After I found the Q-35 Matter Modulator I thought I’d never pick up another gun again. Then I found the Gauss Rifle. It’s like one of those cartoon guns with a boxing glove that comes out of the barrel! It’s great. Now to find a clown mask or something to replace my biker goggles.
Also, 40 hours in and I’ve still to visit the Strip.
Marged
3082
I’m playing a no-combat, almost pacifist run. I’m up to level 12 - I’ve had no problem getting XP. I made a few exceptions to my peaceful ways in order to have companions when I wanted to do their quests (I particularly love Lily) but otherwise I try to avoid them. I have killed 15 animals, all in Ant Misbehavin (maybe my favorite quest name?) but without any combat on my part. Also, they’re bugs and don’t count.
It’s really fun. I don’t carry any weapons or ammo, and I have to make a mad dash for it through most of the wasteland. Sneak doesn’t seem to confer as much of an advantage as Speak and Science. I took Robotics Expert as soon as I could.
And I’ve run into my first cripplingly stupid bug. Somehow, Veronica has lost her default power fist, and Boone can no longer use any ranged weapon other than a 10mm Pistol – including his basic rifle. I suspect it has something to do with the Casinos, and I’m going to have to reload last night’s save.
Menzo
3084
Did you try going into their dialogue wheel and tell them to go melee then click it again to go ranged? I had the same problem and a toggle of the wheel option fixed it for me.
Yep. No joy. I even gave Boone another gun (a Service Rifle and ammo) and he insisted on using the 10mm that appeared out of nowhere.
I’m sorry if this been mentioned already: Someone beat the game without killing anyone. Now I would never put myself through such a playthrough, but it is interesting when other people managed to pull it off.
You can always try to fix it with the console.
prid #ref ID
kill
resurrect
disable
enable
Works for a couple of NPC bugs. It will reset the NPC though so make sure to empty the inventory before doing it.
Marged
3088
My favorite glitch ever: Old Lady Gibson showed up amongst the solar panels in Helios One to attack me. She had all her dogs and, inexplicably, two mole rats. The NCR took her down but spared her poor dogs.
Yeah. That will eliminate anymore achievements for me on this playthrough though. :(
maxle
3090
It will? Using the console didn’t keep from gaining achievements afterward.
Of course, the achievements did seem bugged, as I never got one for recruiting a companion, even though I had Boone, Cass, Veronica, and E-DE. Yes, before I used the console.
I thought using the console disable achievements directly related to that use; that is, using noclipping to go through a locked door into an area, or killing a creature, etc. I’ve used moveto and noclip to solve small glitches and bugs and still get achievements it seems.
Wolff
3092
Use console, save, exit, relaunch, reload, and continue with achievement whoring :D.
Okay, maybe I’ll give that a try then. From what I’d heard it sounded like using the console screwed you, and since I’m doing a hardcore playthrough I really don’t want to screw that up.
My first play through was on hardcore and I certainly used the console, to get out of stuck spots, and I got the achievement. I do recommend the save/load sequence though, to be sure.
Delta
3095
I’d been enjoying it well enough, but something just suddenly clicked today and the game took off for me.
I’ve just arrived at the REPCONN test site, which is a fantastic environment.
nKoan
3096
Yeah, I enjoyed some of the earlier locations, but REPCONN is where the game really clicked with me too.
Finished!
72.5 hours. Yes Man ending. End was pissy easy. I was kind of funny how much i armed myself for the final showdown, Rambo style, and in the end it wasn’t needed.
In fact, the final part is a bit underwhelming, after all the prepartion for the climax of the situation of NCR vs Legion, the importance of the battle, how it will affect the lives of the hundreds of people you have met… the climax itself is meh. Oh well, i suppose the engine can’t manage big, complex battles very well, but Bethesda did a job a bit better in Fallout 3.
Still, the important is the journey, not the end, and more for this type of game. And of course, the real reward of the ending is seeing the consequences of your actions at the end.
Jafisob
3099
I had exactly the same experience and opinion on the ending. It was very anti-clamatic and too easy. I thought that Obsidian could have had more guys rushing you without stressing the engine. Fallout 3s original ending, which I just re-played through in October, had a much more epic feel to it.
That being said, the game as a whole was awesome. I had ~70ish hour in my first run through and didn’t finish all the quests or see all the areas.
My next run through I am going to avoid any vats perks.
Amusing statistic: i passed more speech checks than humans killed in my game. 169 vs 162.
