(Dec. 25, 2008 6:53 AM)Evan Wrote: (Dec. 25, 2008 6:49 AM)Roan Wrote: Unfinished is the perfect word. Everything about it seems rushed and half-assed.
Do you really think the story is good? Really? I'm almost finished with the main quest and I think the story has been carp carp so far.
The game also plays like carp. Like you said, there are a lot of stupid bugs and glitches that completely ruin the game. The graphics are pretty underwhelming (I'm playing in 720p and it still isn't that great) and the animations are carp terrible. I also hate how limited ammo is in the game. Like ok, I get that its in a post-apocalyptic setting so things should be limited, but its far too limited in this game and more often than not I'll be in the middle of a huge quest and run out of ammo, then I get ambushed by a group of Super Mutants or something and they end up killing me because I spent all of my money on ammo and didn't have any left for Stimpaks and the like. What further irritates the hell out of me is when you get randomly ambushed like that and sometimes you get a save point just after you've run out of ammo or Stimpaks or whatever and so every time you die you spawn back in the same area with no ammo and no means to heal yourself.
The game carp sucks and I'm really upset with it.
For Super Mutants use a Hunting Rifle, 'Ol Painless, or Lincoln's Repeater (one shot kill everytime, but .44 ammo is so hard to find).
Ammo isn't very scarce to me. I also have upwards to 800 rounds for my Sydney's Ultra .10 MM SMG.
There aren't THAT many bugs, none that are completely game breaking.
The main quest's story has intrigued me so far, but it's the side quests like The Republic of Dave and Oasis that keep me coming back for more.
The animations in battle are amazing, imo. The talking animations are the same as Oblivion, so I'm used to it.
The graphics look great on my 1080p TV, though the PC version looks far superior.
I've ran into a few bugs as well, nothing too serious (luckily, I haven't had any trouble with glitches stopping me from completing side quests, but I do know they can happen in some depending on a certain course of action). I've had it crash/freeze on me like a dozen times though, but it ain't so bad when you consider I've spent nearly 120 hours in it and definitely not enough to detract me from playing it. Plus, I save all the time. My save file number is like 1800+ already and I always keep like 3 main save files along with a few more from certain parts of the game should I wish to do something a different way to see how it plays out (like the Power of the Atom quest, I have a save file before I did that early, just in case I feel like blowing up that shithole).
Walter also killed himself (plus Lucas Simms) in my game. Well, he mysteriously disappeared and I hear they fall off of high places in Megaton. Selling Scrap Metal to Protector Casdin or Winthrop just isn't the same...
The graphics are definitely not as good as some other titles out there, but I didnt think they were bad by any means. Animations like running or falling from high places look kinda retarded, but that's rarely a problem since I only play in 1st person. Sometimes it feels more like it was funny rather than actually thinking the animation was lame.
I thought ammo was just fine.
It is hard at first, but soon it stops being a problem. Collect stuff, sell it, look everywhere and both ammo and stimpacks wont be a problem. I have over 200 stimpacks and that's mostly from just exploring. I also have over 12000 bottle caps right now, ammo isn't a problem anymore, even .44 and .308 rounds which I use the most, since Lincoln's Repeater and the Sniper are great, have been increasing in number in my inventory.
It also depends on where you travel and your level at the time. While nearly all the wasteland is accessible once you leave Vault 101, you shouldn't go exploring too far off so you don't end up stumbling into places like Old Olney or areas infested by Super Mutants like The Mall in DC early on. When I got out of Vault 101, instead of going straight into Megaton, I started exploring and ended up in Fairfax ruins (during night btw). Stepped on mines and took a direct hit from a Missile Launcher from the Raiders, that got me crippled badly and low on health and I just barely made it out of there and it wasn't even a hard place a few levels later.
Getting a safe place to store your stuff and heal yourself should also be a priority early on, so take the Power of the Atom quest as soon as you can.
Stats wise, get perks like Educated and Comprehension early on, look for skill books (assuming you have Comprehension, that's a +50 if you find all 25 books for every skill), get the bobbleheads, don't waste points while leveling up if you can get enough from said bobbleheads/books/clothing, DO NOT pick perks like Swift Learner or Here and Now (you level up quickly enough as it is in this game), etc... Without huge planning of point allocation, I was still able to get 100 on Big Guns/Energy Weapons/Small Guns/Medicine/Repair(clothing) along with over 50 in Barter/Lockpick, over 75 in Science (clothes), nearly 50 for Unarmed/Sneak (I don't use the first and you can always pop a Stealth Boy if you need sneak that much close to foes, without one, it's not hard to sneak from afar to get sneak attack criticals (hint)) just lower for Explosives which are already powerful enough anyways and melee which I rarely ever use other than for the awesome Shishkebab lol
Later on, you'll be wishing the game was harder. Even large groups of Deathclaws will fall like flies before you (yes, even without the dart gun)...
Here's some incentive against Deathclaws:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3_iuir-9Xk - listen to the heavy breathing and footsteps. awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPaCHzKR5bc
lol
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