Was up til 7am and finished the main storyline. Still have more to do on the side, but man wait until you get to the last set of objectives. Shit gets real, yo.
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Was up til 7am and finished the main storyline. Still have more to do on the side, but man wait until you get to the last set of objectives. Shit gets real, yo.
I seemed to speed up a lot after nabbing the Strong Back perk. I don't know if it's true, but it seems like you move faster if your character is using a low percentage of their total carry weight. I know that what you wear has an effect, as well as if your character's weapon is holstered or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elkino1
I'm playing this game and enjoying this game but man it's getting tiresome dying all the fucking time. Everytime I kill 2 or more people I save. Everytime i clear a room I save. And I've got 0 stims left and a quarter health. I'm level 7 almost 8, been doing Governor Palin's side quests. I seriously need to find a house of my own or something, I'm carting around a flamethrower, minigun and rocket launcher, all cuz I don't want to lose any of em.
I got a house in Megaton as a reward for defusing the bomb. It came with a robot butler that gives me pure water and tells bad jokes on demand. Actually it's more like a shack, but I don't care. I'm storing all kinds of stuff there.
Right now I'm using a combination of Small Arms (10mm submachine gun, combat shotgun), Explosives (mines, grenades) and Melee (sledgehammer, sword). I try to use melee weapons the most since they don't need ammo, and a high Luck means lots of critical hits, especially when sneaking (I'm a fast-stealth type). I'm using guns as a last resort or against tougher enemies, and for when I run out of explosives.
I'm only keeping larger weapons to sell, as they're heavy and ammo is scarce, plus their resale is higher. There are small arms all over the place for repairing what I've got.
Has anyone come across silencers for the guns? Maybe you can eventually make some...that'd be fantastic.
Don't bother unless you are using them. Those things are all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Error
I haven't found any, but I have seen silenced 10mm's for sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by BioMechanic
damn man what're you doing? I think I've only died twice now and one of them was because i ran off a ledge with a high drop off :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Error
Yeah I've killed a few guys that was carrying the Silenced 10mm, it's damage is reduced by one point, other than that it's pretty sweet to use i give it a :tu:Quote:
Originally Posted by BioMechanic
Got fallout, GF is passing out candy at parents. Need to go meet buddies at bar for a few then digging straight in. Pretty pumped.
Didn't realize I could get a place in Megaton. Will defuse bomb tonight.
This game is amazing.
I calmly walked around Megaton and executed every last soul, while Bourke watched on and gave commentary "Natural selection at it's best!".
I managed to get a scoped magnum from one of the Megaton locals, and my god, it's a fucking corpse maker.
I would love to play this game, but I'm knee deep in an RPG backlog right now with a DQ8 replay, and after that, Star Ocean 1, and after that, probably Lost Odyssey.
DQ8: Okay maybe, but a replay?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beefy Hits
Star Ocean 1: fail
Lost Odyssey: fail
This does not add up.
Lost Odyssey is alright.
Fallout is better, but it's not a fail.
Lost Odyssey was solid last Feb when there was NOTHING being released. But there's no reason you should be playing that with the ridiculousness that's being released this month.
You get some bonus perks for finishing the book, and some resists and skill points. You don't get a POWERED ARMOR but you get a nice 12 dam resist with stats suit of armor from her.
I just finished the book. I've only finished 8 quests and I could go on to Tenpenny Tower or something but I think it's time to go look for Dad, though I don't know whether to follow Moriarty or Dr. Li's instructions.
I love how someone in this game collects just about every useless piece of shit you can find.
Not to nitpick, but I don't plan on seeing him again soon, wasn't it Burke? (ok that is totally nitpicking)Quote:
Originally Posted by Detour
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Lost Odyssey: fail
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Originally Posted by Chux
It was a good game, something that held my interest much more than many recent rpgs have. Not amazing, but totally worth the price it's down to now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brand X
Tenpenny Tower has a lot of good shit inside, dunno if that changes if you decided to detonate Megaton or not, but the spoils to me were totally worth is. I leveled up twice just hammering the people inside (and barely had to heal at all, oh wait, there's a toilet!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Man I'm in such a groove with combat now it's not funny. I haven't healed in quite a while, just slept.
This game has a very...I wouldn't say great story so far, but very consistent. I feel like everything I've done in the game is really pretty much what I would have done if I were there, and even though game time passes faster than real time, I feel like this entire thing has played out in real time. I don't know how to describe this properly, but I'm really happy with it.
Great, I'm going to get addicted aren't I?
"It's Awesome" will suffice.
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Originally Posted by Elkino1
Admittedly I started the game wrong, I went towards the citidel and got fucked over by badlanders for a while instead of heading straight for Megaton, but even so I think it's just because I've been playing it like it's just more Oblivion, which it is, but guns and missiles really do make a difference.
As for the house I had been saving that disarm quest for later, as I was thinking the end game revolved around it for some reason. Once I discovered the housing reward well, shit, time to disarm a bomb.
Also the shishkabab or flaming sword of justice as I like to call it is making things much easier on me. BURN! BURRRRN!!!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...h_palin_36.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Error
"Hey now, doncha think you could go over to Big Town and find Joe Six Pack for me? I betcha he has some purified water!"
Palin will be DLC in Mercs 2 though. (true, so will Obama)
It'll be worth the purchase if I can shove a rocket launcher down her throat.
Hot damn. Once I get my mitts on that, it'll be the only gun I use....besides the dart gun and railspike weapons I'm sure are coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brand X
Too bad you can't carry corpses, or I'd stash a bunch in my house to feed on.
I'm turning into an invisible speedy evil nocturnal flesheater. I plan to sandman-kill an entire settlement, once I find one large enough.
I just saw my dad die and teamed up with the brotherhood. How much longer is the main story just by itself? I wanna try to power through the main story before Gears 2
Do you have to be good to do what cap wants to do? I'm still neutral, but giving away a bunch of waters ought to help I guess. I am kind of a neutral guy irl. There are achievements for playing as good/bad/neutral all the way through. Gay.
Can you turn into a ghoul if you get sick enough? I wouldn't put it past Bethesda.
I'm SO GLAD they set this in D.C. instead of some generic city. Walking down the ruined mall is a trip. They didn't cop out.
The game seriously favors Oakland.
VATS is officially my favourite battle system ever. I decided this after sneaking up on a group of five raiders and throwing a grenade into the middle of them. I scored sneak attack criticals on all of them, resulting in five instant kills. It was wonderful.
Shortly after that, I got into an epic four-way battle with mercenaries, centaurs, super mutants, and myself. It was wonderful. The AI, for all its dumbness, does a good job of prioritizing targets - which meant that everyone ganged up on the super mutants. It was a glorious melee of explosions, gunfire, death. And after that fantastic fight... it froze. Classic Bethesda.
You know I don't mind the brown...the sky is blue and the stars are great, and I think it looks about right, but why isn't tranquility lane in full color?
Yes, Bvork.
My absolute favorite moment: I was wandering around looting shit when I saw/heard an explosion in the far distance. I hurried to check it out, and so did a band of raiders, and there was already a battle going on, which turned into a huge clusterfuck and then I looted everything.
Later I saw another explosion, but when I got there all I found was a corpse.
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Originally Posted by Cowutopia
What exactly are you refering to here?
Also, I was going to try to get through as much of the main story tonight as I could yet I got sidetracked for a good few hours just exploring around trying to find new places, and it was damn good times. Also, find the Oasis. So awesome.
This is why this game is awesome.
I fasttravel into the Georgetown West metro to find something and, as soon as I spawn, a missile comes flying at me from the water. Supermutant. I run into the building right next door to get away and see a robot fighting another SM, Flamer V Assault Rifle, just in time to see the robot die, then I kill that SM.
I go back outside to look for the Rocket SM, but he's dead, apparently he's just a bad shot and killed his-self. I go over to the water to check a 3rd dot, this time it's a SM + Minigun. So, I figure with Laser Rifle and V.A.T.S., I'll make him drop it. Shooting from looking down on the ledge, I shoot 4 shots at his right arm.
Cripples it, and the MG goes flying into the water. Unexpected, but good. I shoot his right leg out via V again, but, sadly, before I can fully gimp him and watch him hobble around, the Mysterious Stranger appears and blows him up.
Saddened, I go back to the building to check on a 4th dot, this one on the back side and I crawl up the rubble pile to shoot at him. SM + AR, so, intrested in maximum lulz, I V his right arm, and the guns flies away. I let him pick it up and shoot at me 6 times, but, gimped, he Elmer Fudd's it and shoots anything other than me.
Fuck it, I says, and V the gun itself. Off it goes, br0ken and he's left to run around yelling at me since he can't climb up the pile.
I subsequently gimped his right leg, then walked down and played "Catch Me You Fucking SM Gimp" for a few minutes, before letting him get just close enough to hit me, before V shotting him in the face.
Awe-some.
joining the brotherhood. I just got to that part but I couldn't actually join...I guess you don't? I want me a Brotherhood power helmet, they are so badass looking....shit I know where I can nine too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElCapitanQuote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
I'm level 13 now and just headed for Lamplight. I spent hours fucking about before I continued the main quest. Carrying around the Enclave power armor was worth it.
Yes, MVS. Vats makes this game the motherfucking win.
I went 100% small guns, fuck laser shit. Lasers are so cool though, maybe next time.
Descending upon Evergreen Mills sniping/rifling from the cliffs and then minigunning everyone is in my top 5 so far. I attacked at night, like some kind of god-damned ninja commando.
I went for small guns as well, lasers and big guns are shit for me. Crouched close V shots work awesome, though.
I'm lv 20 and only now starting to do the main quest. I spent a lot of time just wandering around.
Damn you sure did. I mean, I did a lot of shit but I can't even imagine how you got so many levels without quest xp boons. Are you playing on hard? I hear you get more xp on hard.
And guys don't forget if you try 3 hacks and are clueless you can back out and try again with 4 fresh tries and a new word list. The dud thing helps too.
Also SAVE ALL OF THESE ITEMS:
Scrap Metal
Pre-War Books (unburnt)
Nuka Cola Quantum
Blood Packs
Brotherhood Holotags
Sugar Bombs (eh sugar bombs are meh)
I sold a few Quantums and left behind a ton of Metal and Pre-War books in my first few hours of play. Don't make my mistake!
You can pick a crate somewhere to store stuff and it should stay put, but if you want a place to store this stuff start with 30 Repair and defuse the Megaton bomb immediately to get a house.
You know I escaped without ever even meeting the Overseer and Amata was like "Dude where the fuck were you?" and I had no idea what she was talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prince Planet
I carry way too much gear:Hunting rifle for most enemies, Chinese Assault Rifle, Combat Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, Shishkebab (which is pretty unnecessary with the shotgun but it's light and if I ever run out of bullets...lol) Missile Launcher, Minigun, and I just got rid of my 10mm pistol (hunting rifle is better anyway and keep a backup 10mm auto in case my assault rifle ever runs out.Trust me Hero, you're going to want a heavy gun for some of the enemies you'll meet. I think I should just chuck the Missile Launcher and replace it with the fat man that I keep in my locker, since I barely bust it out unless I'm in trouble...but it's so much fun when you're getting swarmed! Oh, and I keep a Flamer on my follower. I'm like a goddamn boy scout, except the more guns you have the more fun you can have with your bad guys.
Does anyone remember when posts automerged?
Holy shit I can't wait to be super evil
Yes, on hard. I just walked around and killed shit for a bit, but still had White Jesus Karma.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
I fucked around and did the Moira Mireluck Dungeon before she even mentioned it beforehand, so I was able to just walk in, without technically killing anything and then getting that bonus.
I think I have the 2 or 3 swift learner perks as well.
Ah that explains it. If I had to do it over I'd get the book skill first but not the quick learner...I like leveling slowly in Bethesda games since shit levels with you anyway.
There's a perk somewhere that gives you an entire extra level of exp instantly, I took that.
That's just overkill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
I just roll with one close thing, usually Combat Shotgun, and one ranged thing (AK, Laser Rifle, Humungous Colt/Lincoln's Gun). A few grenades of each kind and then the Ash Maker Gun ufowned.
The more space you have, the more shit you can carry back. I just roll until I'm full up, then go sell shit or store it in the house.
I took all three of those, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Next time I'd do a lot differently, I have some stats maxed out at 100, and some are in the 30's, or even 20's.
Yeah I do that too but fast travel makes it pretty easy, you can duck out of a dungeon, sell shit, and pop right back in in the span of about a minute. I love carrying all my shit because if I didn't it would be the same combat tactics for the majority of the battles. You'll note almost every slot on me is a small gun, and now I'm throwing leftover points into heavy (skipping laser completely) for large encounters.
Jacking myself up on chems and then minigunning the fuck out of a super behemoth in the face was a lot more fun than trying to take it down long-range from the roofs of buildings.
I'd probably make a bit more money or carry a bit more useless shit out with me if I carried less, but eh. The repair system means you can slim down your inventory without having to hit the shop pretty easily, especially since the value is pretty much retained or improved when you combine items. Thing is, now that I'm wearing power armor I can't carry as much :(
You've got to give Bethesda credit, they didn't bitch out like Capcom did for RE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Going evil, going to the lighthose mine place and Killing every kid there is totally fucked up. GTA doesn't even give you that option.
You know I stopped playing two and a half hours ago but can't sleep because I'm still thinking about it.
I sat on a roof and shot like 95 darts at that thing just to see how many it would take.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
I think if I go evil, when it comes to that 1st SB at the evergreen place, I would try to Use a cloak thing and open the gate, then see what chaos ensues
On a good run, when you are maxed out with weight and that's on the buff, and everything is as close to being 100% fixed as it can be, you can easily make 1,500 a run. Maybe more.
The misc stuff really rakes in a ton of money. Clothing should be the first shit you drop as it weighs a ton and isn't all that valuable really.
by the way those old songs on the radio are great, though there aren't really enough. It'd be neat to play your own music on your pip-boy somehow instead of just playing it through the dashboard, though I guess microsoft makes it so the blade does everything in all games on purpose so it works in every game.
Holy shit I was looking through my uncle's old record on a hunch and I have a shitload of The Ink Spots 78's. WIN.
It doesn't even need to be 30. You can buy one of those Metatat thingies from Moira for a temp boost. I think mine was at 25.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
I'm enjoying being super evil. A lot. It's great to walk into a town, talk to everyone and find out where their valuables are, then come back at night and massacre everyone and clean it out. MVS is right; the kind of stuff you're allowed to do is kind of surprising in this day and age.
Will throwing points into heavy weapons save me some grief later? At the rate I'm going, I don't think I'm doing the main quest until I'm maxed out.
Man it's been like 200 years since the nukes and society hasn't gotten anywhere really, has it?
Shit MVS, lvl 20 is max again. I'm never going to get all my skills to where I want them :(. OH WELL. I'm not wasting another perk on an instalevel.
I finally got this and so far I'm enjoying it a lot. One disadvantage so far is playing this on the TV instead of a computer monitor. I'm not exactly sure why (could be because I'm horribly color-blind) but I have trouble seeing in some of these games. I got attacked by a Raider last night and I had to spin completely around twice to find her and she was practically right next to me.
Started this last night around 1 and ended up playing until 4. Did one book quest so far, also got the sheriff killed. However I got the silenced 10m already of burke. Slept with the whore right before I quit last night and am now ready to go eat radioactive fruit!
TNL if you're not playing this game, you're stupid.
9/10
*posting from phone so sorry for any fuckups.
I didn't know that was the max, so I think it's going to be tough for me now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Lessons learned for the Rocktansky and Cunt runs, I guess.
There is one point in particular where you have to do a few things that had me thinking "This is really awesome and really, really fucked up." So long as you are given the choice, and there are consequences, it's awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by BioMechanic
Dunno, it does scale though, doesn't it? Not as bad as Oblivion did, but I am either getting better or it's getting slightly easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by BioMechanic
Just started playing but I think I screwed up, Simms is dead via Burke and I didnt get the quest from him to disarm the bomb. Is it still possible to disarm it and get a "house" reward?
Nice spoilers, douchebag.
I got the quest before Simms died but after I disarmed the bomb his kid gave me the keys to the house.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMET
My apologies, fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
If you haven't figured it out already...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Just talk to Elder Lyons and ask about learning to use power armor, and he will tell you talk to someone who will show you how to use it. I haven't played far enough to find out if you can actually join the Brotherhood or not, but at least I can use power armor now and look like a badass.
Oh yeah I learned that I just don't have that thing I wanted yet. I think there's five or six still in the plaza.
Polished off Gears 2 this morning so I can finally start this today. Might hold off getting too deep into it until I finish up Dead Space first.
i love that sword so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by Error
i love these old ass songs, especially when i am in a fire fight. it's just too funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Where is Elder Lyons again? I completely forgetQuote:
Originally Posted by ElCapitan
I think he just walks all over the Citadel. Just have to look around till you find him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brand X
Hm, I thought I read somewhere that the game doesn't scale - all enemies stay at the same level regardless of your progression.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
I'm also having little trouble with combat now, but I really haven't progressed much outside of zone 5. I can easily take out super mutant brutes with brass knuckles at this point, but I'm sure I'll encounter tougher enemies once I rejoin the main arc.
In any case, I have a flamer, a missile launcher, a minigun, and a couple fatmen stored up in case I need em. I also have a shit-ton of all ammo types.
I think melee/barehanded is the best way to start. The bat & sledge are plenty powerful for the starting enemies, and if you get the Shishkebab from Blood Ties/The Family early on, you really don't even need guns for quite a while. Good way to build up your stash and save caps.
I'm very glad I read this. I could start a war singlehanded with all the crap at my pad. Thx Cow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Hey, NPCs never break into your house and loot it, do they? That would suck.
I just wanted to let people know that disarming the Megaton bomb isn't the only way to get a house - so don't let that sway your actions early in the game.
Tenpenny Penthouse Pad FTW
How do I get my engineering up? I want to disarm the bomb but I can't figure out a way to raise the skill high enough.
Ok, I officially hate Dogmeat. Once you're around level 8, his growling at oncoming enemies is useless because they show up on your compass before he even smells them (provided your perception skill is high enough). He stays put when I want him to move, and he constantly, CONSTANTLY, runs right into a fight and dies. He even runs off to fight an enemy downstairs or over a hill, and he's dead by the time I get there. The only reason I'm even keeping the mutt alive is because I'm afraid it'll hurt me later on achievement-wise or in terms of plot.
Stupid fucking dog.
Use Mentats or put some points into explosives when you level up.
Oh shit!
<3 the Snatcher reference in the Capital Post building in L'Enfant Plaza!
Did anyone else find the Bethesda building? I thought that was a pretty cool inclusion, and there was some decent stuff in there (<3 the combat shottys). I actually think the whole little town is called Bethesda something or other, and there were about 30 raiders to kill walking around. I leveled up at least once.
God I love this game. I am so evil, I kill everyone I meet (after doing their quests of course). I just found out you can't kill kids though, I tried to shoot one that asked me for help and the bullets went right through him. My chick is bad ass looking; she basically looks like a gunslinger. I leveled up my Small Guns and Lockpick so I rob everybody blind. My next game I am going to be a spunky girl with a heart of gold and a penchant for big guns and explosives. Fire Ants fuck me up any tips on how to dispatch them easier?
I started on normal and found the game just a little too frustrating, with the high price and low effect of stimpacks. I set it down to Easy and find it to be just the right challenge. I have to keep on my toes, and occasionally die or run out of ammo/stimpacks. I NEVER normally lower the default difficulty in games, so if anyone else is getting frustrated I recommend giving that a try.
I'm level 7 right now. I put focus into Small Arms early on and I have to say that the best weapon by far is the combat shotgun. When fighting, I walk up close, target their head with VATS, and blow their fucking head off. The vast majority of enemies (including super mutants) get killed in the first shot, and you very rarely miss. Its so awesome to wade into a gang of enemies that would normally dust you and behead all of them within a few seconds :evil:. Also, I ignored grenades early on but found out they are TONS of fun. Nothing like watching 5 raiders all get thrown into the air in slow motion.
It looks like its already been said, but dump a LOT of points into repair early on. A repaired gun is worth much more than the sum of poor-condition guns that were used to repair it. In other words, you get more money in the end, and carry less stuff. Its also the only real viable way to keep up the guns you use, as vendor repair rates are outrageous.
Wandering enemies in the field scale according to your level. At 'dungeon' locations, enemies match scale on your initial visit, but don't go up, and I think they're also capped. I've seen this in a friend's game who went to the Super Duper Mart late, and the raiders had better weapons than when I was there.Quote:
Originally Posted by BioMechanic
Fat Man: Best weapon effects ever?
Whoa ok. On the pool table in Paradise Falls there's a beer pong game set up.
The town is called Bethesda, and it's like 30 minutes from where I live.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pineapple
I found out the same thing. When showing my friend the game, I was basically fucking around and killing everything in sight, but then I tried to VATS 2 kids walking around and it wouldn't let me... so I threw grenades at them and NOTHING. Not sure why that is, you can dismember the parents from head to toe (literally) but hurting a little kid is too much? Seems like bullshit to me. I sometimes want to kill children. It's after the apocolypse. Let me kill them. At least let me rape them. Shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by animegirl
This is one serious reason I bought this game. I have yet to find one, but once I do I don't forsee anything but unloading it on people, reloading the game, and doing it over and over until I fall asleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
Good lord this game is amazing.
I'd try to get SSJN into it but his brain can't handle something that has a first person option that can be turned off!
Personal attack on the weak.
I did that and didn't have any problems. You using XB rev?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Vault 108 is awesome.
I just walked into the living quarters room and heard 3 simultaneous "Gary! haha!"'s
I think I ran into a bug in the renegade shack.
I walked in to do some business, the main chick ran out the door, I followed and she just kept running away.
She has yet to return so I'm sitting on 72 things. :(
There's a bug in the Big Town quest.
After you rescue the people and you have to defend the town, be sure to check the junkyard for broken robots before you pick the option to teach the people to repair them. Sometimes the robot parts don't spawn.
My stuff hasn't disappeared but I've heard some people complain about their shit disappearing from their houses when they've changed themes, so just be careful.
This might be my favorite game ever, if it wasn't for the constant crashing.
It just amazes me how elaborate minor encounters can be. For instance, I was walking around at night and saw a scavenger and his dog attacking a robot. After they killed it i ran in to loot the corpse before he did. To my surprise, he actually yelled at me for it and pulled out a flamer to turn me into ash. I pulled out my sniper rifle, and shot the flamer out of his hand, and his dogs head clean off. He ran like a pussy so I chased him with a sledge hammer. Suddenly, a giant scorpion starts attacking him, and he dies from that.
Aim for the antennae, they go batshit crazy and attack each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by animegirl
The fire ant quest is awesome and gives you awesome rewards.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by arjue
Mine just locked up, yet again, while switching to a rifle in the wild.
I can handle the times when V locks up for 5-60 seconds and even the 3 times that I've opened a door and it's insta-kicked me back to the PS3 main menu, but having to save every 5 minutes while outside is just taking the piss.
With Simms dead I defused the bomb anyway and was automatically given the quest to speak to his son.
Playing this on the PC via Steam and have yet to crash, is this limited to the PS3?
The PC version seems very stable, I agree. One crash so far. And that was probably because I tried running Fallout and WoW at the same time.
Weird, I've had exactly 0 crashes or even lags since I've been playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
360 > PS3 ????
I've gotten started pretty well on the game thus far and I really love it. My character is in a bit of a predicament now, as I have no bullets and not a whole lot of money. I'm still in Megaton. I was doing well on ammo for awhile but I had a few lengthy encounters where I was killing melee or unarmed opponents.
Go out and melee some guys and steal their ammo.
Or go pick up fifty land mines and throw them at some super mutants.
lol
I don't understand the lack of ammo or money thing. I have never ran into any problems with either, and currently I have 2500+ caps sitting in the bank with 100+ rounds for every gun (including my Chinese Assault that has 500+).
Make sure you're using VATS to kill everyone unless they have enough life that you can one shot them with your gun. Sell back every gun you won't use, especially since if you just wander into DC you can find Mutants walking around with any type of gun you want. I'm never going to use big guns, so anytime I find a minigun or missile launcher I sell them back with their ammo. And make sure if you're about to be over your weight limit fast travel back, sell your shit, and continue your quest.
Oh, also, grab the 8 mininukes in front of GNR and sell them if you don't use large weapons.
I've actually sold off some ammo and guns to reduce my inventory and get caps.
Granted I'm not as far along as some of you Halfway through the book and about to go to deliver the letter for the chick in the bar however I can't see how ammo will ever be and issue.
I encountered some Rad Scorpions and tried to melee them (because they were fucking tough) and they kicked my ass. I had quite a bit of ammo for awhile but I used most of it up rather quickly.
One thing I've noticed about this game is that the West Coast (Fallout 1+2) seems to have progressed a lot better through the apocalypse than the East Coast.
Edit: Another thing I don't like is when you pick up guns, you can't pop the ammo out of them. In Fallout 2, that's how I got a large majority of my ammo in the beginning of the game.
Until you have leveled up enough, I would avoid rad scorpions if I were you. I run like a bitch right now.
also keep your guns at decent quality. Every duplicate I find I use to repair my current one. Quality weapons do more damage and therefore waste less ammo.
And i'm serious about the landmines, they're all over the fucking place. Head over to Minefield and pick up every one you can. Plus it seems like every random raider holed up in the metro has like ten or fifteen sitting in front of their little bunker. In Greyditch I think I used solely landmines to kill the ants, and still had over twenty left at the end.
I'm with you, Brand X. I was never short on ammo, and right now I have over like 2,000 rounds for every gun except the hunting rifle because honestly I rarely need to use anything else. Also the sniper rifle. And I'm raking in cash big time, I've got over 15,000 caps now.
My follower's got a flamethrower. It's nice. The follower has managed to not roast me yet either.
As for crashes, I have had one crash so far, and it was after I accidentally walked in and out of a house a few times. The whole box locked up though. Still it's not so bad since the game properly autosaves every time you load a new area.
BTW, it's possible to melee radscorpions to death while taking no damage. Doesn't take too long to get the timing down.
also: Repair is probably the most useful skill in the game. Get it get it get it.
Wow, the bloody mess or whatever perk is crazy. Blow a guy to chunks and start looting, only to find the bit is the same guy from down the hall. Or looking down to see some kind of white thing and notice it's the guy's eyeball, complete with optic nerve.
Also, solve the power of the atom quest asap. Either way gets you a house, and that alone makes the game so much easier.
I think most will likely be short on ammo at the start, since you have limited weapons you can use. What you can do is:
Save all ammo you find, always buy ammo from anyone who trades, shoot via V and rotate guns later.
I have yet to use the fatman or railspikes.
Also, crouch and use V, it's more accurate.