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The Fallout 3 Thread
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Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
I can believe that. I think I'm spoilt in that regard. The original Fallouts, Arcanum, Planescape - they were the types that really sucked you in, that made you feel "alive" in those worlds. I also loved the Gothic series - Gothic II being my all-time favourite game, ever.
But I can still say that I enjoy Fallout 3
It is a good game in its own right and dismissing it because it has a different "soul" than the one its original developers gave it, does a disservice to an otherwise fantastic game. I don't know what type of gamer you are, mooK, but if you don't at least try it, you'll miss out
I'm right with you man, but it just annoys me that Bethesda makes no effort to recreate what actually made the originals so good. They're just focusing on creating a shiny new Oblivion Fallout modification, it's really quite pathetic and wrong to me.
I hate to sound like a crazy fanboy, but I suppose this is where I am now.
btw, it appears that we have the same taste in games, Torment was my favourite, followed closely by the Fallout games.
I hate to sound like a crazy fanboy, but I suppose this is where I am now.
btw, it appears that we have the same taste in games, Torment was my favourite, followed closely by the Fallout games.
Fallout 3 is a decent game but it certainly isn't even close to as good as FO1+Fo2. It isn't even the best pc rpg of the year. I really can't see how it managed these 9+ scores. For me both Mass Effect and the witcher enhanced are better rpg's.
FO3 misses key elements from the previous games which makes it inferior. In essence in the original fallout's you could do whatever you want here in FO3 its restricted since Bethesda decided they will self censor the game. Also the animations especially in 3- person view is very very bad. It was soo bad I had to switch back to first view the moment I how my character walked.
FO3 misses key elements from the previous games which makes it inferior. In essence in the original fallout's you could do whatever you want here in FO3 its restricted since Bethesda decided they will self censor the game. Also the animations especially in 3- person view is very very bad. It was soo bad I had to switch back to first view the moment I how my character walked.
Put in a few hours of Fallout 3 just to get a feel for the game. Plan to start again for real this weekend. I'm looking for advice and/or directions to a site on character builds. I would want a character that will maximise my enjoyment. My preferences are a good character who likes shooting things.
medicnick83
Paramedic
I wanna play the game where I use speech alot and charm to get what I want instead of killing people all the time.
That's the character I'm playing so I set my stats accordingly.
That's the character I'm playing so I set my stats accordingly.
That was the beauty of the old Fallout games, but I really don't think Bethesda is capable of writing a game that is fulfilling to play in this way. They really should wake up and hire real writers to plot the game and write its characters, they're clueless.
From my research, Charisma isn't such an important stat. The biggest benefit from charisma in FO 1 and 2 was the increase in number of NPCs that can join your party. That doesn't matter in Fallout 3. From what I can see, Charisma only gives you higher starting percentages in Speech and Barter. So, if it's not going to do anything more than what spending skill points can do, then it's a waste.
It also enabled you to manipulate people into doing whatever you wanted them to through the speech options. The beauty of increased intelligence and charisma was it unlocked a lot of depth in the game world as you were able to explore a lot of avenues that aren't available without stats in those skills.
I don't like how they changed some of the relationships between the special stats and the skills. Example: Unarmed is based off endurance instead of strength, small guns is based off agility instead of perception. I guess it's because I'm a fan of the previous fallouts and also because it doesn't make sense. I'm sure somebody will mod it back to how it was in the originals.
medicnick83
Paramedic
Use these if you want or don't want.
medicnick83
Paramedic
Easiest way is to go into the Springvale School, one of the Raiders will have a dog with him, kill the dog, loot it's body, and there you go. Dogmeat
Lol, well, that's no help at all, is it.
Mephisto_Helix
Resident Postwhore
what's your guys progress like so far? Are you sitting there thinking "omg, I have sooo much more to do" or what?
Charisma doesn't seem to matter at all in this game. Unlike in fallout 1 +2 and the other bioware and obsidian rpg's the only charisma seems to give is some extra lines in an conversation so far I haven't found one instance were I can avoid combat by using charisma. Generally I like to play a charisma heavy character in all of my rpg's but I ain't doing it here since it doesn't help me.
Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
Just got my graphics card back today. Been playing since I are HEMATOPHAGE! muwahahaha
Nah, just met the (spoiler) [-]"vampires"[/-] and made friends. Looooove it
I'm taking my time and exploring as much as possible. My "shishkasword" or whatever it's called is my favourite weapon along with an assault rifle. F34R MEH!!!
The game is beautiful at max graphics
I are HEMATOPHAGE! muwahahaha Nah, just met the (spoiler) [-]"vampires"[/-] and made friends. Looooove it
I'm taking my time and exploring as much as possible. My "shishkasword" or whatever it's called is my favourite weapon along with an assault rifle. F34R MEH!!!
The game is beautiful at max graphics