dryerdoor]

Also, starting out with nothing and having to scavenge for everything really adds a lot to the game.

[STC-Dub]

Can't wait to get my hands on a copy.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Never played the original series. Better or worse? I mean in terms of gameplay, since bigger 'splosions dont make cool games for me

[dryerdoor]

Never played the original series. Better or worse? I mean in terms of gameplay, since bigger 'splosions dont make cool games for me

Much better.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Much better.

Y'sure?

[booster11373]

Never played the original series. Better or worse? I mean in terms of gameplay, since bigger 'splosions dont make cool games for me

The original Fallout was a top down RPG game(ala Diablo) set in post nuclear world and was very well recieved

Fallout 3 is still set in a post nuclear world but is a first person shooter RPG, Im looking forward to it and it seems to be getting good reviews from the VG press

[dryerdoor]

Y'sure?

There are explosions when you throw grenades and frag mines.

Positive.

[HBox]

I can't wait, i have this pre-ordered on Steam, hopefully I'll be playing it this time tomorrow afternoon.

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Anyone who hasn't played the original can get it for free here. (http://www.gametap.com/play/gameDetails/000587850)

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Anyone who hasn't played the original can get it for free here. (http://www.gametap.com/play/gameDetails/000587850)

Thanks budday

[TonyStark]

I wish I'd preordered this in retrospect, but for now I think I'm going to hold off and try to borrow my friend's Far Cry 2 (awesome game) in order to play through it before I move on and look to spend more money.

[JustJon]

Anyone who hasn't played the original can get it for free here. (http://www.gametap.com/play/gameDetails/000587850)

That's not Wasteland...

Loved me some Wasteland.

[booster11373]

I just picked up but I'm pissed because I thought Red Alert 3 was to be released today but that's no until tomorrow, I wish video games had a Tuesday release like movies and music

[ahhdurr]

ooh what platforms

huge fan of post apocolyptic RPG's

[booster11373]

ooh what platforms

huge fan of post apocolyptic RPG's

PC, PS3, XBOX,

[ahhdurr]

PC, PS3, XBOX,

I hope you meant plain XBOX - I'd much rather play it on a console and that's what I left off at.

I'm waiting for 3D! XBOX

edit: just checked - I may need to get with the times.

[booster11373]

I just played for about an hour, Its good, some minor minor bugs but good

[AnnoyedGrunt]

That's not Wasteland...

Loved me some Wasteland.

I could post a link to Wasteland but it's technically not freeware, so that would be against the board rules.

(Though a port on the DS would be kick ass)

[angrymissy]

I'm ditching work an hour early for this

Theyre even selling it at 7-11

[Contra]

I didn't really follow all the hype for this game, but if the description is oblivion meets mad max then I want it...now!

[patsopinion]

yea i hadnt been drooling over it at all but now im thinking i may have to make it my first purchase for my ps3

sounds very exciting

[celery]

The original Fallout was a top down RPG game(ala Diablo) set in post nuclear world and was very well recieved

Fallout 3 is still set in a post nuclear world but is a first person shooter RPG, Im looking forward to it and it seems to be getting good reviews from the VG press

Yeah, the reviews are really good so far - I'm very close to being sold on this game.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/fallout3?q=fallout%203

[marky2bucks]

i know nothing about the series, but the reviews are good and I will probably pick it up.

[angrymissy]

This

Game

Rules

It's like Bioshock and Mass Effect rolled into one

[HBox]

36% on Steam. I don't think I'll be playing this until tomorrow.

[booster11373]

This

Game

Rules

It's like Bioshock and Mass Effect rolled into one

That is a accurate description

[booster11373]

And.......So far Ive been shopping and inherited a house

[angrymissy]

And.......So far Ive been shopping and inherited a house

I got my house and went to the Abandoned Supermarket to get food and medicine and almost ate it a few times. In my rush to avoid dying, I ate like everything I had in inventory, and now I'm addicted to a few things and have a hangover.

[STC-Dub]

Only played for around an hour and a half so far but so far a great game. Has the feel of the original which is a great thing.

[dryerdoor]

The VATS system fucking rules. There's this perk that if you get a good headshot, the enemy explodes. Who knew a headshot can cause limbs to detach.

[booster11373]

36% on Steam. I don't think I'll be playing this until tomorrow.

Just out of curiosity why get the game thru steam? from what I can see the price is the same, whats the advantage if any?

[angrymissy]

The VATS system fucking rules. There's this perk that if you get a good headshot, the enemy explodes. Who knew a headshot can cause limbs to detach.

I got a perfect headshot in the supermarket and turned someone to ash.

[TheMojoPin]

So how is this different than other shooters out there? I'm way behind the curve on games, but I loved the first 2 in this series and was bummed when I heard it was being turned into a shooter. The things mentioned here make it sound a lot more interactive than that, though...help me understand!

[angrymissy]

So how is this different than other shooters out there? I'm way behind the curve on games, but I loved the first 2 in this series and was bummed when I heard it was being turned into a shooter. The things mentioned here make it sound a lot more interactive than that, though...help me understand!

It's like an RPG/shooter combo.

[angrymissy]

For example, there is a "Karma" system in the game... based on the way you interact with people, they treat you differently... there are situations in the game where you need, say, information on a computer... you can do what the NPC asks you to do to get the info, or you can shoot him in the head and take it yourself... but if you shoot him in the head, the residents of the town can turn on you and try to kill you every time you come back

[TheMojoPin]

Interesting, so there's still interaction as opposed to just shooting. Is it a "free roam" game or does it dump you where you're "supposed" to go like most shooters?

[angrymissy]

Interesting, so there's still interaction as opposed to just shooting. Is it a "free roam" game or does it dump you where you're "supposed" to go like most shooters?

I only played it for a few hours last night, but it is definitely "free roam" with a lot of quests/sidequests. There is a lot of interaction, it's definitely not a straight up shooter. It's very similar to the game Mass Effect in that respect.

You walk around towns and talk to people who will give you missions and quests (like, deliver a letter to so and so), again, you have different answers you can choose for the questions to come up with different reactions/results. Right now I have about 3 active quests, but am exploring the "wasteland" main map area to find cool shit like abandoned schools, shops etc.

I don't like straight up shooters like Gears or Halo, and I really like this game.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I relented and got the game, breaking my video game fasting. I got it on Steam because I don't like cluttering up my place with unneccesary shit like DVD covers and having to hold onto it so I have the activation code if I ever wanna reinstall it some years later.

Easy to get on steam, wanna get rid of it, delete it it'll always be on ur account with Steam forever so you'll never need to rebuy and just DL it again. Automatically updates it too.

Also, I have a shitty old TV that wouldn't do the game justice on 360.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Interesting, so there's still interaction as opposed to just shooting. Is it a "free roam" game or does it dump you where you're "supposed" to go like most shooters?

I'll put it this way. The game is so complicated with all the things you do and can do and stats to improve that I am discouraged to play because there's too much for my brain to handle in one sitting.

That usually means it's going to be excellent.

[HBox]

Just out of curiosity why get the game thru steam? from what I can see the price is the same, whats the advantage if any?

Easy to get on steam, wanna get rid of it, delete it it'll always be on ur account with Steam forever so you'll never need to rebuy and just DL it again. Automatically updates it too.

Exactly. plus Steam has its own friends lists and features for multiplayer games similar to Live and the PSN. It automatically checks and updates all of your games as well. I haven't played any of the Half-Life games in a long time but they are all fully updated.

I forgot how intimidating Fallout games are at first. There is so much to do, so much to explore. It takes me a while to get into it.

[HBox]

Interesting, so there's still interaction as opposed to just shooting. Is it a "free roam" game or does it dump you where you're "supposed" to go like most shooters?

This is pretty much the first two Fallout games with a first person perspective. You can go anywhere you want as soon as you are out of the vault. You can immediately go on a death march in Super-Mutant territory if you like. It has the VATS system so there is still a turn based element. You can pick of enemies limb by limb. You can talk your way through most problems, or sneak around pickpocketing.

This is like 85% Fallout RPG and 15% shooter.

[TheMojoPin]

Holy Christ, you have all given me like 6 different nerd-boners. I must have this.

[angrymissy]

Soooo

Did anyone blow up the town? What do you get for doing it?

[booster11373]

Im having a real problem with a certain "family"

[dryerdoor]

Soooo

Did anyone blow up the town? What do you get for doing it?

I kept it. Keep the town and dismantle the bomb. They payoff is really worth it. Not only that, Moira's quest in Craterside Supply are hysterical.

[dryerdoor]

My favorite perk (I forgot what it's called), that if you get a good headshot, all the limbs explode and all that's left is a torso. Good on mutants.

[AnnoyedGrunt]

It might be hard to tell since I doubt anyone has gotten close to the end yet, but how feasible is it to play as a mele only character? I had a great time playing through Fallout 2 without using a single bullet, at least for the main character. I remember hitting a guy so hard with a sledgehammer that he slid backwards across the ground for a good 10-15 seconds. The only problem was that the final boss was impossible to beat on your own. I kept breaking his arms and legs without doing a single point of damage.

[dryerdoor]

It might be hard to tell since I doubt anyone has gotten close to the end yet, but how feasible is it to play as a mele only character? I had a great time playing through Fallout 2 without using a single bullet, at least for the main character. I remember hitting a guy so hard with a sledgehammer that he slid backwards across the ground for a good 10-15 seconds. The only problem was that the final boss was impossible to beat on your own. I kept breaking his arms and legs without doing a single point of damage.

It is quite possible, you just have to watch out for snipers. Behomoths are a bit difficult without guns too.

[patsopinion]

got it
played it

dissapointed by graphics

i get that there is a lot of shit going on and that takes a lot but the graphics make the game look like a port on ps3, which it is, and doesnt nearly come close to what the platform can do

other than that and the fact that it is really confusing and there is no apparent way of healing oneself without the help of items, its a pretty cool game

and it took me till 4 hours in to realize how to fix items
kinna pissed me oft

[patsopinion]

Im having a real problem with a certain "family"

im there right now and it is infurating that they just dont tell you where to go
and i cant figure out where to go at the movie theater

[booster11373]

im there right now and it is infurating that they just dont tell you where to go
and i cant figure out where to go at the movie theater


I found that confusing in the beginning as well, but now I appreciate the real open world-ness of the whole thing

I'm taking notes for my second run thru and plan on doing a few thing different

[dryerdoor]

im there right now and it is infurating that they just dont tell you where to go
and i cant figure out where to go at the movie theater

Is this family thing in Arefu?

[angrymissy]

Is this family thing in Arefu?

If it is, they tell you 3 locations to look in...

[dryerdoor]

If it is, they tell you 3 locations to look in...

I went with making the agreement with Vance to protect Arefu and send Lucy's brother home and I got the Hematophage perk. It's really useful. The location is the underground one, that inside the train station.

[booster11373]

How the hell do you get to Rivet City? without getting killed repeatly by mutants or Talon Comp.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Let's take this away from the specifics and get back into the aesthetics here. I don't know what an aesthetic actually is, but I'm gonna say that first sentence anyway.

Why is this game so good? What makes it worth playing?

I want your answers to all give Mojo multiple nerd-boners.

[dryerdoor]

Let's take this away from the specifics and get back into the aesthetics here. I don't know what an aesthetic actually is, but I'm gonna say that first sentence anyway.

Why is this game so good? What makes it worth playing?

I want your answers to all give Mojo multiple nerd-boners.

You can shoot guns, fights huge things and drink irradiated water and still live.

[HBox]

I love the part in Fallout 3 when you try and enter the town with the supermarket and it crashes every fucking time.

Why the hell do I keep buying PC games? I have a PS3, it's RIGHT OVER THERE.

[booster11373]

Let's take this away from the specifics and get back into the aesthetics here. I don't know what an aesthetic actually is, but I'm gonna say that first sentence anyway.

Why is this game so good? What makes it worth playing?

I want your answers to all give Mojo multiple nerd-boners.

Its very immersive with lots of details, the post apoc world is full of stuff to do or not do, you have lots of choices on how you want to proceed

[dryerdoor]

I love the part in Fallout 3 when you try and enter the town with the supermarket and it crashes every fucking time.

Why the hell do I keep buying PC games? I have a PS3, it's RIGHT OVER THERE.

PS3 is a bit buggy too.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I love the part in Fallout 3 when you try and enter the town with the supermarket and it crashes every fucking time.

Why the hell do I keep buying PC games? I have a PS3, it's RIGHT OVER THERE.

Bioshock was ruined for me due to an extremely buggy PC version. I think I whined sufficiently about it last year.

So far no problems with any other PC game.

Do you have a Nvidia card or Ati? Cuz Nvidia cards have given me alot of problems when I try to update their drivers.

Either way I find paying $60 for one console game total bullshit. Not that paying $50 is much better.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

PS3 is a bit buggy too.

Sony is a dirty carbuncular scabrous whore of a company these past couple years.

It used to be so hot, like Chasey Lain.

[TheMojoPin]

Besides being a cheap bastard, I usually wait at least a month after a game comes out to get it so that at least a patch or two or three has been figured out for the bugs.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Besides being a cheap bastard, I usually wait at least a month after a game comes out to get it so that at least a patch or two or three has been figured out for the bugs.

It took 2k about 5 1/2 months to come up with their first patch for Bioshock.

[HBox]

Bioshock was ruined for me due to an extremely buggy PC version. I think I whined sufficiently about it last year.

So far no problems with any other PC game.

Do you have a Nvidia card or Ati? Cuz Nvidia cards have given me alot of problems when I try to update their drivers.

Either way I find paying $60 for one console game total bullshit. Not that paying $50 is much better.

I got Bioshock on PC too but lucky for me it worked well. HOWEVER, and this is mostly why I feel stupid for getting Fallout 3 on PC, is that just one month ago I bought Mass Effect on PC. The thing would crash randomly when it loaded anything. I had to save after I did every little thing in the game to progress through. Then I get to the part where I have to drive into the Conduit........ and it crashes every single time. That was about 20-30 minute from the end for those who didn't play it. I had to go through 6 different older Nvidia drivers to find one that worked.

That I turned around and chose to go through this again shows how big an idiot I am.

[Chimee]

I picked it up for 360 today, played a bit, then promptly shut it down and deleted my game. I plan on devoting my entire day tomorrow and Sunday to becoming obsessed with it.

[booster11373]

Ive fallen in love with the soundtrack of this game, those old songs really fit well

[patsopinion]

Ive fallen in love with the soundtrack of this game, those old songs really fit well

i love the indiana jones song
the one from the temple of doom

really makes me happy when i hear it

[booster11373]

If anyone got this far yet expalin to me how you did it


Tenpenny tower, I tried being diplomatic at first but I couldnt convince 2 out of the 5 residents to agree to let the ghouls move in, I just got annoyed and Killed Tenpenny and then the ghouls, what did you do?

[Chimee]

I plan on tackling that mission tomorrow and I'll probably end up getting frustrated and killing everyone.

[Chimee]

Blowing the heads off of enemies is a great deal of fun. Especially when you're using V.A.T.S.

[angrymissy]

How the hell do you get to Rivet City? without getting killed repeatly by mutants or Talon Comp.

I haven't headed down there yet, but I'm going to guess it's through the subways. Took me forever to figure out that's how you get to the GNR studio.

[Chimee]

That would explain why every objective around the capital has a web of pathways to get to it. Half of them going by Rivet City.

[booster11373]

I haven't headed down there yet, but I'm going to guess it's through the subways. Took me forever to figure out that's how you get to the GNR studio.

I made to Rivet city yesterday some time and you do have to travel the maze of the DC metro system.

I dont know if this is obvious but.....

Once you find a location you can fast travel to it from the world map

[angrymissy]

I made to Rivet city yesterday some time and you do have to travel the maze of the DC metro system.

I dont know if this is obvious but.....

Once you find a location you can fast travel to it from the world map

Fast travel is a freaking godsend. I spent about 3 hours walking around discovering new area and just kept going because I want to add everything to the map for later and for ease of fast travel.

The people I sell my shit to have been running out of caps to give me. ANNOYING. I'm trying to find the traveling merchant caravan just to offload some shit.

[dryerdoor]

Fast travel is a freaking godsend. I spent about 3 hours walking around discovering new area and just kept going because I want to add everything to the map for later and for ease of fast travel.

The people I sell my shit to have been running out of caps to give me. ANNOYING. I'm trying to find the traveling merchant caravan just to offload some shit.

Moira is best for that stuff.

Has anyone gotten to the Ghoul Hideout in the Museum of History?

[booster11373]

Fast travel is a freaking godsend. I spent about 3 hours walking around discovering new area and just kept going because I want to add everything to the map for later and for ease of fast travel.

The people I sell my shit to have been running out of caps to give me. ANNOYING. I'm trying to find the traveling merchant caravan just to offload some shit.

Wait a few game days and the peoples nottlecaps will replenish, I stockpile alot of stuff in my house and the go thru it later

[booster11373]

I'm a wasteland legend with very good karma and still get called a scumbag by 3 dog for the Tenpenny tower "incident"

[angrymissy]

Wait a few game days and the peoples nottlecaps will replenish, I stockpile alot of stuff in my house and the go thru it later

I heard there is a glitch where crap will disappear from the lockers in your house in Megaton, any truth to that?

[dryerdoor]

I heard there is a glitch where crap will disappear from the lockers in your house in Megaton, any truth to that?

I haven't had that to me (yet).

[booster11373]

I heard there is a glitch where crap will disappear from the lockers in your house in Megaton, any truth to that?

I havent had any problems so far, Ikm playing the PC version if that matters

Ive had some script glitches like characters answering the wrong question and some other minor things

[usoilworker]

I've played every game in the series so far. Wastelands - Fallout 2. You can still get wastelands in a compilation called The Ultimate RPG archive. If you can find it it has a great collection of older rpgs the three bards tales wastelands Several ultimas and a few other interplay titles. Well worth the 20 bucks i spent on it.havent got 3 yet but hope too soon

[TonyStark]

I havent had any problems so far, Ikm playing the PC version if that matters

Ive had some script glitches like characters answering the wrong question and some other minor things

I played a bunch over the weekend and didn't run into any glitches. I am amazed at the third person view though, I was expecting it to be way better....they look just a tad unnatural.

[dryerdoor]

I played a bunch over the weekend and didn't run into any glitches. I am amazed at the third person view though, I was expecting it to be way better....they look just a tad unnatural.

I think they used the same model that they did for Oblivion

[Chimee]

Yeah, the first/third-person views are exactly the same as they were in Oblivion.

And the glitch that I run into every once in a while is going along then jumping forward like I was online and my connection messed up for a second. It's kinda dizzying in a game that already gets me a little motion sick.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Once you leave vault 101 do you ever get a chance to raise your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats ever again?

[Chimee]

There's a perk that lets you add a point to one of them and I think there are other perks that have an effect on them and there are books that can raise those stats.

[DolaMight]

I love this game.

I never knew this Fallout series on PC but I played oblivion and became obsessed with it. I got to 95%, something came up and months passed before I could play it again. By then I was too into NHL08 and SKATE and COD4 that I never found the time to get back into it to finish it because when I went to play it I couldn't remember how to play it. Too many custom weapons, spells etc...

I got so many other games I want to play and so little time to play them but I don't even turn them on because I think about this game all day at work.... What can I do with that... I'll go there and talk to so and so ...

It's the only time other than Oblivion that I remember daydreaming about.

I loved Bioshock and Oblivion and now I got both in one.

And btw the graphics are as good as you're gonna get for this typa game. It's a different style but the detail and AI is very sharp. It may not look as good up front as a Assassin's creed but that's a compromise they made to produce the miles of draw distance.

[STC-Dub]

I seem to be doing something wrong, the only weapon I have ammo for is my sawed off shotgun and i have a ton of 5.5 mm rounds and no weapon in which to use them.

[Chimee]

you should invest in a minigun

[HBox]

It would be totally awesome if MY FUCKING GAME WOULD START FUCKING WORK FUCK FUCK COCK FUCK FUCK CUNT SHIT FUCK!

[booster11373]

It would be totally awesome if MY FUCKING GAME WOULD START FUCKING WORK FUCK FUCK COCK FUCK FUCK CUNT SHIT FUCK!

Try putting your setting to one level below what was recommended, I did this when the game refused to start for me after playing for about 10 hours, it launched fine and then I went and put everything back to the way it was and I havent had any problems since

[HBox]

Try putting your setting to one level below what was recommended, I did this when the game refused to start for me after playing for about 10 hours, it launched fine and then I went and put everything back to the way it was and I havent had any problems since

I tried that. I tried every fucking Nvidia driver they've released over the last 2 years. i tried shutting down every non-essential background function. I tried reinstalling the game. I tried contacting Bethesda for support two days ago and they still haven't gotten back to me.

I'm at the point where if Bethesda doesn't help me out today, I am demanding a refund from Steam tomorrow. Which will be a pain in my fucking ass since they say they don't offer refunds. I'm willing to go to a lawyer on the principle. I'm sick and tired of being sold non-functioning products.

[angrymissy]

If anyone got this far yet expalin to me how you did it

Tenpenny tower, I tried being diplomatic at first but I couldnt convince 2 out of the 5 residents to agree to let the ghouls move in, I just got annoyed and Killed Tenpenny and then the ghouls, what did you do?

I just did this quest last night. Some of the people I asked said they would move out of the tower instead or something, Tenpenny let the ghouls in and then later on ROY FUCKING KILLED HIM! I would have rather done it myself, I hear you get good karma for it anyway. Oh well, he was an asshole anyway, I just wanted to take his stuff.

Oh and I JUST FUCKING LOVE IT when you fast travel and spawn right in in the middle of 3 Talon corp people. It's just lovely :thumbdown:.

[dryerdoor]

Has anyone noticed a level cap yet? I know someone who hit 20, and heading to 21.

[angrymissy]

It's capped @ 20, you can't hit 21. I read they'll up it in upcoming DLC

[booster11373]

Oh and I JUST FUCKING LOVE IT when you fast travel and spawn right in in the middle of 3 Talon corp people. It's just lovely :thumbdown:.[/QUOTE]


This one of my disappoints about this so far.............spoiler tags on!

Talon Mercs, these bastards start following me and shooting when ever I fast travel, I kill them all, search them, find there is a contract out on my life for being to good a guy, So I stumble over Talons HQ, I kill everyone of the bastards and there boss search the whole place to find out who put the hit on me an nada kind of sucked I hope something opens up later to continue this

I was very satisfying to kill all these bastards in there own base, that and wiping out the slavers was great to

[booster11373]

It's capped @ 20, you can't hit 21. I read they'll up it in upcoming DLC

I'm at 19 now and on the way to 20 have to pick my last perk carefully

[booster11373]

Last thing anyone get in to the Citadel?

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Last thing anyone get in to the Citadel?

No!

and what kind of stats did you choose? I have no idea what to focus on because I don't even know what each thing does or how you level up... the STEAM copy of Fallout 3 evidently doesn't want to give me any kind of game manual.

[booster11373]

No!

and what kind of stats did you choose? I have no idea what to focus on because I don't even know what each thing does or how you level up... the STEAM copy of Fallout 3 evidently doesn't want to give me any kind of game manual.

Every level I concentrated on about 4 skills, I maily focused on, lockpicking, scince, medicine and small guns, all those are 85 or higher

[HBox]

No!

and what kind of stats did you choose? I have no idea what to focus on because I don't even know what each thing does or how you level up... the STEAM copy of Fallout 3 evidently doesn't want to give me any kind of game manual.

If you right click Fallout 3 in the My Games, one of the options in the pop up menu is a link to the manual.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Has anybody been able to hack Dad's computer during the sequences of your 18th year in Vault 101?

[CofyCrakCocaine]

And there is no link to the manual when I do that... but thanks... I guess it's my copy.

Edit: Nevermind, found it on a seperate webpage.

[booster11373]

You max out at level 20

I took "Explorer" as my last perk, all I can say is WOW

[angrymissy]

Vault 106 is trippy, I thought there was something wrong with my TV

[Chimee]

Is that the one where everything goes green and you start seeing ghost people?

[booster11373]

Missions Ive done so far, not in any order

Defuse the Atom bomb in Megaton

Wasteland survival guide

Big Trouble in Big Town

Canterbury Commons

Follow your Ftaher

Track the Android

Resuce the Kids of Little lamp light

Grayditch

Get the Keys

Tenpenny tower

Im sure I missed a few and those arent the proper names but......

[Chimee]

there is nothing more frustrating than wandering halfway across the wasteland only to get killed by some sneaky bear thing and load again at a random subway station.

[dryerdoor]

Is that the one where everything goes green and you start seeing ghost people?

No. I think that's 112. Has anyone gotten to Vault 86? There's a Vault that's littered with clones of this guy named Gary.

[dryerdoor]

there is nothing more frustrating than wandering halfway across the wasteland only to get killed by some sneaky bear thing and load again at a random subway station.

Animal Friend is the best. If you get that perk to level 2, they start attacking whatever is attacking you (i.e raiders, mercenaries, etc.).

[angrymissy]

there is nothing more frustrating than wandering halfway across the wasteland only to get killed by some sneaky bear thing and load again at a random subway station.

Yeah, that happened to me a billion times on my way to Rivet City. I kept frantically mashing B and getting killed before I could use a stimpak. Now I try to remember to save along the way.

Is there nothing more satisfying than destroying those fucking Talon assholes? I cheer every time their head blows clean off

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Yeah, that happened to me a billion times on my way to Rivet City. I kept frantically mashing B and getting killed before I could use a stimpak. Now I try to remember to save along the way.

Is there nothing more satisfying than destroying those fucking Talon assholes? I cheer every time their head blows clean off

I enjoy the bad guys that you like to kill. Look forward to finding them in the game.

[booster11373]

Yeah, that happened to me a billion times on my way to Rivet City. I kept frantically mashing B and getting killed before I could use a stimpak. Now I try to remember to save along the way.

Is there nothing more satisfying than destroying those fucking Talon assholes? I cheer every time their head blows clean off

Take a trip to Empire Falls go in un-invited

[booster11373]

Upon reflection I would suggest not taking the "explorer" perk when you get to level 20, It kind of takes the fun out of discovering and stumbling upon things in the game

[Chimee]

I really have to learn to save more often.

I fucked up on the "You Gotta Shoot 'Em In the Head" mission and killed Tenpenny and Mr. Crowley in an attempt to get the keys. Now it's telling me to go tell Crowley that Tenpenny is dead but Crowley is dead too and the last time I saved was 5 hours ago. I guess that mission will have to wait for another playthrough.

[Chimee]

I really think this game has taken over my mind when I play Call of Duty and I'm stopping at every box and file cabinet to see what's inside. Sadly, there never is anything for me to loot.

[KingGeno]

Fallout 3 ships 4.7 Million Copies across NA and UK (http://kotaku.com/5078237/fallout-3-moves-47-million-copies)

Wowzers! I need this game asap! I'm stuck playing Lost odyssey and Lego Indian Jones. I still haven't played Dead Space either..................Me and my stupid "play no mor ethan two games at a time" brain.

[angrymissy]

I really think this game has taken over my mind when I play Call of Duty and I'm stopping at every box and file cabinet to see what's inside. Sadly, there never is anything for me to loot.

Oh man, that irritates my husband to no end when we watches me play these types of games.

KEEP GOING! NO!!!!! NO DON'T CHECK THAT TOO!!! JUST LEAVE IT!!!! WHY MUST YOU CHECK EVERYTHING THIS IS BORING!

[Chimee]

I really have to learn to save more often.

I fucked up on the "You Gotta Shoot 'Em In the Head" mission and killed Tenpenny and Mr. Crowley in an attempt to get the keys. Now it's telling me to go tell Crowley that Tenpenny is dead but Crowley is dead too and the last time I saved was 5 hours ago. I guess that mission will have to wait for another playthrough.

Apparently the way to make this problem go away is to gather all the keys and go to Fort Constantine and get to the power armor at the end.

[angrymissy]

On the Declaration of Independence mission...

I teamed up with Sidney, went through killing Super Mutants and... I can't find her. No body, nothing saying she's dead, she is just missing. Is this normal??? It's driving me nuts

[dryerdoor]

On the Declaration of Independence mission...

I teamed up with Sidney, went through killing Super Mutants and... I can't find her. No body, nothing saying she's dead, she is just missing. Is this normal??? It's driving me nuts

Have you tried entering a building?

[angrymissy]

I've entered different parts of the building i'm currently in (zone change with loading screen), and she doesn't show up.

[dryerdoor]

I've entered different parts of the building i'm currently in (zone change with loading screen), and she doesn't show up.

That is really bizarre. The only other remedy i can think of is going from your last save.

[angrymissy]

That is really bizarre. The only other remedy i can think of is going from your last save.

I'm going to go back and see if I can find a body. I'm pretty sure the game tells you if someone dies though...

[Chimee]

I just finished the Nuka-Cola Challenge quest and I thought it was going to kill me. A little advice, save every single Nuka-Cola Quantum you find.

[angrymissy]

I just finished the Nuka-Cola Challenge quest and I thought it was going to kill me. A little advice, save every single Nuka-Cola Quantum you find.

Yeah, I didn't realize there was that quest and had been selling them all because you get a decent amount of caps for them. Screw it.

[angrymissy]

I finally found good old Sydney, looks like she tried running up some side stairs, got offed, and crumpled into a corner. Now I have her sweet custom machine gun. :smoke:

[aceofspades7]

i can't wait to play this game - ordered it yesterday

[Chimee]

I finally found good old Sydney, looks like she tried running up some side stairs, got offed, and crumpled into a corner. Now I have her sweet custom machine gun. :smoke:

I don't think she's supposed to live. I walk in the first room of the lower floor, kill a robot without a shot fired in my direction and she's laying dead in the corner. At least I get an SMG with a fancy name.

[booster11373]

I don't think she's supposed to live. I walk in the first room of the lower floor, kill a robot without a shot fired in my direction and she's laying dead in the corner. At least I get an SMG with a fancy name.

I brought her out of there alive and you can do one more thing with her after

[Chimee]

Then the ghoststs must have gotten her.

[HBox]

Bethesda released a patch yesterday and its a huge success. I can definitely play for a few more seconds before the game crashes. It's almost like they are becoming real programmers over there.

On a brighter note their tech support did contact me. I'm obviously still waiting for a solution but they seem to be trying to help.

[Chimee]

I have a solution.

Pick up a console version.

[Chimee]

Well, I finally beat it. It's games like this that makes me think that if I weren't so obsessive about things, I'd really be able to get some mileage out of these games.

[HBox]

I have a solution.

Pick up a console version.

Wonderful idea. I've already paid 50 bucks for a game that doesn't work, so I'll just pay this company 60 bucks more.

[Chimee]

sounds like a win/win to me

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Wonderful idea. I've already paid 50 bucks for a game that doesn't work, so I'll just pay this company 60 bucks more.

Just wait a year, you'll be able to buy it for 40 dollars used. or maybe not.

Anybody here have it for PS3 who would like to share it with H?

[dryerdoor]

I don't think she's supposed to live. I walk in the first room of the lower floor, kill a robot without a shot fired in my direction and she's laying dead in the corner. At least I get an SMG with a fancy name.

If she does live, she's in the Underworld/Ghoul Homespace, and she sells you ammo for a decent price.

[angrymissy]

The songs are starting to drive me (and Jeff) crazy. They get stuck in your head way too easily...

[booster11373]

Return to 101

after returning to 101 did anyone resolve the little civil war there differently?, I want to speak to the new Overseer but he would listen and I had to blow his head off, the people undertood this and called me a hero but ask me to never return, this work out different for anyone else?

[booster11373]

The songs are starting to drive me (and Jeff) crazy. They get stuck in your head way too easily...

Im a mighty man Im young and Im in my prime


Pete keeps chopping that meat,
that song comes off a bit risque for something from the 30/40/50's (not sure)

[Chimee]

Return to 101

after returning to 101 did anyone resolve the little civil war there differently?, I want to speak to the new Overseer but he would listen and I had to blow his head off, the people undertood this and called me a hero but ask me to never return, this work out different for anyone else?

I did a little of that Internet searching to find out that you can find evidence that the guards are going to raid the rebels and kill them. So I found the evidence and showed it to the Overseer who stepped down and made Amata the Overseer. Then I was asked to leave because some people still don't like me for trying to stay alive at the beginning of the game.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

This thread is thoroughly unreadable to the uninitiated like me.

[booster11373]

for those who have finished the main story

How much is left after you get to the citadel

[angrymissy]

Lincoln's Repeater = Awesome.

[Tall_James]

I want to pick up this game for my Xbox 360 but I'm worried that since I've never played Fallout 1 or 2 before I'll be completely lost.

Also, I've never played one of these games before (unless you count Half Life on the PC about a decade ago), is this something that I can pick up easily?

[dryerdoor]

for those who have finished the main story

How much is left after you get to the citadel

Was this after you got G.E.C.K?

Lincoln's Repeater = Awesome.

You can get a sweet amount of money and Karma if you help out the ex-slaves and sell it to the head ex-slave

[angrymissy]

You can get a sweet amount of money and Karma if you help out the ex-slaves and sell it to the head ex-slave

I sold it to the slaver at the Memorial, got my caps, then killed him and took it back. I'm gonna keep it for now because I can 1 headshot kill shitloads of stuff with it and caps aren't a problem for me right now. In relation to that slaver quest though, I'm supposed to meet the ex-slaves at the Memorial... but they haven't shown up, the quest arrow is stuck on the nearby Metro but goes away once I go inside, wtf?

[dryerdoor]

I sold it to the slaver at the Memorial, got my caps, then killed him and took it back. I'm gonna keep it for now because I can 1 headshot kill shitloads of stuff with it and caps aren't a problem for me right now. In relation to that slaver quest though, I'm supposed to meet the ex-slaves at the Memorial... but they haven't shown up, the quest arrow is stuck on the nearby Metro but goes away once I go inside, wtf?

I've had that happen, what I've done to complete it, is use the 'wait' function. Maybe like a good 10 hours of so.

[booster11373]

I sold it to the slaver at the Memorial, got my caps, then killed him and took it back. I'm gonna keep it for now because I can 1 headshot kill shitloads of stuff with it and caps aren't a problem for me right now. In relation to that slaver quest though, I'm supposed to meet the ex-slaves at the Memorial... but they haven't shown up, the quest arrow is stuck on the nearby Metro but goes away once I go inside, wtf?

Same thing happened to me, I went bact to Megaton, slept, sold stuff, and went back about 2 day later and they were there near the metro station

[STC-Dub]

I want to pick up this game for my Xbox 360 but I'm worried that since I've never played Fallout 1 or 2 before I'll be completely lost.

Also, I've never played one of these games before (unless you count Half Life on the PC about a decade ago), is this something that I can pick up easily?


There is a little bit of a learning curve but it is easier than your usual shooter. There are good explanations in game for your choices for your character and you can change the difficulty at any time if things get too tough. You will not have any problems.

[Tall_James]

Thanks buddy - I appreciate the info.

[Patient zer0]

I haven't played 1 and 2 am I going to be lost when I play 3?
I just picked it up this morning to rent from blockbuster

[angrymissy]

I haven't played 1 and 2 am I going to be lost when I play 3?
I just picked it up this morning to rent from blockbuster

You don't need to play 1 or 2 to play 3. You are going to want to buy it. I didn't get it from Gamefly so I picked it up at Blockbuster. I almost never buy games since I use Gamefly, but went out and paid full retail for this.

[Patient zer0]

nice! im looking for a game I can really get into.I bought cod5 played for 15 mins and had to run out. I haven't played ne thing since. I love my shooters but am quickly growing tired of them and the redundency.

im contemplating WOW but I don't know about that..

how is fallout 3 setup? is it like levels stages and chapters and once its done the game is over?

or is it a rpg where u can play the game for months?

[CofyCrakCocaine]

nice! im looking for a game I can really get into.I bought cod5 played for 15 mins and had to run out. I haven't played ne thing since. I love my shooters but am quickly growing tired of them and the redundency.

im contemplating WOW but I don't know about that..

how is fallout 3 setup? is it like levels stages and chapters and once its done the game is over?

or is it a rpg where u can play the game for months?

The main storyline is actually pretty short and once you finish the final storyline mission the game ends, but there's hundreds of hours of side quests you can do at any pace you like. If you ever played Morrowind or Oblivion, it's basically like that... enormous expansive environments that take a looooong time to fully explore.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Incidentally I've been playing Mass Effect and haven't really started playing Fallout 3 yet. I keep going back to the point where you can adjust your TAG and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. skills... I can't decide what I want to stay with.

I think I'm gonna try to get Intelligence and Agility to level 9 and perception to level 6/7. I know I'm gonna want to use bullets, hack terminals, and pick locks. Also the 18 skill points each level up is pretty nice.

What did other people's initial configurations look like?

[booster11373]

I highly recommend finding the alien blaster pistol

[HBox]

I finally decided to do something I didn't want to do: I installed Fallout 3 on my laptop. I don't have much HD space on it so I will have to delete it as soon as I am finished and waste one of the few installs Securom allows me. But, despite having a slower processor, slower video card and running Vista my laptop runs Fallout 3 fine. I can walk two steps in the wasteland without the game crashing. Unfortunately the setting are really dialed down so it doesn't look nearly as beautiful as it did the little time I had it running on my regular system. But in a couple days I have already progressed farther than I did in two weeks before. It's great, but nowhere near worth the aggravation I went through.

[STC-Dub]

I quit playing Fallout to go get some food. I tune my radio to a station that has the football game on, What do I hear? The music that plays in the game under the "President" when he talks on the radio. Very surreal, though it was a commercial for a sewer service company which was sort of funny. Or perhaps not.

[dryerdoor]

I hope they release DLC for this soon.

[HBox]

I finished this tonight. it was really an incredible game. The world is so immersive and addictive. I wish I could have enjoyed this earlier and on my regular computer. This was unquestionably my worst experience in trying to get a game to run. That still really tainted everything. But still its an incredible game when it works.

A couple things bugged me about the ending:

First of all it was very brief. Nothing about any of the characters I met, the places I went to, the things I did other than the Lincoln Memorial? Really?

Oh yeah, and it's really fucking cheap to have Fawkes standing right next to you to the end and have him refuse to turn on the purifier for the most irrelevant of reasons. Again, really? I can send Lyons in to her death but I can't send Fawkes in and have no one die? Very stupid and cheap.

[Gunner S]

it was kind of short

[STC-Dub]

Short? It too me 57+ hours and I did not even do all of the quests or visit all the locations.

[STC-Dub]

The ending was a little annoying.

The story is pretty much the same if you go in and do not put in the code, put in the code and die or let what's her name do it. Fawkes could do it an not die but won't? Really? Why if you let whats her name do it can you not continue the game? Plus, I never had a dog so why am a walking away with a dog? That said, I want to go back and keep the virus and see what happens at the end.

[HBox]

The ending was a little annoying.

The story is pretty much the same if you go in and do not put in the code, put in the code and die or let what's her name do it. Fawkes could do it an not die but won't? Really? Why if you let whats her name do it can you not continue the game? Plus, I never had a dog so why am a walking away with a dog? That said, I want to go back and keep the virus and see what happens at the end.

The dog is Dogmeat. He's an available character in the game. I didn't get him but he's located somewhere near Minefield. Dogmeat was in Fallout 1 and 2. I don't know he shows up in all endings even if you don't get him.

[dryerdoor]

Might have spoilers:

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But it's still humorous.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I've finally got around to honestly playing this game (more free time nowadays woo hoo :thumbdown:) and just got to Arefu. I wonder if anyone else here noticed that the sheriff of Arefu Evan King was modeled exactly after Anthony Cumia?

[Chimee]

According to some random caller, Ron and Fez were thanked in the strategy guide, so maybe someone associated with the game could be a fan of the channel.

[TooLowBrow]

According to some random caller, Ron and Fez were thanked in the strategy guide, so maybe someone associated with the game could be a fan of the channel.

also, the actual writer of the strategy guide called in and said hes a big fan. he said he write a bunch of these guides, i think he mentioned mariokart in specific.

[marky2bucks]

I just picked this up too. It's different, but interesting. I don't like that I have to haul all this stuff around. Do you get a house or something to store all your extra guns/supplies/etc?

[STC-Dub]

You can get a house in Megatron by doing something for the town.

[Knowledged_one]

How do you beat the oasis mission i cant get to the high ledge in the cave

[HBox]

How do you beat the oasis mission i cant get to the high ledge in the cave

That is where you will come out at the end. To get in you have to swim through an opening underwater.

[Chimee]

I guess I'll give this another playthrough using a different style. It's going to be frustrating after I played through as a good guy and then hit level 20 as evil. Now I have to balance it out so I don't have to do the bad guy all the way through and try to make up for my evil ways before level 20.

[angrymissy]

I guess I'll give this another playthrough using a different style. It's going to be frustrating after I played through as a good guy and then hit level 20 as evil. Now I have to balance it out so I don't have to do the bad guy all the way through and try to make up for my evil ways before level 20.

Just give the guy outside of Megaton or Rivet City a crapload of purified waters before you hit 20, and you'll get back up to Good status. How did you get Evil by 20? The Tranquility Lane part?

[Chimee]

I slaughtered everyone because I figured they could just be reinserted into the program and no harm would be done.

[brilthorladros]

Completely off the chain! I couldn't agree more. I love it.

[Knowledged_one]

That is where you will come out at the end. To get in you have to swim through an opening underwater.

thanks what i was missing was talking to the living tree im also on my 2nd playthrough this time as neutral

[booster11373]

not 1 DLC confirmed but 3

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/937/937202p1.html

[angrymissy]

not 1 DLC confirmed but 3

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/937/937202p1.html

YESSSSSS, next month!

[STC-Dub]

Nice!

[Morningkill]

not 1 DLC confirmed but 3

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/937/937202p1.html

Sweeeeeet, cannot goddamn wait.

[Grizzlebee]

I just got this on sale at Best Buy for PC. I love it.

[Mullenax]

Fallout 3 is my other boyfriend, and Dogmeat is my other dog. Game fucking rules.

[Grizzlebee]

I passed it over to my dad tonight to see if he would like to play it. He's up late tonight playing it. The family that plays together...

[JustJon]

I caved yesterday and bought it. I got thru the vault and am clearing out the Elementary school.

[Reynolds]

The end of this game pissed me off so much, I'm on to Fable 2 now.

[booster11373]

Im still waiting for Operation Anchorage

[Chimee]

Unless I'm dreaming of release dates, it's coming out next week.

[booster11373]

Unless I'm dreaming of release dates, it's coming out next week.

I can wait what is your source:smile:

[PanterA]

there should be 1 DLC a month for the next 3 months, with the final DLC allowing you to go past level 20. Which is the one I'm seriously waiting for.

I refuse to continue playing the game without being able to level up. So I quit playing until I'm allowed to level past 20.

I actually started over with a bad karma character. :devil2:

I still havent beaten the game.

[booster11373]

there should be 1 DLC a month for the next 3 months, with the final DLC allowing you to go past level 20. Which is the one I'm seriously waiting for.

I refuse to continue playing the game without being able to level up. So I quit playing until I'm allowed to level past 20.

I actually started over with a bad karma character. :devil2:

I still havent beaten the game.

I only ask because there is no mention of any DLC on the official Fallout page

at least that I can find

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/home/home.php?fbid=naNW0XZCMs1

[TooLowBrow]

I only ask because there is no mention of any DLC on the official Fallout page

at least that I can find

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/home/home.php?fbid=naNW0XZCMs1

Operation: Anchorage, it's the first of three pieces of DLC planned for the title. It'll offer new quests, items, and content for the title, and can be yours for 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80) come its release on January 27.

Here's the official description of the three pieces of DLC.:

Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe - the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. An action-packed battle scheduled for release in January.
The Pitt. Journey to the industrial raider town called The Pitt, located in the remains of Pittsburgh. Choose your side. Scheduled for release in February.
Broken Steel. Join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave remnants once and for all. Continues the adventure past the main quest. Scheduled for release in March.

[booster11373]

Operation: Anchorage, it's the first of three pieces of DLC planned for the title. It'll offer new quests, items, and content for the title, and can be yours for 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80) come its release on January 27.

.

I'm aware of the premise and specs but there is no release date mentioned specifically sometime next week as mentioned above

was the date of the 27 th on the site?

[TooLowBrow]

I'm aware of the premise and specs but there is no release date mentioned specifically sometime next week as mentioned above

was the date of the 27 th on the site?

this is as close as the get on the official site

Bethesda Softworks Announces Creation Kit and
First Downloadable Content for Fallout 3

Editor to be Available in December; Downloadable Content coming for January, February, and March

November 25, 2008 (ROCKVILLE, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, today announced plans to make both its editor and downloadable content available for its award-winning game, Fallout® 3 in the coming weeks. The official editor for Fallout 3, called the G.E.C.K. (Garden of Eden Creation Kit), will be available for free download in December and will allow Games for Windows® users to create and add their own content to the game. In addition, the first official downloadable content, Operation: Anchorage, will be available exclusively for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows® in January, and more downloadable content coming in February and March.

"We've always seen the original world of Fallout 3 as a foundation for even more content. Some created by us, and a lot more created by users," said Todd Howard, game director for Fallout 3. "It's fun to create your own character, but it can be equally fun to create your own adventures. We can't wait to see what the community does with the G.E.C.K."

The release of the G.E.C.K. provides the community with tools that will allow players to expand the game any way they wish. Users can create, modify, and edit any data for use with Fallout 3, from building landscapes, towns, and locations to writing dialogue, creating characters, weapons, creatures, and more.

Three downloadable content packs will be coming to Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live starting in January that will add new quests, items, and content to Fallout 3.

* Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe – the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. An action-packed battle scheduled for release in January.
* The Pitt. Journey to the industrial raider town called The Pitt, located in the remains of Pittsburgh. Choose your side. Scheduled for release in February.
* Broken Steel. Join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave remnants once and for all. Continues the adventure past the main quest. Scheduled for release in March.

[Grizzlebee]

When I found out the main quest was short, and the level cap is 20, I started taking my time with this, as well as side quests.

[TonyStark]

Im still waiting for Operation Anchorage

I gotta get through this game in order to be able to move on to this when I finish the whole game.

[angrymissy]

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802425307d5/?of=3

DLC is out today!

[booster11373]

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802425307d5/?of=3

DLC is out today!

where oh where can i get the PC version of this

[booster11373]

Fuck The Following

Microsoft Live

Microsoft Marketplace

Having To Buy Points And Then In Order To Get Video Game Content Having To Spend Said Points At A Zune Site

[JustJon]

I hate Super Mutant Brutes. That is all.

[booster11373]

so after much hoop jumping I believe I have the OP Anc

so now where is the damn simulator? so that I can play it

[Chimee]

I plan to start the game again today and get to this when I get to it.

[Chimee]

I have no idea what just happened in my game. I start playing from the beginning and get to the part where I have to go to the supermarket where, as I approach, there is a green explosion over the building and the ground is littered with Alien ammo. As I round the corner a raider turns and kills me with one shot (I had full health). I reload and approach again, this time there are a lot of raiders in the parking lot and when I kill them all, the little kid from Greyditch appears out of nowhere and asks for help.

[TooLowBrow]

I have no idea what just happened in my game. I start playing from the beginning and get to the part where I have to go to the supermarket where, as I approach, there is a green explosion over the building and the ground is littered with Alien ammo. As I round the corner a raider turns and kills me with one shot (I had full health). I reload and approach again, this time there are a lot of raiders in the parking lot and when I kill them all, the little kid from Greyditch appears out of nowhere and asks for help.
Firelance

Description: A variant version of the Alien Blaster that has been slightly modified to not only erase enemies like an alien blaster, but anything that survives a shot will be on fire. Hey, it also counts as a flame weapon, including bonus damage for you pyromaniacs!
Damage: 100
Weight: 2
Value:
Ammo: Alien Power Cells
Clip Size: 10
Effect: -2hp/5 seconds
Location: Random appearance, random location: You will hear a missile. If you look up you will see an explosion in midair, there will be a second green explosion as well. Then the Firelance and several alien power cells will fall to the ground. It always occurs at a random marked location.

[angrymissy]

Yeah the alien crash/firelance weapon is a random occurrence, sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. Did you get the firelance??

[CofyCrakCocaine]

SO....

what's the DLC?

Just the modded alien blaster?

[Chimee]

Yeah the alien crash/firelance weapon is a random occurrence, sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. Did you get the firelance??

One of the raiders must've picked it up because some fiery thing killed me with one hit and it wasn't there the when I tried again.

That's just my luck that the most powerful weapon in the game falls out of the sky and kills me.

[angrymissy]

SO....

what's the DLC?

Just the modded alien blaster?

DLC is the Battle of Anchorage, new gameplay/quests

[MIKEYDAKEN]

has anyone seen random flying ships the first one i saw was when i went to rockakalips or however its spelled just wondering if i'm the only one who seen them

[TooLowBrow]

has anyone seen random flying ships the first one i saw was when i went to rockakalips or however its spelled just wondering if i'm the only one who seen them

http://estb.msn.com/i/BF/5DB8F494A798D1144F3EAD63BBB45.jpg
???

[booster11373]

OP ANC

is impossible to get to play on PC save your money and wait for a disc to come out

[MIKEYDAKEN]

http://estb.msn.com/i/BF/5DB8F494A798D1144F3EAD63BBB45.jpg
???

yeah thats it i keep seeing it over head randomly

[Chimee]

It's an Enclave plane-type thing. You'll see a lot of them around the end of the game.

[MIKEYDAKEN]

It's an Enclave plane-type thing. You'll see a lot of them around the end of the game.

thanks for that i thought i might be imagining them

[Mullenax]

thanks for that i thought i might be imagining them

they unload Enclave soldiers on you if you're lucky, if you can hear them, get ready.

[angrymissy]

I like the DLC storyline, but it's WAY too easy and linear. I don't like have they've made it so you can just automatically refill health and ALL ammo, you don't get to loot bodies or rooms anymore (I get it, its supposed to be simulation, but cmon), and it's kind of meh. Hope the new one is more of a continuation of the story.

[Mullenax]

No updates for PS3 ever?

[TonyStark]

I'm considering double dipping and getting the PC version so that I can install some of the mods because I've heard they are awesome.

Any of you put any of them in yet?

[Kilgores Feet]

I'm considering double dipping and getting the PC version so that I can install some of the mods because I've heard they are awesome.

Any of you put any of them in yet?

Penny-Arcade had a good list of them in their fallout thread.
Obviously, the ability to have sex with Moria or Roy's gal is a must-have but there are a lot of small tweaks people did - like not being able to use fast travel or using custom-weapon parts to repair custom-weapons. And I think there are some weapons that are bugged in that they can't be repaired. Unfortunately PA is suffering from intense database errors and I can't grab The Good List.

[booster11373]

The Pitt was released at midnight for PC and X-box

[angrymissy]

Just read on the Fallout 3 facebook feed that they are pulling it from live due to major glitches.

[booster11373]

Just read on the Fallout 3 facebook feed that they are pulling it from live due to major glitches.

I hope one of those glitches is the incredible shortness of the thing, takes about an hour to do the new story maybe an hour and a half

story is better the OA but it seems shorter way shorter

you can come and go from the Pitt but there really doesnt seem to be any reason to once you do the new story

the new gear is sort of lacking

in OA the Stealth armor and Gauss gun changed the way I played thats not going to happen with this stuff

overall it is OK but 10 bucks is a bit steep for maybe 2 hours playtime

[STC-Dub]

Well now at least I know there is something coming. I need to finish my GTA DLC first I suppose. I bought it played it for a week and keep going to other stuff for some reason.

[MIKEYDAKEN]

i just got done with the first dlc and i was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question did anyone else get attacked by the outcasts as you were getting your rewards for completing the vr mission? they all went nuts and killed the chick in the robe

[JustJon]

i just got done with the first dlc and i was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question did anyone else get attacked by the outcasts as you were getting your rewards for completing the vr mission? they all went nuts and killed the chick in the robe

Yes.

[MIKEYDAKEN]

thank you

[angrymissy]

i just got done with the first dlc and i was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question did anyone else get attacked by the outcasts as you were getting your rewards for completing the vr mission? they all went nuts and killed the chick in the robe

Yes, and you can kill them all and save her

[booster11373]

i just got done with the first dlc and i was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question did anyone else get attacked by the outcasts as you were getting your rewards for completing the vr mission? they all went nuts and killed the chick in the robe

Once you finish the sim and open the vault walk in, and the go and shawdow the Outcast who escorted you, you will hear a conversation that makes the shoot out make sence

[MIKEYDAKEN]

thanks everyone went back to a previous save got the whole story of whats going on and was able to pull off the weapons glitch the 2nd time through so it was worth going back.

[STC-Dub]

Now that makes sense, thought I had done something wrong.

[MIKEYDAKEN]

fuckin love the new weapons. a silenced AR/w a scope best gun ever. anyone get the manopener yet?

[booster11373]

fuckin love the new weapons. a silenced AR/w a scope best gun ever. anyone get the manopener yet?

I wasnt that impressed

[STC-Dub]

Bought it and downloaded, now I need to find the time to play...

[angrymissy]

I liked it until after I got into the slave camp and was sent off on a mission, and saved, and then tried to load the save, and now every time I try to load a save, my xbox freezes and crashes. And I DL'ed it after they supposedly fixed all the glitches.

[booster11373]

fuckin love the new weapons. a silenced AR/w a scope best gun ever. anyone get the manopener yet?

I wasnt that impressed

I will adjust my opinion on this slightly some of the items you get from the collection quest are OK if you get them when you are a mid level character

[SeventySix]

I cheated my ass off with the Pc version so now I'm just a juggernaught and I kinda wish I hadn't done that. Not as exciting when everything blows up in 1 or 2 shots....ah well :)

[Doogie]

I havent been on my XBox in about a week, turned it on to watch some netflix and saw something about a new add on for Fallout 3. You will continue the story after the final chapter and decide the fate of the wasteland once and for all. Very very excited about this!!

Apparently the new add-on will bring harder enemies, new weapons (including some new type of bad ass flamethrower) and the ability to level all the way up to 30, as opposed to level 20. I have to admit I am very much looking forward to this...Coming May 5, 2009.


Story Here (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Broken_Steel)

[styckx]

Will never buy another product from this company. I bought this game for PC when it was released. Logged about 30hrs of gameplay into it. Then I ran into a huge AI bug where a new mission was supposed to be triggered by one of the AI people. Instead the game would lock up everytime I approached this person. I couldn't walk, bring up pip boy or anything. All I could do was just look around with the mouse. After filtering through the help forums over there for a week I was basically told this is a known issue w/ no fix and was suggest to start over.

I haven't touched this game since. I read over there occasionally and see the game is still a POS riddled w/ bugs, storylines freezing up and generally being unplayable.

[TjM]

Will never buy another product from this company. I bought this game for PC when it was released. Logged about 30hrs of gameplay into it. Then I ran into a huge AI bug where a new mission was supposed to be triggered by one of the AI people. Instead the game would lock up everytime I approached this person. I couldn't walk, bring up pip boy or anything. All I could do was just look around with the mouse. After filtering through the help forums over there for a week I was basically told this is a known issue w/ no fix and was suggest to start over.

I haven't touched this game since. I read over there occasionally and see the game is still a POS riddled w/ bugs, storylines freezing up and generally being unplayable.

Yeah I stopped playing after the random crashes got out of hand

[Chimee]

I've played hours upon hours on my Xbox 360 and never had anything close to a problem.

[JustJon]

Playing on the 360, I was in the tunnels saving the scientists and one of them walked between myself and the underground zombie guys (blanking on what they are called) in the room with the automated guns that help you. He turned red on the radar and I didn't think much of it. Right after that, you walk outside to the Knights headquarters.

Since the Knights see the guy marked red, they mark me as an enemy and they shoot me. Without going thru the list of different things I tried to get past that point, ultimately, the game would have to be restarted if I wanted to play thru to the end.

[STC-Dub]

Wow. I had a couple of problems but nothing that could not be solved by going back to an old saved game. Having started out on computer games I guess I have grown accustom to occasionally having to redo some stuff in games.

[angrymissy]

The Pitt DLC totally fucked my last 2 save files, meaning I'm going to have to redo a lot of shit to get back to the end. Luckily, I save a lot and had a file about 2 hours before the ending.

Broken Steel is out today, hopefully A WORKING UNGLITCHED COPY, unlike The Pitt DLC that fucked my game.

I really want to D/L it today, but am wary after what happened w/ the pitt

[booster11373]

The Pitt DLC totally fucked my last 2 save files, meaning I'm going to have to redo a lot of shit to get back to the end. Luckily, I save a lot and had a file about 2 hours before the ending.

Broken Steel is out today, hopefully A WORKING UNGLITCHED COPY, unlike The Pitt DLC that fucked my game.

I really want to D/L it today, but am wary after what happened w/ the pitt

The PC version is the completly fucked up version this time, all ready pulled from Games for Windows Live

[angrymissy]

The PC version is the completly fucked up version this time, all ready pulled from Games for Windows Live

Then I'm def waiting at least a day or two to D/L. The Pitt REALLY pissed me off.

[Doogie]

The Pitt DLC totally fucked my last 2 save files, meaning I'm going to have to redo a lot of shit to get back to the end. Luckily, I save a lot and had a file about 2 hours before the ending.

Broken Steel is out today, hopefully A WORKING UNGLITCHED COPY, unlike The Pitt DLC that fucked my game.

I really want to D/L it today, but am wary after what happened w/ the pitt

Well wait a day...I have DL it today. It keeps locking up on me at one spot. I am fucking pissed right now. Have tried it like three times. Wait the day or so. I should have of known better.

WHY THE FUCK DO THEY RELEASE THESE ADDITIONS KNOWING THEY HAVE BUGS!?!?!?!?!?!?