Fallout 3

[Alinestra Covelia]

Eh? I didn't get the impression that the Oasis sap ever killed anybody.

[DrSpike]

Some people just can't hold their drink.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I didn't like the Oasis bit too much. I thought the choices were pretty hard going into them, but when I tried each one I found that the game sort of rewrites some key issues to make it "heal" after most of the choices you could make.

[Stuie]

I could have gotten more if I'd thought of collecting them sooner.

[Spaced Cowboy]

I thought I remembered some place where there was already that many on one bed.

[flash9286]

Just beat the game, it was a pretty lame ending.

[Stuie]

I thought I remembered some place where there was already that many on one bed.

Damn! I was way into the game when I started collecting them. I probably could have filled the room. Maybe next time...

[FrostyBoy]

Time is irrelevant in Fallout 3 Stuie.

Next thing to do is collect beer bottles and give each of the teddy bears one.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Anybody tried the Operation Anchorage add-on yet? I've heard it's good.

[Stuie]

Anybody tried the Operation Anchorage add-on yet? I've heard it's good.

A review:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fallout-3-operation-anchorage-review

I love this part:

But I will say that if my girlfriend were ever to find out that I'd spent seven quid out of our joint account on 150 minutes of gameplay that I only half-enjoyed, she'd kick me in the face. She wouldn't even hesitate. This is why I shred the statements.

I'm holding out for the third DLC that raises the level cap and adds new quests in the DC area.

[Main_Brain]

I thought Anchorage raised the Lvl Cap to 30?

[flash9286]

I think Mass Effect, whilst very good, is not as strong a game as Fallout 3. It starts really well and has fun combat (better than Fallout 3), but the side quests are not really that interesting. It's not a big deal to me but the game is also more linear, and much smaller (20-25 hours with all side quests versus 50-60 for Fallout).

It's finely balanced but I think that the world that Fallout 3 creates pips Mass Effect. My prediction based on your posts is that when you've played both you will reach the same conclusion.

The problem I have with Fallout is that the combat is so boring once you level up that the side missions become boring too. While in Mass Effect the side missions were repetitive but because I really enjoyed the combat system in Mass Effect it made the side missions fun.

[DrSpike]

Yeah, as I said in my thoughts above, I think the difficulty curve could use a few tweaks.

[Solver]

Mods An absolutely great range of difficulty tweaks.

[Felch]

Anybody tried the Operation Anchorage add-on yet? I've heard it's good.

I'm about half way through, and I'm enjoying it. It is only a few hours of new material, but it's a good three hours. It adds a nice bit to the background of the story, and it finally lets you use a Gauss rifle.