The Official Fallout 3 Thread - No Mutants Allowed!

[TheCorpulent1]

You could have just swam to the other bow of the ship. That's how I did that part of the survival guide, there's a door under the water.

I didn't know about that until I actually wandered around the bow a bit, after I'd picked the main door. Either way, I got all the quest stuff done and now I'm at level 20 for the whole rest of the game, content to let Brotherhood of Steel guys or Charon do my killing for me while I rummage through desks and boxes for ammo without having to worry about getting those kills for XP.

Gory in that, every limb can be severed, heads explode, and occasionally with the Bloody Mess perk, they explode into a pile of organs and meat.

But it's not that realistic, imo, and it's too outrageous to be gross.

Yeah, it's so ridiculous that it's funny more than it is gross. It's like those old zombie movies where people's guts get ripped out and their heads explode but you can clearly tell it's just a bunch of special effects nonsense. I mean, it looks more realistic than that in F3, but it's still so over-the-top that it's funny.

I <3 the Lincoln's Repeater, though .44 ammo is a lot harder to find then you would think it should be.

Scrounger perk, my friend. Scrounger perk. .44 ammo is never really abundant or anything, but I've got a solid supply of about 100 to 150 rounds for it most of the time.

Right now I tend to switch to whatever weapon I haven't used before that I happen to find on a body, though. I had a minigun off of a Super Mutant for a while, but I just found enough missile launchers to repair one up to decent condition so I'm using that. It's quite fun blowing Yao Guai to smithereens, I have to admit.

 

[Havok83]

I wasnt complaining about it so much that I was surprised by the amount of gore. It wasnt something I was expecting from this title and no I havent played any of the previous Fallout games before. It does come across over the top at times, but that hasnt stopped me from playing and loving this title

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm finally back on the main quest. Head of State was the last side quest I had and, after having encountering a glitch and having to replay the last leg of it, I finally completed it. Now I'm in Tranquility Lane working on the failsafe because I can't let my saintly good guy kill someone for Betty, simulated or not.

It's really unnerving to just see a watch when I hit tab.

 

[[A]]

While I loved most of Tranquility Lane, I didn't have the patience to try hard enough the make-a-melody-thingy.. I think I tried once and then googled for the right method

 

[StrainedEyes]

While I loved most of Tranquility Lane, I didn't have the patience to try hard enough the make-a-melody-thingy.. I think I tried once and then googled for the right method

I murdered everyone.

 

[Havok83]

so what kind of character did everyone start off with on their first playthrough? Im playing a good one but really want to be bad. Ill do that next

 

[[A]]

I murdered everyone.

I meant the brick-bottle-glass-whatever thing

 

[TheCorpulent1]

While I loved most of Tranquility Lane, I didn't have the patience to try hard enough the make-a-melody-thingy.. I think I tried once and then googled for the right method

I like those sorts of games. I think I had it about halfway worked out, but it was at 1 a.m. last night and I had to go to work today at 8, so I figured I'd give it a rest.

so what kind of character did everyone start off with on their first playthrough? Im playing a good one but really want to be bad. Ill do that next

I'm playing a good guy. He's a saint at this point, even though I steal everything in sight. Call it my one vice.

I don't really have much of a desire to play a bad guy in this game, though. I don't know why. Maybe it's because we actually see that the Vault Dweller has a decent upbringing that his loving father sacrificed virtually everything to provide for him. It seems ungrateful to turn around and become some marauding terror of the wastes.

 

[StrainedEyes]

so what kind of character did everyone start off with on their first playthrough? Im playing a good one but really want to be bad. Ill do that next

I was a pretty evil guy. I murdered everyone in Megaton before setting the nuke off. I kill anyone whose use has run out. But lately I have been gaining a conscience and I reached level 20 with Neutral karma.

I started a second game to catch the things I accidently missed in the first, and I'm planning to be good, but it just doesn't sound as fun.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I meant the brick-bottle-glass-whatever thing

I knew what you meant, the fail-safe for tranquility lane. I was merely stating that I did everything that Betty said and knifed everyone.

 

[BlackLantern]

I was a pretty evil guy. I murdered everyone in Megaton before setting the nuke off. I kill anyone whose use has run out. But lately I have been gaining a conscience and I reached level 20 with Neutral karma.

I started a second game to catch the things I accidently missed in the first, and I'm planning to be good, but it just doesn't sound as fun.

I'm good...I love having my accomplishments lauded on the radio for everyone to hear....

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Even when I went along with Betty's missions, she didn't like how I did them. I used the Speech options. Next time, when I'm evil, I'm totally just gonna punch Timmy Neusbaum in the face.

I'm good...I love having my accomplishments lauded on the radio for everyone to hear....

I hate when the missions themselves require you to do morally questionable things and Three Dog gets all holier-than-thou. Like how he's b****y about the fact that I killed one of the people in "You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head." It was f***ing Dukov, the psycho brothel nut!

 

[StrainedEyes]

Even when I went along with Betty's missions, she didn't like how I did them. I used the Speech options. Next time, when I'm evil, I'm totally just gonna punch Timmy Neusbaum in the face.

You could also beat his mom and dad to death in front of him... That'll make him cry.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hahaha, wow, I never even thought of that. I guess I've been too good so far.

 

[StrainedEyes]

You know what's creepy? I had Dogmeat for like 2 days before he was killed. Then several gaming hours later I bought the Pre-War Theme for my Tenpenny Apartment, and in it is a doghouse with a stuffed version of Dogmeat. I was all excited that Dogmeat had glitched back to life until I realized I couldn't talk to this thing.

I don't like going in there and having that dog staring at me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I thought Dogmeat had gotten killed because I hadn't seen him in like a week. Then I entered Tranquility Lane and got the "Dogmeat has returned to Vault 101" message. Apparently, I just lost him at some point.

 

[Havok83]

I was a pretty evil guy. I murdered everyone in Megaton before setting the nuke off. I kill anyone whose use has run out. But lately I have been gaining a conscience and I reached level 20 with Neutral karma.

I started a second game to catch the things I accidently missed in the first, and I'm planning to be good, but it just doesn't sound as fun.

you run into some big a-holes in this game and Im so tempted to be one right back as well as kill them but Im trying to keep things all good for now.

 

[[A]]

I knew what you meant, the fail-safe for tranquility lane. I was merely stating that I did everything that Betty said and knifed everyone.

You evil one

I thought Dogmeat had gotten killed because I hadn't seen him in like a week. Then I entered Tranquility Lane and got the "Dogmeat has returned to Vault 101" message. Apparently, I just lost him at some point.

I got the same message once. The funny thing is, since I love dogs oldrazz and didn't wanted to see poor Dogmeat getting killed, I left him in my home at Megaton. He managed to escape somehow I think it's a convenient glitch from the game..

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I heard you can replace Dogmeat with a second humanoid follower if he dies, so I kind of want him to die before I get to Vault 87. Charon and Fawkes backing me up would probably mean that I could sit back and let the game play itself as far as fights are concerned.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I heard you can replace Dogmeat with a second humanoid follower if he dies, so I kind of want him to die before I get to Vault 87. Charon and Fawkes backing me up would probably mean that I could sit back and let the game play itself as far as fights are concerned.

Fawkes wouldn't roll with me because I am too much of an *******.

I'm planning on finishing this game up, and then really focusing on my second game to make better decisions and use that as my main character. I just want to do the Strictly Business side quest before I do the final mission, get the evil goals out of the way. I have to get all the achievements, you know.

My new character will be better rounded and I'll use him to explore the rest of the world and collect all those skill books and bobbleheads. Plus my first character is ugly.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Iv been playing as an anti-hero. I mean i do the right thing......if the price is right. Ill also complete the mission the easiest way i can.

 

[Havok83]

LOL..talk about coming across something wierd while playing. I'll let the pic speak for itself.

Spoiler

 

[StrainedEyes]

Just finished the game with my not-so-nice character.

Time to focus on game #2 with a more balanced and curious character. t:

 

[[A]]

LOL..talk about coming across something wierd while playing. I'll let the pic speak for itself

..death was the most exciting thing that ever happened to him

Just finished the game with my not-so-nice character.

Time to focus on game #2 with a more balanced and curious character. t:

..bloodthirstiness won't let you do it

 

[TheCorpulent1]

So, I freed the Behemoth in Evergreen Mills and let it take out most of the Raiders. When I went to mop up the few that were still standing after I mini-nuked the Behemoth in the back, Dogmeat got killed. Ding dong, the b**** is dead. I didn't even feel bad about it because, after having to fast-travel back and forth a couple times to make Dogmeat actually follow me and then listening to his growling every bloody time he saw an enemy and watching him charge like a ****** to chew on the feet of anything he came across indiscriminately, whether it was a radscorpion or a Behemoth, I figured "this dog's pretty much built to die" and let nature take its course. Charon may be annoying with his "this place is not safe" every five minutes when you're well aware you're in the middle of place called the "Yao Guai Caves," but at least he can blow off a Raider's head with his shotgun from twenty yards away.

Anyway, I'm progressing down the main quest now and I think I'll just forget about exploring other areas and work on finishing up the game with this character. My next character is going to be a lot more streamlined. I really had no idea what I was doing or what was useful and what wasn't when I was creating my current character, so I tagged some stupid skills and didn't give myself very good perks or SPECIAL points. Next time, I'll know exactly what's practical for the game and what's not. Oh, and I'll be a total bastard, too. I'm thinking I'll massacre pretty much anyone I come across unless they're quest-related.