The Official Fallout 3 Thread - No Mutants Allowed!

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Actually, it might be called Point Lookout, which happens to be a park in the state of Maryland...which is the homestate of Bethesda.

Several online retailers are listing a DVD containing the Fallout 3 Broken Steel expansion and something called Point Look, leading to speculation that more downloadable content is on the way.

Three separate online retailers are now listing a Fallout 3 Expansion Pack - Broken Steel and Point Look product for the Xbox 360, including eStarland, MSN Shopping, and Bountii. The latter of actually lists the product as Point Lookout, which is a state park in developer Bethesda's home state of Maryland. The listings have led to speculation that this is a new, unannounced Expansion for Fallout 3.

We contacted Bethesda's Pete Hines for comment.

We have said there will be three DLCs for Fallout 3, for PC and 360. We've released two, and the third, Broken Steel, is scheduled for release Tuesday, May 5th. Beyond that we have no announced plans for additional DLC.

No announced plans for downloadable content, but that certainly doesn't rule out unannounced plans. Earlier this week our Australian brothers reported on the Australian Atari release schedule, which lists something called the Fallout 3: Quest Pack 1 for release in June. When they contacted Atari for comment, they were told they'd have to await an official press release, which would lead us to believe an official press release is coming.

 

[Gilpesh]

Nice...you can release it from the cliffs with a sniper rifle....just shoot the generator to the left of the door

I know. It's great fun if I get stuck in the game... or just want to have some easy carnage fun, so I just load it up.

 

[Erzengel]

I'm about 3 main missions, 4 side missions, 7 Bobbleheads away from finishing the standard game, not including the DLC. I stopped at Level 20 and I'm waiting on the DLC tomorrow so everything I do can lead me to Level 30.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah...I've opted to do the same. I've got enough side missions left to help me build upon the new 30 level cap coming.

 

[spidey-dude]

well i finally finished the main storyline todayput it off for broken steel before now, and am only a few exp points from level 20....god that worked out well! few sidequests left to do etc to help me reach 30

 

[Havok83]

Im playing Operation Anchorage right now and finding it to be really boring. Please tell me the ones that come after it are better

 

[StrainedEyes]

Im playing Operation Anchorage right now and finding it to be really boring. Please tell me the ones that come after it are better

The Pitt is better then Anchorage. No one really knows about Broken Steel, I'm sure there will be reviews tomorrow.

 

[spidey-dude]

shuld be up on market place in a couple of mins, wanna get a download goin before i head to uni

the pitt has a better atmosphere and story

 

[Paradyme]

My internet was down this morning. Good stuff. I'll start downloading it this afternoon.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Bought it and just finished the original final mission. It took a few minutes of walking before it said "Broken Steel loaded, level cap increased." And that end cinema with the stills and the voice over still happens, but after that it cuts to two weeks later.

I saved just before finishing so I could do another go where I put that virus in the water.

 

[Erzengel]

I think it's funny that this is now technically a $90.00 game.

 

[William_C]

I'm glad I came here now. I almost forgot that Broken Steel came out. Cinco De Mayo. I downloaded Operation Anchorage the other day and started it this morning. Soon as I'm finished with that, I'll be starting Broken Steel .

 

[Paradyme]

Got it downloaded and just left to go do the last mission but had to come back to work

 

[StrainedEyes]

New Perks -

Almost Perfect
30
All main SPECIAL stats are raised to 9.

Deep Sleep
22
You get the Well Rested benefit of +10% XP for eight hours no matter what bed you sleep in.

Devil's Highway
24 Karma lower than Very Evil
Karma is instantly set to Very Evil.

Escalator to Heaven
24 Karma lower than Very Good
Karma is instantly set to Very Good.

Karmic Rebalance
24 Karma not neutral
Karma is instantly set to Neutral.

Nerves of Steel
26 AG 7
Action Points regenerate faster.

No Weaknesses
24
All SPECIAL stats lower than 5 become 5.

Nuclear Anomaly
30
Whenever your health is reduced to 20 or less, you will erupt into a devastating nuclear explosion. Note that any allies in the vicinity will also suffer the effects of the blast!

Party Boy/Party Girl
28
You no longer suffer the withdrawl effect from alcohol addiction.

Puppies!
22
If Dogmeat dies, you'll be able to get a new canine companion from his litter of puppies. After a while, you'll find a new dog waiting Vault 101.

Rad Absorption
28 EN 7
Radiation level slowly decreases automatically over time.

Rad Tolerance
26 EN 7
No effects from minor radiation poisoning.

Quantum Chemist
22 Science 70
Every 10 Nuka-Colas you acquire are automatically converted into a Nuka-Cola Quantum

Warmonger
26 IN 7
All custom weapon types become available to you without the schematics.

I'm not that interested in these. Though some sound cool. I'm going to use most of the last 10 levels to get some of them perks I debated over before.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wow, where the hell did Nuclear Anomaly come from? What a weird, random Perk.

 

[Erzengel]

I was bummed not getting my Pyromaniac Perk but looking at those new perks, there's not many on there that I want.

And if you haven't gotten Paralyzing Palm, it's great against Deathclaws.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Yeah. I think the only ones of those I might want are Nerves of Steel and Rad Absorption. My SPECIALS are already really high, and once I get that Perk in Anchorage they will all go up one anyway.

 

[Nightmare]

So I beat the new DLC broken steel. I opted to go with the evil ending . Im at about level 23, with nothing really left to do

Hitting Level 30 for the achievement is gonna be HARD.

 

[spidey-dude]

you done the 2 new sidequests left to do with broken steel?

I havnt done much of the main bs story yet, are the enclave still around to fight at the end of bs? (put in spoiler tags maybe?)

 

[Paradyme]

Achievements aren't showing up on my gamerscore. It shows that I've unlocked them but they aren't counting. I better not have to redo everything I've already done.

How do you get the two side missions?

 

[Erzengel]

So I beat the new DLC broken steel. I opted to go with the evil ending . Im at about level 23, with nothing really left to do

Hitting Level 30 for the achievement is gonna be HARD.

Really?

I hit Level 20 in just the regular game.

I have to do the following:
3 Main Missions
4 Side Missions
Find 7 more bobbleheads
Kill 3 more Super Mutant Behemoths

Then I have all 3 DLC to do. I figure if I'm not at 30 I'll be pushing it.

 

[Erzengel]

Achievements aren't showing up on my gamerscore. It shows that I've unlocked them but they aren't counting. I better not have to redo everything I've already done.

How do you get the two side missions?

I think Microsoft is aware of this and is working on it.

 

[Paradyme]

I think Microsoft is aware of this and is working on it.

Which normally means you have to recover your gamertag. This happened in GRAW 2. Achievements would unlock but not show up on the gamerscore and you had to redownload your gamertag and then get the achievements again. Pretty irritating if you ask me. Lets hope they have some other work around.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What is with Bethesda on these DLC packs? Has any other company had this many problems with DLC?

 

[StrainedEyes]

What is with Bethesda on these DLC packs? Has any other company had this many problems with DLC?

Bethesda's games are always so glitchy. It's only right that their DLC be glitchy too.