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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    xzzy on
  • Steel-LionSteel-Lion Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Hey guys, so I bagged me an Xbox 360 elite today, along with Fallout 3.

    And I was surprised by
    Getting the fatman that early in the game, I'm at the GNR building ATM. Have I rushed into the main quest too much?

    Also, this game is made of the stuff of gods, kings, and deus ex.

    Steel-Lion on
  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    So...

    DC.

    Is every location worth exploring?

    I found a run down house with some guy and a couple of chicks. Seems kinda pointless.

    Found a few museums, but don't remember which ones specifically. Maybe the Jefferson Museum?

    Sheep on
  • SagrothSagroth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Okay, so I have discoved that you can in fact
    kill Crowley and loot the keys back


    But that leads me to a Fort Constantine question...
    I entered through the CO door like I was supposed to. Where is this dead body with the last key?

    Sagroth on
    3DS Code: 5155-3087-0800
  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Unbelievable. I'm crawling around, saving, saving, saving, im ok, sav-OH SHIT A DEATHCLAW JUST RAN ROUND HTE CORNER!. Mother fucker :( I'm screwed.

    DarkWarrior on
  • TekDragonTekDragon __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Yeah, when you first do something it's fun and interesting.

    Get to level 20. Kill hundreds upon hundreds of guys. Watch as 300+ times your bullet tears a guy's head off or make it explode completely unrealistically in the same way over and over.

    You know what you'll feel instead of the excitement you described feeling in those unique experiences?

    You'll feel bored.

    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.

    TekDragon on
  • gvandalegvandale Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Steel-Lion wrote: »
    Hey guys, so I bagged me an Xbox 360 elite today, along with Fallout 3.

    And I was surprised by
    Getting the fatman that early in the game, I'm at the GNR building ATM. Have I rushed into the main quest too much?

    Also, this game is made of the stuff of gods, kings, and deus ex.

    There is no "too fast". You honestly don't have to do any of the side things if you don't want to. One of the many beautiful things about this game. I just put the story off til I was getting tired of wandering the wastelands. I'm about 40hrs into it, and only like 5 or 6 chapters into the main story...

    gvandale on
    Current Game(s) List: Disgaea 4 (PS3) & Dead Island (XBox 360)
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  • InitialDKInitialDK Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I still haven't reached GNR but I can't tear myself away from doing the side-quest!

    So Rivet city is the place to trade for caps? Need to get there soon, I have thousands of caps worth of items sitting in my house and I barely have 1000 caps on hand.

    InitialDK on
    "I'd happily trade your life for knowledge of my powers."
    -Louis C.K.
  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    TekDragon wrote: »
    Fellhand wrote: »
    TekDragon wrote: »
    If a mod comes out that lowers the rate of people's heads exploding like confetti or falling off like you shot saw blades at them - please put it in the OP.

    What good would that be? The entire reason I run around with the combat shotgun and use VATS is for head explodey action.

    Do people still explode when you land crits while unarmed? My next playthrough I want to try unarmed and go bloody mess.

    Shotgun makes a little bit of sense. Heads exploding from a .32 or 10mm?

    No.

    Heads FALLING OFF for any reason?

    No.

    You don't realize how critical the ridiculously over the top deaths are to the core of fallout, do you?

    There was much bloody death in FO2, but not every head shot led directly to dismemberment or an exploding headshot. I've grown a bit desensitized to the gore in 3.
    It did if you got the Trait.

    DanHibiki on
  • InitialDKInitialDK Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TekDragon wrote: »
    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.


    You're obviously not married :P

    InitialDK on
    "I'd happily trade your life for knowledge of my powers."
    -Louis C.K.
  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Just enough space to switch to fatman and waste him. Nothing else would kill him fast enough.

    DarkWarrior on
  • TekDragonTekDragon __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    InitialDK wrote: »
    TekDragon wrote: »
    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.


    You're obviously not married :P

    Bitch better learn some new positions. STAT.

    TekDragon on
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TekDragon wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Yeah, when you first do something it's fun and interesting.

    Get to level 20. Kill hundreds upon hundreds of guys. Watch as 300+ times your bullet tears a guy's head off or make it explode completely unrealistically in the same way over and over.

    You know what you'll feel instead of the excitement you described feeling in those unique experiences?

    You'll feel bored.

    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.


    I'm on my second play through, again with bloody mess, Probably seen people get blown to tiny bits ten thousand times.


    it has yet to get old.

    Buttcleft on
  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    You, sir, frighten me.

    Richard_Dastardly on
  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    You, sir, frighten me.
    Powerfists give a whole new definition to fisting pleasure, dude.

    Mortal Sky on
  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    You, sir, frighten me.

    I'd just never seen a game do that before, and it was a huge surprise. The idea of beaning someone with a lead pipe and getting gibs out of it is so absurd, how could one not laugh?

    xzzy on
  • Torso BoyTorso Boy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    You, sir, frighten me.

    I'd just never seen a game do that before, and it was a huge surprise. The idea of beaning someone with a lead pipe and getting gibs out of it is so absurd, how could one not laugh?
    That or knocking an arm off with a sledgehammer.

    I can see how the gore could wear out its welcome...but it hasn't for me yet.

    Torso Boy on
  • SmurphSmurph Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm kinda disappointed when I don't get the gory death to be honest. It's like the game is telling me I'm not good enough, I need to kill them harder.

    Smurph on
  • Inter_dInter_d Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    You, sir, frighten me.

    going in vats and having the camera pan following my bullet as it weaves its way through a whole bunch of shit a la wanted and then see the guys face a split second before his jaw and eye balls go flying along with the rest of his giblets is...is....well, it's just orgasmic.

    Inter_d on
  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    You, sir, frighten me.

    I'd just never seen a game do that before, and it was a huge surprise. The idea of beaning someone with a lead pipe and getting gibs out of it is so absurd, how could one not laugh?

    The same thing happened to me. I was in a sewer and there were all these feral ghouls, and I don't like how fast they run. So I set up some mines, and then started shooting my hunting rifle into them. They all blew up except one who rushed me. So I kind of panicked and hit tab and selected my spiked knuckles and punched him once, and he just exploded. His whole body just went up like he swallowed dynamite. If I didn't know any better I could have sword there was a surprised expression on his face too.

    I have the bloody mess trait, so that explains that, but the best is when I use a hunting rifle and get a critical headshot and the guy's arms and legs explode. It makes no sense, and i love it.

    Dissociater on
  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I have the bloody mess trait because of the 5% damage bonus. But seeing the same death animations over and over can be tiring.

    Good thing I'm not there at this point. I still enjoy seeing limbs go flying.

    JustinSane07 on
  • Captain CharismaCaptain Charisma __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    TekDragon wrote: »
    Okay, how do I:
    get into the Jefferson Monument? I have the tapes from Liam Neeson and I've talked to the doctor in Rivet City, yet the subquest boxes aren't ticking off.

    Listen to the recordings?



    I did, though I only have four. Are there more?

    Captain Charisma on
  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    TekDragon wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Yeah, when you first do something it's fun and interesting.

    Get to level 20. Kill hundreds upon hundreds of guys. Watch as 300+ times your bullet tears a guy's head off or make it explode completely unrealistically in the same way over and over.

    You know what you'll feel instead of the excitement you described feeling in those unique experiences?

    You'll feel bored.

    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.


    I'm on my second play through, again with bloody mess, Probably seen people get blown to tiny bits ten thousand times.


    it has yet to get old.


    Clearly, this is an example of mileage engaging in something known as variance.

    Depending on the fight, it's ok. It's annoying when you have to watch a slowmo body breakup off chained headshots against a group of people as their friends charge towards you...

    however, the conclusion I've come to with the "OH GOD NO MORE SLO-MO" thing is that VATS attacks going off are real-time... such that the time it took to make those shots and animate, the guys would have been on top of you or fired on you already. Especially since you can VATS-kill someone and still get shot by them as your bullet flies, or get hit... or at least that's what I think.

    not exactly losing sleep over it than I am contemplating why they even try sometimes.

    tastydonuts on
    “I used to draw, hard to admit that I used to draw...”
  • JastJast Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Guys, if you're low on ammo, or grenades, or stimpacks, there's a hilariously easy way to get more, a ton more.
    Ok, Northeast of Minfield, and north of a toxic waste dump, I forget what it's called, there's a crashed alien ship. You should know it's close when you get a radio signal called Recon Craft Theta. At the front of the ship there's a cockpit, and next to it there's a dead alien. Next to the dead alien is an alien laser pistol and about 12 packs of alien power cells. Pick those up and go to to Fort Independence, which is next to Fairfax ruins. Inside of Fort Independence there's a outcast BoS member called Protector Casadin. If this is your first time speaking to him he'll talk to you about how he wants technology. Turn the alien stuff in to him, the alien blaster itself is worth 486 5.56 rounds, the power cells are worth 256 5.56s I think, or if you want to, 11 grenades or 11 stimpacks.

    Jast on
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  • JarthJarth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I notice during up close head-splosions that the eye gibs actually come out of the sockets on the head. It's like that ghoul is saying
    "OH MY, MY HEAD APPEARS TO BE EXPLODING AND I AM QUITE UPSET BY THIS!"
    nice little attention to detail instead of having the head just explode from a central point.

    also: someone answer my questions from a couple pages back!

    Jarth on
  • TekDragonTekDragon __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Can you get .308 or .44 ammo from them?

    TekDragon on
  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Jarth wrote: »
    I notice during up close head-splosions that the eye gibs actually come out of the sockets on the head. It's like that ghoul is saying
    "OH MY, MY HEAD APPEARS TO BE EXPLODING AND I AM QUITE UPSET BY THIS!"
    nice little attention to detail instead of having the head just explode from a central point.

    also: someone answer my questions from a couple pages back!
    you can resolve that quest peacefully and with no bad karma (which you get for letting ghouls in) By talking to tenpenny after talking to the ghouls and then talking to the residents.

    Canada_jezus on
  • JastJast Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TekDragon wrote: »
    Can you get .308 or .44 ammo from them?

    Unfortunately, no.

    Jast on
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  • YougottawannaYougottawanna Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    For those of you that have finished the main quest, I think:
    it should be in the OP or something that you can't keep playing once it's over like you could in morrowind and oblivion. I rushed through the main quest for that reason, thinking I could keep playing, which kind of sucks once it's over (though it does give me an excuse to reroll with a new build)

    Yougottawanna on
  • JarthJarth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Jarth wrote: »
    I notice during up close head-splosions that the eye gibs actually come out of the sockets on the head. It's like that ghoul is saying
    "OH MY, MY HEAD APPEARS TO BE EXPLODING AND I AM QUITE UPSET BY THIS!"
    nice little attention to detail instead of having the head just explode from a central point.

    also: someone answer my questions from a couple pages back!
    you can resolve that quest peacefully and with no bad karma (which you get for letting ghouls in) By talking to tenpenny after talking to the ghouls and then talking to the residents.

    oh, awesome. I had heard about other people doing it and it sounded like the only option was everyone ending up dead.

    Jarth on
  • walnutmonwalnutmon Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Stuck in the middle of the National Archives
    You're supposed to be able to get through by taking this elevator to the bottom, but after scouring the place, I can't find any key or passwords...

    So I took to the long path, figuring that with my trust sidekick I'd just mow down some mutants and call it a day... But I was fucking wrong as hell. This place is nearly impossible and I have no clue how I'm going to get out alive.
    Robots man, how the hell do you beat robots?!

    Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    walnutmon on
    xbox: jmbizzo | ps3: walnutmon | steam: walnutmon | SC2: walnutmon.591
  • CrazybearCrazybear Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TekDragon wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Yeah, when you first do something it's fun and interesting.

    Get to level 20. Kill hundreds upon hundreds of guys. Watch as 300+ times your bullet tears a guy's head off or make it explode completely unrealistically in the same way over and over.

    You know what you'll feel instead of the excitement you described feeling in those unique experiences?

    You'll feel bored.

    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.

    Yes please! I mean, that could be all this game was about, and I would still love it.

    By the way, have you tried shooting the legs or arms? Nothing is better than seeing a leg rip off in slow-mo, blood shooting everywhere, as the bad guy falls in a bloody heap. Or bloddy mess, if you will.

    I will never tire of that. NEVER.

    But hey, to each their own.

    Crazybear on
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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I want someone to do the following:
    1. Find a Yao Guai
    2. Use the developer console to turn said Yao Guai friendly
    3. Have Yao Guai follow the user around
    4. Do funny shit with this bit of genius

    Mortal Sky on
  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Crazybear wrote: »
    TekDragon wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Yeah, when you first do something it's fun and interesting.

    Get to level 20. Kill hundreds upon hundreds of guys. Watch as 300+ times your bullet tears a guy's head off or make it explode completely unrealistically in the same way over and over.

    You know what you'll feel instead of the excitement you described feeling in those unique experiences?

    You'll feel bored.

    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.

    Yes please! I mean, that could be all this game was about, and I would still love it.

    By the way, have you tried shooting the legs or arms? Nothing is better than seeing a leg rip off in slow-mo, blood shooting everywhere, as the bad guy falls in a bloody heap. Or bloddy mess, if you will.

    I will never tire of that. NEVER.

    But hey, to each their own.

    I've played probably around 40 hours and blowing off heads still makes me giggle. :P

    Dashui on
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  • MrIamMeMrIamMe Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Way to kill robots involves shooting them in the head.

    I tend to go with explosive weapons, or setting frag mines.

    Lincoln's repeater works well too, as it does on EVERYTHING.

    MrIamMe on
  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MrIamMe wrote: »
    Way to kill robots involves shooting them in the head.

    I tend to go with explosive weapons, or setting frag mines.

    Lincoln's repeater works well too, as it does on EVERYTHING.

    It's my favorite weapon. The thing devours the souls of everything I come across.

    Dashui on
    Xbox Live, PSN & Origin: Vacorsis 3DS: 2638-0037-166
  • TVs_FrankTVs_Frank Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    MrIamMe wrote: »
    Way to kill robots involves shooting them in the head.

    I tend to go with explosive weapons, or setting frag mines.

    Lincoln's repeater works well too, as it does on EVERYTHING.

    It's my favorite weapon. The thing devours the souls of everything I come across.

    They probably should've named named it the John Wilkes Booth repeater.

    TVs_Frank on
  • BranuBranu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I emancipate heads from necks with that wonderful weapon.


    Did I use the word emancipate right?

    Branu on
  • BubbaTBubbaT Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    KiTA wrote: »
    tyrannus wrote: »
    well you're fat, kita. how sneaky can a fat person be? santa doesn't count.

    so, will there ever be a time where I can slowly sneak in front of someone if I'm doing it the correct way?

    No, this isn't Oblivion. :(

    You actually have to sneak, which is only OK, cause damn, it's hard to see how some people are facing. Some sorta UI warning "Hey, this jackarse can almost see you" would rock.

    Just bring up VATS and you'll get a zoomed-in image, and you can see which way they're facing.

    Other than maybe Robobrains.

    BubbaT on
  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    Crazybear wrote: »
    TekDragon wrote: »
    xzzy wrote: »
    I find it impossible to believe that someone is unhappy with the gore in the game.

    It's fucking hilarious to lob a grenade into a room, listen to it go off, and watching someone's leg fly past you and splatter into the wall. Not to mention standing next to a car when it blows up, and watching your lifeless corpse spiral through the air, with every limb missing.

    First time I clubbed someone so hard their head exploded it took me a full 5 minutes to stop laughing.

    Yeah, when you first do something it's fun and interesting.

    Get to level 20. Kill hundreds upon hundreds of guys. Watch as 300+ times your bullet tears a guy's head off or make it explode completely unrealistically in the same way over and over.

    You know what you'll feel instead of the excitement you described feeling in those unique experiences?

    You'll feel bored.

    It's like sex. Sex is fun. Now imagine you have to have the same sex every time. Yawn.

    Yes please! I mean, that could be all this game was about, and I would still love it.

    By the way, have you tried shooting the legs or arms? Nothing is better than seeing a leg rip off in slow-mo, blood shooting everywhere, as the bad guy falls in a bloody heap. Or bloddy mess, if you will.

    I will never tire of that. NEVER.

    But hey, to each their own.

    I've played probably around 40 hours and blowing off heads still makes me giggle. :P

    Truly, a man who gets tired of seeing helpless, screaming civilians slam into walls and crumple in broken and bloody heaps of pulsating flesh has no soul.

    Speaking of which, does anyone else love using the Mesmertron in combat? It's awesome watching a bunch of people in 50s clothing blast each other into bloody chunks all over a hotel lobby or a town square after firing that baby off a few times.


    Oh so much fun, the Mesmertron. Doesn't exactly work as advertised most of the time, but I take what I can get.

    Basil on
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