I only fought two or three in random encounters and they move as fast as super mutants.

Anyways, I installed some mod that adds "realistic" weapon damage and it's pretty great.  Shooting someone in the head actually does damage!  As a result, I put the difficulty to very hard and holy crap the experience of playing the game is 30x better.

how so?

too bad i'm playing on 360 and putting it on very hard = cheap deathes by deathclaws and super mutant masters.


oh and btw what'd i say earlier in this topic! i hadn't even progressed far through the story i just did tranquility lane and i was already at the level cap of 20. stupid 360 version makes me sad

how so?

too bad i'm playing on 360 and putting it on very hard = cheap deathes by deathclaws and super mutant masters.


oh and btw what'd i say earlier in this topic! i hadn't even progressed far through the story i just did tranquility lane and i was already at the level cap of 20. stupid 360 version makes me sad

It makes the game more realistic.  You no longer feel like SUPER MAN OF THE WASTES and it puts you and the enemies on the same playing field so stuff like traps and cover are more important in a fight than just abusing VATS and pressing whatever quick button you set stim paks to. 

I also got the mod that changed the values of food which is great.  It makes no sense that shit water heals the same amount as wholesome food.  Scavenging actually has some worth since everything doesn't heal the generic 5-6 hit points.

fall out 3 not a good game

bethesda needs to "fall out" of the habit of making bad games

bwahahahha

Man Marcus, those mods sound pretty cool. Can you give me some links to them? Rather than trying to find them myself. I'm liking the sound of realistic damage+hard difficulty+realistic food. I just finished my first playthrough and I'm planning on doing another on a harder difficulty, so those mods would be great.

fallout3nexus dot com.  just scour the mod page as there's only 60 or so files and most of them are worth downloading.  there's even a sound pack that doesn't make the weapons sound like fucking pop guns.

i don't know what it is with vidya developers and thinking firearms sound like those little mexican popper things.

Sounds pretty accurate.  The most common complaint regarding audio I come across on the net is the music (and just like the first Fallout games I am completely oblivious to this game's sound track as I usually have the radio playing or subconsciously ignore it) but the sound effects are truly disappointing.

the sound of the vault door opening is probably the impressive sound effect in the game.  i was half expecting them to reuse the generic door opening sound effect from oblivion.

I've had some horirible AI problems, involving a super mutant brute allowing me to go up to him and lob a bottle cap mine at his feet with him looking at me and not giving a shit. It was... interesting, to say the least.

I've had some horirible AI problems, involving a super mutant brute allowing me to go up to him and lob a bottle cap mine at his feet with him looking at me and not giving a shit. It was... interesting, to say the least.

What's your karma because some characters won't attack you depending on your karma.

I haven't had any super weird bugs that a lot of people are reporting so I guess I'm lucky?  The only thing I can consider a bug is the occasional lock up that's happened maybe 3 or 4 times.

BUY BETTER COMPUTERS GUYS

one time i shot a bear and it flew way up into the sky and didn't come back down for like 2 minutes.

What's your karma because some characters won't attack you depending on your karma.

Pretty low, but the Super Mutant whirred up his minigun up and fired about three bullets in total at me before not shooting at me anymore and I layed a couple of shots in him before lobbing the mine at his feet, so I'd think that's a bug.

So uh, I got Fallout 3 for the PC. It runs great on my computer, amazingly. I mean, I don't have it on max, but high settings will do. Sometimes Fallout 3 will crash when I load too many maps in a small amount of time(Like in Rivet city where you have a map to another part of the ship behind the door just to your right). Any suggestions for that? Also, I beat the game. Beat... Beat it. I was surprised when it... ended.

So I made a new character and decided to be an entrepreneur. I need help with a couple of things actually. Namely Mirelurks and finding parts for weapons. See, every time I fight a mirelurk it seems to completely dominate me. With headbutting. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem but I can't hurt a mirelurk for shit. I mean, if I see a deathclaw I find the nearest hole to hide in, but mirelurks usually protect things that I need to get to. Like the Blood Ties quest.

Secondly, I have no idea where to get a motorcycle gas tank.(I usually check the shops) Or for that matter, most of the parts required to make the weapons for the schematics I have.

So uh, I got Fallout 3 for the PC. It runs great on my computer, amazingly. I mean, I don't have it on max, but high settings will do. Sometimes Fallout 3 will crash when I load too many maps in a small amount of time(Like in Rivet city where you have a map to another part of the ship behind the door just to your right). Any suggestions for that? Also, I beat the game. Beat... Beat it. I was surprised when it... ended.

So I made a new character and decided to be an entrepreneur. I need help with a couple of things actually. Namely Mirelurks and finding parts for weapons. See, every time I fight a mirelurk it seems to completely dominate me. With headbutting. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem but I can't hurt a mirelurk for shit. I mean, if I see a deathclaw I find the nearest hole to hide in, but mirelurks usually protect things that I need to get to. Like the Blood Ties quest.

Secondly, I have no idea where to get a motorcycle gas tank.(I usually check the shops) Or for that matter, most of the parts required to make the weapons for the schematics I have.

I have the motorcycle gas tank in that [insert ][/insert] shelter next to the subway, it's in the wasteland opposite the ten penny towers. I have only seen two of these, btw what weapon can you make with it?

the good ol' flaming sword, the shiskebab.

i just got the dart gun schematic, it will be nice using all the darts i have ​!

the good ol' flaming sword, the shiskebab.

i just got the dart gun schematic, it will be nice using all the darts i have ​!

  Crap why did I throw all my darts away...

one time i shot a bear and it flew way up into the sky and didn't come back down for like 2 minutes.

yeah this game has glitches abound like this

like one time i killed two robots outside this factory and left. then i left and explored. came back in front of the factory and one of the robot's body flew in the air and crashed back down, squirming all over the ground. to test this, i left, then fast traveled back and it did the same again.

Lol must of been fun to watch.