Fallout 3

[Zephyr]

I'm new to fallout, but WOW! One of the best games I've played.
I'm only lv 4 so far, and tried killing a 2 brotherhood outcasts and their protectron for the goodies, but for some reason a point blank shotgun vats shot to the head wont KO them, stupid.
I also have a money problem (playing good karma)

Also, my health bar/compass and AP bars are all green, every time i look at a screenshot they have blue bars, is it something to do with me having the game on ps3?

[Luminaflare]

Well they are wearing power armour for a reason >_>

[Zephyr]

But the flashing enemy health bar thingy in VATS said it would take away a good 3/4 of their HP, and it hardly did any damage.

[Luminaflare]

Well there is a lot of random chance in VATS. I once fired a gun point blank and hit the wall next to the guy. Oh and as for the colour thing it's a setting in the options menu, there's white, blue, green and another colour I forget.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

You probably missed, zephyr. Those percentages you see? Those are likelihoods that you'll hit.

I think the game is amazing so far. I'm level 5 so far, playing the high karma road and doing all the quests I can before investigating Galaxy News.

[Zephyr]

It did damage, just hardly any

[kai]

Needs more groin shots.

Seriously in fallout 1 and 2 you can target the groin using VATS.

there was a fallout 1 and 2? i just thought the 3 stood for world war 3.

[Luminaflare]

Yay thread revival!





Outcast scribe robe, sheriff's hat, Three Dogs's glasses, Lincoln's repeater.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

Whoah. First pic. Left thumb.

[Luminaflare]

Heh, That's probably because I I should be holding a sword but I used the free camera movement console command and when you change weapons it poses you but doesn't show the weapon model.

Also I got me one of them there miniguns (And also changed my shades to some lucky ones)

[a happy song]

My goddamn harddrive was broken and I lost all my F03 saves. This thread is upsetting me... ;_;

[//Zander]

wow! i gotta get this game...
wanted to for ages...
but now my coveting is way off the map

[Atilla]

But the flashing enemy health bar thingy in VATS said it would take away a good 3/4 of their HP, and it hardly did any damage.

Oooh! Oooh! I know this one!

There are three reasons this can happen. Firstly, if you're aiming at the head, VATS will show double damage... however, it's possible that you will miss the head but hit another limb instead, doing only half what VATS shows. Second, a shotgun actually sprays several shots at once each time you fire it, and I believe the damage VATS shows assumes that they are all going to hit the target (which isn't always the case). This can also happen with assault rifles, etc. because they fire a short burst instead of a single shot. Finally, I've read that the VATS actually shows what the damage would be if your weapon skill was 100, but I'm not sure that's correct.

[Zephyr]

I finished the game and got 100 small guns, energy weapons, and repair. I'm not sure if the small guns was worth it because I pretty much only use energy weapons now. Anyway, now I'm just being sitting around being pissed at the DLCs not being released for the PS3 version (I've read that Bethesda will release them soon).
Broken steel looks so good
:/

[smartalco]

I borrowed and finished the game in the last couple months. Pretty awesome. I explored a ridiculous amount, to the point where I was level 20 and had found every map marker outside DC (I checked this with the fallout wiki) before I was half way through the main quest. This also led me to a ridiculous amount of books, and 16 of the bobbleheads (the other 4 of which I looked up the location of and got), so I finished the game with level 100 Energy Weapons, Lockpick, Medicine, Repair, Science, Small Guns, and Sneak; and I had Barter at 85 and Speech at 95 to boot (the remaining 4 skills were level 45 to 65 or so).
I played on 360, so I can't get a screenshot, but my guy looked nearly as cool as the guy up there, I just had the Sheriff's Duster instead.

[Luminaflare]

I borrowed and finished the game in the last couple months. Pretty awesome. I explored a ridiculous amount, to the point where I was level 20 and had found every map marker outside DC (I checked this with the fallout wiki) before I was half way through the main quest. This also led me to a ridiculous amount of books, and 16 of the bobbleheads (the other 4 of which I looked up the location of and got), so I finished the game with level 100 Energy Weapons, Lockpick, Medicine, Repair, Science, Small Guns, and Sneak; and I had Barter at 85 and Speech at 95 to boot (the remaining 4 skills were level 45 to 65 or so).
I played on 360, so I can't get a screenshot, but my guy looked nearly as cool as the guy up there, I just had the Sheriff's Duster instead.

It is possible to get all your skills to 100 without using any perks except educated (Or was it comprehension? The one which makes skill books count as 2 eitherway).

[smartalco]

Ya, that was the 5rd or 6th perk I got ;)

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

This thread inspired me to make a game that does all the things I've never done previously.
So I'm playing a chick with Black Widow who's gonna blow the shit out of Megaton, and runs around punching the crap out of people.
Progress so far: level 2, punched out a super mutant brute wielding a minigun. Now his minigun is my minigun.

Anyone know off-hand if focusing on unarmed is doable, or if it's suicidal?
I mean, I'm also taking lots of Big Guns, so meh. If those get maxed, I suppose some Melee couldn't hurt.

[Luminaflare]

un-armed is very do-able.

Get your strength to 8, get the strength bobble head from megaton before you blow it up and take ant might from Those! and get the unarmed damage boosting perks.

And finally get a deathclaw gauntlet, counts as un-armed.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

un-armed is very do-able.

Get your strength to 8, get the strength bobble head from megaton before you blow it up and take ant might from Those! and get the unarmed damage boosting perks.

And finally get a deathclaw gauntlet, counts as un-armed.

Sweet. I wanna karate-chop through the game as much as possible. Although I've already reconsidered the moment I came upon a raider with a flamer. I had just punched out two of his friends and started running up to him, and my next thought was "HOLY SHIT THIS WAS A TERRIBLE FUCKING IDEA." I ended up killing him with a hunting rifle I found on a raider I'd killed, even though my small arms is, like, 16.

[Luminaflare]

Ant might adds fire resistance! :P

I'm tempted to make a good character who's as dumb as a brick but strong as hell and mostly punches things.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

Ant might adds fire resistance! :P

I'm tempted to make a good character who's as dumb as a brick but strong as hell and mostly punches things.

I tend to blast Int at character creation for the skill points, primarily because I like having high skills without having to go book collecting every goddamned time I goddamned play.
I'm completely fine with keeping Perception non-existent, however, since I can usually see or hear things coming without the need for the little red marker.

[Luminaflare]

Charisma is also mostly useless in fallout 3, It helps for speech checks and a few perks but otherwise you can keep it at one (Which is what my current character is at).

I hate that SPECIAL stats in fallout 3 make so little impact compared to fallout 1 and 2

[Atilla]

Ant might adds fire resistance! :P

I'm tempted to make a good character who's as dumb as a brick but strong as hell and mostly punches things.

I tend to blast Int at character creation for the skill points, primarily because I like having high skills without having to go book collecting every goddamned time I goddamned play.
I'm completely fine with keeping Perception non-existent, however, since I can usually see or hear things coming without the need for the little red marker.

1 perception is probably fine if you're going to go about punching things. It's slightly more useful when you specialised in energy weapons and are trying to spot a brown raider hiding in brown bushes in brown dust so's you can snipe him. Laser rifles do not come with scopes, unfortunately. I also find that it's useful for spotting people through walls and doors, allowing me to set up a minefield of doom and then run away like a coward. High explosives + 60% damage from perks = hilarity.

Really, though, pretty much any stat combination is feasible, which I think was Bethesda's goal in setting up the stats as they have. The only things which *might* be problematic are really low intelligence or endurance, though you can probably compensate with the Educated or Lifegiver perks if it's a real problem (or, alternately, loads and loads of Stimpaks). It's not so much the case that lack of a stat gives you horrible penalties, as that each stat gives you a nice bonus on top of the basic level of functionality.

On unarmed, as far as I know it's perfectly plausible. For a while, my energy weapon specialist was carrying spiked knuckles as a backup weapon and they worked well enough, despite my 5 STR, 20% skill and lack of any relevant perks. Not as well as my laser pistol, obviously, but I see no reason why they wouldn't be viable as a primary weapon.

[Zephyr]

And finally get a deathclaw gauntlet, counts as un-armed.

I can imagine suki trying to punch a deathclaw to death.