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I'm stuck....
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Got to megaton, diffused bomb, went to super duper mart or whatever, asked about father - tells me he is in the radio place -, went to find the Family and failed... I don't know what else to do.... there are no more quests in megaton, that's for sure. Unless I want to get and get irradiated.

Zimmer wrote:

I'm stuck....
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Got to megaton, diffused bomb, went to super duper mart or whatever, asked about father - tells me he is in the radio place -, went to find the Family and failed... I don't know what else to do.... there are no more quests in megaton, that's for sure. Unless I want to get and get irradiated.

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I'm confused, did you make to the radio place?  And help the brotherhood kill the mutants etc?

Um...wow. I think I just skipped half the game.

I'm enjoying the game, happy to be back in the Fallout world. But it also feels a little cheap. I miss the deep quests and more perverse atmosphere. Typical american attitude, massive gore and cursing but do NOT show a tit or allow any sex! Hell, sex should be the biggest commodity in this game! Some quests start out really cool and then just finish just as I get interested. Some if it feels very linear as to where and how you get to places (hoping for a grappling hook or climbing mod!). Got Power armor VERY early but am unable to wear it... Kinda makes sense...but kinda sucks.  I hate how boxes/cabinets are labeled "empty" and the "traits/perks" rolled into just perks. Some other little gripes (ex: "MY HOUSE IN MEGATON", Ugh... how hard would it be to code in the players chosen name?), but I do like it more than I thought I would . Combat is different but I think VATS holds up well. I miss turn based but I understand why it would not work in todays market. But the game still feels more directed at the casual gamer as opposed to the RPG crowd (and I loved Oblivion but felt it too had this problem).
My biggest gripe would be no ying/yang. Meaning in the past if you took a perk (or trait) you got a benefit but also had to accept a negative. To me that was what made Fallout. You had to take the good with the bad. Here it just feels like they wanted to make it less difficult for the player to choose by just adding positives... Also for some reason i do not feel attached to my character, like I expect to feel in an RPG. I don't feel like I am creating him as much as just choosing him. Bottom line I would say it is a VERY good game! better than I thought it would be but that all the 10 out of 10 and high reviews are a  little off. Its good! I would recommend it! But it is not great or earth shattering.

< Wants a powerfist to punch people's heads off. Even if it makes no sense.

@ pndragon: You make it sound like Fable has more consequences for decisions than Fallout... Gets really annoying being evil in Fable 2 as it's impossible to interact with people if they are too scared of you. The idea of traits having negatives sounds mint... Wonder why it wasn't carried over.

Last edited by Flecco (2008-11-02 11:08:58)

teehee

goodbye megaton

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Lawlz, earlier before I picked up a note off of some Talon mercs (who almost killed me) which told them to go after me for "not meeting with Mr. Tenpenny's demands" (or something like that) that was from Mr. Burke. The only thing is, I hadn't denied Mr. Burke yet and had just told Lucas Simms about what he asked me to do. Simms goes in Moriarty's, says he's arresting him, Burke gets up and kills Simms, I kill Burke. No chance for him to leave or anything and tell Mercs to kill me.

Plot holes ftl.

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

Zimmer wrote:

The whole "open world" "open ended" game disappears once you reach the final parts of the main quest.

You get 2 choices.
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Both of them end in you dying

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So once you beat the game, you cant keep playing?

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Indeed. You must die to save the world with some water purifier shit. You have 2 choices at the end, one is to leave the purifier alone, and the other is to infect it with a virus to get rid of all mutants. I did the first. I had to go into a radioactive area and you end up dying. One way or the other

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

Zimmer wrote:

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

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So once you beat the game, you cant keep playing?

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Indeed. You must die to save the world with some water purifier shit. You have 2 choices at the end, one is to leave the purifier alone, and the other is to infect it with a virus to get rid of all mutants. I did the first. I had to go into a radioactive area and you end up dying. One way or the other

Aw god damn it.  Spoiler (highlight to read):
Im on the mission where the brotherhood and I were oging to go assault the purifier and i have the virus.  You just ruined my night

Ok. Here is the deal
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Try and talk the stupid blonde bitch to do it and go in and sacrifice her. Or ( if you have Fawkes with you ) ask him to do it, he may be able to. The activation code is pretty damn obvious, but I wont give you it. . If she wont do it, then that is the end of the game. The closing credits are pretty gay.

Zimmer wrote:

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

Zimmer wrote:

Spoiler (highlight to read):
Indeed. You must die to save the world with some water purifier shit. You have 2 choices at the end, one is to leave the purifier alone, and the other is to infect it with a virus to get rid of all mutants. I did the first. I had to go into a radioactive area and you end up dying. One way or the other

Aw god damn it.  Spoiler (highlight to read):
Im on the mission where the brotherhood and I were oging to go assault the purifier and i have the virus.  You just ruined my night

Ok. Here is the deal
Spoiler (highlight to read):
Try and talk the stupid blonde bitch to do it and go in and sacrifice her. Or ( if you have Fawkes with you ) ask him to do it, he may be able to. The activation code is pretty damn obvious, but I wont give you it. . If she wont do it, then that is the end of the game. The closing credits are pretty gay.

Gah, i hate it when games do this

Zimmer wrote:

SamTheMan:D wrote:

just read the ending cause i cant help myself but highlight spoilers

so thats far cry 2 and fallout 3 both with a shit endings

I dunno, maybe you can change it more than I thought. But I wanted to be the hero!
An hero, to be precise.

Im going to an hero if the game ends like that X(

SamTheMan:D wrote:

just read the ending cause i cant help myself but highlight spoilers

I have severe difficulty resisting.