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Yeah i got Fallout when it came out and i enjoyed after awhile but being broke non stop and not being able to keep my weapons in use ( the radiation will destroy your weapons after a while) lol in megaton I shot the 2 headed cow in the town and the people didnt like it too much they kicked me out.
I played it briefly and created a Michael Jackson monstrosity who reeked absolute havoc in Vault 101 and on several rabid dogs shortly after leaving said Vault.
The most annoying thing for me is the lack of a real limit to carry weight. Sure I move slowly and cannot jump around, however I can still walk away from a mission with 400 - 500 weight of items when my capacity is more like 150. Other than that this game so far is pretty remarkable as being a good addition to the Fallout Franchise, I was a little surprised however to notice the following though:
(SPOILER)Even though Fallout has always been 18 rated and very open about sex, more particulary prostitution and lesbian sexuality when you rent a room from Moriarty at Megaton prior to getting the free house for the deactivating the nuke mission (I haven't tried to rig it for the other side of the mission, I'm deciding to play nice, also megaton is useful to me for trading ect) to sleep in and Nova follows you up there is no conversation or even sound effect/notification to let the player know whether or not their character did have sex. This seems a little too Oblivionesque to me with it's safe for younger players environment but Fallout normally would openly allow you to hire a prostitute and use her with some kind of confirmation ect. I just didn't expect there to be nothing mentioned other than a fully clothed Nova sleeping on the bed whilst you're in the room also if you speak to her she leaves.
Yeah, that spoiler surprised me too. Kinda pissed me off the first time 'cause I spoke to her first and wasted my money
The only reason it's in a spoiler tag is it involves some of the minor plot elements to do with early quests and not everyone has this game or has had chance to play it. But yeah I am for the most part finding Fallout 3 a lot tamer than the other Fallout games have been. I'm not saying I'm disappointed in it for this it's an observation of it sure theres the gore but there isn't some of the minor things I'd expect from Fallout.
I assume you typo'd the word shame here, I found that part of the game incessantly annoying. On my first character, when it went down I was ready with my assault rifle in hand and immediately when I saw the gun pulled up VATS and blew the guys head off. Unfortunately this didn't stop me from being set upon by all the people in Megaton including Simms! :lol: However I'd made a few mistakes on that characters development in any situation and so started up a second char and deleted the first one. Well theres a way to avoid the scene altogether however it does mean letting the guy get away with what he tries somewhat, if you never mention the other plot to Simms then Simms will never act, then when you've got a lot more sneak and steal skill you can go to the other guy and stuff a grenade in his pocket and stand back and watch. If you remain undetected I imagine you'd get bad karma but not set upon. Basically the game makes you choose what Simms does and the effect of that action. Being Simms is a pretty good but tough guy if you mention anything to him he will act on it, sometimes it's better for people not to know of the bad things that goes on under their noses.Quote:
Same what happened to the Sherrif though. I reloaded my nearest save to that point, but he didn't change anything. Oh well, at least his kid gave me a house.
I'm having such a hard time enjoying this game. I loved the originals and want to like this too, it's just not happening. Something about it just bores me to death.
Leaving the vault and turning on the Enclave radio was really cool though. Listening to 'America the Beautiful' while walking through a bleak, deserted wasteland was an excellent start to the adventure. Shame it all went downhill from then on.
I agree. I played Fallout Brotherhood of Steel, and that game was fun and had missions and lots of places to goto. In this game there is a lot to do, but to me there wasn't that many missions to do... or maybe I missed some? I ended up beating the game and didn't like the ending despite it being short. IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jings
Sooooo many missions/places to explore in this game. I think you're just not looking hard enough lolQuote:
Originally Posted by nonameI agree. I played Fallout Brotherhood of Steel, and that game was fun and had missions and lots of places to goto. In this game there is a lot to do, but to me there wasn't that many missions to do... or maybe I missed some? I ended up beating the game and didn't like the ending despite it being short. IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jings
^ Yeah. There's plenty of missions.
I picked up Fallout 3 yesterday (because Christmas is always about buying presents for yourself) and I've put in around 3 or so hours. I'm with Noctiluca with this one. I can appreciate the game and can see why its so highly rated but I've found myself being bored half the time while playing. Wandering the wasteland is incredibly dull. The combat is boring both as an RPG and a FPS. And its also the same enemies types over and over again.
The VATS system is also just stupid by design. Why are you given the option to target all parts of someones body if it is always most effective to shoot for the head. Although its always satisfying to watch peoples limbs fly off left and right.
Again. I've only played a couple of hours so maybe I just haven't seen what this game really has to offer but so far the only interesting thing that has happened was me doing in Butches mum. That's what she deserves for raising such a bastard child.
I haven't played yet, but in the old one, the head wasn't always the easiest to hit, nor the most effective spot. If you have a 0% chance of hitting the head you just have to go for the next best thing. Plus, if you're against some bad MF who barely gets scratched from your head shots who can move ridiculously fast, or has some ridiculous weapon, you might be better off taking out his legs or arms. Early in the game it might not matter, but at some point tactics might become more important.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreddz
Like I said, haven't played yet, but I'm really excited to. I asked for it for Christmas, won't be able to play it until I go back to Allie's but I expect to put some good time into it.
I can't stop playing this game. I'm going in to Oblivion after.
Dreddz I'm just going to say, Super Mutants. These bad ass mofo's are the bane of the "I'll just shoot him in the face 3 times for the win!" routine. They're surprising, some will be good shots or just have some ridiculous big weapon which makes little to no difference as to if it hits you or not, this includes rocket launchers. a close proximity blast will hurt lots as well as a direct hit. Let one close to close combat and well, it's pretty much over, taking legs off or arms off often provides you with a good chance to actually win toe to toe but otherwise you use sniper rifles and mines usually or your own ridiculously big gun. Also I've heard that the higher difficulties are a lot harder in comparison. The other thing to note is are you a stealther? If you are then sure a critical hit to the head is good however what if the range is long and you're using say for example a 10mm pistol? you need to aim for the chest to get the kill still and yes, 1 bullet stealth vats shot to chest can kill. Plus Vats is taking it's cue from the old action point/turn based combat of Fallout 1 - 2.5
But the percentage for hitting someones head is usually not far off the percentage for the leg. I have yet to run from a fight because Fallout 3 is so damn easy (it has to be said) although I would understand if you could slow them down by shooting for the legs. I'd also imagine shooting the arms would make them drop their weapon.
Half of my stats haven't risen at all and I think the stealth one is one of them. I've only ever found need to raise my Lockpicking and Hacking stats as they seem the most useful.
Try fighting Deathclaws, those you definitely need to cripple one of their legs if you wish to survive. Those things are so nasty, I'd rather fight a Super Mutant Behemoth.