Fallout 3

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Question abou the Operation Anchorage DLC. Has the XP cap been raised to 30 with this or not?

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No the cap wont be increased until the March DLC. I will be buying the March DLC for sure.
I also updated my stats in post #24. I am still in the process of finding all 20 bobbledolls, hack 50 terminals, and win 50 speeches.

Ah ok, I'll have to wait until March then as I just recently reached the Level 20 cap.

Decided to combine all my stats and pictures into one post.

These are my current stats between 2 play throughs.

Updated 2/9/09

1,836 saves between both play throughs
147 hours between both play throughs

1st play through Stats
106 hours
160 Locations found
Level 20
Very Good charma
10 bobbleheads
Armor and followers:
Me: Enclave Power armor and helmet
Fawkes
Star Paladin Cross: Tesla Power armor and helmet
Dogmeat
Guns:
Alien Blaster
Lincolns Repeater
Fisto!
Laser Rifle
Plasma Rifle
Dart Gun(<--- Deathclaw ownage gun)
Shiskebab
Rock-It-Launcher
Bottlecap mine
Railway rifle
Nuka Grenade
Mesmatron
Vengeance
Kneecapper
Deathclaw Gauntlet

2nd play through stats
41 hours
56 locations
Level 20
Very very evil charma
51 Nuka Cola Quantums
20 bobbleheads
51 successful speeches
50 terminals hacked
blew up Megaton at level 5
Wearing Tesla armor and trader hat
Some slave as follower (she is not very good) she died
Dogmeat as follower but he died
Dart Gun(<--- Deathclaw ownage gun)

Pics from 1st play through.





I found this while roaming through the wasteland and truly tried to bring it back to my Megaton house. I could not put it in my inventory so I seriously carried this thing for 30 minutes to Megaton. The only bad part is that I could not bring it into Megaton or into my Megaton house. As soon as I go to open the door it drops. I also could not fast warp with it.

Dark cold night whe I first found it.


A VERY long journey ahead for us. Hold on tight.


After 30 minutes of walking we finally reach the "Megaton" sign. Time to rest.


Pray that I can bring you in. Oh no I cant!!!


Here are some random pics of items I collected on my 1st playthrough including 28+ deathclaw hands, 22+ teddy bears, 15+ toy cars, a bunch of hammers and wrenches, also some pool balls, plus 69 fingers.




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This was posted on xboxlive.com. FINALLY! I have been avoiding all the other DLC because I wanted the level cap increase first. And it is finally here. I will be buying this for sure and will probably buy The Pitt DLC. I have a good and bad character so it will be interresting to see how this plays.
I have no interrest in the Anchorage DLC since you cant return to it. Just doesnt seem worth it to me. But the Pitt and Broken steel sound great!! If it doesnt get bumped another week or 2 that will also be great.

Broken Steel DLC May 5th

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"Broken Steel, the third downloadable episode for the PC and Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3, will raise the game's level cap to 30 and remove the games ending on May 5, Bethesda announced this week.
Broken Steel will sell for 800 points and will include an entire new area outside of Fallout 3's wasteland based on Andrews Air Force Base. The new DLC will also include more weapons, enemies and perks, including one that can bring back your dog when he's killed.

Broken Steel is the third of the three downloadable episodes Bethesda has been talking about for Fallout 3. The new content kicks off at the end of the game, changing away the original title ends and extending it perpetually. Once Broken Steel is downloaded Fallout 3 has no ending, Hines said.

"Broken steel doesn't have an ending," he said. "There are no more endings, we got the message."

The game also slightly tweaks the moments leading up to the ending, adding the ability to send one of several of your companions to complete the final task of the game, instead of doing it yourself.

The new content starts about two weeks after the events of Fallout 3's main quest, opening up in the Capital Wasteland by Project Purity, which is now up and running.

"Broken Steel takes into account what you did in Fallout 3 and what the world is like now," Hines said.

In Broken Steel the battle between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave still rages and you are tasked with discovering and helping to build a Tesla Canon, a new, more powerful weapon for the Brotherhood.

As with the original Fallout 3 storyline, there are also a number of side quests in Broken Steel, most of which have to do with escorting freshly processed clean water across the wasteland and protecting it from raiders.

"You can get a number of different quests from a scribe, which has nothing to do with the main story," Hines said. "It adds some free-form miscellaneous quests you can do in the game."

The main quest sends you to an old power plat to find the parts for the Tesla Canon.

The new area is packed with new enemies, including a super mutant overlord, a feral ghoul reaver and an Enclave hellfire trooper; new weapons, like the Tesla Canon and a projectile flame thrower; new achievements and even new perks. Hines only detailed one of the perks though, called Puppies! If you pick the Puppies! Perk when Dogmeat dies he gets reincarnated automatically as a puppy, which you can go to certain areas to add back to your group.

The new pack also raises the level cap from 20 to 30 and greatly increases the enemy difficulty level.

"Enemies are a lot tougher," Hines said. "You start seeing new enemies at level 18.

"Advancement from 20 to 30 takes a ton of experience points."

Completing the main quest in Broken Steel will also require a bit of puzzle solving, Hines said. After you've get all of the parts for the new weapon, you take it trough the Presidential Metro Line to pull off an attack on the Enclave base.

One you cear out the Presidential Metro Line you get to make your way to Adams Airforce Base where you will be given new orders, Hines said.

"Adams Air Force Base is a new world space," he said. "You sort of leave the Wastelands and go to Adams Air Force Base, it's a pretty big space."

Hines says that the main quest for Broken Steel is a bit longer than The Pitt downloadable content, coming in at about four to five hours of gameplay, and that it also adds a bunch of sidequests which each take 30 minutes to an hour to complete.

The side quests, he said, have you going all over the world and give you a chance to see how it's changed since the end of the original Fallout 3.

The one thing that Broken Steel won't beef up are the collectibles, Hines said."




-Kotaku

Great news! I had been on level 20 for ages and have had to keep the game on the shelf because I don't want to waste my time getting phantom XP. I will definately be DLing all three of these now.

I was only able to play for a couple hours. I downloaded the Pitt and the Broken Steel DLC. I started playing the Broken Steel DLC and it is excellent. Finallly some really good DLC. Cant wait to see how the rest of it goes then I can get started on the Pitt.

I'm getting Broken Steel tomorrow. I'm pretty much bed ridden until Monday so hoping to reach the 30 cap by then!

Its very good. I now have 4-5 hours into it and very satisfied with the purchase.

This Broken Steel DLC was awesome!! I highly recommend the Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3. A very intense solid 10-12 hours of gameplay on the hardest setting. Stock up on ammo, armor, and stimpacks because you will need all of it. I went through with my evil character so I was all alone. I plan to go back through as good and as neutral. 👍

I've just started playing this again on the PC now that some patches were released and I can actually play the game for longer then 10 minutes before it crashes. I'm going to have to get the DLC for sure but only after I've completed the main quest. I think I'm about half way there since I'm looking for the G.E.C.K right now. Glad to see Bethseda is giving a better amount love to Fallout 3 than Oblivion, since most of the Oblivion DLC was weak.

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I've just started playing this again on the PC now that some patches were released and I can actually play the game for longer then 10 minutes before it crashes. I'm going to have to get the DLC for sure but only after I've completed the main quest. I think I'm about half way there since I'm looking for the G.E.C.K right now. Glad to see Bethseda is giving a better amount love to Fallout 3 than Oblivion, since most of the Oblivion DLC was weak.

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The Broken Steel DLC cant be played until you beat the game so you still have a little while before you can play that. I bought the Pitt but havent played it yet. Not really interrested in The Anchorage DLC but heather wants me to eventually buy it since she got me 4,000ms points for my bday. So eventually I might get the Anchorage DLC but not until I play The Pitt.

FREE theme for anyone that bought all 5 DLC packs.

http://kotaku.com/5360741/free-fallout-3-premium-360-theme-for-dlc-fans

Thats awesome. Currently I am still using the default theme but since I purchased all 5 DLC packs I will be able to use this FREE theme for sure.

JUst started playing this one. Can't say that I'm 100% hooked yet.
I'm about to deliver a message to another town fro someone.
Tried the quest last night while it was night in the game.
Wastelanders took me out. Lit my butt on fire.

MAybe I'll try again tonight.

PARAGON GT

JUst started playing this one. Can't say that I'm 100% hooked yet.
I'm about to deliver a message to another town fro someone.
Tried the quest last night while it was night in the game.
Wastelanders took me out. Lit my butt on fire.

MAybe I'll try again tonight.

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Make sure you use the VATS system. Once I started using that I fell in love with the game. Also once you get your own place it will make the game much more enjoyable. You can even buy different themes and machines for your house.
I also suggest doing the wasteland survival guide for Moria.

Someone here at work told me about the VATS system. I got to admit its pretty cool when you head shot someone and their skull explodes.

Where is the wasteland survival guide?

PARAGON GT

Someone here at work told me about the VATS system. I got to admit its pretty cool when you head shot someone and their skull explodes.

Where is the wasteland survival guide?

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Yeah watching the skull, eyes, and jaw bones pop out of the head is just awesome!!

Moira is writing "The Wasteland Survival Guide". She sends you on quests to fill her chapters. Its actually very fun and she rewards you each time. Plus you learn more of the map and learn quite a bit about the game. I always suggest everyone tries that first. Moira is in "Megaton" at "Craterside supply". Its to the left and upper part from the 2 headed cow or the medical station.

PARAGON GT

JUst started playing this one. Can't say that I'm 100% hooked yet.
I'm about to deliver a message to another town fro someone.
Tried the quest last night while it was night in the game.
Wastelanders took me out. Lit my butt on fire.

MAybe I'll try again tonight.

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Keep persevering and trust me you'll be hooked. Apart from Guitar Hero (which I guess is completely different anyway) FO3 has to be my favourite game ever.

I know this thread hasnt been looked at for a while but i really wanted to ask a question. Does anybody else have issues with this game crashing all the time?

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I know this thread hasnt been looked at for a while but i really wanted to ask a question. Does anybody else have issues with this game crashing all the time?

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Oh yeah. I have the 360 version and its quite buggy. Point Lookout is still really bad. I even have it installed and cleared my cache. Still have issues with it. Typical for Bethesda. Actually typical for any game you buy these days.

This thread reminds me. I really need to get my neutral character to level 20 asap. Currently at 14.

I find myself saving every 15 minutes incase it dies

I save way more than that. I save practically every 5 minutes. I also save before and after every enemy I kill. But I also do that will all games.

Mine dies (PS3) only once in a blue moon... but every other hour or so, the graphics go all crazy when a character or object doesn't load properly between areas... and sometimes inside an area. When this stuff happens, I actually save the game so I can go back and look at the weird stuff. I've got one where a radscorp is mapped with half its vertexes in outer space ( ), a dead Super-Mutant floating in mid-air, and one where the terrain map causes a Deathclaw to fly up to the moon whenever it walks across a jaggy. (Took me half-an-hour to kill that Deathclaw... he'd only be on the ground for five seconds every two minutes... ). Didn't save the one where the game forgot to load a character's face. That was funny. I found myself talking to a mouth, a wig, and a pair of floating eyeballs.

CAMAROBOY69

This thread reminds me. I really need to get my neutral character to level 20 asap. Currently at 14.

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Neutral to 20? That's too hard!

I have to say mine is on the ps3 too.

I thought I’d contribute to this thread as well, I only just picked this game up about two weeks ago and I simply can’t put it down. I have never really played a RPG, I’m more of an FPS shooter and racing game type of guy however I think I’m hooked. So much so that I’ve just ordered a copy of Oblivion.

Anyway, back to Fallout 3, I’ve been doing the side mission as I’m finding them an absolute blast. I just reached Rivet City last night in the main mission as well. I’ve been playing on medium difficulty and I find that for a change, they got this difficulty setting right for once. I tend to find medium difficulty a little too easy in most games so it was a nice change of pace to have a bit of fear set upon me when wondering through the wastelands, constantly looking over my shoulder for those surprise attacks that seem to occur so frequently.

I’m also really enjoying the leveling up, I think I’m at about level 14 if memory serves me well, and the confidence certainly increases. I don’t run from super mutants anymore at least

I’ve also been lucky enough to not experience any glitches yet, I hope this lucky streak continues as I really am having an immense amount of fun with this game and would hate for that experience to be tarnished.

Oh and I just built a Shiskebab.... haha what an awesome close combat weapon!

The shiskebab (sp?) is awesome. The bad thing is that its durability decreases way too fast. Just remember to pick ALL motorcycle gas tanks and motorcycle brakes you find out there to build new ones to repair. While they're not the rarest materials out there, there aren't really a lot of them around either.

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind 👍

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I’m also really enjoying the leveling up, I think I’m at about level 14 if memory serves me well, and the confidence certainly increases. I don’t run from super mutants anymore at least

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Thats my only minor complaint I had about Fallout, I like games which make me feel vulnerable, I fear Deathclaws just from what I'd heard but when I finally encountered one I was level 20 and it wasn't a big deal at all because you have so much ammo and health packs, good armour to, that it wasn't a problem to deal with on my own. To begin with I was avoiding alot of enemies and I enjoyed knowing I was in danger, the survival aspect made it incredibly gripping.

Saying that the game was by no means not fun anymore, but it's one of the aspects I particularly enjoyed for the first half which just disapeared as time went out. Sure you did have some enemies which were still a danger, but they were either very few (Behemoths) or just had big guns rather then me feeling I could die at any second by just roaming the wastes.

Have you guys try getting the Brotherhood of Steel Armor earlier than the plot?

If you are afraid of deathclaws make sure to build the dart gun. Its the easiest way to take out the Deathclaws. Since they usually jump about 50 feet at a time this dart gun brings them to a crawl. 👍
This thread reminds me I really need to finish up my neutral character. Currently level 14 and need to get it to 20. I have already played through as good, evil, now trying to finish up neutral.

I bought Fallout 3 GOTY a few weeks ago and i think it must be the best game i've ever played in my life. It is very glitchy but i absolutley love this game.