The Official Fallout 3 Thread - No Mutants Allowed!

[StrainedEyes]

Only if the mathematical equation involves checking IPs, I imagine.

Looks like a job for the interns!

 

[Lucien]

I'm considering giving up caring about any of the DLC and just playing this anyway. But i'd like to know before I do, once you finish the game and restart, do your skills/perks carry over or do I have to start from scratch? And similarly, once you hit lv 20, can you still increase you perks? Say if i've put everything into being a melee guy, will I have to start a new game to build up big guns etc?

 

[Soapy]

Yes, you have to start from scratch as you would be starting an entirely new character.

And you get one perk per level. So once you hit level 20, that's all you can get.

 

[Lucien]

Ah, thanks a lot. I didn't want to be gun ho with the perks and find out later I can't max anything out.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I'm considering giving up caring about any of the DLC and just playing this anyway. But i'd like to know before I do, once you finish the game and restart, do your skills/perks carry over or do I have to start from scratch? And similarly, once you hit lv 20, can you still increase you perks? Say if i've put everything into being a melee guy, will I have to start a new game to build up big guns etc?

Collecting Bobble Heads increases each S.P.E.C.I.A.L. by 1, and collecting different books increases a skill (big guns, melee, etc..) by 1 (If you choose the Comprehension Perk, the books increase skills by 2 points) Both of these can be done after you hit level 20.

However, nothing carries over into a new game, and the game does not continue when you beat it, so be sure to save the game before the final mission if you still want to explore.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

At least until Broken Steel comes out.

 

[Nightmare]

A week from monday

 

[StrainedEyes]

At least until Broken Steel comes out.

Judging by his comment about the DLC I assumed he has a PS3.

 

[zenith16]

THEATRICAL FALLOUT

In what could be even better news, Bethesda has filed a trademark for Fallout-themed movies and TV shows. This could mean a big screen version of the radioactive universe sometime in the near future. Keep your fingers crossed.


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[Paradyme]

A week from monday

Hopefully, it actually comes out that day and isn't broken like The Pitt.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It'd be nice if they had a special where you could get all three DLC packs for a discounted price. But, sadly, Windows Live is not Steam.

 

[Timstuff]

Why are you so annoyed with Bethesda over this, specifically? There are plenty of games that have exclusive DLC or are themselves exclusive to one console. They're not treating PS3 owners like second-class customers, they're following the same business model plenty of other companies do.

Because Fallout 3's ending sucked, and Broken Steel looks awesome. I want to play it, and Bethesda won't let me.

 

[Timstuff]

THEATRICAL FALLOUT

In what could be even better news, Bethesda has filed a trademark for Fallout-themed movies and TV shows. This could mean a big screen version of the radioactive universe sometime in the near future. Keep your fingers crossed.


http://www.elecplay.com/episode/view/season/19/episode/107

video this news is up now.
source: the electric playground

Discussions in session

A Fallout movie could be awesome. I don't think a TV show would happen unless it was on HBO or something though, because it would be very expensive, and there's also more violence and profanity in the games than they'd allow on broadcast TV. The cost would be the biggest potential inhibitor, though.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Because Fallout 3's ending sucked, and Broken Steel looks awesome. I want to play it, and Bethesda won't let me.

I want to play Heavy Rain without buying a PS3 but Sony won't let me. We all have our crosses to bear. Exclusives suck, but that's not exactly news and they're never going away.

 

[Nightmare]

Im lookin forward to Heavy Rain, I loved the game they made before.

Im playing fallout 3 again, gettin ready for the DLC I want to Level up right at 20 when the DLC is released to be able to hit Level 30.

 

[zenith16]

It'd be nice if they had a special where you could get all three DLC packs for a discounted price. But, sadly, Windows Live is not Steam.

I know a lot of companies are trying to copy steam in the free to play market there's those new guys parabellum and sony is trying to create something like steam. I'm not sure when micro soft will bother with it. but alot of people are doing it now. they'll have to eventually once they figure out how it's profitable to them.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Technically, Games for Windows Live would be Microsoft's attempt at doing what Steam's doing. They just do it on a level that's nowhere near as good as Steam's.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

An HBO series would be incredible.

I don't think a movie would work as well, just because of how a series allows for meeting new characters and having alot of story told.

But, a movie would be awesome too.

Shockingly...I still haven't beaten the game. I've been playing with the same character all this time, taking my team in completing all quests and bobbleheads, etc. as well as completing the new DLC.

Btw...anyone here played the original Fallout and Fallout 2? They any good...maybe worth the $20 bucks I'm seeing it for.

 

[BlackLantern]

Ive played the original on PC....it's ok....top down gameplay

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Fallout 2 is supposed to be awesome. I've never played either, though.

I don't think I'd really want to see a movie on Fallout, either. A TV series could be cool, but I'm fine with just the games.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I just think there's too much to squeeze into an hour and a half. No way they'd do it justice.

I dunno, though. Maybe a trilogy would get the job done.

I'd heard Fallout 1 was free...somewhere, but can't find it.

I'm shocked that there was a Brotherhood of Steel game on the PS2 and Xbox system years ago.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Gametap, was the place.

But...of course...membership a must.

 

[William_C]

I'd like a tv series better. Something similar in length to the Tudors or the Sopranos on HBO.

I just started a new save yesterday. A few posts back, I saw someone mentioning how cool it would look to see a character, high in the "Unarmed" stat, punching Radscorpions and etc, in the head lol - little to say, I was inspired.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

That...would...be awesome.

 

[Nightmare]

Im at lvl 15, trying to get to level 20 but ive dont just about every quest. I think im down to about 4 achievements left.