Fallout Series Thread V14: When i entered this thread i was hoping there would be more gambling - Games

went to prim, spent the next two hours digging through the hotel and all the buildings as well as killing lots and lots of geckos picked up a scope and silencer for the varmint riffle from the shit i sold to chet

Fallout 3: I remember picking up clipboards thinking I could read them.

i remember when i first got a laser pistol and couldn't find anything to fix it so i went from like prim all the way to like novac before i could repair it, but i did use the chopper quite a bit back then, running around swinging a cleaver till someone's arm or leg falls off even found the chopper in the farm which gave bonus damage

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;43638133]Ain't That a Kick in the Head is the best. By the way, guys, I wanna know how was your first experience with Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. Talking about your first hour with the game. How was it?[/QUOTE] In Fallout 3, I went the megaton and jumped off a cliff for Moira, and in New Vegas I went around and found a skeleton with a hat in a fridge.

You guys and your Mojave. I walked into DC, and rock this music [video=youtube;eYF5KI5RnsM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYF5KI5RnsM[/video]

Fallout 3: I opened that sweet-ass lunchbox case on release day and got bummed out because my bobblehead was broken. After shoving the DVD in my 360, bursting forth from my mother's vagina, and entering the real world, I thought it looked pretty awesome for a console game. All I can remember after that was watching the red blips on my compass dart around as I sneaked through Springvale Elementary with my 10mm pistol and a handful of ammo. It was tense but pretty fun. New Vegas: I discounted it as a broken, shittier Fallout 3 because I didn't have an opinion about Obsidian then, and seeing scorpions and dogs glitch through the ground and things generally fuck up, I wasn't too impressed. After following Sunny around and saving Goodsprings from the Powder Gangers, I headed north, ignoring all warnings. That didn't work out too well.

So I'm doing a new full playthrough of FO NV, since I never actually beat it. Just did Vault 11. Trippy.

try vault 19 next then

When I first played FO3 I had no idea what the fuck I was doing, didn't realize I was supposed to go to Megaton, and cleared out Springvale Elementary with the weapons I looted off dead raiders. It was a day or two before I realized that the main quest was in the [I]opposite[/I] direction of where I was going.

[QUOTE=gk99;43638672]So I'm doing a new full playthrough of FO NV, since I never actually beat it. Just did Vault 11. Trippy.[/QUOTE] Make sure you do Vault 34 early on, it's easy and gets you some great loot.

[QUOTE=Hatley;43641649]Make sure you do Vault 34 early on, it's easy and gets you some great loot.[/QUOTE] But go to the Sharecropper Farms first, so you get the quest.

[QUOTE=Hatley;43641649]Make sure you do Vault 34 early on, it's easy and gets you some great loot.[/QUOTE] just make sure to bring tons of dirty water and nuka-colas with you, don't worry about the extra rads

I'm thinking of trying out Fallout 3. I've only ever played Fallout: New Vegas which I found sorta cool. Haven't played 1 or 2. Any...tips?

If you're going for story, play them in order. If you're going for gameplay, just get TTW and play FO3 inside New Vegas

Speaking of which, gameplay-wise is New Vegas better than 3, or is it the other way round? Or are the mechanics essentially the same outside of Hardcore?

[QUOTE=ironman17;43644085]Speaking of which, gameplay-wise is New Vegas better than 3, or is it the other way round? Or are the mechanics essentially the same outside of Hardcore?[/QUOTE] I prefer Vegas because there's more weapon variety.

[QUOTE=Binladen34;43644054]If you're going for story, play them in order. If you're going for gameplay, just get TTW and play FO3 inside New Vegas[/QUOTE] ttw is so buggy though. i'd recommend playing it without ttw first.

[QUOTE=ironman17;43644085]Speaking of which, gameplay-wise is New Vegas better than 3, or is it the other way round? Or are the mechanics essentially the same outside of Hardcore?[/QUOTE] The gameplay is identical except for which specific weapons you use to whittle down the stupid bulletsponge AI

NV has "true ironsights" mode though

[QUOTE=gk99;43644339]NV has "true ironsights" mode though[/QUOTE] I always disable them. I've never liked ironsights. They block my view of my target.

[QUOTE=ironman17;43644085]Speaking of which, gameplay-wise is New Vegas better than 3, or is it the other way round? Or are the mechanics essentially the same outside of Hardcore?[/QUOTE] Weapon skills got reshuffled meaning big guns doesn't exist any more, and the armour system, any amount of damage below your Damage Threshold does jack shit, while damage over that is reduced by it, rather the FO3's percentage reduction. So for example, in NV, say I have 30DT, someone shoots me with an SMG that does 20 damage per shot, every shot is reduced to about one or two damage, then someone shots me with a rifle packing 80 damage, I'll take 50 of that. In FO3, with 30DR I'd be taking 14 damage per shot from the SMG and 56 from the rifle. Oh, and some ammo makes enemy DR higher or lower, for example 5mm rounds reduce it by 10 points, while most hollow points double or triple it.

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;43644500]Whichever you play first will be your favorite[/QUOTE] I personally like NV more even though I completed 3 first. Though I liked the D.C. area.

[QUOTE=gk99;43644339]NV has "true ironsights" mode though[/QUOTE] which are set up so badly it's better to turn them off.

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;43638078]OOOOOOOOOHHH BINGO BANGO BONGO I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE CONGO OH NO NO NO NO NO[/QUOTE] Fallout Series Thread V15 title right there

[QUOTE=lavacano;43645083]which are set up so badly it's better to turn them off.[/QUOTE] I honestly didn't know it was possible to have such shitty iron sights in a game.

[QUOTE=Broguts;43645167]I honestly didn't know it was possible to have such shitty iron sights in a game.[/QUOTE] Aren't there mods that fix them?

[QUOTE=Broguts;43645167]I honestly didn't know it was possible to have such shitty iron sights in a game.[/QUOTE] easy, tack them on in about 5 minutes and not even check to see if the sights line up to where you aim, it doesn't really matter anyway because the spread in the base game is stupid high unless your gun skill is 100

I dunno about you guys, but I prefer the Lever Action Shotgun to the superior ones, like the Dinner Bell, simply because it looks so cool.

I have literally none of these ironsight problems. And I [I]always[/I] use ironsights because the placebo effect of better accuracy. But seriously, my Gun skill is like, 35, and I'm always landing my shots. Hunting Rifle, Single Shotgun, and 9mm Pistol is where it's at.

[QUOTE=Hatley;43646817]I dunno about you guys, but I prefer the Lever Action Shotgun to the superior ones, like the Dinner Bell, simply because it looks so cool.[/QUOTE] The lever action rifles from Point Lookout are crazy in TTW, since having high agility and rapid reload completely negates their downsides, so you end up with a powerful gun that reloads and fires pretty fast, does a ton of damage and are pretty damn accurate, and use one of the most common ammo types. Plus you can use handloads with them, I tearing through OWB and Lonesome Road with the unique version at level fifty and it's making it so easy on very hard I'm considering using something weaker instead.