Fallout 3 - Today's the day!

[Felon]

Thanks, guys. It'll be interesting to hear how different builds work out.

Though, to tell the truth, Saints Row 2's co-op campaign is probably the most fun I've had this year in a video game.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I got the Bloody Mess perk last night. Wow is that thing fun. Shooting a raider in the torso with a shotgun sends bits of erm... 'residue' flying in every direction. VATS combat is so much fun.

I got that as well. The only drawback is that you have to find the little bits in order to loot them. Luckily, you can loot the entire corpse from as little as a foot.

I had one raider's weapon fly about a city block.

 

[D.Shaffer]

F'ing ants. Those who've been on the mention know what I'm talking about, but the name really DOES suit. Big, damn, BULLET EATING F'ing ants! I swear to god, I want to go toast a few anthills now, just to make sure these things never pop up again. Dousing an anthill with gas and setting alight would be poetic justice.

On another note...anyone know where the key to the cell is in the Hideway? From the looks of things, it's a Raider camp that got overrun by Radscorpions, (Hah! Eat Ripper, Radscorpion! DIE DIE DIE!) but I cant find the key on any of the bodies.

I think random encounters ARE in the game in some form. I got attacked by a bunch of hitmen with a note telling them who I am. I have no idea who the guy who sent them after me is, but apparently he's REALLY unhappy with me. Really close one there as they were heavilly armed. A little kid came running out that drew their fire and helped me to survive. Should have capped him there as I would have avoided the ants.

Another time, I got randomly attacked by a Protectron just out of the blue. Luckilly, he blundered into a trader. A weapons trader. That was fun to watch. I got to see a bunch of Talon Mercs blunder into a colony of mirelurks too. I'd thank them for the armor and free gear, but they're feeding a bunch of oversized crabs now. Dont mess with Mirelurks.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

If you end up with a good alignment after a certain point, those Talon dudes will show up. I feel like going to their camp with a few-mini-nukes and saying hello...

 

[Rackhir]

F'ing ants. Those who've been on the mention know what I'm talking about, but the name really DOES suit. Big, damn, BULLET EATING F'ing ants! I swear to god, I want to go toast a few anthills now, just to make sure these things never pop up again. Dousing an anthill with gas and setting alight would be poetic justice.

A little kid came running out that drew their fire and helped me to survive. Should have capped him there as I would have avoided the ants.

They are quite the bastards, kid could have mentioned they were literal FIRE ants.

Never having played Oblivion, I can't comment on it's Oblivion-y-ness, but it is feeling like an old Fallout friend.

 

[EricNoah]

The city sections of the game are annoying me a bit -- they did a nice job of making it very mazelike and blocking out out of areas you aren't supposed to be able to reach, but the cost is that you don't have that "I can literally go anywhere" feeling like in Oblivion.

I also find I get lost easily, particularly in the vaults...

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I'm playing a female character, and trying to go evil without going "spree-kill" evil. I took the Black Widow perk and now Mr. Burke wants to marry me.

 

[Rackhir]

I also find I get lost easily, particularly in the vaults...

I had this problem too, until I started making heavier use of my Pip Boy Maps. Checking them more often and noting what direction I was pointed in on the map and in character quickly got me much better sense of direction and location.

 

[Blackrat]

I also find I get lost easily, particularly in the vaults...

In that case... Do avoid Vault 106... It's more than a maze...

Not going to spoil it anymore than that.

 

[EricNoah]

Last night I accidentally stumbled on the end! I thought maybe there were a couple more plot twists ahead but suddenly, bam, done. So I will go back to a previous saved game and do a lot of exploring and side quests as I think there's still a lot for my first character to do before winding things up.