Comments on: Mario Katharsis: Fallout 3

By: ant2206

ant2206 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:23:08 +0000

@Mijo are you talking about the G.O.A.T., where you’re in the classroom? I did a playthrough where the game bugged out and I was stuck in that classroom, unable to go anywhere else or do anything. I couldn’t progress without taking the test, but I wasn’t able to take the test. Had to reload a ways back which sucked, but then it worked fine.

If your problem was anything like that, it probably won’t happen a second time. And Fallout 3 is only ten bucks on Steam, so pick it up and tear in!

By: Mijo

Mijo — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:20:19 +0000

I rented this game when it first came out rom gamefly and i couldnt past figure out how to get past the test when youre a kid. I really want to replay this game.

Am I a lil slow for not getting past that part? Can someone help?

By: Remy Carreiro

Remy Carreiro — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:04:40 +0000

Dogmeat. You had me at Dogmeat…

By: Sara Clemens

Sara Clemens — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:48:46 +0000

Interesting, I didn’t know that. Learn something new every day, thanks to you guys. I did notice that I had an easier time shooting when I played Halo’s single player campaign after I finished F3. I thought it was just an indication that the shooting mechanics were clumsier than a game actually designed to be a shooter.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:35:51 +0000

@Sara

Michael is right. While your success in VATS is 100% dependent on your stats, they also have an effect on shooting outside of VATS. If you have a low rating with the kind of weapon you’re using, you’ll find that you miss shots even with your shot appears to be lined up perfectly. It’s a classic RPG roll of the dice. This is a design choice as Bethesda wanted to make a first person RPG and not a straight FPS. Leveling and VATS would have to point if you could just headshot everyone from the start.

I believe your aim was weighted more heavily in New Vegas, but there was still that roll of the dice element.

By: banditone

banditone — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:35:13 +0000

… and losing my horse in RDR really and truly pissed me off more than anything.

By: banditone

banditone — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:33:52 +0000

Fallout 3 rules. NV just didn’t grab me like 3 did.
I miss having Cass as a companion in NV, she was easy on the eyes and I’d follow that ass anywhere…. But there was something about running around the countryside with Fawkes and destroying all we surveyed. I tell you, we could take on armies that Fawkes and I.

By: frikkenkids

frikkenkids — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:25:18 +0000

I found New Vegas boring. By the time I wandered up to the strip, I had been playing so long I just didn’t care any more. Also, there were so many factions it was a pain in the ass.

It also didn’t help that when you piss off the Legion, you get those squads of super-men chasing after you who shrug off sniper-rifle head shots as if the bullets were marshmallows.

By: Sara Clemens

Sara Clemens — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:52:07 +0000

I really liked NV too. 3 will always have that special something because it taught me how to shoot, obviously. Plus, I traveled to DC for work shortly after finishing my first playthrough and actually found my way around the city from my memory of the game. Which was totally awesome. In my experience, people who played Fallout 1 and 2 tend to prefer New Vegas. 3 was my first foray so it became my baseline.

Michael: VATS is a dice-roll style aiming system, is that what you mean? Otherwise it’s a basic FPS situation. I used VATS too, mostly for the slow motion decapitations. And sometimes there were too many onscreen enemies and I just wasn’t fast enough.

Mark: Deathclaw don’t give a sh*t!

As for my Dogmeat story: He got beat up a bunch of times and lived to bark the tale, then one day we ran into a nest of mirelurks near the river and one of them took him down. Wasn’t quite as sad as when my horse died in RDR, but it was a definitely blow to the gut. I feel like I must have forgotten to heal him after a fight. Fortunately I got Fawkes soon after and things were right as rain.

Oh trashcanman, I had no power to write my piece last week. How I’ve missed you! Of effing course it didn’t prepare me for a hardcore FPS. It was my training wheels, is all. Then I worked through Halo’s single player campaign, and after that I was able to avoid making a complete fool of myself when playing multiplayer with my college buddies. I’ll admit, I’ll never be good enough to even hold my own in a multiplayer Halo match now. But you know how I feel about multiplayer, so it’s no skin off my back. I’m just glad I don’t have a gaping FPS hole in my gamer oeuvre anymore. Feeling invincible is awesome, even if it’s fleeting and under a very particular set of circumstances.

By: trashcanman

trashcanman — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:18:35 +0000

I left Dogmeat at our home in Megaton once and when I came back to get him, he was gone. Bethesda, you bastards. Your glitches broke my heart once again. No way does playing Fallout prepare you for a hardcore FPS, Clemens. Take them skills into Halo multiplayer and let’s see how invincible you feel then.