1. Forum
  2. USENET
  3. alt.games.fallout

  • Fallout 3 just feels too BIG, and I wander aimlessly. Tactics?

    From David Simmons@xenobuzz@att.net to alt.games.fallout on Sunday, May 31, 2009 14:53:26
    From Newsgroup: alt.games.fallout

    Hey all,

    A good friend gave me this game as a gift and I tried playing it a
    couple of times. I managed to make it outside after consulting some
    online walkthroughs, but after that I came to be overwhelmed by the
    size & complexity of the game. It feels to me like the learning curve
    is really steep right at the start, and I'm having a hard time just
    figuring out how to do basic stuff.

    I'm much more comfortable with a linear play style, and this game
    seems to go totally against that. I didn't find out until last night
    that you don't defuse the bomb in Megaton until much later in the
    game. So why give me the quest so far in advance?

    Also, the combat and conversation interfaces are really confusing, the conversation one being particularly irritating to me because of all
    the repetition required. I'd like to play the game and enjoy it, but
    I was wondering if anyone could recommend a couple good websites that
    have very simple tips & tricks that I can learn to make the game more
    fun.

    Dave S.
    --- Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
  • From darth ape@apemon@simiantreehouse.org to alt.games.fallout on Sunday, May 31, 2009 21:08:23
    From Newsgroup: alt.games.fallout


    try this one

    http://www.mahalo.com/Fallout_3





    On Sun, 31 May 2009 14:53:26 -0700 (PDT), David Simmons
    <xenobuzz@att.net> wrote:

    Hey all,

    A good friend gave me this game as a gift and I tried playing it a
    couple of times. I managed to make it outside after consulting some
    online walkthroughs, but after that I came to be overwhelmed by the
    size & complexity of the game. It feels to me like the learning curve
    is really steep right at the start, and I'm having a hard time just
    figuring out how to do basic stuff.

    I'm much more comfortable with a linear play style, and this game
    seems to go totally against that. I didn't find out until last night
    that you don't defuse the bomb in Megaton until much later in the
    game. So why give me the quest so far in advance?

    Also, the combat and conversation interfaces are really confusing, the >conversation one being particularly irritating to me because of all
    the repetition required. I'd like to play the game and enjoy it, but
    I was wondering if anyone could recommend a couple good websites that
    have very simple tips & tricks that I can learn to make the game more
    fun.

    Dave S.
    --- Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
  • From Traveler@qwrtz123@gmail.com to alt.games.fallout on Monday, June 01, 2009 16:28:52
    From Newsgroup: alt.games.fallout

    Hmm..... It actually felt kind of small to me. All those tunnels
    didn't help much.
    --- Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
  • From Trimble Bracegirdle@no-spam@never.spam to alt.games.fallout on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 21:53:38
    From Newsgroup: alt.games.fallout

    WE seem to have forgotten to mention that by switching out of the
    game to the menu & selecting 'Gameplay' you can set the difficulty
    level from 'very easy ......thu to........very hard'
    We can change this at any time....I think it only alters the difficulty of
    the combat.


    But I still recommend those Console gained Frag Grenades :)
    (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_(") mouse (Nice Bang)


    --- Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113