FALLOUT 3

[Eradicator30]

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Vault 101 – Jewel of the Wastes. For 200 years, Vault 101 has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.
Genre: RPG

Also Available On: PC (http://pc.ign.com/objects/568/568806.html), PlayStation 3 (http://ps3.ign.com/objects/901/901269.html)
Release Date: October 28, 2008
MSRP: $59.99
October 3, 2008
October 15, 2008



Features (http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/882/882301.html)
Credits (http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/882/882301.html)
Editions (http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/882/882301.html)


General Features

Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation – the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects
The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button
Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle
At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America’s First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation™. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology
Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant’s face.
Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions

[zero]

they are going to take this game to the next level this is definitely one i cannot wait for

[Eradicator30]

Officially announced for Oct. 28th.

[Mustard]

Fuck... I have finals around October 28th.

Lame.

[Eradicator30]

Drop out. Education is overrated!

[Mustard]

Drop out. Education is overrated!
welp, i can't argue with that logic. besides, i can always go pump gas for a living.

[Fletch]

Shit, I thought this came out way earlier than it does. I'm pumped to play it through as both a third person shooter and again using the VATS thing. Sounds like it could almost be 2 different games.

[Eradicator30]

Fable II is out a week before. Talk about two major timesinks...

[bixby]

New gameplay footage. Looks like Bethesda fixed a couple problems they've had in the past--the characters don't look like ass-ugly cabbage patch kids, and they have more than three voice actors. Game's looking really good so far. This footage makes me want to reread The Road and I Am Legend, so they definitely hit the right tone.

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[Gary_Busey]

I can't fucking wait. This game looks amazing.

[Chimbo]

I'm really looking forward to this one. I like this one way better than the elder scrolls.

[Bizz]

October and November is going to be crazy for video games. I'm really looking forward to this game.

[FlipHKD]

Wow
those videos look amazing.
Its like Oblivion but with a more awesome setting.
Can't wait for the 28th

[Mr. Brown]

Wow
those videos look amazing.
Its like Oblivion but with a more awesome setting.
Can't wait for the 28th
Yeah I can see myself loosing many of days playing this game. To bad you can't drive around in Road Warrior type cars.

Does anyone know if you get to change you clothing attire? I want to look like Lord Bowler

[Ocelot]

Yeah those videos are sexy. I believe you can change your clothes... Well, at the very least your armor- if that's what you mean. I am sure they'll have cosmetic clothing also.

Also have they absolutely confirmed no vehicles will be in the game? If so that's a shame.

I really love the fact that they build a town like Megaton which have so many experiences and quests in it and just allow you to nuke it to hell. I think intentionally giving the player the option to skip or destroy so much of what the developer has created really says something about their confidence in the experience you'll be having.

[Mr. Brown]

yeah i can see like there are going to be so many quest that may dissapear when you destroy that one town. not only that but how others may treat you if they find out that you had a hand in it.

[Le Goat]

Yeah I can see myself loosing many of days playing this game. To bad you can't drive around in Road Warrior type cars.

Does anyone know if you get to change you clothing attire? I want to look like Lord Bowler

If you watch one of the more recent vids it shows him picking up nearly everything on a dead body (just like Oblivion) and changing into whatever he picked up. It really is Oblivion in a post-apocalyptic world

[FlipHKD]

It really is Oblivion in a post-apocalyptic world

http://i34.tinypic.com/2ntland.gif

[Mr. Brown]

If you watch one of the more recent vids it shows him picking up nearly everything on a dead body (just like Oblivion) and changing into whatever he picked up. It really is Oblivion in a post-apocalyptic world
I wonder how the armor ratings are going to be. like a duster isn't gonna give much protection to the radioactive elements and guns, but it's gonna look bad ass. I hope what you wear has charisma points like Oblivion

[medlar]

This pretty much seals it as a must purchase for me.

[Eradicator30]

They demoed it on stage today and it was pretty goddamn awesome. The highlight was probably picking a guy's pocket and putting a live grenade in it, blowing his ass up.

[Eradicator30]

Also got a pretty cool freebie:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b71/Eradicator30/PAx%2008%20Day%202/Pax08Day2050.jpg

[Warden]

Well for some reason now it works but fuck yes. I can not wait for this game.

[Le Goat]

http://www.prepareforthefuture.com/?fbid=3yS1L


reminds me of the fun Bioshock commercials/feel

[Le Goat]

channel three is by far the best one i've seen... but go through them all accordingly

this game is getting awesome for me.

[Warden]

I'm really glad to see them taking the satire and humor from the other FallOut games and applying them to this one. They don't seem to be fucking with the formula that worked

[Le Goat]

he postapocalyptic remains of Washington DC are no place for elaborate journal-keeping, but we do it anyway. Dear Diary,
Somewhere between being attacked by giant rats and making awkward small talk with a trio of passive-aggressive radiation zombies, I began to regret my decision to leave the vault the other day. After all, that cooped-up atomic-bomb shelter was the only home I'd ever known. But when my father mysteriously went missing, I knew I had to put my life of watching I Love Lucy reruns and eating canned beans on hold for a while.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/273/reviews/918428_20080930_embed001.jpg (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot;thumb;4#) The view from the vault is stunning... (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot;thumb;4#)

That said, it wasn't an easy decision. I stood in front of the vault door's control pod for what seemed like forever, debating whether or not to flip the switch. When I finally did, I never could have expected the view awaiting me from the outside. Once my eyes adjusted to the burning light, I saw a desolate, burned-out wasteland: to the right, the collapsed remains of a freeway overpass, and to the left, the battered shell of the Washington Monument. Everything in-between appeared to be little more than scattered rubble and charred trees.
I cautiously stepped down from the cliff that I emerged from and began to look for some remnants of a road. I needed to find a path I could follow to a town, city, or any semblance of civilization. Soon enough, I found a small village called Springvale, but the only "life" nearby was a floating robot that I later learned was an Enclave Eyebot. It seemed to be some sort of radio broadcasting a heartwarming story about what life was like when we had professional baseball teams to root for. Being more of a foosball man myself, I walked right on by.
Off in the distance I noticed a school, so I decided to investigate what might be inside. Turns out it was just a whole lot of dead raiders. All right, all right, so they were alive when I first came in, but they were shooting at me! I had to defend myself! Even with my disdain for baseball, I swing a pretty good bat (at least when cornered by an angry raider). But once I took care of the threat, there wasn't much worth exploring inside.
I left the school and wandered around until I came to a great big river. I noticed a fairly large city past the opposite bank, so I decided to swim across. Not a good idea. I should have suspected something odd was afoot when I first noticed the river's greenish hue, but life in the vault seems to have sheltered me from the dangers of radiation. I tried to make it across, but when the sound of a Geiger counter in my ears and the slight trembling in my limbs became too much to handle, I swam back ashore and took the long way around.
The city on the other side turned out to be the ruins of Bethesda, Maryland. Although I'd never been there before, something about the name sounded oddly familiar, but I just couldn't put my finger on it. I spent a good long time trying to figure out where I remembered that name from. My mind was so occupied that I didn't even notice when I strolled right into a camp of vicious raiders. Mind you, these raiders were much tougher than the ones back in the school. (Something about hanging out in the streets rather than the art room will do that to you.) They gave me a pretty good beatdown. I managed to take care of them, but not before I exhausted my entire supply of stimpaks, those friendly little needles that restore my health when I'm feeling a bit down. By the time I took them all out, I had developed a pretty savage headache. I couldn't walk more than 10 meters without suffering a severe fit of wooziness. Nervous, I had a look at my condition on my little wrist-mounted Pip-Boy 3000 computer. Yep, just as I thought: I had a crippled head. No amount of mildly irradiated-but-health-restoring rat meat would help me now. I had to find myself a stimpak and inject it directly into my head.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/273/reviews/918428_20080930_embed002.jpg (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot;thumb;4#) ...and of the local wildlife, slightly less so. (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot;thumb;4#)

I stumbled my way across the barren nighttime landscape, and just as the sun began to rise, I found a walled-off city called Megaton. The friendly robot patrolling the door could tell I was in a bad way (I think my busted and throbbing face tipped him off), so he let me in right away. Immediately inside, I was greeted by a rough-and-tumble-looking fellow in a cowboy hat. He introduced himself as Lucas Simms, Megaton sheriff and sometimes mayor (but only when the need for civility arises). I chatted him up for a bit, asking about the giant atomic bomb sitting smack-dab in the middle of the city as some sort of twisted town-square statue. Even among the makeshift scrap metal and airplane-fuselage houses, that thing stood out like a sore thumb.



Simms told me it's sort of a monument that Megaton was built around, but he'd just as soon see it disarmed if anyone in the town had enough skill to do it. Even though my explosive skills weren't the best, I offered to take care of the problem for him...but at five times the reward he offered. No dice. My speech skill was about as poor as my explosive skill, so we settled on the original figure. I went down to investigate the bomb and met an odd local named Confessor Cromwell. Apparently, he's the leader of the Church of Atom, the local religion that worships the atom bomb. Seemed like a nice guy, if a little insane.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/273/reviews/918428_20080930_embed003.jpg (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot%3Bthumb%3B4&page=2#) The sniper rifle has quickly become my best friend. (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot%3Bthumb%3B4&page=2#)

Then I turned my eyes toward the atomic bomb and discovered that I needed 40 points of explosives skill to disarm it. Sadly, I had only 15. I figured trying to smash it with a hammer (as had become my normal trick for fixing old electronics back in the vault) was a bad idea, so I decided to take on some local work to build up my experience levels. I'd heard the shopkeeper running the Craterside Supply was interested in writing a wasteland-survival guide and needed a guinea pig to test a few of her theories, so I went and saw her. After buying a few stimpaks to fix my broken face, I asked her about the book. She was looking for someone to test the effects of radiation, survey the effects of outdated food, and see how much of a threat old landmines pose to those who choose to wander through local villages. I took her up on the last option first and set off for a ghost town appropriately called Minefield.
On my way there, I stumbled upon an old train yard and ran into a group of mutated radiation victims called ghouls, people with horrifying scars and mutations that make them look more like zombies than people. Apparently they've got quite the complex, because they were trying to make me feel bad about my looks (calling me "Smooth Skin") and guilt-tripping me for being in a rush to get to Minefield. No matter how polite I was, these guys just wouldn't let me off without some snide comment. "Oh, thanks for not killing us hideous monsters. You're sooo kind." Jerks.
But no matter: I escaped their passive-aggressive tyranny and found Minefield. Of course, I was greeted by a sniper who was patrolling a local rooftop, but I'm at the point where I've come to expect violent raiders trying to kill me at every turn. Or vicious dogs. Or giant rats. Or mutated bees. Anyway, I took him out with a well-placed headshot courtesy of my trusty hunting rifle, collected a land mine to be studied by the shopkeeper, and then bolted back to Megaton.
Next on the list was to test the effects of radiation. She actually wanted me to get my radiation levels above 200, going all the way up to 600 if possible. (My computer's built-in radiation gauge only goes up to 1000; I assume that's the human body's limit.) Needless to say, I was a bit worried. But I'll be damned if the money wasn't good, so I was in. I popped on down to the stagnant, irradiated pond in the middle of town and had myself a little bath. But even after I submerged myself in the toxic water, my radiation meter was only slowly filling up, so I decided to start gulping down water by the handful. This earned me some funny looks from the local townsfolk--even the Church of Atom people looked at me like I was crazy. I tried to explain that I was doing this in the name of science, but no luck. I'm not making friends in this town anytime soon.
Thankfully, the shopkeeper managed to flush out most of my radiation with some Rad-X, and in the process I picked up a new mutant ability to regenerate crippled limbs. Score! Finally, I was sent off to the remains of a Super-Duper Mart store to find some old junk food and see if it was still any good. I ran into a big group of raiders camped out inside the store, but they were no match for the sniper rifle I picked up off of the guy back in Minefield. The best part is that taking care of these squatters gave me enough experience points to put my explosives level above 40. I found the food and rushed back to Megaton to put my newfound skills to good use.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/273/reviews/918428_20080930_embed004.jpg (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot%3Bthumb%3B4&page=2#) I've lost more than a few limbs to exploding cars. (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/news.html?sid=6198382&tag=topslot%3Bthumb%3B4&page=2#)

Back inside the corrugated metal walls of Megaton, I walked down to the atomic bomb sitting in the middle of town. For the second time, I rolled right up next to it and gave it a good inspection. This time, I was able to disarm the thing and rescue the local citizens from the precarious position of living in a city with a live atom bomb acting as a town plaza. Lucas Simms was so grateful that he gave me the keys and deed to a local house. I was pretty excited about that, considering that I'd spent the previous night sleeping on a mattress I'd found in the Super-Duper Mart bathroom.
I'm beginning to enjoy life here in Megaton. My new house even came with a friendly helper robot that has AI so advanced that he can make me drinks and give me a haircut. Granted, my new pompadour and handlebar mustache combo doesn't bestow any magical ability to collect more headshots in battle, but at least I look good doing it. Now I've got the confidence to set off for the big city: Washington DC. I'm not sure what dangers await me out there, but I have a feeling some clue about my father's disappearance lies within.

[Kerjack]

I started Fallout 2 again today on order to prepare. Still a darn fine game too, although the controls do take a little bit to get use to.

[Warden]

I imagine that you would have to buy it on Ebay or some out of the way game store now. I lost my copies of Fallout and Fallout 2 a long time ago, and I worse for it.

[Kerjack]

Gametap has Fallout 1, 2 and tactics.

[Warden]

Well that IS good to know..

[Le Goat]

Time for retailers to duck and cover because development has wrapped on Bethesda's postapocalyptic role-playing game in anticipation of its October 28 debut.
The eagerly awaited nuclear winter is almost here. A full decade after the release of the postapocalyptic role-playing game Fallout 2 on the PC and four years after work on the project began, Bethesda Softworks today announced that Fallout 3 has gone gold for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Some 200 years after Washington DC is devastated by a nuclear war, players explore the wasteland surrounding the US capital. As one might expect, the area is marginally less hospitable as lobbyists and lawmakers have given way to mutants, ghouls, and heavily armed militia factions.
The remaining sane population lives in subterranean bunkers called "vaults," and there are few reasons for people to venture into the wastelands above. However, Fallout 3 has the protagonist taking the first brave steps into the world outside in search of a missing father.
The game has a lofty heritage to live up to, as it is Bethesda's first crack at the beloved line of PC games originally produced by Interplay, as well as the company's biggest release since the critically adored (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/review.html) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in 2006. For more on Fallout 3, check out GameSpot's previous coverage (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fallout3/index.html).

[Kerjack]

I STILL can't decide if I should get this for PC or 360.

Anyone know if it has that a retarded copy protection scheme on PC such as limited installs?

[Warden]

Think that is an EA only thing, but I could be wrong.

[Ocelot]

DRM or no, Fallout 3 is already out on some torrent sites. I haven't confirmed it myself, but it's out there.

[TylerDurden]

this is going to be fucking amazing on ps3

[halfabubbleoff]

I am a Fallout fan from the original and always loved the humor, characters and gameplay. While I will probably be playing this on PS3 the first time around, I can guarantee that it is on my "Must Buy for PC" list. The MOD community for this game is going to be enormous!

My only worry is the Oblivion engine. I can't play FPS games (motion sickness), but I am very excited about the potential here. I just hope they don't give up on all of the RPG elements in favor of the combat.

Oh, and I'm hoping the "Bloody Mess" Perk is still in.

[Le Goat]

Bethesda announced today that Fallout 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010007), has gone gold for all formats and will be arriving on store shelves and online October 28 in North America, October 30 in Europe and Australia, and on October 31 in the U.K.Additionally, Bethesda has revealed the PC specs for their highly anticipated post-apocalyptic RPG.
Minimum System Requirements:



Windows XP/Vista
1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)

[FlipHKD]

Fuck it
I can't wait.

I'm still gonna buy it for the PS3 but I'm gonna flashmod my 360 and try this shit out.

[Kerjack]

Fuck it
I can't wait.

I'm still gonna buy it for the PS3 but I'm gonna flashmod my 360 and try this shit out.

Might want to be careful with that.

There are plenty of good reasons not to steal Activision Blizzard's games, but apparently, since 2007, one of them has been the snare of their lawyers. GamePolitics reports (http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/19/activision-suing-file-sharers-riaa-style) (via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5052826/activision-suing-pirates-riaa-style)) that the publisher has since last year been quietly suing individuals for alleged copyright infringement of their console games, with most cases ending in big settlements -- often upwards of $100,000.The latest defendant is James R. Strickland of New York, who Edge reports (http://www.edge-online.com/news/activision-sues-alleged-cod-pirate) is being sued in federal court for alleged unauthorized distribution of Call of Duty 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3148400) for the Xbox 360. But according to GamePolitics' research, Strickland is only the latest in a string of copyright infringement lawsuits Activision has brought against individuals (with Call of Duty 3, for some reason, being the game most frequently involved in these lawsuits).
Activision's tactics are similar to those of the Recording Industry Association of America to stamp down music piracy, and there's at least one good reason for that: Karin Pagnanelli, Activision's lead attorney in the cases, has according to Game Politics worked on many file sharing cases for the music industry. There have been at least six cases that Activision has brought against individuals, including the following:

[Warden]

Anyone that can not afford a game should stop stealing them.

[Le Goat]

God damn I cant wait for this...

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/21641

[Warden]

Wrong thread Goat

[Le Goat]

yeah that faggot site doesnt change the top link when you click another video... stupid god damn site mother fucker whore.

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/21981

[Warden]

Ya. Thats fucking hot

[Mustard]

More like Failout...

*waits*

[Le Goat]

I STILL can't decide if I should get this for PC or 360.

Anyone know if it has that a retarded copy protection scheme on PC such as limited installs?


http://media.1up.com/media?id=3616071&type=lg (http://www.1up.com/do/media?cId=2010007&sec=IMAGES)
According to a report (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/13/bethesda-deals-with-pirates/) from MTV, Bethesda is fully aware of the excessive piracy on the PC. "The amount of money we spend supporting people who didn't pay us for the game in the first place...it's f-ing ridiculous," says Fallout 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010007) product manager Pete Hines. "We talk to other developers, guys who are [like] 'Yeah, it's a third, it's a third, it's 50% of our [customer] support.'" Despite knowing this, Hines confirms that strict digital rights management (DRM) won't be placed on Fallout 3. He even calls it "pretty mild." He says Bethesda understands that the consumer wants to simply put the game in the PC and start playing it, but admits that there needs to be some level of protection there so "people aren't just randomly pirating games and passing it around."
Will "pretty mild" DRM be enough to keep people from pirating the upcoming game? Considering that an Xbox 360 version of the game has already leaked (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170605), we're guessing not. Despite its strict DRM policies, Spore (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3138791) was cracked, as are most games. Why would Fallout 3 be any different?

[Le Goat]

Oh and Per that statement about Fallout 3 being pirated already...

http://media.1up.com/media?id=3632091&type=lg
That certainly didn't take long. Less than 24 hours after it was announced (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170521) that Fallout 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010007) had gone gold, a number of torrent sites apparently started showing copies of the game for download. Of course, this is the Xbox 360 version of the game, meaning a modded console would be needed to play it; but that hasn't deterred thousands of people from already downloading their illegal copy. Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20598) theorizes that the leak might have come from the manufacturing plant, while comments on the story say it's listed as a review copy and could have come from elsewhere. It's not unusual for full games to show up online before their release date, but that was still pretty darn quick. There's a greater issue at hand here than the loss of sales for the publisher though: Thousands of people out there are playing this awesome game right now, while the rest of us law-abiding gamers have to wait almost three weeks to get our hands on it. Where's the justice?

[FlipHKD]

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"Our 40-ish hours of game time over four days at Bethesda's Maryland HQ went by on fast-forward. We often forgot to eat, and we begrudged bathroom breaks. Games this captivating don't come along often. Between its engrossing story, ginormous world, well-crafted RPG side, and white-knuckle FPS combat, Fallout 3 completely, utterly gives you your $60 worth."

+ A genuinely compelling story that you want to follow.
+ Massive, rich world that you'll explore for a loooong time.
+ Intense, challenging combat.
? Can someone make a real-life Pip-Boy? That'd kick some iPhone ass.

Woooooooooo 10/10

[Gary_Busey]

It's Bethesda. They shit excellence. I would expect anything they put their full power into would come out 10/10.

[FlipHKD]

indeed

I cannot wait.

[Kerjack]

I preordered. 360.

Sound Track is pretty catchy too.

[Change]

All 50 weapons

NOTE: Not all of these have been CONFIRMED, AND there are probably more to come.

Unarmed weapons:
-Brass Knuckles
-Spiked Knuckles
-Fisto!
-Power Fist
-Deathclaw Gaun

Melee weapons:
-Baseball Bat
-Chinese Officer's Sword
-Knife
-Lead Pipe
-Nail Board
-Police Baton
-Pool Cue
-Ripper
-Shishkebab
-Sledgehammer
-Super Sledge
-Switchblade

Small guns:
-.32 Pistol
-.44 Magnum Revolver
-10mm Pistol
-Chinese Pistol
-Scoped .44 Magnum
-Silenced 10mm Pistol

SMGs:
-10mm SMG

Rifles:
-Assault Rifle
-B.B. Gun
-Chinese Assault Rifle
-Hunting Rifle
-Railway Rifle
-Sniper Rifle

Shotguns:
-Combat Shotgun
-Sawed-Off Shotgun

Big guns:
-Fat Man
-Flamer
-Gatling Laser
-Minigun
-Missile Launcher
-Rock-It Launcher

Energy weapons:
-Alien Blaster
-Laser Pistol
-Mesmetron
-Laser Rifle
-Plasma Rifle
-Plasma Pistol

Explosives:
-Bottlecap Mine
-Frag Grenade
-Nuka Grenade
-Plasma Grenade
-Pulse Grenade
-Frag Mine

[papillon]

MS pulls a Sony
link (http://ps3.qj.net/Moo-India-Fallout-3-canceled-by-Microsoft-due-to-cultural-insensitivities-Brahmin-to-blame-/pg/49/aid/125285)
Microsoft constantly endeavors to bring the best games to Indian consumers in sync with their international release. However, in light of cultural sensitivities in India, we have made the business decision not to bring Fallout 3 into the country.

[}{arlequin]

this is so fucking stupid... if you have a game in your country, and you don't like it, then you just won't buy it.

it's not like this is a 'cow-killing' game... or a game exclusively about cow-killing

[Change]

It's India, does anyone really give a damn?
At least the real countries still get it.

[Le Goat]

this is so fucking stupid... if you have a game in your country, and you don't like it, then you just won't buy it.

it's not like this is a 'cow-killing' game... or a game exclusively about cow-killing

It does have mutant cows in it though

[Celtickliq]

MS pulls a Sony
link (http://ps3.qj.net/Moo-India-Fallout-3-canceled-by-Microsoft-due-to-cultural-insensitivities-Brahmin-to-blame-/pg/49/aid/125285)


I am more shocked India has the capacity to play video games. I mean, who knew?

I really cant remember a time where I played an Indian gent.

And I really can't picture the outsourced SiriusXM customer service rep suspiciously named "Bob" getting off work after a hard day of incompetence and venting a little bit by playing some Halo3.

[Pax Britannia]

Thats one of the many reasons why I hate Tech support being based in third world countries. I bet 'John' from Delhi living off a call centre workers wage has never owned a games console.

[Le Goat]

The fuck you got against john, asshole?!

[Pax Britannia]

I hate everything about him. I want to track down his magic cow and kill it.

[Pax Britannia]

Then feed it to him.

[}{arlequin]

i don't understand how they handle leather products in their culture... is there never ever any cowhide around??? it would take a lot of hamsters to make a car's interior otherwise

[Warden]

For this being based in D.C., I am surprised that there are Chinese fire arms and not American military weapons. Unless China invaded or something

[Le Goat]

Think 'helped' like in the TV show 'Jericho'

[Warden]

Sooo the Chinese dropped weapons and stuff for survivors?

[Pax Britannia]

I think it's more likely that the Chinese tried to invade and we're defeated by the survivors. Thats why some of their weapons are still kicking around.

[Le Goat]

apparently someone has the game a lil in advance (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/fallout3/video_player.html?id=cH00wjes5bIMvDHW&tag=user_vids;title) (video shows posted on Oct. 25th)

It's a grainy vid, but you still see a lot and you get a feel for both the VATS and overall gameplay. I dig it a lot.

[Kerjack]

I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed. I think it will be a good game that is why I preordered it but doubt for some reason its going to be a 10 out of 10 like Xbox Mag gave it.

Hopefully I will eat those words.

[Le Goat]

Seeing as how everything that comes out seems to get your patented pessimism, I'll bet good money you're still an idiot and eat your words

[Kerjack]

Not true, I was pumped for LBP, Mass Effect, GTA 4 and if I recall COD4

You know, the REAL HOT SHIT.

[Warden]

Mass Effect was not what I expected, but a great game none the less. CoD4 was everything, and more, than what I expected and GTA 4 was a let down.

Fallout 3 is either going to hit or miss. I will read a few reviews and judge for myself but I expect to pick it up

[Draven X 23]

Woo futuristic Oblivion!

[Pax Britannia]

and GTA 4 was a let down.

I've heard that quite allot lately and I find it quite puzzling. I thought San Andreas was a crushing dissapointment and GTA4 was a fantastic return to form. To each his own I guess.

I've got Fallout 3 on pre-order but if the reviews come in sour i'll cancel it. I think this game will be a hit though.

[Draven X 23]

GTA4 was a let down. So is Fable II. Both are good games. Just have not lived up to the hype. Especially when people keep pushing the games as changing stuff. But they were just good game that are very pretty graphically.

[Le Goat]

The fuck do you kids consider "changing stuff"? Yall always bash the much touted games as being short on what the promise, yet you don't tell us why you think that. It all just sounds like you kids have bad taste. Or in Dravens case, just a retard.

[One Under]

IGN is being gay and not releasing their review until midnight eastern time. I'm guessing mid 9's, giving any game a 10 is risky.

Guarantee I will love it. I played the shit out of Oblivion and a post-apocalyptic setting is a personal favorite.

The only game recently that lived up to expectations was COD4, I doubt Fallout will but I'm sure it will still be one hell of a game.

[Draven X 23]

The fuck do you kids consider "changing stuff"? Yall always bash the much touted games as being short on what the promise, yet you don't tell us why you think that. It all just sounds like you kids have bad taste. Or in Dravens case, just a retard.

I'd rather be someone you call retarded then you. You know a douchebag fanboy. The exact type of 'gamer' the companies live for.

You have wet dreams about GTA4, Gears of War, Halo 3 and all of those other over-rated games which never lived up to the hype. Great graphics do not make a great game.

[Le Goat]

The fuck said anything about graphics? I asked you a question and you again didn't answer. Also, calling me a fanboy is idiotic. I own both consoles, I play a wide range of superb games and am not afraid to give an honest opinion.

[FlipHKD]

I'm gonna go to gamestop after I see this ign review in about an hour.

Supposedly their gonna be giving out all kinds of cool shit.

p.s.
Do you all think the strategy guide is worth buying?

[One Under]

p.s.
Do you all think the strategy guide is worth buying?

I always just go to gamefaqs.com. It does the job when I'm stuck and those guides are fucking expensive.

[Draven X 23]

I'm gonna go to gamestop after I see this ign review in about an hour.

Supposedly their gonna be giving out all kinds of cool shit.

p.s.
Do you all think the strategy guide is worth buying?

Circuit City has a deal where if you get Fallout 3 they give you the Strategy Guide and a $10 gift card.

[FlipHKD]

I thought it was a mini-strategy guide or something like that?

but yeah I wish I had did the pre-order there thinking about it now or at least bustbuy for that bottle opener.

[Draven X 23]

I thought it was a mini-strategy guide or something like that?

but yeah I wish I had did the pre-order there thinking about it now or at least bustbuy for that bottle opener.

Is it mini? I just go with what was on TV. Either way I don't buy strategy guides. I just get them online if I need them.

I just like getting a $10 gift card.

[Warden]

I know my BestBuys around here don't do midnight releases, my Gamestop does for big releases but I did not pre-order since I was forced to sell my 360 a few weeks ago. I wonder if Walmart will put it out at 12am. I can't afford to buy it right now but damn if I wouldn't mind suffering for it.

[STDSkillz]

IGN Review (http://pc.ign.com/articles/924/924346p1.html)

[Warden]

Reviews I have managed to dig up thus far are all positive. It sticks to the first two Fallout games style and story but takes what was awesome about Oblivion and meshes the two together. I think this will be a purchase for me.

[bixby]

The "VAT" system is looking really, really fun.

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/568806/fallout-3/videos/VATsMontage.html

[FlipHKD]

Been playing it for about 2 hours already.
Pretty impressed with everything i've seen so far.

I just finished disarming the bomb in megaton.

I'll play some more tomorrow but so far that Ign review is on spot.

[Warden]

I just swung by the Walmart that is next to the gas station where I get smokes. They either were sold out or had not stocked it yet. Graveyard shift employees there had zero desire to help and look if they had more in the back.

I really hope I don't have to wait a few days before local stores, Bestbuy and so forth, re-stock the PC version.

[Ocelot]

Maybe I'll cancel my LBP pre-order and get this instead. Ordered from Newegg.com, who hasn't yet shipped it to me though.. Only way I can cancel is to call some number between 8:30AM and 5PM. ... Oh well, worst case I'll wait till the end of the week for this one.

[Le Goat]

Holy fuck is the dads voice liam neeson(sp)?!?!

[Draven X 23]

Yes, I remember them discussing that on G4 during the E3 stuff. Ron Pearlman is the narrator.

[patcooper]

I just picked it up at blockbuster for the ps3. Played for about an hour, and i'm loving it so far. i was big fan of mass effect and elder scrolls so i'm gonna love this one.

[Le Goat]

So far I fucking love it. The environment is rich and desolate. The creatures are imaginative and fierce. The fucking human AI is fierce and sometimes quite quick. On top of all that, the VATS system shines. For those that think it makes the game easy, I assure you, it does not. You do NOT hit your target everytime. When it says 50%, it fucking means 50%. I swear I pumped so many god damn shots at a few beasts head and it just kept on coming. I'm barely on the second chapter on the supply woman and it's already taken me some 4 hours.

[One Under]

I didn't realize how much melee attacks would be use. I didn't upgrade it at all for a while and now I'm regretting it. Especially with how hard it is to find ammo some times, and it's difficult to hit people in close quarters, the AI is smart and movies around quite a bit.

To goat and anyone else near that point:Where the fuck did you find the mole rats she wanted you to test that stuff out? I went around the sewers for at least an hour and I couldn't find a single one

[Le Goat]

I didn't realize how much melee attacks would be use. I didn't upgrade it at all for a while and now I'm regretting it. Especially with how hard it is to find ammo some times?

To goat and anyone else near that point:Where the fuck did you find the mole rats she wanted you to test that stuff out? I went around the sewers for at least an hour and I couldn't find a single one

Yeah, after playing Oblivion I remembered their love of melee so I went straight for small arms, melee and strength (my intelligence is high too)

also, per your spoiler

Are you sure you went into the sewers? I noticed I went into the monument at first and promptly got raped. If you did go into the sewers, the fuckers are there. If you go right in the first hallway you hit two right off the bat, go left and you run into a dude with a shotty, a turret and a few more rats up the way. They're there, just watch for them.

[Gary_Busey]

I'm going to pick this up tomm and go at it this weekend when I have time. I can't fucking wait.

[Le Goat]

It's worth it. You'll look back and wonder where the past 4 hours of your life went, and why you're only one the 4th side mission for one character. Then you'll realize it's cause the game is badass

[FlipHKD]

I just replaced the dish for the gnr radio guy three dog.

but I'm wondering if anyone knows where the brotherhood of steels headquarters is at?

[Le Goat]

I would assumre check the Enclave radio channel, but i'm nowhere near that point

[One Under]

Damn Flip, how long have you been playing?

[Le Goat]

based on him already disarming Megaton at 4am this morn, he's prob just going through the main quest

[One Under]

I get distracted way too easily. I'll just walk around for an hour looking at stuff and trying to find better gear. This shit is gonna take me forever to finish, but I like it that way.

I don't feel like loading it up so I'll ask it here. Does anyone remember if resting (not sleeping in a bed, I mean pressing the BACK button) in Oblivion would heal you? I almost swear that it did, and it does not do it Fallout. Am I wrong about Oblivion?

[FlipHKD]

Damn Flip, how long have you been playing?
Since last night(for about 2 hours)
and in small sessions today (about 4 hours)

I'm a level 6 right now.

I started on the West family side quest but I never went into the station to finish the job. I have no Idea what to do first. There are soo many side quests. It's a damn good game though.


I don't feel like loading it up so I'll ask it here. Does anyone remember if resting (not sleeping in a bed, I mean pressing the BACK button) in Oblivion would heal you? I almost swear that it did, and it does not do it Fallout. Am I wrong about Oblivion?

No it worked in oblivion. They just took it out to make it a bit harder.

[Le Goat]

I get distracted way too easily. I'll just walk around for an hour looking at stuff and trying to find better gear. This shit is gonna take me forever to finish, but I like it that way.

I don't feel like loading it up so I'll ask it here. Does anyone remember if resting (not sleeping in a bed, I mean pressing the BACK button) in Oblivion would heal you? I almost swear that it did, and it does not do it Fallout. Am I wrong about Oblivion?


No, you have to either Sleep, Stikpak or something else to heal. One of my ways to regenerate is to get above 600 rad and any missing appendage will heal itself. Fuck yeah extra quest work!

[One Under]

Well good, at least I'm not going crazy. It does make it quite a bit harder, especially considering how difficult (for me) it is to have lots of stimpaks on my guy.

[Bizz]

I just picked this up and I'm going to beast it. Fuck sleep.

[Le Goat]

Well good, at least I'm not going crazy. It does make it quite a bit harder, especially considering how difficult (for me) it is to have lots of stimpaks on my guy.


That settlement to the north of megaton, where you get the landmines, has a house or two with open beds. One mentioned a 'queen size' but I dunno if that makes any difference. I had already slept before I found it.

[Le Goat]

God damn I love this fucking game.

Anyone else doing the Supply chick missions? If so, how the fuck did you get out of the RobCo place alive?!?!

[FlipHKD]

I just beat the main quest and
this is not really a spoiler or anything really butthe ending was disappointing. Not disappointing in the lead up to it, which was amazing. But once you make the last decision in the game it shows what happened in slides and then goes to the credits followed by the main screen.

and the fact that I couldn't go back to the game after pissed me off even more.
and to put down all "you should have saved before" guys, I had no idea that it was the actual ending since there are plenty of times where it seems like it was going to end but didnt and it auto saved when I walked into the last room and locked the doors so I couldn't leave

other than that It was an amazing experience but I'm not too hot on re-doing it again just yet.

[Chimbo]

Well I got to admit that was fast, how long did it take you?

[FlipHKD]

about 8 hours roughly and I did do a few side quests.
I wish i had done more though....fuck

It feels shitty when the character you spent soo long upgrading and customizing means nothing at the end.(I was a level 14 too)

[Le Goat]

about 8 hours roughly and I did do a few side quests.
I wish i had done more though....fuck

It feels shitty when the character you spent soo long upgrading and customizing means nothing at the end.(I was a level 14 too)

All you have to do is resort back to a previous Save. If you didnt save to a different spot right before the end then you sir, failed. I did that once and will never do it again. Especially in a Bethesda game.

[FlipHKD]

I know I failed. I failed pretty fucking hard.

But I'll just take this as a run through and the next time I play I'll just do all the side quests

[Le Goat]

http://media.1up.com/media/03/6/4/0/lg/488.jpg

If you've ever dreamed of having a Brotherhood of Steel soldier watching over you at night, then you may be interested in one of the newer items to hit the online auction house at Sam's Club. Right now, bidding is open for a life-sized statue of a member of the Wasteland's most notorious faction -- one of dozens Bethesda had made used to promote Fallout 3. As you can see, he comes fully equipped with the Brotherhood's signature power armor and helmet, as well as a laser rifle, effectively making the statue probably the coolest piece of Fallout 3 schwag available to the public. Of course, something this fancy won't come cheap. Bidding at this time has reached $300, which is twice what it was before, and there's still almost two weeks left for fans to bid on it.

If only he were posable so I could sit him on the couch next to me as I actually play the game and steal the power armor off his dead comrades. Alas.

[Image via BethBlog.]

[IdiotBrain]

Well.... FUCK!

I bought fallout 3... installed it and it no worky. I spent an hour doing everything I could think of to get it working. Nada.

I spent the next hour on the phone with bethesda tech support and they're fucking stumped.

SHIT!

System specs: q9400 [quad core @2.66ghz], 3gb ddr2 800, BFGtech 8800GTS 512mb, 2.2TB SATA @ 7200rpm

[Le Goat]

pwnt




get your money back and go get it for a console.

[IdiotBrain]

I did the securom thing, uninstalled Deamon and don't have Roxio....

The game starts up, goes to the "please wait" screen and then just closes itself. No prompts nothing.



I don't do consoles. Don't even own one. I guess i'll just go back to playing Portal, TF2 and Crysis

[Bizz]

I did the securom thing, uninstalled Deamon and don't have Roxio....

The game starts up, goes to the "please wait" screen and then just closes itself. No prompts nothing.



I don't do consoles. Don't even own one. I guess i'll just go back to playing Portal, TF2 and Crysis

Thank you for sharing.

[Gary_Busey]

Failure.

[Warden]

Best 54 bucks I have spent on gaming in a long long time. I have avoided getting to far into the main quest, right now I am doing side quests but also exploring the wastes. I really want to get a partner because damn if facing down 4 or 5 super mutants at once isnt getting expensive. I can't keep my armor up and repaired.

Also, what route are you all going down? Good? Evil? Neutral? I have done good stuff and now I get ambushed by Talon company mercs every once and awhile. Its nice to get the equipment but damn if they don't show up at the worst time.

[Le Goat]

I do everything good but I do steal from folk sometimes, so I'm not sure what the game considers me. I couldn't decide if I should blow up megaton or not. How big is that reward?

[Pax Britannia]

I got this game on Friday. It fucking rocks! I havent even done that much of the main quest. I've been sidetracked by doing the survival guide and finding the android (that was fun).

I dont think i'll blow up megaton. I dont see how your karma would recover.

[Le Goat]

Yea I got out of the vault and went straight to the guide. Shit took awhile but its done. I just deactivated megaton last nite, but the guys offer WAS tempting. Maybe ill do it next go round.

[patcooper]

i got the sheriff killed by the dude who wants you to blow it up. so i guess i'll be killing everyone in the town now. oh and i was playing the good way up to that point. lol

[Draven X 23]

Yeah me too. I reset though so I could get paid.

Edit: Anyone else meet Unlce Leo? He was pretty helpful against a 10 raider attack.

[Kerjack]

Yeah me too. I reset though so I could get paid.

Same, but I did go on a rampage first and hired the hooker. Sadly... and just like in real life I apparently don't know how to use a hooker properly, all she did is lay down on her side for 2 seconds and walked off.

[FlipHKD]

I started over again since the last failure run and now I'm at level 14 with power armor.

But the fucking fire ants still pissed me off.

and wow on the sheer number of side quests available.
best 60 bucks spent in a while.

[One Under]

A gang of fire ants can fuck your world up really quick.

I started a new game last night, after getting the guide. I'm planning on doing a Small Guns/Stealth character.

[patcooper]

Yeah me too. I reset though so I could get paid.

Edit: Anyone else meet Unlce Leo? He was pretty helpful against a 10 raider attack.


i met the sheriff's son and he said his father gave him something to give me after i complete my task. I'm guessing it's my pay if i disable the bomb.

[Le Goat]

i met the sheriff's son and he said his father gave him something to give me after i complete my task. I'm guessing it's my pay if i disable the bomb.

It's a key to your own condo in town and the supply chick's ability to help you decorate it

[Warden]

Its not worth buying any of those themes for your place by the way. All it does is put some furniture in it, place still looks like crap

[Le Goat]

So the jukebox music blows? I love that 50's music

[FlipHKD]

check out this hardass right here

http://i38.tinypic.com/2mgrvpz.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/169kn81.jpg

[Draven X 23]

Dogmeat needs some armor too. Or a laser I can strap to his back.

[Gary_Busey]

Anyone have the PC version? How do you take screenshots?

[Le Goat]

check out this hardass right here

http://i38.tinypic.com/2mgrvpz.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/169kn81.jpg

You took that by holding the Left Bumper and rotating the camera, right?

[FlipHKD]

You took that by holding the Left Bumper and rotating the camera, right?
yeah. and I used my cybershot to take pictures of my lcd tv. I'm surprised they came out that good.

[Le Goat]

I love that power glove thingy. I rape with it.

[FlipHKD]

yeah same here.

Now that I've played through basically ditching the main story line at the citadel.

The side missions are sooo much better.

walking into canterbury commons and seeing those 2 superhero like characters brought the lulz.

[Gary_Busey]

So, I just got it and installed it yesterday. Haven't had a chance to really get into it yet, but it looks gorgeous.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2roolk0.jpg

[chad213]

Got it last night after taking Fable back...I was extremely disappointed with Fable and from what I have played so far this should ease my disappointment.

[Gary_Busey]

It's so purrdddyyy!

http://i37.tinypic.com/nvqek3.jpg

[Pax Britannia]

I realise the game hasnt been out long but has anyone completed the main quest yet? I ask because i'm close to the end and i'm wondering if you can continue to play with the character you've built up after the ending.

I've done almost all of the side-quests but I haven really explored much so it would be a shame for me to finish the game only having seen half of it.

[Gary_Busey]

I would bet that you get to keep playing. How many hours have you put in?

[Bizz]

I would bet that you get to keep playing. How many hours have you put in?

I realise the game hasnt been out long but has anyone completed the main quest yet? I ask because i'm close to the end and i'm wondering if you can continue to play with the character you've built up after the ending.

I've done almost all of the side-quests but I haven really explored much so it would be a shame for me to finish the game only having seen half of it.

I just beat the main quest and
this is not really a spoiler or anything really butthe ending was disappointing. Not disappointing in the lead up to it, which was amazing. But once you make the last decision in the game it shows what happened in slides and then goes to the credits followed by the main screen.

and the fact that I couldn't go back to the game after pissed me off even more.
and to put down all "you should have saved before" guys, I had no idea that it was the actual ending since there are plenty of times where it seems like it was going to end but didnt and it auto saved when I walked into the last room and locked the doors so I couldn't leave

[Pax Britannia]

Thats dissapointing.

[Bizz]

Yeah it is, but it's easy to fix. Do all the side quests and running around before you finish the main story line.

[Gary_Busey]

So how long is the main storyline in terms of hours?

[Pax Britannia]

So how long is the main storyline in terms of hours?

I havent been counting the hours but I got the game on Friday and i'm two missions away from the end.

[Draven X 23]

So does Dogmeat learn any new tricks later in the game or is he just a kinda helper. One that rushes in and dies too much and makes me reset.

[Le Goat]

It's so purrdddyyy!

http://i37.tinypic.com/nvqek3.jpg

YOU KILLED LUCAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111

[Gary_Busey]

Someone gave me the opportunity to detonate a nuclear bomb. How do you say no to that?!

[Le Goat]

I'll be doing it on my next go round.

[Kerjack]

As one commenter said, 'The fat man needs help'

WKAFb-L2a9c

[FlipHKD]

yes he does

and dammit now that I'm a level 17, the wasteland is filled with nothing but deathclaws, enclave soldiers and those fucking mercenaries.

But this game just keeps getting better and better.

[Le Goat]

Ok I have little clue of how far I am on the main quest. I remember a missiong telling me to go look for dad at galaxy news radio, but then I think I skipped ahead cuz i was on a side mission and I found some folks that might've seen him. SKip ahead a few missions and now I went to the Jefferson Memorial, found that shit and am NOW in Vault 112's little 1950's simulator (which is fucking awesome) Someone please tell me if I'm even on a main quest?

[Pax Britannia]

Ok I have little clue of how far I am on the main quest. I remember a missiong telling me to go look for dad at galaxy news radio, but then I think I skipped ahead cuz i was on a side mission and I found some folks that might've seen him. SKip ahead a few missions and now I went to the Jefferson Memorial, found that shit and am NOW in Vault 112's little 1950's simulator (which is fucking awesome) Someone please tell me if I'm even on a main quest?

Yes you are. Do what the little girl says and everything will be fine.

[Le Goat]

Did I skip any main quest shit? Like Galaxy News Radio...

[FlipHKD]

Yes you are. Do what the little girl says and everything will be fine.

or go into the abandoned house and click on
Radio, Pitcher, Garden Gnome, Pitcher, Cinder Block, Garden Gnome, Empty Bottle.

in that order

[Pax Britannia]

Did I skip any main quest shit? Like Galaxy News Radio...

Yeah you missed an awesome battle with the brotherhood of steel watching your back. Then you have to go get a satellite from a museum and put it on the washington monument.

[Pax Britannia]

or go into the abandoned house and click on
Radio, Pitcher, Garden Gnome, Pitcher, Cinder Block, Garden Gnome, Empty Bottle.

in that order

I only found out about that after i'd done the mission sadly.

[Le Goat]

Yeah you missed an awesome battle with the brotherhood of steel watching your back. Then you have to go get a satellite from a museum and put it on the washington monument.

mother fucker.

[defprophet]

What do I do after i put the dish on the W.M.? I went back to the radio station and try to talk to three dog but the door wont open says I need a key. And if i buzz 'em the guy on the other end says something like "quit buzzing. the door is open."

[Warden]

Sounds like a bug.

I am curious how long the main mission is as well. I am supposed to head to Vault 87 next but I have so much to do that I don't want to go there and get fast tracked into the end of the game.

Also, if you solve the android quest, the reward is fucking AWESOME.

His plasma rifle is more powerful, also at Evergreen Mills, if you kill the bartender, his combat shotgun is also more powerful.

[defprophet]

Is it possible the station is "closed" and I need to wait til a certain time?

Its not a giant deal if its a bug since I was thinking of starting over anyways because I allocated my skill points weirdly.

[Le Goat]

Ok wtf, is putting the FEV into the Purifier the last fucking mission?!??!?!

[Pax Britannia]

Ok wtf, is putting the FEV into the Purifier the last fucking mission?!??!?!

YES

Please tell me you saved before hand.

[Le Goat]

YES

Please tell me you saved before hand.

I saved far enough back to wear I finished a few missions but not too far into the main quest.

but holy fuck did I miss a shit-ton of main quests. I swear i skipped at least 4 missions. I did get to see the Robot though. That was badass.


Tesla Armor > BoS Power Armor

Oh and I could NOT find the fucking panel to push, I just ran around and it blew and I sacraficed myself for the greater good, killing all mutants!

[Pax Britannia]

I saved far enough back to wear I finished a few missions but not too far into the main quest.

but holy fuck did I miss a shit-ton of main quests. I swear i skipped at least 4 missions. I did get to see the Robot though. That was badass.


Tesla Armor > BoS Power Armor

Oh and I could NOT find the fucking panel to push, I just ran around and it blew and I sacraficed myself for the greater good, killing all mutants!

I've never put on my BoS Armour because I dont want it to affect my agility. Is agility affected by the Tesla Armour?

[Le Goat]

I've never put on my BoS Armour because I dont want it to affect my agility. Is agility affected by the Tesla Armour?

It's extremely minute from what I saw. You aren't bogged down like you get when you take too much stuff. You're still quite mobile. Of course I optioned for the full power armor rather than the Recon, but maybe the recon is more 'agile' (be it minute no doubt).

The Tesla is rather light, about half the DR as the BoS.

[Warden]

and its pimp looking. Observe

http://img185.imagevenue.com/loc556/th_49648_ScreenShot0_122_556lo.jpg (http://img185.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49648_ScreenShot0_122_556lo.jpg)

Kind of tough to find so far though. I haven't gone further in the main story mission, have to hit up Vault 87 right now, and I only find more to repair it with if I stumble upon some more Enclave dudes with it on.

Also, I found a prototype medical power armor that talks to you like a drill sergeant. Looks the same, I think, but when you encounter enemies, he says some funny stuff. Found it in some O named town full of death claws in the sewer. Can be repaired with regular power armor.

[Le Goat]

Last week's launch of Bethesda Softworks' after-the-bomb role-playing game Fallout 3 was, appropriately enough, explosive. The publisher took a victory lap today by announcing some early statistics for the game. Bethesda said that it shipped roughly 4.7 million copies of Fallout 3 around the world last week. Sales of that massive stockpile surpassed the $300 million mark.
Both of those figures stack up reasonably well with last year's release of Halo 3. Microsoft's heavily hyped first-person shooter posted sales of $300 million in its first week (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180380.html) on analyst-estimated shipments of 4.2 million (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6179772.html). It's worth noting that Halo 3 was an Xbox 360 exclusive, whereas Fallout 3 is available on the 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, and the installed user bases of those platforms have increased significantly in the intervening year.
Fallout 3 was released on October 28 in North America and October 31 in Europe. It may receive another sales boost in the near future, given that Bethesda has planned a Japanese launch for the game on December 4.
For more on Fallout 3, check out GameSpot's review (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fallout3/review.html).

[Triumph]

Is it possible the station is "closed" and I need to wait til a certain time?

Its not a giant deal if its a bug since I was thinking of starting over anyways because I allocated my skill points weirdly.

It's most likely a bug, I already found one going back to Moira in megaton, where the shop is closed even though I stopped there between 8am and 5pm.

All I had to do was load-up a old save and continue from there.

[GhettoSuave]

So I think this is my next buy, watched a friend play it and looks badass. Everyone here seems to agree?

[Le Goat]

Yup. Beat it the first time through and have to go back again to get all the other badass shit. Just make sure you save a different spot PRIOR to the ending level. Just so you can explore other shit and have fun

[Draven X 23]

Anyone find all the bobbleheads? So far I have 3.

Medicine, Melee and Intelligence.

BTW the Ghoul Mask is most likely my favorite thing now. I put it on and no ghouls attack me anymore.

[Mr. Brown]

anyone find the crashed alien ship?

and BTW Fawks is the best follower of em all, Dogmeat aint got shit on him

[Pax Britannia]

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii85/Raptor08_2008/20081112.jpg

[PWalk]

I just picked this game up this morning. Already I am glad I went with this game over GOW2. I loved Oblivion and this one is just awesome so far.

What's the total amount of time you guys have spent on it so far?

[Le Goat]

I did about 40% and it took maybe 12 hrs of exploring

[FlipHKD]

I thought that there was a leveling cap that stopped at level 20

I just got to level 21.

hmm

btw the alien blaster is tooo badass

[Pax Britannia]

Maybe it's just that after level 20 theres no more new perks.

[FlipHKD]

yeah that probably what they meant

[Draven X 23]

I have about 30 hours in. Mostly just messing around. Found 3 bobbleheads and did a mission that gave me a ghoul mask that makes all feral ghouls leave me alone.

[Mr. Brown]

I like how more integrated your status in the world is than in Oblivion. I remember that in Oblivion you would hear people talking tales of adventure that you did and if you read the paper, you would see things that you accomplished. In Fallout with Three Dog, the Regulators and the Mercs it's much better. I have character that has a "saint" status and the other has killed everyone from the everyone in Megaton to all the drifters who sit outsde the cities asking for water.

[InterningIsiah]

I've played just the intro so far and I loved the fact that you start off being an infant, and learning the basic mechanics of the game as people normally do in life, as they grow up. I thought that was very neat and adds to the immersion.

[Le Goat]

I took 45 mins on that part alone. I explored waaaaaaaaay more than I normally do in those games

[defprophet]

I've played just the intro so far and I loved the fact that you start off being an infant, and learning the basic mechanics of the game as people normally do in life, as they grow up. I thought that was very neat and adds to the immersion.

I agree. I'd say that was one of the best intro/tutorial/character creator, however you want to refer to it, EVER.

[lusonico]

Jesus Christ did anyone managed to enter Vault 87?:eek:

[Warden]

Yes.

Spoiler following is about the end of the game. Read only if you have beat it.

So I saved just before the choice of if you send in Sarah or go in yourself. I did both and while you going in does sound more heroic, they make you sound like a big bitch if you let Sarah go in. I think its kind of weak that there is not a single chance of getting out alive for either of you. Also, at the end montage, how many "acts" were shown that you accomplished? I went super good and only had the saving of the slaves. Nothing else that I could tell. Wonder how many quests you can do that would change the ending montage?

[Chimbo]

I got this game a week ago and it fucking rocks, words can't describe its awesomeness.

If Oblivion is half as good as this one, I'm getting it for sure next month.

[Ethix]

I went to pick up a game today and completely forgot about this game somehow so I bought Left 4 Dead instead. L4D is decent, but I'm really wishing I would've bought Fallout. Damn. Anybody want to trade? lol

[NOTKyle]

So I'm about 10 hours into this game, and I'm not sure if its just me but its alot more difficult to get sidetracked (off of the main quest) in Fallout than it is in Oblivion. Playing Oblivion I would find myself avoiding the main quest for 25 or 30 hours, and never running out of things to do. In Fallout I need to actually force myself to stray from the main storyline.

Should I just start murdering children, and see where the wind takes me?

[Mustard]

Should I just start murdering children, and see where the wind takes me?
This is never a bad idea, in games, or in life.

[Le Goat]

So I'm about 10 hours into this game, and I'm not sure if its just me but its alot more difficult to get sidetracked (off of the main quest) in Fallout than it is in Oblivion. Playing Oblivion I would find myself avoiding the main quest for 25 or 30 hours, and never running out of things to do. In Fallout I need to actually force myself to stray from the main storyline.

Should I just start murdering children, and see where the wind takes me?

the hell you talkin bout? I get more sidetracked on here than Oblivion. All ya gotta do is just roam around the waste land and you'll find some random murder/town/bomb/creature.


If you blow up Megaton you pretty much lose a shit ton of side quests

[Nature's Folly]

I need to burn someones copy of this game so i can enjoy it.

[hatepoppy]

beaten it to shit once on normal.= diff. not bad, man. smashin through it on very hard now. charon + ledoux's hockey mask + ranger combat armor + action boy + 10 AG + grim reaper = fucking kill.

i dont know if its harder to get sidetracked in fallout than oblivion. i think the main issue is that the main quest is so short/easy. i spent more time collecting bobbleheads and doing the wasteland surival guide than i did when i said fuckit lets see how this shit ends.

just closing the oblivion gates took longer than waiting for liberty prime win the game for you.

[hatepoppy]

So I'm about 10 hours into this game, and I'm not sure if its just me but its alot more difficult to get sidetracked (off of the main quest) in Fallout than it is in Oblivion. Playing Oblivion I would find myself avoiding the main quest for 25 or 30 hours, and never running out of things to do. In Fallout I need to actually force myself to stray from the main storyline.

Should I just start murdering children, and see where the wind takes me?

unfortunately you cant kill kids. leads to an interesting exploit, tho.

if you take the mr sandman perk, you can wait for a kid to go to sleep (i.e the simms kid in megaton or knick knack in little lamplight) and whack em off w the sandman perk over and over and over, gettin experience for it each time. you can fly thru levels w them shits.

[hatepoppy]

Jesus Christ did anyone managed to enter Vault 87?:eek:
easy, man. just go thru little lamplight.

[lusonico]

easy, man. just go thru little lamplight.

Yeah, i did:)

In that time i did had not made it past the gate in little lamplight, so i just tought is was one impenetrable vault for the show.:p

[NOTKyle]

Nothing quite like drinking from a toilet, trying to survive for a few more minutes.

[hatepoppy]

do you like, suck or something?

[Nature's Folly]

I gotta say given that it has been 200 years since the nuclear war...i just figured that the world would of gotten its shit together a lot more before now.

[Archangel]

This game, while brilliant fun, is ridiculously easy on normal. 50 hours in, level 19, mostly just exploring (just arrived in Rivet City in the plot), and I think I have like twenty 90% Chinese ARs, ten 90% rocket launchers etc in my closet, and have ammo coming out of my ears. Ever since getting that lucky 8 ball, I've been critical-hitting my path through monsters like nobody's business.

By the way, is anyone else as annoyed by the giant scorpions (the really big ones) as I am?

[Le Goat]

Radiation lasts many years

[hatepoppy]

This game, while brilliant fun, is ridiculously easy on normal. 50 hours in, level 19, mostly just exploring (just arrived in Rivet City in the plot), and I think I have like twenty 90% Chinese ARs, ten 90% rocket launchers etc in my closet, and have ammo coming out of my ears. Ever since getting that lucky 8 ball, I've been critical-hitting through monsters like nobody's business.

By the way, is anyone else as annoyed by the giant scorpions (the really big ones) as I am?
its def tougher on very hard. but srsly, still not that hard.

[Le Goat]

The point is to challenge, but further the story. It's not like FPS's in the sense that you're pretty much expected to die 5-10 times per level.

[Archangel]

I know, but just like Bioshock, I find that I'm so inundated with weapons/ammo that it becomes a hassle.

[Le Goat]

You had 8 options with Bioshock. That was too much for you?

[NOTKyle]

I have too many weapons, and no ammo. :(

[hatepoppy]

I have too many weapons, and no ammo. :(
be a better shot.

or sell gunnns you dont use/arent good w and buy ammo for those you are.

you have a follower? and what difficulty?

[Archangel]

You had 8 options with Bioshock. That was too much for you?

No, but there was so much ammo the only challenge was keeping every weapon topped up at all times. So if I knew that there was shotgun ammo in one room, I'd only use the shotgun on that level, then backtrack to keep the ammo at maximum. Because I hate coming across ammo I can't carry. Good thing about Fallout is that you can carry as much amo as you want. Hell, I'm at near 6,000 minigun rounds now.

I'm the quintessential "it might come in handy later" guy. I don't think I used the grenade launcher even once in Bioshock, same for the .308, the rocket launcher, and the Fatman in Fallout.

Oh, and in other news, the level 20 cutoff is fucking gay.

[Chimbo]

Yeah I just finished the game, took me 50 hours, I got to level 20 way too soon, after that I concentrated mostly on sneaking, no point in fighting a lot anymore, unless I want the loot.

And about the ammo shortage, maybe you aren't looting enough, the thing is all over the place.

The only shortage I experienced was with the .44 caliber but that was because the Lincoln Repeater fucking owns. I just bought all of it from any trader I ran into.

And yeah, the game was really easy on normal, then again it's an RPG, what did you expect? The deathclaws were a pain in the ass, though...

I keep telling myself I'll play it again on very hard but meh.

[tony101]

tried it out, its alright. lookin more forward to resistance

[Archangel]

I find that the .308 at long distance makes short work of Deathclaws, especially with the grim reaper, sniper, better critical, commando and concentrated fire perks. The only enemies which really annoy me are the really big scorpions, because there's no way you can VATS snipe them to death. Fuck close combat.

[Le Goat]

http://media.1up.com/media?id=3669479&type=lg
The level cap has been a bit of an issue for Fallout 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010007) fans, particularly those intent on exploring the Capitol Wastes in their entirety. Thankfully, it looks like Bethesda will be addressing the issue soon. Speaking with Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bethesda-to-raise-fallout-level-cap-to-30) about Fallout 3's upcoming DLC Operation Anchorage (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170095), lead producer Jeff Gardiner also dropped a few details about Broken Steel (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170102), the planned third installment. Among them, Gardiner said that the level cap would be going up to thirty.
Bethesda vice president of public relations and marketing Pete Hines had previously said that Bethesda had no plans to raise the level cap, but when asked, Gardiner said, "Pete was talking about the level cap in the game as it was released. Level 20 is plenty tough. But we felt there's no harm in letting the player enjoy the game as long as they'd like, and so along with removing the game's "ending" with Broken Steel, we figure raising the level cap would allow them to do that."
Broken Steel will be coming in March. In the meantime, Fallout 3 players can look forward to Operation Anchorage at the end of the month, as well as The Pitt (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170099). Should give you plenty of practice as you get ready to move up those final ten levels.

[NOTKyle]

I think removing the ending is a bigger deal than raising the level cap.

[Will-Kill]

Going to replay as a bad guy, its tough to be either a asshole or just kill everything I see....choices choices....

[NOTKyle]

I don't know how people play it as a good guy, it's so much fun talking shit and killing everything.

PS - choosing the level 2 Animal Friend perk is the greatest decision I ever made.

[Draven X 23]

I like the 'Mysterious Stranger' Perk. Always seems to help out at the best time.

[NOTKyle]

Not for me. He shows up when I'm shooting at a radscorpion usually, not while trying to take on 3 or 4 super mutants.

[Nature's Folly]

I wish i had this game. =/

[TylerDurden]

bethesda will not be releasing any dlc for the ps3, which makes the 20 level cap fucking retarded.

they did say, however, that if there was enough interest they'd release the same dlc at some point. who fucking knows... fail on bethesda's part.

[Le Goat]

No, fail on you faggy PS3 kids fault


GET PWNT FFFFFFFFFUCKAAAAAAS!

[Mr. Brown]

I've played thru about three times now, I went thru once as a complete good guy, which is hard if you some of the good loot. Second time as hell on earth bad guy. After hooking up with the slavers at Paradise Falls, I was rolling in money. I've enslaved more raiders than I killed. Anyone else meet the Gary's?

It's also interesting to me b/c I've driven to every location in the game. Last night I was picking a friend up from National Airport and Drove past the Jefferson Memorial, looked out in the water and was like "That's where Rivet City is"

BTW for those who have probs with the radscripions just take the Entomologist Perk

and find Relly ASAP b/c she pays you for finding new locations.

[Warden]

How did this get moved here?

[Draven X 23]

Well today is supposed to have an update to fix some bugs.

And that is a good question why is this in the PC section? I know there is still a general Video Game section.

[Le Goat]

http://media.1up.com/media?id=3670774&type=lg
Continuing today's march of updates, Fallout 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010007) is the latest to get a new patch. This one applies to all platforms, and fixes a host of issues. The patch is available via Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network as usual, while PC owners can find their updates at the official website (http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html). The patch is required to play the upcoming DLC Operation: Anchorage (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170095), which is due January 27. So get downloading, kids.
Hit the jump for the complete patch notes.
Bug Fixes



Friends notification no longer causes the game to pause. (Playstation 3)
Fixed occasional crashes during loading and waiting.
Friendly or neutral NPC health bars, when taking damage, no longer flicker repeatedly.
Fixed issue where certain NPCs would occasionally disappear from the game.
Fixed issue where dead NPCs would occasionally come back to life.
Fixed rendering issue with the Gatling Laser gun's tracers.
Fixed issue where the haircut menu would occasionally not appear properly.
Added ability to remap your VATS and pip boy buttons.
Fixed rare load/save issues that would cause NPCs to behave incorrectly.
Fixed issue where quest objectives would occasionally not update properly due to talking activators, intercoms and conversations.
Using Radaway from the Pip-Boy's Status Menu repeatedly no longer crashes the game.
Player no longer gets stuck in level up menu if their skills are maxed out.
Fixed issue where multiple followers would occasionally not load into an interior.
Fixed rare issue with getting stuck in VATS mode.
Fixed rare crash with fighting NPCs with corrupted data.
In game radios will now play properly if player was listening to the radio in the Pip-Boy first. (Playstation 3)
Fixed rare crashes while loading and saving games.
Fixed rare issue where player would fall through the floor while in VATS.
Fixed occasional crash after scoring a critical hit in the head with a Railway Rifle.
Prevent NPCs from inadvertently dying from falling.
Fixed occasional issue where the controller would stop working properly.
Fixed crashes related to repeatedly equipping and dropping clothing and armor into the world.

Quest Fixes



Fixed several instances where quest item stayed in inventory permanently after completing quests.
Fixed an issue where the distress message would occasionally not play in Trouble on the Homefront.
In The Waters of Life quest, the Citadel gate will open properly if the player fast travels away after exiting the Taft Tunnels but before reaching the Citadel gate with Doctor Li.
For the Home Sweet Home quest, the broken protectrons in Big Town become active at the proper time.
In The American Dream quest, fixed specific issue which prevented the player from accessing their belongings in the locker by the door if they left the room first.
Fixed infinite caps exploit in Strictly Business quest.
Fixed rare instance where Dad would have no valid dialogue during The Waters of Life quest.
Prevent issue during the Finding the Garden of Eden quest where player would fade to black, instead of traveling to Raven Rock, while in combat with a follower.
Fixed several XP speech exploits with certain NPCs.
Fixed XP exploit with a robot in Fort Bannister.
Fixed issue where player's controls can become locked permanently during The American Dream.

[NOTKyle]

OH MY GAWD YOU CAN REPAIR WEAPONS WITH OTHER WEAPONS

[Le Goat]

http://media.1up.com/media?id=3675744&type=lg
Fallout 3 (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010007) fans who've been dying for something new will have their opportunity now. The first expansion DLC Operation Anchorage (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170097) is now available for download. For 800 Microsoft Points ($10), you can now access a military simulation in which you defend the Alaskan wilderness from Chinese Community invaders. Be aware, the real goodies like the increased level cap (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172183) won't be coming until Broken Steel (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170103) in March, in case that affects your purchasing decisions at all.
Otherwise, it's a good time to make Sarah Palin proud. Let us know what you think in the comments once you've had a chance to play it for a bit (or even if you haven't played it, we don't discriminate).

[Kerjack]

I'd check it out as I'm playing in the other room right now... but I'm still only on lvl 15 :P

[Chimbo]

Unless I hear a lot of good stuff about it, I'll pass. Same goes for The Pitt.

Broken Steel, though, sounds cool.

[Kerjack]

LVL 17 BITCHES!

[Le Goat]

I are now going after the nuances..ala Armor, Big Weapons and what not. I just glitched the Armory door and got me a MIRV and am now lookin for the other Nukes. Then i'll hit all the fun armor.

[Kerjack]

I'm not sure I'd even want the MIRV, Mini Nukes are hard to come by.

[NOTKyle]

I sell mini nukes the second I get them. I need to find a way into that power station on the west side to get the super awesome alien gun thing that has 100% critical hit guarantee.

[Le Goat]

I sell mini nukes the second I get them. I need to find a way into that power station on the west side to get the super awesome alien gun thing that has 100% critical hit guarantee.

It's not in the Power Station, it's just north of it and there's nothing guarding it. I actually ran into a doctor that healed me all up.

[Le Goat]

also, I noticed it doesn't kill the Sentry Bot on one hit. It actually takes like 3

[Kerjack]

Trouble is with the Alien blaster you get about 200 rounds and that is it.

[Le Goat]

I fire once with it then switch to another weapon. I mainly use to the pulse grenades

[Kerjack]

I'm totally one of those players that never use any of the powerful guns because I *might* need them later. The 10mm pistol is by far my most used weapon still :P

[Le Goat]

I pimp the rifle more than anything. Or the Power Fist. That fucker has saved my life on multiple occasions

[Kerjack]

Love the little Dart gun, both for looks and functionality.

[NOTKyle]

It's not in the Power Station, it's just north of it and there's nothing guarding it. I actually ran into a doctor that healed me all up.

Gahh. I just assumed it was behind the lockpick skill 100 super fence.

[Le Goat]

I still haven't got that fucker yet

[Kerjack]

I'm a little sad I didn't get a chance to talk to anyone in Paradise City, being a slaver town my conversation with the guard broke down pretty quick. Oh well, guess the name is still fitting if you are into necrophilia.

[Warden]

Laser and Plasma rifles FTW!

[Draven X 23]

Laser and Plasma rifles FTW!

I preferred the plasma rifle/pistol combo. Unless it was against a behemoth. Then I just mini-nuke it to death.