Fallout 3

Sephiroth_dude · 22-11-2009 04:33PM

I really love this game

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L31mr0d · 22-11-2009 05:40PM

CombatCow wrote: »

Because you have the DLC installed its gonna be automatically enabled when you start the game. Enjoy

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Will it impact on the main storyline much having them enabled from the start?

Venom · 22-11-2009 05:46PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Will it impact on the main storyline much having them enabled from the start?

Well you have the original level cap removed and some extra quests and radio signals which is harmless but may have an extra ghoul type which may be tricky.

uberpixie · 22-11-2009 08:23PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Will it impact on the main storyline much having them enabled from the start?

You get the most benefit out of the DLC by having it enabled at the start.

Kiith · 23-11-2009 08:58AM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Will it impact on the main storyline much having them enabled from the start?

It's definitely better to have it enabled at the start. Makes for a more seamless transition between DLC's, and allows you to do them whenever you want. Broken Steel is the only one that changes the overall story, and this doesnt happen till you finish the main quest. My last playthrough was with all the expansions installed, and it was nice to be able to do the first few dlc's when i wanted to.

Might actually give this another playthrough on my new rig. Do the HD textures make a lot of difference?

L31mr0d · 23-11-2009 11:30AM

Kiith wrote: »

Do the HD textures make a lot of difference?

Well I've never played it with the low res textures so I couldn't say. Overall it's not the best looking game anyway, I'm playing it because I enjoyed Borderlands and want to play something along the same lines but meatier over the Winter.

Overall though I've encountered a few niggling annoyances, the main one being the inability to remap the keys used for VATs and the Pip-boy. Will probably have to a custom keyboard remapper to make my usual 8456 into WASD.

Question, does Karma really matter? I mean, in the long run is it better if I steal?

dreamers75 · 23-11-2009 03:03PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Question, does Karma really matter? I mean, in the long run is it better if I steal?

Landmine under the breakfast plates then sit and wait

Karma does have an effect on how people talk to you and which group uhhh meets up with your later in the game.

i was a goodie 2 shoes in one save and a complete murderer of anyone that moved in another. be careful who you kill tho you might need them for the main missions.

calex71 · 23-11-2009 03:56PM

I found it actually made life easier going the good route, but heaps of laughs being a total bad ass on my other save

DLC from the start i say , there is some nice kit to be had from them which will help you out no end.

God I wish i could forget all memory of this game so I could savour the GOTY Edition start to finish

Sephiroth_dude · 23-11-2009 05:42PM

Is mothership zeta anygood?

CombatCow · 23-11-2009 05:45PM

I posted this a while ago on the playstation board regarding the DLC:

Just to complete my DLC comments, iv played through them all and got to level 30 etc...

Point lookout is still the best ( of a bad bunch ), Broken steel was enjoyable enough and the pit and mothership zeta were not too bad.

But in general I thought all of the DLC was very weak and lacked polish compared to F3 and the slowdown was the worst I have ever seen im my life through all the DLC, also the constast crashes ( twice as bad as F3 ) made the experience annoying and left me even more disappointed... If I was Bethesda I would be utterly embarrassed.

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calex71 · 23-11-2009 09:06PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is mothership zeta anygood?

You could live without it to honest , weakest of the dlc by a mile. Mind you had i had it at the start of the game it would have spawned some nice toys indeed.

L31mr0d · 27-11-2009 07:08PM

Have to say, I wasn't too impressed with the first few hours of the game but I'm really getting into it now. However I seem to be trying to do missions that are well above my level so I'm taking a break from them to explore.

Two questions, where can I sell the junk I'm picking up and also where can I buy weapons and radiation medicine?

dreamers75 · 27-11-2009 07:15PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

Have to say, I wasn't too impressed with the first few hours of the game but I'm really getting into it now. However I seem to be trying to do missions that are well above my level so I'm taking a break from them to explore.

Two questions, where can I sell the junk I'm picking up and also where can I buy weapons and radiation medicine?

theres travelling shops and in the 1st town you come too yer wan has a shop. Theres clinics where you can buy in medicine one in the 1st town you come too.

if you do yer wan in the shops survival guide you get some good stuff at the end of it and level up fairly quick

Ziggurat · 27-11-2009 07:26PM

Any of the merchants should buy the miscellaneous junk you're bound to acquire. As to weapons? Lucky Harith is a travelling merchant who does a round of the Waste (you might run into him but I know he stops outside of Cantebury Commons, Rivet City and Megaton and am almost sure he stops off at Paradise Falls too).

Then you have Moira in Megaton and Flak & Shrapnel in Rivet City. There's also a merchant in Paradise Falls and a bandit in Evergreen Mills who will trade weapons.
I think there are some lesser merchants in Little Lamplight and Bigtown. I won't say any more in case I spoil the plot.

But honestly, unless it's something very specific you need you're probably better off looting your weapons.

Medicine? Doc Church in Megaton,the doctor and A Quick Fix in Rivet City would probably be your best; I think one of the kids in Little Lamplight might also sell some supplies.

There's also an excellent Fallout Wiki located here that I've found invaluable for certain things.

thebman · 27-11-2009 07:59PM

I hate the way in these games the merchants buy any of your junk. Its junk for gods sake.

Its not worth much but they should just refuse to deal with you on certain items that are useless. Usually they'll refuse to buy items that you need for later missions in these games even if they are jewels or a key to a bank vault.

It seems kind of silly.

Kiith · 27-11-2009 10:34PM

thebman wrote: »

I hate the way in these games the merchants buy any of your junk. Its junk for gods sake.

Its not worth much but they should just refuse to deal with you on certain items that are useless. Usually they'll refuse to buy items that you need for later missions in these games even if they are jewels or a key to a bank vault.

It seems kind of silly.

One man's junk is another man's treasure. Especially in a post apocalyptic wasteland with Ghouls and Aliens and ****. :pac:

dreamers75 · 27-11-2009 11:12PM

megaton yeah thats the town

Bubs101 · 28-11-2009 12:19AM

Word to the wise, the best weapon in the game has to be made. The dart gun is absolutely essential and the Shishkebab is fairly brilliant as well

Coriolanus · 28-11-2009 12:55AM

Bubs101 wrote: »

Word to the wise, the best weapon in the game has to be made. The dart gun is absolutely essential and the Shishkebab is fairly brilliant as well

And are also a reason that the vendors buy all sorts of "junk". So they can sell it back to you at an inflated price.

Sephiroth_dude · 28-11-2009 01:18PM

I followed one of the travelling merchants before and he got into a fire fight and got killed so I looted him :cool:

28-11-2009 05:33PM

Bubs101 wrote: »

Word to the wise, the best weapon in the game has to be made. The dart gun is absolutely essential and the Shishkebab is fairly brilliant as well

Disagree... I've played through it twice and didn't even make them the second time, only made one or two near the end of my first play through, you'll get through any confrontation with your normal variety of weapons, i'd defo recommend a high repair skill level, got mine to nearly 100 the second play through, keep your guns in top condition.

Other things i never used in this game are the mentats and other meds like this, defo not essential either, used some for the sake of it on my second play when i was in bother but used rarely on first,

Bubs101 · 28-11-2009 08:58PM

If you have the dart gun things like Deathclaws and Behemoths are just piss easy to kill

monkeypants · 30-11-2009 12:13PM

I'm waiting for my laptop refund. Soon as I get my new laptop, I'm getting back into this. I do have my savegame squirrelled away. Had done a lot of exploring and was a fair way through the game. Can't say to much without spoiling things, but I'd met my Da again.

WolfForager · 30-11-2009 01:07PM

How the hell do you stay neutral? I keep constantly varying between good and evil, at this stage if i can keep neutral by the time i reach lvl 20 i'll do a little dance, followed by many hours of House...

monkeypants · 30-11-2009 02:45PM

I've decided to try and be good this time around. Next play I'll just be evil. It'll probably be more fun, lord know KOTOR was.

L31mr0d · 30-11-2009 03:03PM

WolfForager wrote: »

How the hell do you stay neutral? I keep constantly varying between good and evil, at this stage if i can keep neutral by the time i reach lvl 20 i'll do a little dance, followed by many hours of House...

For me, if I lose karma from stealing, I just

give loads of purified water to the guy outside of Megaton to get my karma back to neutral

I've completed the Operation: Anchorage expansion and enjoyed it. Nice bunch of goodies to be had at the end of it also. Just need to keep upgrading my strength now so that I can continue to carry everything, lol.

BTW, do you ever get lockers anywhere to store your stuff that you don't want to sell, but also don't want to carry with you all the time. I thought once I got my

house in megaton

that I'd be able to leave stuff there.

Jumpy · 30-11-2009 03:05PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

For me, if I lose karma from stealing, I just
give loads of purified water to the guy outside of Megaton to get my karma back to neutral

I've completed the Operation: Anchorage expansion and enjoyed. Nice bunch of goodies to be had at the end of it also. Just need to keep upgrading my strength now so that I can continue to carry everything, lol.

BTW, do you ever get lockers anywhere to store your stuff that you don't want to sell, but also don't want to carry with you all the time. I thought once I got my
house in megaton
that I'd be able to leave stuff there.

You can leave it anywhere you like. I left my stuff in the fridge in my house in megaton.
I used to leave it in a bag of body parts at one of the locations until I got the house. It stays there forever.

L31mr0d · 30-11-2009 04:01PM

Jumpy wrote: »

It stays there forever.

Oh that's something I hadn't realised. I thought it might just reset once you left the area and loaded into a new map. It's good to know it stays there forever. Will load up my fridge so when I get home from work

monkeypants · 30-11-2009 09:58PM

Are there not several lockers in the house where you can store stuff? No need to leave your arsenal in the fridge.

Coriolanus · 01-12-2009 11:44AM

I have the fridge (purified water and random food) downstairs locker 1 (weapons) downstairs locker 2 (armour, clothes) Nuka-cola machine (nuka cola quantums, stat boosters like mentats, some foods etc, medipacks) desk in bedroom (unique weapons, quest items like ears, BoS tags etc, parts for custom weapons) and bedroom locker (ammo mainly and mines).

I don't sell anything really anymore unless it happens to be very convenient. Ears and fingers are my main revenue, and cashing in slaves. <<

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