Fallout 3 Megathread! Only post here for any reason! - Games

Level scaling is what was used in oblivion, where enemies and items you find "level up" and get better as you do. if it's like you said, with ammo for the weapons being scarce, then i much prefer that.

Level scaling is where as you increase in level, everything else does as well: Bandits go from wearing fur to leather, leather to chainmail, chainmail to mithril (etc. etc.). They also increase in their other skills. Although this means items you find won't be useless junk and quests are more accessible, it means that your level doesn't give you an edge over your enemies. Worse, it sometimes means that due to the gap in equipment, some enemies are far superior to you. Not including it means that some places are made virtually inaccessible (if you try and head south in Fallout 2 at level one to San Francisco, you'll run into higher numbers of tougher enemies than if you go east to Klamath), but it gives you an incentive to level up. [QUOTE=NotYou3]I don't know what's worse, level scaling or the weapons being everywhere (if fadeaway isn't exaggerating)[/QUOTE] Energy cells and 10mm ammo everywhere in the Super Duper Mart / Raider den, not to mention a couple of laser pistols to go with it. Trust me, no scaling works both ways, as a challenge and later, once you have a higher level, it rewards you with a sense of power over your enemies.

It is. They said they could give you something like a rocket launcher or fatman within 1 hour of escaping the vault, but with like 1 nuke or 2 rockets. Level scaling - The enemies don't improve as you do. If you come across a raider, he'll be easy to kill from the beginning and it just gets laughable from then on. With radscorpions, super mutants etc, it's actually better to run. Literally, run away from them. They'll be impossible to kill from the beginning. But none of them level up with you. [b]EDIT:[/b] For the first time I've been ninja'd

Het Fadeway if you could rate the game between 1 to ten what would you give it?

It would be unfair for me to give it an absolute judgement: you can go very far based on actual footage of the finished project, but barely anyone's gone beyond Megaton. Considering how confused Fallout 3 seems to be about what it's supposed to be, a definitive score would also be tricky.

could you say what you liked and hated about it?

I already have this game reserved and fully paid off. Can't wait.

[QUOTE=Lucinice]could you say what you liked and hated about it?[/QUOTE] Hate how much it panders towards guns and explosives instead of giving melee equal footing both in and out of VATS, not to mention how so much stuff falls into your lap. Then there's the inability to practically rely on VATS more than real time (mouse controls ought to make up for this). Like the fact that your character's non-combat skills matter more than they used to in Oblivion (no more picking Very Hard locks at level one as a tank character) and that they've had the sense to integrate scavenging and exploration as a strong (even if somewhat too strong) gameplay element. I don't like how the game expects me to rely on the compass for everything from random stuff to the locations of enemies, but at least it doesn't indicate absolutely everything on the map (e.g. little islands with loot on them).

hey can you tell me how long it took you to get a laser weapon?

Less than half an hour (after leaving the Vault). I suppose that's a good thing considering that in the previous ones, tagging something like Big Guns or Energy Weapons was handicapping yourself for the early parts of the game, but only preparing you for the later stages. [B]EDIT[/B]: Still, if ammo were weighted, my character would be seriously encumbered.

How long 'til you find a flamethrower? :3:

[QUOTE=ryno5660]How long 'til you find a flamethrower? :3:[/QUOTE] A guy on the Vault had that. But i think he is pretty hard to kill without VATS.

What guy on the vault? Like a guard in the vault? WAIT YOU KILL PEOPLE IN THE VAULT?! :eek:

[QUOTE=Fadeaway]Level scaling is where as you increase in level, everything else does as well: Bandits go from wearing fur to leather, leather to chainmail, chainmail to mithril (etc. etc.). They also increase in their other skills. Although this means items you find won't be useless junk and quests are more accessible, it means that your level doesn't give you an edge over your enemies. Worse, it sometimes means that due to the gap in equipment, some enemies are far superior to you. Not including it means that some places are made virtually inaccessible (if you try and head south in Fallout 2 at level one to San Francisco, you'll run into higher numbers of tougher enemies than if you go east to Klamath), but it gives you an incentive to level up. Energy cells and 10mm ammo everywhere in the Super Duper Mart / Raider den, not to mention a couple of laser pistols to go with it. Trust me, no scaling works both ways, as a challenge and later, once you have a higher level, it rewards you with a sense of power over your enemies.[/QUOTE] May I remind all of you Bethesda explicitly said level-scaling is completely absent from normal enemies. Only bosses will always prove a challenge. And that's the biggest reason I trust them with Fallout.

[QUOTE=ryno5660]What guy on the vault? Like a guard in the vault? WAIT YOU KILL PEOPLE IN THE VAULT?! :eek:[/QUOTE] [sp]The Vault 101 has not been open in 200 years, so when your father escapes, everyone went batshit insane and started a rebellion or something like that, so you must kill the guards at the Vault, then kill the Overseer to steal his card and open the Vault.[/sp] *SPOILERS* This are spoilers for all the begining of the game. :3:

Well that's kind of [sp]ungrateful, they helped raise you and saw you grow up n shit. Besides, who is this flamethrower man in the vaut? Can you talk to him?[/sp]

[sp]Just a random guy killing giant bugs with the flamethrower, i doubt you can talk to him, if you get too close i think he will burn you to hell. :v: .[/sp]

Well sneak up on him and slap an iron pipe upside his head. Take the thing. Or. for me, go close up to him with your weapon holstered.

[sp]You already have a pistol, just use VATS, aim at his head, and shot 3 times. :3:[/sp]

No I didn't. I don't want to ruin it and I still haven't imo Don't attack him! Try and talk to him.

I don't want to get burned. :< [b]Edit:[/b] By the way, it's that a evil sackboy on your avatar Ryno?

No, he's just a gentleman. Good day sir! Do it, for me. Just go up to him. Holster your gun and say hi!

He will just [sp]Do like everyone else and shoot you, everyone went batshit insane, just that guy who wants you to save his mother from giant bugs and the mother are ok, the rest is insane and will shoot/melee/burn you immediatly after they see you, i think it's kinda the second part of the shooting tutorial, at this part you can say this game it's DooM, run aroun the Vault, kill everyone, get out. Of course it can happen different everytime you play, one time the guy just exited, the other time when the guy was opening the Vault 101 door the daughter of the Overseer was there, and she talked to you before you exit. Either way, there is nothing more to do than shoot, shoot and shoot before you exit the Vault.[/sp]

What skills are you going to invest in guys? I'm going to be a Marksman on the offensive with survival skills. Then maybe I'll do the power suit with Minigun.

I can't believe how easy it is to get a gun in this game. I mean in fallout and fallout 2 it was a PRIVILEGE to get a gun and ammo.

Is it possible to buy a Vault Jumpsuit for Halloween? If not then i'm going to Screwattack's Halloween party as Frank West from Dead Rising

[URL=http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h167/Nickjames_photos/Fallout%203/?action=view&current=Fallout3Shootoutrivetcity.flv][IMG]http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h167/Nickjames_photos/Fallout%203/th_Fallout3Shootoutrivetcity.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Some gameplay of me just shooting everyone in Rivet City. Some scenes in this video may be darker than they actually appear.

Why your HUD it's blue? :3:

[QUOTE=Gmodpanda]Why your HUD it's blue? :3:[/QUOTE] In the options you can change your HUD from up to 4 different colors. Same for your Pipboy. Amber Green White Blue

I want to have sex with you. Do you got anymore videos?