The Official Fallout 3 Thread.
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I don't think I've ever been as attached to a video game character as I was to my sidekicks in Fallout 3. Especially Charon. (Alyx Vance might be an exception?)
I played as a paragon of goodness for most of the game, but after a discreet contract kill I ended up with Charon as my personal bodyguard. I loaded him up with the second best weapons and armour I could find (reserving the best for myself, of course) and we had so many adventures together! My favourite was when we single-handedly destroyed the entire slaver camp at Paradise Falls without even asking their names.
I went through a lot of the game with Charon and even imagined all the conversations they'd be having as they travelled along. Eventually I started calling him 'Argyle' because it just sounds better. Whenever a sidekick died, I immediately reverted to the last saved game - no matter what.
I just hope he appreciated that I constantly threw myself in between enemies and him to ensure his survival. I'm a lot faster with the Stimpaks than he is. (Fawkes never seemed to need Stimpaks for some reason.)
I played as a paragon of goodness for most of the game, but after a discreet contract kill I ended up with Charon as my personal bodyguard. I loaded him up with the second best weapons and armour I could find (reserving the best for myself, of course) and we had so many adventures together! My favourite was when we single-handedly destroyed the entire slaver camp at Paradise Falls without even asking their names.
I went through a lot of the game with Charon and even imagined all the conversations they'd be having as they travelled along. Eventually I started calling him 'Argyle' because it just sounds better. Whenever a sidekick died, I immediately reverted to the last saved game - no matter what.
When I got taken prisoner by the Enclave, of course, instead of heading for Eden's office I spent at least an hour scouring the facility for Argyle because I missed him and was worried he had just dropped out of the game. After I escaped I went back to Megaton, but he wasn't there. I went back to Underworld, and sure enough, right where I found him in the first place, he was sitting there drinking himself silly. I was so happy until I found out I could only have one sidekick at a time. And, since Fawkes had had no one to talk to for the last few decades, I didn't have the heart to tell him to piss off. So Argyle enjoyed his retirement in the Ninth Circle, sitting in the corner getting drunk in a full suit of Tesla Armour.
I just hope he appreciated that I constantly threw myself in between enemies and him to ensure his survival. I'm a lot faster with the Stimpaks than he is. (Fawkes never seemed to need Stimpaks for some reason.)
ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?!?!?jamesc said:
He takes, like, 7 missiles to kill! Deathclaws and Yao Guai are exceptions, but you know what, all followers are killed pretty quickly by them.
Alright, I stretched the truth a bit, Flamers take him out fast too, but guns don't, so for most activity in the wastes, you can bring him alongBoVinE said:
Just got the game yesterday, and already I;m lost...
I;m at level 6 and trying to make my way to GNR plaza station. I come out at friendship heights metro station, and then can;t seem to find any way to get to the location on the map, as every route tehre is blocked by huge piles of rubble. There doesn't seem to be any way to get there through the metro either.
My one thought is that tehre's a locked door down in the friendship station that I don't have a high enough skill to get through; is that the right way?
edit: just realised I'm not at the right metro station yet
Thanks
edit@ never mind, found my way
I;m at level 6 and trying to make my way to GNR plaza station. I come out at friendship heights metro station, and then can;t seem to find any way to get to the location on the map, as every route tehre is blocked by huge piles of rubble. There doesn't seem to be any way to get there through the metro either.
My one thought is that tehre's a locked door down in the friendship station that I don't have a high enough skill to get through; is that the right way?
edit: just realised I'm not at the right metro station yet
Thanks
edit@ never mind, found my way
Right, my game has bugged pretty badly.
I fast travelled to the regulator hq to turn in ome fingers. There was a radscoprion outside but I ignored it, running into the building.
What I found when I get inside was Sonora Cruz fleeing. I couldn't talk to her, and she ran out of the building and I haven't seen her again. And my last save game was 3 hours before...
I checked the wiki, and it seemed that the only solutions involved using the developer console, which I couldn't work out how to work. It told me to use the kill, resurrect, and bring to player commands on her (her reference number being 6f212), but all the permutations of how those commands could be entered didn;t seem to be working.
Anyone have any advice?
Thanks!
I fast travelled to the regulator hq to turn in ome fingers. There was a radscoprion outside but I ignored it, running into the building.
What I found when I get inside was Sonora Cruz fleeing. I couldn't talk to her, and she ran out of the building and I haven't seen her again. And my last save game was 3 hours before...
I checked the wiki, and it seemed that the only solutions involved using the developer console, which I couldn't work out how to work. It told me to use the kill, resurrect, and bring to player commands on her (her reference number being 6f212), but all the permutations of how those commands could be entered didn;t seem to be working.
Anyone have any advice?
Thanks!
I just completed the quest "Stealing Independence"...
It was pretty fun. Sydney was kind of a pain - I'm a good character, so I felt like I needed to help her rather than abandon or kill her. But I just told her to stay in one spot right by the bottom of the elevator and snuck ahead, taking robots out with pulse mines and grenades. And I got a kick out of the robot in the powdered wig. I ended up killing him though cuz the sidequest to Arlington Library sounded like a pain and the Declaration was right there.
And btw, what exactly does Abraham Washington give you in return for the Declaration? Between the achievement notices popping up and him blathering, I missed everything that was listed as "gained" up in the corner, except for a Railway Rifle schematic (and no caps?!)
And btw, what exactly does Abraham Washington give you in return for the Declaration? Between the achievement notices popping up and him blathering, I missed everything that was listed as "gained" up in the corner, except for a Railway Rifle schematic (and no caps?!)
Here Thar Be Spoilers!
Now that I have completed the game and have collected almost every unique item I decided to prove myself the greatest boxer in the wasteland. I killed everyone in Evergreen Mills, set the game to very hard, unequiped everything and had a punch up with the Behemoth.
Funnily enough the hardest boxing opponent is Fawkes; when you first release her and walk into the large circular chamber that will later be used to send you to raven rock prison, punch Fawkes as much as you can, she hits hard, fast and constantly regenerates health.
By the way how do you put text into a spoiler box?
Now that I have completed the game and have collected almost every unique item I decided to prove myself the greatest boxer in the wasteland. I killed everyone in Evergreen Mills, set the game to very hard, unequiped everything and had a punch up with the Behemoth.
Funnily enough the hardest boxing opponent is Fawkes; when you first release her and walk into the large circular chamber that will later be used to send you to raven rock prison, punch Fawkes as much as you can, she hits hard, fast and constantly regenerates health.
By the way how do you put text into a spoiler box?