I paid my respects to President Lincoln. I went up the stairs. I went down the stairs, too, and they were slippery
Some of the load screens in this game are just fantastic. My favorite: "You don't need a Howitzer to be a Hero!" and among the alternatives: "Bedpan Unsullification Technician"
I just got the game, played until level 3 last night. OMFG, I've never laughed so much during character creation... If I ever get a mutant arm growing out of my stomach, I know a bullet in the brainpan is the only reasonable course of action. I knew the game was going to be bloody, but the head'splodie eyeball bits had me glad I wasn't eating.
I freely admit it- I was prowling the PC aisle at Best Buy the other day, scoping out system specs... It's always something like this that triggers a new desktop buy; my current system just can't hang.
What are you running at the moment? Its a very well optimised game, it should run well even at the minimum spec
Three or four years old could well meet the minimum system requirements: There are lots of three year old systems out there that are much better than that.
Well, I can always buy the game and try it. Worst case scenario, it goes on the shelf until the next system comes along...
I upgrade everytime Bethesda releases a new version of the Elder Scrolls. Right now I am most happy. Off to play with my new combat shotgun!!
I found it to be beautifully ironic that I cleared the Lincoln Memorial of slavers with Lincoln's Repeater. I've also got all the keys to get the T-51b Power Armor now, just not the interest. I hate heavy armor. Oh and I found that too. I promptly chucked it in storage- don't want to waste the limited ammo right now. Anyone else been to the Dunwich Building? Anyone else notice the overt Lovecraft references?
I remember my first trip to Paradise Falls. The man at the door said I'd have to bring him a slave before I could go in, but I told him to fuck off and walked in. I took his hat and made short work of his friends.
Sadly, there were too many countries where the censors got all uppity about killing children, which is just spectacularly stupid given everything else in this game. But, in any event, that's what modding is for. I'm sure you'll be able to kill 'em off soon enough.
I would recommend, to anyone who has the choice between getting a PC version and a console version of the Fallout 3, to get the PC version because of modding. Characteristically for Bethesda, there are a lot of minor glitches in the game that are unlikely to get officially patched but that will eventually be fixed in mods, and on top of that modding adds a lot of value to games. Sure, most mods are useless, but, for example, in Oblivion there were an awful lot of mods became near obligatory.
I just passed 20 last night and the experience bar has a 21 at the far end now. So I'm going to guess it doesn't cap, but it is harder to level after 20. Was there a cap in Oblivion?
There is a cap at 20. Between bobbleheads, perks, and books your character can easily max out all important skills under that cap. The character leveling system is designed so that someone who just sticks to the main quest will be able to complete the game. If you do any side questing and exploring you'll hit the level cap pretty quickly.
I used a cheat code to give myself 99999 experience points, and it only gave enough to level up to level 20, which was around 28000 or so.
That sucks. Bethesda should be more forward thinking for the nutjobs who actually intend to complete all of the side missions and story quests. Also, those whackos who explore every last inch of the map, just because it is there. By the time I'm actually done with my first play through I should probably end up in the early 60s if the experience progression were to hold true.
