Fallout 3

[DrSpike]

Buy console games if you want the better game experience.

Agreed.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Okay, my brother randomly sent me a new Dell gaming computer rig and flatscreen monitor. Probably as a graduation present. Probably also to say "Look sis, I'm sorry I missed ALL THREE of your higher education degrees even though you came out to attend for my ONE college degree so here's a nice computer to make you drool and gurgle oddly and forget my transgressions."

Wait... what?

...

Anyway, a gaming level PC. Yay! So I'm going to start getting relatively new games. Fallout3 for PC will likely be my first purchase, if for no other reason than to get into the modding community. Does anybody know if the add-ons (The Pitt, Operation Anchorage) will be free DLC or do I have to pay for them?

[Quillan]

The official three (Operation Anchorage, The Pitt, and Broken Steel) you have to pay for, with Microsoft Points (they're Games for Windows Live downloads). Regular mods are free.

[ColdPhoenix]

This thread's massive.

[DrSpike]

Maybe the change of administration will bring some moderation to the forum.

[Dis]

maybe someday I'll build a new rig and buy an actual copy of windows so I can play this game. My brother really says it's good.

Though I'm thinking some computers are so cheap to buy now days, maybe it's cheaper to buy one from Fry's at $400 then upgrade the ram, sound, and video card? What are your thoughts?

[Felch]

Broken Steel is out. Any thoughts?

And don't kill the thread. I like it the way it is.

[DrSpike]

Cyberplomp hasn't said anything about thread length. It's entirely probable he will want to drop the antiquated 500 posts rule (which we haven't really been following that consistently for a while now anyway) so for now I'm going to leave this thread to grow old.

[EPW]

You're a mod? Jesus H. Christ.

[Adagio]

Broken Steel is out. Any thoughts?

The only thing I've heard so far is that Broken Steel is Broken...

[DrSpike]

You're a mod? Jesus H. Christ.

DrSpike will do fine.

[DrSpike]

The only thing I've heard so far is that Broken Steel is Broken...

All of the Fallout DLC has been pretty unimpressive it seems.

[Felch]

I've played the first mission. It's okay. I'm happy for the bump in the level cap, but the Doc is right. It's unimpressive.

[Stuie]

Maybe the change of administration will bring some moderation to the forum.

Huh? What did I miss? Guess I don't come around 'poly enough anymore.

Edit: Ok - nevermind the above. Found the thread. Whatever.

Broken Steel is unimpressive? That's a shame. It's the one I was holding out hope for.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I now have Fallout 3 for the PC. I had to get a new graphics card to run it, but now it's running very well.

The PC version, as is usually the case, is somewhat superior to the XBox version. I find the mouse aiming is much more precise than the XBox thumbstick, so much so that I often get by without even needing to use VATS. It's also much easier to pick stuff up and drag it into place too.

Once you add in the GECK and the modding capabilities that brings in, it's not even close. I'm very grateful for the XBox experience for introducing me to this game, but now that I have a PC powerful enough to play it on, I'm not playing the console version again.