Of Deathclaws & Radscorpions: A Fallout Thread

honestly, it sounds like extra chores to kill more gameplay hours

strict weight limits + no fast travel = terrrrrrible

just sayin'

pay attention to the weight of items (including ammunition)

the ammo is the key bit. in f3, ammo functioned as basically a 2nd currency -- no weight, and you can hoard up all ammo for weapons you aren't using, since it has value. tip!

also means you have to plan more and tread carefully. I like that aspect will definitely try hardcore mode first.

no fast travel and nothing to get around on but your feet is weird. maybe the map is more compressed.

Hardcore Mode does seem pretty tedious, but I think this sort of thing is aimed mostly at the No Mutants Allowed type dorks folks.

(xp) i'd be down for that if they developed more of the map, especially w/r/t the interiors of buildings. the wide open space of fo3 was nice, but so many of the buildings were just facades or empty spaces. would love to see a fucked up vegas strip where you could do a ton of exploring in each casino.

I'm assuming New Reno in FO2 was more like Reno (which I haven't been to) but it also reminds me of Fremont Street in Las Vegas. I kind of hope that's a location, too.

i've heard that if you forget to breath in this game you die. inhaling/exhaling is accomplished by rotating the analog thumbstick clockwise, then counterclockwise, then by throwing your controller at the tv.

haha

okay, so i only just started playing this a couple of weeks ago, and it is AMAZING. taking things slowly, not least because i'm finding the scenario and a buncha things that try and kill me in this game genuinely unsettling and unnerving. one question though...

when i get to the minefield, how do i pick up a mine or two to bring back to the sarah palin lady at the trading centre?

iirc, you have to crouch down and creep up to the mine. then when it's close enough you deactivate it.

i might be thinking of abes' oddyssey though

thanks ste! if i have the balls for it i might give that a go later on this evening.

Thing is it only works if your (I think) Perception is high enough. Definitely depends on one of your stats anyway.

will gobble several sachets of mentats before attempting...

doesn't the sarah lady give you a mine detector or something?

she... hasn't, i don't think?

dammit, i'm always convinced i'm playing this game wrong...

yeah your right, she doesn't have one.

Crouch when approaching the mine and keep watching for a message saying 'deactivate mine'. You gotta be quick though.

done, and done! awesome, thanks nate. tip came in extra useful as i walked through the tunnel to where the family are supposed to be.

last night i made my way through the tunnel to where the family are supposed to be hiding out, and i freed a prisoner at the old cemetery. i got a stealth-boy, which seems awesome. and then my xbox froze. ;(((

i still haven't done that family quest, attempted it and re-loaded many times. just kept trying to kill them all, and yes i know what i'm supposed to do instead but could never get it to work.

i'm still not sure if i've found them.

oh you'll know if when you do

ach i really want to load this up now but i have stacks to do today

still love-love-loving this game, and trying to take it slowly as i don't know if i'll get a chance to play through again, and i don't want to miss anything: eg, i still haven't gone to track down the radio station, am just playing side missions for as long as i can. but disaster struck yesterday - wandered thru the jeffersonian monument thingum place, and collected a load of holotapes, and somehow managed to complete Following In His Footsteps - DAMMIT. can i still try and find the radio station?? i want to meet 3 dog.

also, i botched the android mission i think, by convincing someone it was dead. ;((( is there no point in finding pinkerton now?

You can still do the radio station quest, I'm pretty sure. You just need to get there.

For the android mission I have no idea.

Android quest wasn't particularly amazing anyway -- I wouldn't worry about it (tho you can get one of the best early guns in the game out of it)

am i still "early on" in the game? is there still tonnes of the main mission to complete? and is any of the dlc worth investing in, or should i just go ahead and get new vegas once i'm done?

the main mission is really insubstantial and does not make up much of what the game has to offer imo. i'd exhaust the side missions, maybe check out that dlc that raises the level cap (don't remember the title atm) and then move onto new vegas

thanks mordy

I just started going through this a week or so ago myself, lovin' the hell out of it

Point Lookout and Broken Steel are the two main DLCs worth getting, you might want to get Broken Steel when you get close to level 20 or the final mission (it raises the level cap and lets you continue playing after finishing the game). Although if you're just getting one I'd get Point Lookout.

I managed to screw up the early missions too the first time round by looking around the wasteland and accidentally triggering a later mission. It looks like you can do the Galaxy radio one at any time though, but not the other one.

Arrrrrgggghhh first corrupted save game in new Vegas fuck you game booooooo

lol. i found dad by accident

hoping that doesn't happen to me.

bear in mind i was like level 17 and about 40 hours into the game, and decided a while ago to just put off doing the main quest and wander around the wasteland instead. it's been good!

also lol at your post above, since i never actually went into the Jefferson memorial, that's exactly when I stopped pursuing the mainline quest

this game is just so incredibly massive! i still haven't even touched about 20% of the map or any of the DLCs. gotta say i'm finding myself amazingly satisfied 12 years after Fallout 2 - i was still a little skeptical after all this time that this would live up to those expectations, the FO games being some of my all-time favorites, but it pretty much does

I put a lot of time into new Vegas today. Really clicking for me now (and only two total lockups! Improvement!)

bear in mind i was like level 17 and about 40 hours into the game, and decided a while ago to just put off doing the main quest and wander around the wasteland instead. it's been good!

this is where i'm at too - lev 17, at least 40 hours in. though i sought out 3 dog the other day, having accidentally progressed past his point in 'following in his footsteps' but wanting to meet him anyway.

met my first deathclaws last night. fucking hell. i go through stimpaks like a crazy person anyway, but jesus they're terrifying.

also lincoln repeater <3 <3 <3

So, I finally completed the main quest. This game really blew my mind, tbh - I don't think I've ever been so moved and impressed by the story of a game, by its dramatic component, as this, nor its immersiveness of world and mood. like, i would seriously be thinking about stuff in the game hours and days after my last go through.

this is probably more a reflection on my experience of video games than FO3; i have broken steel installed, so will play through the extra missions, and then purchase new vegas at some later date, but are there any other games like this (pref xbox360) i should check out, with a similar ambition, sweep and mood? i'd say this was the first video game i've played that was an experience akin to a great novel or movie, in its effect.

Fallout 1/2?

or i dunno mass effect or something

get the point lookout expansion for sure. most similar looking game is probably oblivion.

bioware/obsidian stuff?

i just got the official strategy guide (for Fallout3), wow it's huge.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/pipclock-lite-survive-apocalypse/id418842110?mt=8

NOTE: To activate the Geiger Counter and the Magnetic Compass, touch and drag the main screen down.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: While the PipClock functions show real accurate datas (day night stats, weather and so on), the geiger counter is just for entertainment, it does not really work. There is absolutely no way to measure radiation with an iPhone.

if your touchscreen is melting, you should take that as a sign tho

fun times with an idiot character:

http://lparchive.org/Fallout-2/

have spent the day in DC, my first time ever, and going down into the metro stations is a way eerie experience thanks to playing shitloads of fallout 3 earlier this year...