FALLOUT 3

[LordSappington]

Spoilers!

I just finished it, and the ending made me want to cry. I mean, everybody freakin' loved me; I saved a bunch of slave children, disarmed a NUKE, and stormed a facility with a giant, hilariously anti-commie robot, then to die in one of the most straightforward ways possibly?! Also, yeah, Fawkes WAS a dick like that. who are the other people that I can tag along with, and where are they? I have Fawkes and Dogmeat; I just keep Dogmeat at the Vault, because he's too awesome to die. Which he does. Very quickly.

[DevilWearsPrada]

This game's entertainment value goes up when you think of some of the quests as some kind of weird future allegory of american history.

Spoilers!

Like when you help the 'union' (including hannibal hamlin) free the southeastern part of the map from slavers. Except you have high tech armor and there are lasers. And when the 'railroad' employs you to free a slave. and he's an android. Or when you have to get the declaration of independence. From a robot. With a powdered wig. Even better you can program a backup protectron with thomas jeferson's personality, although all robojefferson does is blare GNR radio really loud and wander around.

The wig you can get from that quest is great. I like to wear it with tenpenny's suit because it makes me look like george washington.

[Fathom Zero]

I wear it with the Ghoul Mask.

[executioneer]

i'd wear it with the naughty nightwear so i'd get +20 to speech

[LordSappington]

I have my shady hat from the Survival Guide quest, and a Tesla power armor. Fairly epic, I like to think.
Also, it pisses me off how expensive it is to fix my broken plasma rifle. 1900 caps?!

[pac-man]

I've avoided this thread like the plague (had to wait for Xmas for the game). No need for me to say how great this game is. Pretty much everything that can be said has been said, but fuck it, here's my take:

The bad:
Topping out at lvl 20
Graphical glitches
Not enough songs/banter on GNR
Short main quest (though I figured that out by the day after Xmas and left that shit alone till tonight)

The good:
Atmosphere (I especially loved the little stories that bodies, items, and buildings sometimes told)
Voice overs
VATS combat
It felt like a Fallout game more than an Elder Scrolls game. I enjoy both, but I was worried about the reverse being true.

The great:
This game is fucking enthralling like few I've ever played. Despite glitches, too few enemy types, and a bunch of other legitimate problems, the game never ceases to be fun and challenging.

They need to hurry up and release the DLC for this mofo.

[OxBlood]

Originally Posted by LordSappington

I have my shady hat from the Survival Guide quest, and a Tesla power armor. Fairly epic, I like to think.
Also, it pisses me off how expensive it is to fix my broken plasma rifle. 1900 caps?!

Just get MORE Plasma Rifles and repair it with them. Also, get the unique Plasma Rifle, it rocks

[executioneer]

or you could try using other weapons once in a while, using a plasma rifle to kill giant ants or molerats is a bit wasteful

[Dr. Boogie]

Small guns is best. Lincoln's Repeater got me out of every trouble situation.

[LordSappington]

Originally Posted by executioneer

or you could try using other weapons once in a while, using a plasma rifle to kill giant ants or molerats is a bit wasteful

I'd been stockpiling ammo of every type the whole game; it doesn't weigh you down, so I'd take ammo every time I saw it. By the time I got my plasma rifle, I had a good 800 rounds or so for it.
Also, in my haste, I only grabbed one.
Where can I get Lincoln's repeater, and the unique plasma gun?

[executioneer]

unique plasma gun is gotten from helping the android, find out more about it in the science lab in rivet city

no idea about lincoln's repeater as i haven't found it yet, my guess is in a monument or museum of history of some sort

[Dr. Boogie]

But don't just fork over the component that nosy chick gives you. Do that, and you get jack. Not the unique ripper, "Jack", I mean nothing.

Lincoln's repeater is in the Museum of History in the offices, along with a bunch of other Lincoln memorabilia you can sell to the museum curator in Rivet City, or the leader of the escaped slaves in the Temple of the Union. It's in a special display case. I think it's the only unique weapon that has a different model, and a unique Vault Boy icon.

[executioneer]

and different ammo!

[OxBlood]

Also: If you get the rifle from the android, go and rat him out to Zimmer to get the wired reflexes perk. Then proceed to kill Zimmer and his Bodyguard before they reach the android (Karma gain will be 0. +200 for helping the android, -200 for ratting him out).

Lincoln´s Repeater uses Magnum Ammo if I´m not mistaken. But I actually prefer Ol´painless. Weaker but far more Ammo for free (since it´s just the unique Hunting Rifle)

[Dr. Boogie]

I keep em both around. Ol Painless for walking around, the repeater for tough spots. High damage and zero spread, that's a keeper.

If it used .32 rounds, I wouldn't use anything else.

[LordSappington]

Dammit, I forked over the part because I didn't know about the surgeon guy, and I didn't want to fail the android and lose karma. Time to restart again.
I wish Fallout had a feature where you could restart the game, but your character keeps its stats and inventory.

[Dimnos]

Originally Posted by OxBlood

Also, get the unique Plasma Rifle, it rocks

That is the best weapon! I got it early and have just been using it. I also picked up that slave girl you can buy in Paradise Falls. Give her some Merc armor a .44 and you wont even have to pull out your gun unless you are getting swarmed. She guns raiders down faster than I can pull out my rifle.

[Dimnos]

Has anyone done Bannon's request? Its not an actual quest but if you go to Rivet City and talk to Bannon he tells you he would appreciate it if "someone" would "find" something incriminating in some guy whos name I dont remember right now. Has anyone successfully done this? I have been in the guys room and taken everything I could carry back to Bannon. I have gone back and done it where I leave everything in there but make sure to look at everything. I have even hacked the guys computer but I havent found anything. I thought maybe I should plant something in his room then tell Bannon? What would I plant in there to incriminate him? Chems? Guns? They sell it all legally in Rivet City.

On the subject of Rivet City... Has anyone told that kid to run away from home. Then he does and no one cares about him, only his friend that ran away with him CJ Young. Can you do anything with this after they run away? Every time I fast travel to Rivet City I see the girl running across the bridge out of town buy she wont talk to me.

[kahljorn]

follow her and try following that one guy around/talkng to him maybe.

[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by Dimnos

Has anyone done Bannon's request? Its not an actual quest but if you go to Rivet City and talk to Bannon he tells you he would appreciate it if "someone" would "find" something incriminating in some guy whos name I dont remember right now. Has anyone successfully done this? I have been in the guys room and taken everything I could carry back to Bannon. I have gone back and done it where I leave everything in there but make sure to look at everything. I have even hacked the guys computer but I havent found anything. I thought maybe I should plant something in his room then tell Bannon? What would I plant in there to incriminate him? Chems? Guns? They sell it all legally in Rivet City.

On the subject of Rivet City... Has anyone told that kid to run away from home. Then he does and no one cares about him, only his friend that ran away with him CJ Young. Can you do anything with this after they run away? Every time I fast travel to Rivet City I see the girl running across the bridge out of town buy she wont talk to me.

In Seagraves' room, under his bed leaning against a footlocker I think, you find a holotape called "Seagraves' incriminating letter". It's a letter from his old slaver buddies trying to get into the city. You bring that to Bannon, then you bring it to Danvers, this female guard who sleeps during the day in the bridge tower. Then you go back to Bannon, and he gives you a discount at his store and the schematics for the Deathclaw Gauntlet.

And the runaway kid only goes as far as the first subway station north of Rivet City. You can get him to come back, but I usually don't bother because he's annoying.

[Dimnos]

Thanks

[VaporTrailx1]

I think I had about 1200 10mm rounds by the ends of the game.

[Zomboid]

I just finished it again, and I had a shitload of every kind of ammo. Once I started being able to kill things in 1-2 head shots, ammo got saved up pretty quickly.

[Dimnos]

I went and took out the brotherhood outcasts last night. Stole all their power armor and a gatling laser. When searching the lower levels of the place (Fort Independence I think) I found special weapon Miss Launcher. Those guys were a bunch of pussies. Now I just have to find their base in Fairfax or whatever and finish the job. Then Im off to sell kids into slavery.

[Hurude]

I'm up to level 8, still loving the game. I don't get to play it very much unfortunately. I loved the mission in ten penny tower when you have to let the ghouls in, I felt bad at first about getting everyone killed but once I got my snipers rifle I soon moved on.