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  • JohnDoeJohnDoe Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Prohass wrote: »
    JohnDoe wrote: »
    Now they just need to hire some animators.
    To be fair Id like to see a company that produces games with high quality animations do what bethseda does. I will conceed the animations arent the greatest, but the sum of its parts people, the sum of its parts. The details, my god.


    Also holy shit
    TES 5

    Theres no reason Fallout 3 can't have good animations.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Every single old man is still voiced by the same guy and you can really tell.

    edit: should just have made it one character that followed you around

    It's true. That's really the only really noticeable one, besides generic townsfolk, they did a really good job differentiating voices, even though you can tell they're the same people if you listen closely.

    But yeah, they needed another old man. That one squeaky-voiced guy was overworked.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Why cant gears of war be open ended in a massive environment?

    You know what, fuck it. Fallout 3 has good animations. Ive seen worse in less ambitious games.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Prohass wrote: »
    Why cant gears of war be open ended in a massive environment?

    You know what, fuck it. Fallout 3 has good animations. Ive seen worse in less ambitious games.

    It's interesting to think about what would happen if, say, Bethesda and Epic teamed up to make an RPG. Or Bioware and Crytek. We need to get these RPG people more in touch with the technological side of things.

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  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Behemoth wrote: »
    Every single old man is still voiced by the same guy and you can really tell.

    edit: should just have made it one character that followed you around

    It's true. That's really the only really noticeable one, besides generic townsfolk, they did a really good job differentiating voices, even though you can tell they're the same people if you listen closely.

    But yeah, they needed another old man. That one squeaky-voiced guy was overworked.

    i've got no complaints about any of the other one, except one or two storyline characters but thats down to personal preference. But i mean, tenpenny towers alone has the dude voicing two guys?

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  • WMain00WMain00 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Bioware and Crytek present:

    Knights of the Old Republic: Nabboo Crysis.


    It would be very very pretty. Imagine the lightsabers in a Crytek engine? You could feel the warmth of the laser glow eminating off your widescreen as the fps grinds to a slow screenshot haul.

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  • JohnDoeJohnDoe Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Prohass wrote: »
    Why cant gears of war be open ended in a massive environment?

    You know what, fuck it. Fallout 3 has good animations. Ive seen worse in less ambitious games.

    What a worthless argument. Fallout 3 is a good game. It does not have good animations.

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  • EinEin CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    God, this is so annoying.

    I need someone to uncap the levels for me

    I'm like 25% of the way through the plot and I'm level 20. Yes, I can explode heads from a million miles away, but I want to be better.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So I take it now that I posted the location of the alien, everyone now has the ridiculously powerful alien blaster?

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  • MegaMekMegaMek Girls like girls. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Man, I beat the game at level 11. I can't even begin to comprehend how the game plays at level 20 :|

    Is it just me or is it always good to have a high INT for skill point bonuses? That level 11 character had like 4 skills capped out at 100 (Small Guns, Repair, Medicine and Energy Weapons). The last part of the game was a fucking breeze with fully repaired Power Armor and a plasma rifle and the 900 some microfusion cells I had been collecting since
    Raven Rock.
    EDIT: Also, does anyone know what the colored keycards are for?

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  • EinEin CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I hit 20 cause like after I did some stuff at Megaton I spent about a day IRL just wandering around in the wastes and exploring, and in the course of that killed the hell out of a lot of stuff.

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  • GalielmusGalielmus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ein wrote: »
    God, this is so annoying.

    I need someone to uncap the levels for me

    I'm like 25% of the way through the plot and I'm level 20. Yes, I can explode heads from a million miles away, but I want to be better.

    The worst part is the loading screens that show the xp bar.

    [20 .|......... 21]

    ...so what you're telling me is, this will be easy to fix :P

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  • EinEin CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Apparently I could have been 21 if I used Here and Now. I'm regretting not doing that.

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  • MegaMekMegaMek Girls like girls. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Are you sure that would work?

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  • SlicerSlicer Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Does anyone have a list of all the songs that play on the radio?

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  • PatboyXPatboyX Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Prohass wrote: »
    I love this game.

    Fighting fire ants is amazing, because your usual strategy with enemies is to hide in cover and back yourself into walls and blast when the enemy comes around a corner. But with fire ants, you want open spaces, long distances between you and them. Also, fucking frenzied ants flaming cars and they explode.

    This game is just immense.

    Im constantly amazed by how much Bethseda has improved over Oblivion, im really impressed that they actually took the criticism to heart and improved every conveivable aspect of the gameplay from their previous game. I really respect this.

    I don't know - I just snuck around and one-shotted most of them with a laser pistol.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    PatboyX wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    I love this game.

    Fighting fire ants is amazing, because your usual strategy with enemies is to hide in cover and back yourself into walls and blast when the enemy comes around a corner. But with fire ants, you want open spaces, long distances between you and them. Also, fucking frenzied ants flaming cars and they explode.

    This game is just immense.

    Im constantly amazed by how much Bethseda has improved over Oblivion, im really impressed that they actually took the criticism to heart and improved every conveivable aspect of the gameplay from their previous game. I really respect this.

    I don't know - I just snuck around and one-shotted most of them with a laser pistol.

    One-shotted? I played this when i was level 3, are you talking about fire-ants? You oneshotted the soldiers and warriors?

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  • RedMageDarionRedMageDarion Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Man this game is so awesome. Can't wait to get home from work to play more.

    In the meantime, I need to continue avoiding this thread... It is so damn tempting to click on spoiler tags.

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  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I am interested in some kind of list of skills required to get all the game content, with as minor spoilers as possible. As far as I can tell:

    Explosives: 25% needed for a quest in Megaton. Needed to disarm mines and explosive traps.
    Lockpicking: 75% needed for very hard locks
    Science: 75% for very hard terminals, possibly more needed for quests?
    Barter: Completely optional
    Speech: Needed for several quest endings, maximum value needed unknown.
    Repair: 30% needed for a quest in Megaton, higher values needed for later quests. Needed to disarm mechanical traps.

    Anyone feel like updating the list?

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Prohass wrote: »
    PatboyX wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    I love this game.

    Fighting fire ants is amazing, because your usual strategy with enemies is to hide in cover and back yourself into walls and blast when the enemy comes around a corner. But with fire ants, you want open spaces, long distances between you and them. Also, fucking frenzied ants flaming cars and they explode.

    This game is just immense.

    Im constantly amazed by how much Bethseda has improved over Oblivion, im really impressed that they actually took the criticism to heart and improved every conveivable aspect of the gameplay from their previous game. I really respect this.

    I don't know - I just snuck around and one-shotted most of them with a laser pistol.

    One-shotted? I played this when i was level 3, are you talking about fire-ants? You oneshotted the soldiers and warriors?

    I found shooting them in the head to be A LOT more effective than their armored torso. half of them I'd just wait for them to spin around and start walking to me before I used VATS. If, and only if, I couldn't get a clean headshot from cover. I didn't bother with the antenna on most of them because the hit chance was low and they were far enough away I wasn't worried about fire.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Uh, you need 100 for Very Hard locks and terminals, 75 is just for Hard.

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited November 2008
    PatboyX wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    I love this game.

    Fighting fire ants is amazing, because your usual strategy with enemies is to hide in cover and back yourself into walls and blast when the enemy comes around a corner. But with fire ants, you want open spaces, long distances between you and them. Also, fucking frenzied ants flaming cars and they explode.

    This game is just immense.

    Im constantly amazed by how much Bethseda has improved over Oblivion, im really impressed that they actually took the criticism to heart and improved every conveivable aspect of the gameplay from their previous game. I really respect this.

    I don't know - I just snuck around and one-shotted most of them with a laser pistol.

    They were perfect for the Rock-It launcher because if I could see them I pretty much had an 85% chance on their head.

    I stress were.

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Behemoth wrote: »
    Uh, you need 100 for Very Hard locks and terminals, 75 is just for Hard.

    He may be factoring in the bonuses you will get for finding all the skillbooks. If that's the case, waste to put more than 75 points there.

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  • Silas BrownSilas Brown That's hobo style. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It would be pretty nice if someone could confirm if taking "Here and Now" at level 20 would grant a 21st level. I wouldn't waste a perk to get a level I could just get through my regular business, but if it's a SOOPER SEKRET LEVEL, then hell, that would be awesome.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What is in old olney all I found was
    death(claws)

    any survivors?

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  • jagermeister73jagermeister73 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Not sure if this has been posted or known but if you buy a nuka-cola vending machine for your swinging pad you
    you can store your found nukas in it and it will chill them which then in turn gives you +25 healing powers! Because we all know tepid soda sucks.
    On a side note two questions.. Is there any vendor that sells bobypins? Also say I reach 100 in small guns but haven't taken a perk that gives + to small guns will it go over 100 or is it a wasted perk?

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It will be wasted

    Thats why you should only take your stats to 9 also

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What is in old olney all I found was
    death(claws)

    any survivors?
    nope, but did you go down to the sewers? There's a bobblehead there, i think. well worth the trouble. though the deathclaws are some of the mostr difficult baddies in the game. died so many times in there

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    lostwords wrote: »
    What is in old olney all I found was
    death(claws)

    any survivors?
    nope, but did you go down to the sewers? There's a bobblehead there, i think. well worth the trouble. though the deathclaws are some of the mostr difficult baddies in the game. died so many times in there
    There's also a set of experimental power armor, that automatically applies stimpacks when you get injured, in the sewers. Pretty cool.

    But yeah, that place is hell on earth. Deathclaws are just as tough as in the originals, they'll rape your face off.

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  • KajustaKajusta Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Is there a reason why I can't holster my weapons?

    Am I missing something here?

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Kajusta wrote: »
    Is there a reason why I can't holster my weapons?

    Am I missing something here?
    You have to hold the button.

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  • KwornKworn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    DOG WHERE IS THIS GODAMD DOG GUYS?

    Kworn on
  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Prohass wrote: »
    JohnDoe wrote: »
    Now they just need to hire some animators.
    To be fair Id like to see a company that produces games with high quality animations do what bethseda does. I will conceed the animations arent the greatest, but the sum of its parts people, the sum of its parts. The details, my god.


    Also holy shit
    TES 5

    Wait, did they hint/announce TES 5 already?

    KiTA on
  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Kajusta wrote: »
    Is there a reason why I can't holster my weapons?

    Am I missing something here?
    You have to hold the button.
    I spent my first eight or ten hours of the game talking to people with my fists balled up like I was ready to sock them in the jaw. I only found out how to holster/sheath my weapons by complete accident.

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  • jagermeister73jagermeister73 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Kworn wrote: »
    DOG WHERE IS THIS GODAMD DOG GUYS?
    Check out the OP the loc is there under fallout 3 spoilers.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    KiTA wrote: »
    Prohass wrote: »
    JohnDoe wrote: »
    Now they just need to hire some animators.
    To be fair Id like to see a company that produces games with high quality animations do what bethseda does. I will conceed the animations arent the greatest, but the sum of its parts people, the sum of its parts. The details, my god.


    Also holy shit
    TES 5

    Wait, did they hint/announce TES 5 already?

    Yeah, they said it's probably coming in 2010. So probably 1 or 2 Fallout expansions still. And they've said there will be another Fallout before, uh, 2018.

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  • MegaMekMegaMek Girls like girls. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ok, so, the red, blue, and yellow keycards. Do they do anything?

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So, this game is friggin awesome. Like, top 5 of all time awesome (so far).

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I was gonna get this on 360 but I've heard rumors of crashes. Is this a common problem? I experienced the GTAIV crash madness aswell, remember it taking weeks to finish it just because I could only play about 30 minutes straight - once a day. That's the only game I've had a problem with so far, Dead Space runs like a wet dream etc...

    So does the 360 version have GTAIV mad crash habits?

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Honk wrote: »
    I was gonna get this on 360 but I've heard rumors of crashes. Is this a common problem? I experienced the GTAIV crash madness aswell, remember it taking weeks to finish it just because I could only play about 30 minutes straight - once a day. That's the only game I've had a problem with so far, Dead Space runs like a wet dream etc...

    So does the 360 version have GTAIV mad crash habits?
    I'm about 5 hours in and no crashing so far. I don't know if it gets worse further in, though.

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