The Unofficial Fallout 3 Thread

londonbairn · 1 Nov 2008 at 22:08

This is a great game (playing PC version). One of my favourites this year. There is a bit on top of the Washington Tower when you look down on the city, this bit looks fantastic, especially on a 40" LCD at 1920x1080 maxed out.

It's like a fusion of Oblivion (RPG) + Resistance: Fall of Man (atmosphere) + The Darkness (whole underground trekking, which I admit is one of the negative points for me)

I must admit I find it quite easy to kill people with that "auto" aim system, I didn't even realise about it until well into the game. I can see why people find it boring at the start because it is quite mundane, but when you get into it, get proper weapons etc it's great fun.

Surfer · 1 Nov 2008 at 22:48

the lighting is pretty good - though it doesnt look as good at night.

just had hard fight with 2 shellcrab like creatures and my assault rifle out of ammo so had to rely on 10 mm and stimpacks phew...

Margaret · 1 Nov 2008 at 23:00

I like how the game actually is hard, I'm finding myself running out of ammo loads and struggling to get people down at times.

Playing on Hard mode too.

schnipps · 1 Nov 2008 at 23:02

I never selected a difficulty setting, just out of the first bit. Never been one for these types of games but it seems good so far.

Alpherah · 2 Nov 2008 at 11:02

Man oh man, this game is really hard if you just persue the main quest story!

had to start again and build some levels on side quests for additional weapon skill just to be able to hit the super mutants a bit further on, and they are still really tough

Armed with an assault rifle and barely no ammo, and a 10mm

Sucks!

TNA · 2 Nov 2008 at 11:06

Alpherah said:
Man oh man, this game is really hard if you just persue the main quest story! had to start again and build some levels on side quests for additional weapon skill just to be able to hit the super mutants a bit further on, and they are still really tough Armed with an assault rifle and barely no ammo, and a 10mm Sucks!

I gave a lot of skill points towards unarmed and melee attack. I killed most in melee. Wont run out of ammo then, only need to repair the item used now and then, but cheaper and more effective I think.

Alpherah · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:16

Yeah =( Wishing i took melee as well .. didnt increase it at all yet lol

Mr Jones · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:30

I've invested in shotfuns and assault rifle, it only gets tough with those minigun super mutants... got to the mall so far and all I need to do is sneak around and shotgun them from behind

Surfer · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:48

Alpherah said:
Man oh man, this game is really hard if you just persue the main quest story! had to start again and build some levels on side quests for additional weapon skill just to be able to hit the super mutants a bit further on, and they are still really tough Armed with an assault rifle and barely no ammo, and a 10mm Sucks!

totally agree! just outside megaton on one of the first sidequests (i'm lvl 4) and im fighting supermutant brutes?? Well only one at least.. I had to use all 3 of my grenades on him whilst dodging his mini-gun fire. (no 5.56 mm ammo only pistol crappy ammo)

still now i have a mini-gun ho ho ho

(also have combat shotgun which is nice

- but im struggling to get any ammo for weapons in this game - are you supposed to find them lying around?)

edit: is stuff just lying around in the wasteland? If it is i cant see it! Because of the way the graphics are a lot of objects look similar so its hard to make out if that tiny object one the ground in the distance is a goodie or just a rock... still though could be worse ...they could be flashing neon colours for objects that can be picked up (which would destroy the immersion heh)

CliffyBiro · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:55

The Fatboy rocks.

How do you get trained to use Power Armour?

I have a helmet and body armour weighing me down but can't use it yet.

Also, I killed Dukov hoping I would get his house and ladeez but nothing happened other than I found a key on him but not sure what to use it on. :confused:

Mr Jones · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:55

Raid places, open ammo boxes e.t.c.
Super Duper is a good place to visit too...

CliffyBiro · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:56

Surfer said:
totally agree! just outside megaton on one of the first sidequests (i'm lvl 4) and im fighting supermutant brutes?? Well only one at least.. I had to use all 3 of my grenades on him whilst dodging his mini-gun fire. (no 5.56 mm ammo only pistol crappy ammo)

still now i have a mini-gun ho ho ho (also have combat shotgun which is nice - but im struggling to get any ammo for weapons in this game - are you supposed to find them lying around?)

edit: is stuff just lying around in the wasteland? If it is i cant see it! Because of the way the graphics are a lot of objects look similar so its hard to make out if that tiny object one the ground in the distance is a goodie or just a rock... still though could be worse ...they could be flashing neon colours for objects that can be picked up (which would destroy the immersion heh)

Were o you find ammo for the minigun?

I got one from a Super Mutant Brute I killed with a mini nuke to the head.

CliffyBiro · 2 Nov 2008 at 13:57

Mr Jones said:
Raid places, open ammo boxes e.t.c.
Super Duper is a good place to visit too...

Have been there and killed everyone there and took all there was to take I think.

Surfer · 2 Nov 2008 at 14:31

Were o you find ammo for the minigun?

i dont have any

had barely any when i got it off his corpse. Also i find as well that most of the weapons/apparel/etc you scavenge are in dire need of repair... i think that will be one of the skills i focus on to bump it up.

I got a fair amount of drugs though

Proper junkie me

Windle · 2 Nov 2008 at 14:41

I got addicted to Psycho, pain in the bum when you get withdrawal symptoms. I ended up dosing him with more every so often.

Mr Jones · 2 Nov 2008 at 14:43

I don't know if luck has anything to do with it but I often find ample of ammos... luck is only 6

J1mmy · 2 Nov 2008 at 15:06

I'm absolutely loving this game I must say. Ammo is not a problem for me, i've managed to stockpile about 2500 rounds of 5.56mm from looting & exploration. Most ammo seems to take up no weight in your inventory either.. which is useful. However, i'm finding weapon and apparel decay a real annoyance, stuff seems to wear out far too quickly.

I seem to be getting the hang of combat now too and have paid some more points in to my sneak skill. I'm creeping around a bit more as sneak auto critical shots do awesome amounts of damage!

CliffyBiro · 2 Nov 2008 at 15:52

Loving VATS mode.

Although, I'm finding it hard to land a hit on it when using a Sniper Rifle...

jegz · 2 Nov 2008 at 15:56

J1mmy said:
I'm absolutely loving this game I must say. Ammo is not a problem for me, i've managed to stockpile about 2500 rounds of 5.56mm from looting & exploration. Most ammo seems to take up no weight in your inventory either.. which is useful. However, i'm finding weapon and apparel decay a real annoyance, stuff seems to wear out far too quickly.

I seem to be getting the hang of combat now too and have paid some more points in to my sneak skill. I'm creeping around a bit more as sneak auto critical shots do awesome amounts of damage!

2500 rounds :eek:

I havent even managed to find/purchase 250 rounds yet let alone 2500. Where exactly did you find all this ammo

Sinny · 2 Nov 2008 at 16:58

skippi90 said:
The Fatboy rocks.

How do you get trained to use Power Armour?

I have a helmet and body armour weighing me down but can't use it yet.

Also, I killed Dukov hoping I would get his house and ladeez but nothing happened other than I found a key on him but not sure what to use it on.

You will find out when you get to GNR in D.C but im yet to find the person that trains me.