Fallout Series Discussion

Lunarsweets · Post by **Lunarsweets** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:11 am

I looked...and looked...aaand looked. But didn't find one, so I might as well start one.

Well, so fa, I'm completely overwhelemd by this game. I love my hunting rifle, my Fat Man, and my very trustworthy Scoped Magnum. My current character is very good, he took out the bomb in Megaton...just because I thought, if I detonated it, it'd destroy me...I have not found Dogmeat, just because I'm too freaking timid to travle anywhere 5 yards away from GNR or Megaton...I had to force my self to travel out the wasteland just to get to GNR in the first place! Though, it gives a more edgy side to the game...something I really didn't feel with Oblivion...

I do have a few gripes though.

1.Only outfits and helmets, no room for diffrent shirts/pants/shoes/gauntlets.
2.....?

Ok, well, one...gripe. Ehh...

The King · Post by **The King** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:14 am

I don't like how you can't play after the main quest, but the upcoming 360 update fixes that.

I love the game, some people say that it's just Oblivion with guns. Well, I like Oblivion and I like guns so it's a win.

10/10

Kinzer · Post by **Kinzer** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:24 am

The King wrote:I don't like how you can't play after the main quest, but the upcoming 360 update fixes that.

I love the game, some people say that it's just Oblivion with guns. Well, I like Oblivion and I like guns so it's a win.

10/10

I've seriously been having the hardest time playing. I think Oblivion ruined RPG games for me. Oblivion is a "pick up and play" kind of game. Fallout is a lot harder at least for me. I've got to worry about finding ammo, stimpaks, guns that I can use to repair other guns. Plus worry about not skipping Quests. And I think leveling is more difficult in Fallout. I seriously need to rethink my play style.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:26 am

No way! I was looking for a Fallout 3 topic too and was about to start one then I see this. I guess you beat me to it.

I like the game, it is a lot like Oblivion.
My favorite thing is the alien blaster, one shot kill everytime, too bad it has limited ammo.

The Edgy Redguard · Post by **The Edgy Redguard** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:30 am

I like the FPS and Turn based elements (Vats) spliced together

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:11 am

LunarSweets wrote: Well, so fa, I'm completely overwhelemd by this game. I love my hunting rifle, my Fat Man, and my very trustworthy Scoped Magnum. My current character is very good, he took out the bomb in Megaton...just because I thought, if I detonated it, it'd destroy me...I have not found Dogmeat, just because I'm too freaking timid to travle anywhere 5 yards away from GNR or Megaton...I had to force my self to travel out the wasteland just to get to GNR in the first place! Though, it gives a more edgy side to the game...something I really didn't feel with Oblivion...

You were right to be cautious about traveling in the wastes, especially if you're a high level then you gotta worry about the Yao Guais popping out of nowhere and mauling you.

Nikulas the Nord · Post by **Nikulas the Nord** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:40 am

i love the game, every time i see a super mutant i think A) Holy @$#& and B) where's my hunting rifle? i abosolutely love it only problem is yesterday my godforsaken 360 broke before i could finish the game guess ill have to wait 2-4 weeks to do it again oh well but anyway the quests are fun the wasteland scares me S**Tless sometime and its well like oblivion with guns and i like guns...a lot or at least more than any 14 year old ever should.

The Most Unholy · Post by **The Most Unholy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:25 am

Lunar, I had the same problem as you, but did you get the many stimpaks that were in Vault 101? That helped me in the beginning of the game.

Anyway, I would suggest you got Ol' Painless from the Republic of Dave, and Blackhawk from Agatha by giving her a sheet music book (I think that's only after recovering the Soil Stradivarius), they are an enchanced Hunting rifle and Scoped .44 magnum, respectively.

So far, fantastic, 2/5 behemoths downed, and have done about every marked quest in the game. Started my new character of evil karma, very impressed with the game so far.

Dogmantra · Post by **Dogmantra** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:36 am

Okay, well my first character was a small guns/sneak person, just to get used to the game, and do the main quest, but I want to ask, since I had a pseudo-character before, who was going to use energy weapons. Assuming no progress in any questlines, is it a viable plan to use only energy weapons or big guns? I didn't find any ammo for them for ages. (Mild spoiler: I mean, once the Enclave gets you, of course there's enough ammo for energy weapons

)

The Most Unholy · Post by **The Most Unholy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:46 am

Energy and Big weapons up until maybe level 6-7 is NOT a good idea, as I found out on my #2 character, unless you have a death wish, of course.

Dogmantra · Post by **Dogmantra** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:19 am

The Most Unholy wrote:Energy and Big weapons up until maybe level 6-7 is NOT a good idea, as I found out on my #2 character, unless you have a death wish, of course.

Ah, okay, I'll make sure to keep my agility/strength/endurance at at least five, so I can actually use some sort of weapon until then. I was planning to have reasonably high endurance (for unarmed) anyway.

The Most Unholy · Post by **The Most Unholy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:47 am

You will also want to find the Tesla Power Armor as soon as possible, at mid-level you cna probably get some near Alexandria arms, where some Enclave will drop off and fight some raiders, easy to just mop up the leftovers.

Тeatime · Post by **Тeatime** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:46 am

Just started my third character yesterday.

My last character, Rain, could easily take down a Deathclaw so I decided to make things a bit harder this time by having unarmed, explosives and big guns as offensive skills and I'm trying to use unarmed as much as possible.
This game is so much fun!

Dogmantra · Post by **Dogmantra** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:00 pm

I've just started my 2nd proper character.

Energy Weapons, Repair and Lockpick are his tag skills, and he has pretty low Agility, so I can't always rely on V.A.T.S.

nyk45 · Post by **nyk45** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:27 pm

THE GAME IS AMAZIIING.

Simply. I only made 1 character so far, and went trough the main quest, and only did like 3 secondary quests, and I mean, the game is huge.

I don't agree it's like Oblivion though, only controls and maybe the Pip Boy are the same. I am going to start a 2nd character (this time an evil one) when I get off my LBP addiction.

Shanks · Post by **Shanks** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:49 pm

It is a Great Game. I absolutly Shat my self the first time i met a Deathclaw. lol and the fireants danger is quite well disguised.

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:40 pm

Ok, the game does [&@%!] me off sometimes like right now, I can't find Walter, the guy who buys scrap metal for 10 caps a piece, and I have almost 40 scrap metal, I think he might've died somehow, like fell through the map or something. It does freeze often, but that might just be my Xbox.

The Most Unholy · Post by **The Most Unholy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:41 pm

Valus, you can also sell scrap metal to Winthrop, in Underworld. That's in the Museum of History, in the Mall.

Dogmantra · Post by **Dogmantra** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:42 pm

Valus wrote: It does freeze often, but that might just be my Xbox.

It crashes relatively often for me too. I'd estimate an average of 1.5 times/day I've played it. I think it may just be the engine, since Oblivion has a habit of crashing.

Lunarsweets · Post by **Lunarsweets** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:48 pm

Dogmantra wrote:Okay, well my first character was a small guns/sneak person, just to get used to the game, and do the main quest, but I want to ask, since I had a pseudo-character before, who was going to use energy weapons. Assuming no progress in any questlines, is it a viable plan to use only energy weapons or big guns? I didn't find any ammo for them for ages. (Mild spoiler: I mean, once the Enclave gets you, of course there's enough ammo for energy weapons )

Well, in Super Duper mart there are a few Energy Pistols and ammo off to the right...as long as you dont mind...the...hooked...bodies...

On a somewhat lighter note, I was listening to GNR the other day, and to my surprise, a lovely PSA came one that went something like this:

"Remember kids, dont feed the Yao Guai...."

I think I've got myself a new sig...

Valus · Post by **Valus** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:51 pm

The Most Unholy wrote:Valus, you can also sell scrap metal to Winthrop, in Underworld. That's in the Museum of History, in the Mall.

Oh...great, thanks

Dogmantra · Post by **Dogmantra** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:01 pm

LunarSweets wrote:Well, in Super Duper mart there are a few Energy Pistols and ammo off to the right.

So far, that's the only energy weapons I've found (luckily, I have a flamer and minigun too

)

Lunarsweets · Post by **Lunarsweets** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:03 pm

Have you gotten the Fat Man near GNR?

The Most Unholy · Post by **The Most Unholy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:04 pm

@ Lunar

Mine is "...and for god sakes don't go waving the white flag! They'll just strangle you with it."

Anyway, I had problems with the Lincoln Memorial, idiots in Underworld kept saying 'east' when it was actually to the West.

Lunarsweets · Post by **Lunarsweets** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:06 pm

Well, you dont expect irradiated monsters to be smart do you?

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