Things we learned from Fallout 3

[drakesbane]

Yep, my girlfriend's dad started balding at nineteen.

Heh, a dude in my fraternity was already half bald when he pledged as a freshman at 18. He was a 6'1, 300lb O-lineman with a beer gut on top of the lack of hair, so they never even bothered to card him at the nearby gas station despite wearing a lot of apparel with the college's name printed on it (it was a small private school that was only known locally, so it should've been a clear red flag to card him).

650: the mesmetron is almost completely useless unless you continuously save and reload to get the daze effect, making the whole idiotic head explosion thing completely pointless

(oh wonderful, another weapon that makes heads pop. i totally didn't have any of those before)

FTR, you don't get XP if you make heads pop (which I learned during a low-XP game... mesmetron's only real use, TBH, and companions doing all the damage does a better job for getting no XP), and it does have the added effect of potentially making enemies frenzy, for whatever that's worth. But yeah, pretty well useless overall.

 

[Earth]

(this has already probably been said but)

651: You have to pay to get the "real" ending, and for your character to not die at the end

 

[Sduibek]

(this has already probably been said but)

651: You have to pay to get the "real" ending, and for your character to not die at the end

Wait really? Which DLC is that, I thought you had to die no matter what (which of course is total retarded bullshit).

It would be interesting to do a poll to see which people hate more -- the Fallout 3 ending or Mass Effect 3 ending.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

(this has already probably been said but)

651: You have to pay to get the "real" ending, and for your character to not die at the end

Wait really? Which DLC is that, I thought you had to die no matter what (which of course is total retarded bullshit).

It would be interesting to do a poll to see which people hate more -- the Fallout 3 ending or Mass Effect 3 ending.

Broken Steel.

 

[Earth]

Wait really? Which DLC is that, I thought you had to die no matter what (which of course is total retarded bullshit).

It would be interesting to do a poll to see which people hate more -- the Fallout 3 ending or Mass Effect 3 ending.

Broken Steel, you somehow survive the radiation (unless you made that other person go in, in which case she still dies, but it makes more sense that you're still alive)

The best thing about it is that you can get rid of those irritating BoS white knights once and for all (i won't tell you how though XD )

Nah, Mass Effect 3 would still win. The game was based around the story and your choices, for which the ending didn't deliver. As FO3 fans show, they don't care about the story as it's all about the ATMOSPHERE and EXPLORATION/SETTING.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Wait really? Which DLC is that, I thought you had to die no matter what (which of course is total retarded bullshit).

It would be interesting to do a poll to see which people hate more -- the Fallout 3 ending or Mass Effect 3 ending.

Broken Steel, you somehow survive the radiation (unless you made that other person go in, in which case she still dies, but it makes more sense that you're still alive)

The best thing about it is that you can get rid of those irritating BoS white knights once and for all (i won't tell you how though XD )

I will! It involves fun. Sweet, orbital, fun.

 

[Sduibek]

A few web comics and meme-ish pictures that nicely encapsulate some of the retarded things in Fallout 3:

 

[Oppen]

A few web comics and meme-ish pictures that nicely encapsulate some of the retarded things in Fallout 3:

To be fair, the one about the pipboy open is quite as in the previous games, being turn based. At least, using the inventory took AP, though.

 

[Sduibek]

To be fair, the one about the pipboy open is quite as in the previous games, being turn based. At least, using the inventory took AP, though.

Yeah that's true.

They could have done a similar compromise though. Like when you exit Pipboy, your AP drops to 0 and then recovers at normal speed.

 

[Walpknut]

Well, AP is only used for Vats, and yo ucan still shoot without VATS, they should just integrate a real time menu.

 

[The Sixth Ranger]

652:

If you want to buy a fancy suite, you have no alternative but to bomb a thriving settlement into the ground. Sorry, but your ten thousand caps are worth nothing here, we require payment in the blood of innocents!

And on the same note...

653:

Want to overcome racial prejudice and get ghouls and people to live together peacefully? Nope, purity or death!

 

[Sduibek]

Actually it is possible to move the ghouls into Tenpenny tower peacefully. You have to convince all the major residents with Speech checks.

 

[Yamu]

Well, yes, but then Roy Phillips turns around and massacres every last human in the building, good or bad. You can assassinate Phillips to keep this from happening, IIRC, but the named ghouls (aka the shopkeepers, who are the only reason you have to care that the tower is even there) automagically know you did it and turn against you. (As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure that assassinating Phillips before the purge will keep it from happening. It's been a very long time, and I was so disgusted by the possible outcomes of that quest that I only ever completed it two or three times. I usually don't go back to Tenpenny unless every other merchant in the wasteland is out of caps.)

 

[Dukeanumberone]

EARTH

Nah, Mass Effect 3 would still win. The game was based around the story and your choices, for which the ending didn't deliver. As FO3 fans show, they don't care about the story as it's all about the ATMOSPHERE and EXPLORATION/SETTING.

Not ALL F3 fans.

The best thing about it is that you can get rid of those irritating BoS white knights once and for all (i won't tell you how though XD )

Ps: poo on your BoS genocide
I love how this act is commonly encouraged per FO3 ,

I will! It involves fun. Sweet, orbital, fun.

Yet everyone jumped up EnclaveForever's asshole about liking the enclave.

 

[woo1108]

654. Actually, if you want Post-apocalypse FPS, Stalker(whatever SOC, CS or COP) is far better choice than fo3.

 

[Earth]

Yet everyone jumped up EnclaveForever's asshole about liking the enclave.

I'm pretty sure people attacked EnclaveForever because he said (apparently) that he supported the Enclave's genocidal ideals. What I said was nothing like that. I said you could kill a bunch of digital NPCs. It's even better when you're killing a bunch of poorly written, bland, knight in shining armour characters that ruined the lore of the BoS. It's a video game, and I wasn't the one who added in the blow-up-BoS option.

(funnily enough I didn't even blow them up. I was doing the good campaign thing. The end of Broken Steel was probably the last time I actually played FO3)

I had no emotional investment in these characters, thus they are just boring lifeless NPCs in a video game, unlike many of the characters in FONV, who I actually did care about in some way (even with the horrible gamebryo character models)

 

[Earth]

EARTH

Nah, Mass Effect 3 would still win. The game was based around the story and your choices, for which the ending didn't deliver. As FO3 fans show, they don't care about the story as it's all about the ATMOSPHERE and EXPLORATION/SETTING.

Not ALL F3 fans.

After reading countless comments and other such things on the internet, could've fooled me. I mentioned those elements specifically because those were the only things FO3 fans could actually bring up almost every time to say why FO3 is the BEST GAME EVAR.

 

[Dukeanumberone]

EARTH

After reading countless comments and other such things on the internet, could've fooled me. I mentioned those elements specifically because those were the only things FO3 fans could actually bring up almost every time to say why FO3 is the BEST GAME EVAR.

Well then your easily fooled.
I am a huge FALLOUT 3 Fan, I care about story.
By being the 1, F3 fan that does (which I am not, MAKTA on this site),
it invalidates your statement of ALL FO3 fans.
Also not all fans of FO3 think its "the best thing EVAR"
So 2 statements invalidated.

I'm pretty sure people attacked EnclaveForever because he said (apparently) that he supported the Enclave's genocidal ideals. What I said was nothing like that. I said you could kill a bunch of digital NPCs. It's even better when you're killing a bunch of poorly written, bland, knight in shining armour characters that ruined the lore of the BoS. It's a video game, and I wasn't the one who added in the blow-up-BoS option.

I had no emotional investment in these characters, thus they are just boring lifeless NPCs in a video game, unlike many of the characters in FONV, who I actually did care about in some way (even with the horrible gamebryo character models)

What I said was nothing like that. I said you could kill a bunch of digital NPCs.

REALLY , that sounds nothing at all like this ??

Anyhow, we have different points of view, not going to say you're wrong or right, it is just a game after all, but I'm glad you kept morality out of it

and I have no further comments regarding their similarities with present-day racist organizations as that is outside the canon and universe of the series

Oh, yes comparing real world events with events and organizations that occur in video games is totally not going overboard.

Nothing is wrong with me, I just support a faction in a video game series and you're blowing straight out of proportion. This is exactly what happens to other fans of the Enclave, we just get bashed with the whole "you're an evil bast*rd" lecture.

Anyhow, I respect others' beliefs, you may call me insane, sociopathic, compare the ideals with that of Adolf Hitler and other things just to make it sound like it's wrong to side with a fictional government in a video game.

I understand you stand strongly by your beliefs as well (especially considering all the use of profanity), but you must understand that this is just about a video game, there is no need to get too upset.

If none of that sounds like the guy was just roleplaying then I have nothing further to say to you.

 

[Earth]

Well then your easily fooled.
I am a huge FALLOUT 3 Fan, I care about story.
By being the 1, F3 fan that does (which I am not, MAKTA on this site),
it invalidates your statement of ALL FO3 fans.
Also not all fans of FO3 think its "the best thing EVAR"
So 2 statements invalidated.

Christ I find fanboys so tiresome. Did you actually think I meant everyone? It's called a generalisation. I can't be bothered to say that "most FO3 fans are Michael Bay-like tools", but if you want me to say that flat out, there, I've just said it. Again, with the fans saying it's the best thing evar, go onto most FO3 videos on youtube, and look at the comments. Again, It's a generalisation, but it is very publicly noticeable, not to mention annoying.

If none of that sounds like the guy was just roleplaying then I have nothing further to say to you.

Where did I say I attacked EnclaveForever? I've actually had a number of private conversations with the guy and he seemed nice enough. I agreed with him it was fun to roleplay, so I don't see what the point of the second half of your response was.

 

[Dukeanumberone]

Christ I find fanboys so tiresome.

Then stop visiting FANBOY sites like NMA.

Did you actually think I meant everyone?

You realize we aren't having a conversation IRL right?
There is no way to judge inflection or tone, simply what is written, and the fact that you chose to generalize either makes you as bad as the "masses" you detest or worse.

I can't be bothered to say that "most FO3 fans are Michael Bay-like tools", but if you want me to say that flat out, there, I've just said it.

Which makes you a tool, who can't even put forth the effort to explain what you write.

Again, with the fans saying it's the best thing evar, go onto most FO3 videos on youtube, and look at the comments. Again, It's a generalisation, but it is very publicly noticeable, not to mention annoying.

Well then you must be a glutton for punishment if you keep visiting the same kinds of videos and expecting different results, there is a word for that you know?

Where did I say I attacked EnclaveForever? I've actually had a number of private conversations with the guy and he seemed nice enough. I agreed with him it was fun to roleplay, so I don't see what the point of the second half of your response was.

You didn't, what I said was, the act that you mentioned was a commonly encouraged thing to do because of the disdain for east coast BOS in these forums and how that is no different than what EnclaveForever was preaching, but no one sees the hypocrisy in that.