Fallout 3

[Pidesco]

The interface is atrociously designed, too.

[Tigranes]

I miss textboxes.

[Pidesco]

I miss an interface on a PC game that is designed for a mouse and keyboard setup.

[Slowtrain]

8 hot keys is not enough.

 

Granted they are just a convenience for the gamer, since inventory rummaging pauses the game, but inventory rummaging is soo clunky, I hate having to go in there. Way too many filters and buttons and scrolling and clicking.

 

WHat was wrong with the tradtional paper doll with inventory slots again? I forget.

[Bos_hybrid]

I miss an interface on a PC game that is designed for a mouse and keyboard setup.

 

Thats the least of FO3 problems.

[Pidesco]

I just got out of vault 101, and it was pretty cool to just step out into the vast wasteland. The coolness was snuffed out by a freaking achievement, though. Also, the corridor nature of the vault and the generally bland design gave me bad Morrowind/Oblivion vibes.

 

I got an achievement for answering ten questions. What is up with that? It's like that achievement flash game, only without the sense of irony.

[Slowtrain]

I just got out of vault 101, and it was pretty cool to just step out into the vast wasteland. The coolness was snuffed out by a freaking achievement, though. Also, the corridor nature of the vault and the generally bland design gave me bad Morrowind/Oblivion vibes.

 

I got an achievement for answering ten questions. What is up with that? It's like that achievement flash game, only without the sense of irony.

 

 

I didn't realize that you hadn't played it yet.

 

Cool.

[mkreku]

I got like.. 850+ achievement points from just playing the game. There's no skill required in Fallout 3, you just have to do the quests and follow the story to "achieve" the points. But oddly enough I got used to the achievement sound and little graphic and after a while I enjoyed hearing/seeing it!

[Gorgon]

I miss an interface on a PC game that is designed for a mouse and keyboard setup.

I manage by having a lot of buttons on my mouse. I don't get whats so hard about making everything re-mappable though. It's a mystery why all games don't allow it.

[Pidesco]

That can be annoying, but I was thinking about the GUI, myself.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Like an idiot I went and put all my points into energy weapons, expecting them to just drop out of thin air.

[Slowtrain]

I think Big Guns is the way to go. COmbined with melee, Big Guns really rips it up.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Heh, turns out that the very rare energy weapons are effective, you just need to figure out where to find them. I hate cheating at exploration, but I need some sort of decent weaponry.

[Tigranes]

After about level 10 you become good at almost everything anyway. But yes, I think FO3 is pretty good to Big Guns.

[Gorgon]

Big guns blow in Vats, but then Vats is a bit boring compared to real time barbecuing.

 

My preference is small guns, explosives and energy weapons. The energy weapons don't need to go that high, their damage once you get plasmas and whatnot make up for it, and of course the Alien blaster is almost automatically your most powerful weapon regardless of stats. The lazer pistols are a waste of time though.

 

The perk that raises big guns by 15 is useful, that way you can find them, use them, and toss them, conserving ammo and carry weight, while that is still an issue.

Edited April 2, 2009 by Gorgon

[Slowtrain]

Big guns blow in Vats, but then Vats is a bit boring compared to real time barbecuing.

 

My preference is small guns, explosives and energy weapons. The energy weapons don't need to go that high, their damage once you get plasmas and whatnot make up for it, and of course the Alien blaster is almost automatically your most powerful weapon regardless of stats. The lazer pistols are a waste of time though.

 

The perk that raises big guns by 15 is useful, that way you can find them, use them, and toss them, conserving ammo and carry weight, while that is still an issue.

 

 

In the real time non-vats, Big Guns are pretty sick. The only real downside is ammo; they tend to burn through a lot and the various Big Gun ammos are not that common. But combined with a good melee weapon to take out minor enemies without wasting ammo, Big Guns really kicks.

 

The mingun really shreds enemies at medium range and with its massive ammo capacity reloading is rarely an issue. The flamer is devestating against charging enemies at close range and when used in conjunction with the dart gun, it is good night for deathclaws and other fast melee atatckers. The missile launcher doesn't pack a ton of damage given its slow rate of fire, but its ability to hit multiple enemies at range is awesome.

 

The gatling laser is just sick. Except for ammo, it is one stop shopping.

 

THe fat man, though powerful, is annoying because its range is so short. I've come close to blowing myself up a few times. Of all the Big Guns it is the one that I never really use.

 

 

I will say though that one of the best weapons I've found so far is the lowly and simple dart gun. I fell into the sewers by accident in Old Olney and that little dart gun (plus the flamer) saved my life and got me back out in one piece.

[Tigranes]

Really? In my playthrough, I found that at the same skill level, Assault Rifles and even Shotguns had a similar % to hit to Pistols and other small guns; with the exception of things like sniper rifles or machine guns, you were really well off using those 'medium' Big Guns in VATS because the bursts were really good at taking down enemy health at short-to-medium range.

 

It might be because I used the NMA Compendium mod that limits you to 1-2 shots/bursts per VATS.

 

Explosives were very useful in FO3, which I'm really happy with - the game would have been much less fun without lobbing grenades and setting mine trails.

 

edit: I didn't really use the BIG big guns much though, since with low str I never had enough weight allowance. And the Fat Man I just tossed away every time I found it. The flamer was fun though.

[alanschu]

I went with the small guns, and then energy weapons as they become more common, and had no issues really at all.

[Pop]

My first playthrough I tagged Energy Weapons and did pretty well sans small guns. F3 is unlike F1 and F2 in that energy weapons are more of a substitute to small guns than an upgrade.

[Slowtrain]

Big guns ftw.

 

lol

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

OH SHI-

[Gfted1]

No kidding. 127 damage is the highest Ive seen by far.

[Gorgon]

Alien blaster is 125 dps, fires 3 - 5 times faster in vats depending on feats.

 

1 shot per target, 2 or 3 for a deathclaw.

Edited April 3, 2009 by Gorgon

[Gfted1]

Ah, I knew that one was high also but for some reason I had it in my head it only did 90 damage.

[Slowtrain]

The great thing about the miningun (and gatling laser as well) is that you can spray your damage across multple targets and swing from one to the next without letting the barrel spin down when you play in real time. SIngle shot weapons, while great for plinking away, are somewhat useless in real time since you are either a) getting simultanoeusly attacked by multiple enemies or B) getting charge by a powerful melee fighter. When a death claw targets you, you get one shot while they are closing, then they are right on top of you. SIngle shot weapions are pretty useless there, even the high damage ones.

 

In all honesty though, if I had to play the whole game with only one weapon, it would be the shiskabob. It is without question the best real time combat weapon in the game. At least the best that I have found so far.

 

 

The super sledge was a huge disappointment.