Fallout 3 Impressions Thread - Progress: Complete (Main Quest)

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Level 19

S: 9 (+)
P: 6
E: 6
C: 5
I: 7
A: 4 (-)
L: 5

Skills

Barter.............54
Big Guns...........28
Energy Weapons.....49
Explosives.........40
Lockpick...........75
Medicine...........70
Melee Weapons......51 (+)
Repair.............67
Science............75
Small Guns.........67 (-)
Sneak..............37 (-)
Speech.............56
Unarmed............24

Perks

Commando
Comprehension
Computer Whiz
Daddy's Boy
Educated
Entomologist
Fast Metabolism
Fortune Finder
Gun Nut
Gunslinger
Here and Now
Lady Killer
Little Leaguer
Power Armor Training
Rad Regeneration
Scrounger
Strong Back
Survival Guru
Swift Learner
Toughness

Quests

Death From Above (ACTIVE)

☐ Speak with Scribe Rothchild.

Reilly's Rangers

☐ (Optional) Locate the Ranger's ammo crate.
☐ Find Our Lady of Hope Hospital.
☑ Find Reilly in Underworld inside the Museum of History.

Those!

☐ Remove the source of the Fire Ants.
☑ Deliver the bad news to Bryan Wilks.
☑ Find Bryan Wilks's father.

You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head

☐ Kill Dave and get his key.
☐ Kill Allistair Tenpenny.
☑ Bring Ted Strayer's key to Mister Crowley.
☑ Bring Dukov's key to Mister Crowley.

Aiding the Outcasts

☐ Investigate the Outcast Radio Signal.

Not of This World

☐ Investigate the strange radio frequency coming from the Wasteland.

Into The Pitt

☐ Find the source of the radio transmissions.

The Local Flavor

☐ Investigate the riverboat.

Completed Quests

Take it Back!
Project Impurity
The American Dream
Finding the Garden of Eden
Picking Up the Trail
The Waters of Life
Big Trouble in Big Town
Tranquility Lane
Scientific Pursuits
Wasteland Survival Guide
Stealing Independence
The Replicated Man
Galaxy News Radio
Blood Ties
Following in His Footsteps
The Power of the Atom
Escape!
Future Imperfect
Growing Up Fast
Baby Steps

☑ Baby Steps
☑ Growing Up Fast
☑ Future Imperfect
☑ Escape!
☑ Following in His Footsteps
☑ Galaxy News Radio
☑ Scientific Pursuits
☑ Tranquility Lane
☑ The Waters of Life
☑ Picking Up the Trail
☑ Finding the Garden of Eden
☑ The American Dream
☑ Take it Back!

☐ Operation: Anchorage
☐ The Pitt
☐ Broken Steel
☐ Point Lookout
☐ Mothership Zeta


I wasn't gonna make this thread at first, because I know that Fallout 3 is a long game, and I wasn't sure if I really wanted to have such a big, congested thread (considering we have three ongoing ones already) on the front page.

but i mean, it's not like it matters

So I'm playing Fallout 3 next. So far, I've played an adventure FPS, an action FPS, and now I'm about to play an RPG-style FPS. By the time I finish this one, I think I'll have a nice, round basis for the FPS genre--and we'll see what I end up liking the most. After that, I have Dark Souls next on my list. Then I'll do either Halo 2 or Borderlands (a game that I have played and enjoyed thoroughly, but have never come close to beating).

Before playing, I just want to make it clear that I don't really want any game advice at all, whatsoever, unless I actually ask for it. You can feel free to tell me whatever you want, but just know that I'm going to be avoiding/ignoring all bits of advice that are without warrant. It's not that I don't appreciate your advice--I'd just prefer it if I learned everything about the game myself. Cool? Cool.

With that said, I have one question:

Exactly how long should I expect to be playing this game for? I don't plan on side-questing often--only when I think I need to, or if I'm incredibly bored. I'll mostly try to focus only on the main quest. Or, would you recommend that I side quest as much as possible? In which case, I'd still like to beat the game in a timely manner (like... by November).

Thanks, and I'll try to have some fun with this.

Oh yeah, and I'm playing the GOTY edition on PS3 master race. As always.

Hmm...

I can't remember how long the main story by itself is, but knowing Bethesda, it's probably not overly long so you'd want to do side quests to get more out of the game

Dunno how long you tend to play for, so I can't really say

The Andale quest in and of itself makes up for anything wrong with the game. Easily one of the most gripping, intense segments of any video game.

You'll  be playing for at least 50 hours.

So in your time it might be a few months. You can put your review into Diary entries or something along those lines.

The Andale quest in and of itself makes up for anything wrong with the game. Easily one of the most gripping, intense segments of any video game.

see, this is the kinda thing that i don't want to see

i'm sure the andale quest is amazing, but i don't know if i want that expectation set up for me
you know what i'm saying

so if we could avoid this, that would be cool 👌

Also, why haven't you 100%'d the game yet? I finished it by the time I was 15.

The Andale quest in and of itself makes up for anything wrong with the game. Easily one of the most gripping, intense segments of any video game.

see, this is the kinda thing that i don't want to see

i'm sure the andale quest is amazing, but i don't know if i want that expectation set up for me
you know what i'm saying

so if we could avoid this, that would be cool 👌

This thread is literally "Fallout 3 impressions". That was the biggest impression I got from the game. I don't know what the point of this thread is, then.

You'll  be playing for at least 50 hours.

So in your time it might be a few months. You can put your review into Diary entries or something along those lines.

i guess beating it by november is out the window then

but yeah, as always, i'll be updating the thread periodically as i play

Also, why haven't you 100%'d the game yet? I finished it by the time I was 15.

'cause i'm not into FPS games (understatement)

i've been playing through a bunch of old "classic" FPS games that i've missed out on lately, due to my bias, including half-life 2 and halo (the reviews for which i linked in the OP, in case you haven't read them)

Fallout 3 is far more RPG than FPS. It's more or less Oblivion with guns and choices.

This thread is literally "Fallout 3 impressions". That was the biggest impression I got from the game. I don't know what the point of this thread is, then.

my impressions

because i'm gonna play through the game for the first time, and document my experiences and opinions here
that's the idea

You should play as a melee brawler. Build  him nice and tanky. Hell explosives as well for the harder troops.

You should play as a melee brawler. Build  him nice and tanky. Hell explosives as well for the harder troops.

if i want to

You should play as a melee brawler. Build  him nice and tanky. Hell explosives as well for the harder troops.

if i want to

Who needs guns when you can rip people to shreds with a chainsword......hell that ain't  even a mod.

Just don't rush through it. I completed the game by the time I was a level 14 or so. I'd veer off to do a few side quests after every other campaign segment. Do not cheat amidst the GOAT test.

Just don't rush through it. I completed the game by the time I was a level 14 or so. I'd veer off to do a few side quests after every other campaign segment.

As soon as I got to Megaton I just left for the wastes. Didnt even talk to Mariorty until I was level 20 at least.

It was fun to make my own mark

Started.

Thanks to the Internet, I can't hear the words "war, war never changes" without cringing.

Get ready to break some water

Started.

Thanks to the Internet, I can't hear the words "war, war never changes" without cringing.

Slade has a pretty eerie voice.

Uhhh the play time can really vary, even just by how you decide to build your character, and how you approach combat.

My impressions with the game when I first ran through it was: "this is shit, but I paid $60 for it"...and then my playtime was at 50 hours out of nowhere.

Just to be clear, this isn't my first time playing--just my first time playing with the intention of beating it.


God I suck at customization. I might just go default or something. Use one of the presets.

I love the options where you can barely tell what it is you're changing.


I hate these.

The more time I spend on these stupid things, the more aware I become of how fucking weird the human face really is.

It doesn't really matter since you're going to look like a potato no matter what you do

It doesn't really matter since you're going to look like a potato no matter what you do

Yeah, I was just about to say--there's, like, no way not to make it look... inhuman. lol

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Fallout 3 sucks

I didn't have the best time with it last time I played. I didn't play much, though.


Thank god I can change my "sellion height", though.

I'm just gonna pray that Verb finds a particular building in the game that happens to start with a D and ends with "wich."

All of you should know what I'm talking about.

It doesn't really matter since you're going to look like a potato no matter what you do

Yeah, I was just about to say--there's, like, no way not to make it look... inhuman. lol

It's in standard fashion to make your characters in betheseda games look inhuman anyway.

Okay, I think I'm done.

...And he looks exactly like the preset. Every single time.

Remember, Charon is the best follower

I'll say something.

Verb, ignore what anyone tells you to do, even if it's the "best" thing to do. The point of this should be to enjoy it as you see fit and play it organically. You're following a marker for a quest and happen upon a building in the distance or a cave? Go and explore it, or ignore it.

Point is, play it how you want to play it, not how we tell you to. Whatever makes you happy or increases your enjoyment. And also yeah, ignore the "THIS QUEST IS GREAT/IT SUCKS" because like you said earlier, it only sets you up for expectations, good or bad.

I personally think New Vegas is better for many reasons (the world is boring as heck though), but since FO4 is right around the corner, it's only right you do this one. But if you're playing on PC, can I recommend something? As in, just something that won't make your eyes hurt.

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/2672/?

I know it's a mod, but like, Fallout 3 has this UGLY green filter for god knows whatever freaking reason (and NV with an orange one. Needless to say, it makes the sun non existent too...). So if you don't want it to look worse than it already is, I'd highly recommend that.

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/2672/?

I know it's a mod, but like, Fallout 3 has this UGLY green filter for god knows whatever freaking reason (and NV with an orange one. Needless to say, it makes the sun non existent too...). So if you don't want it to look worse than it already is, I'd highly recommend that.

I assumed it was to make the landscape seem more, uh, irradiated? I dunno. It doesn't bother me, really. Thanks, though.

I'm playing on PS3 anyway.