Fallout 3: Point Lookout Comments by Kristan Reed
What's that coming over the hill?
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SeaShell49T
24/06/09 @ 07:39
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".....and waste no time trying to kill you in the face" - Great line.
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Snakehips76
24/06/09 @ 07:40
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It's another good expansion. Finished it last night (main quest and a couple of the new side quests) in about 4 hours but there are still large chunks of the map as yet unexplored and side-quests to complete.
It is refreshing to run around in a different ecosystem rather than the dusty ruins of DC and the new enemies are suitably tough (albeit reskinned as the article mentions). There seems to be a lot more of an incentive to run around the new area than, for example, the Pitt, as the new area is fairly large (not quite Shimmering Isles large but not far off). Good job Bethesda - I feel 800 points for this chapter of DLC is certainly worth it (as was Broken Steel). Practice makes perfect and all that! |
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Sounds good, but although I guessed it before, FO3 taught me that this episodic mini-DLC really isn't for me. It's just not how I play games - especially an immersive RPG. I either play the game a lot, or not at all, but booting it up every couple of months for a few hours of added content doesn't work for me.
Long story short, I hope they bundle all the DLC on a disc, and then I might start a new game one day. |
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videogangs
24/06/09 @ 07:56
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Excellent, wanted an excuse to fire this back up for a while, think I'll catch up on DLC and start a new character. This game was easily my favourite of 2008.
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Petulant_Radish
24/06/09 @ 08:19
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I wish my head was in Glastonbury, alas for the first year in what seems like a very long time I am unable to attend due to someone’s badly planned wedding. I bought Point Lookout last night after being pleasantly surprised it was actually out, it’s rather jolly fun, though just after happily spending another 800 point son it I wondered how much Fallout 3 will have cost me in the end…
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kangarootoo
24/06/09 @ 08:33
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Question.
Does this DLC titbit remove the level cap also, or do I HAVE to buy Broken Steel to get that particular change? |
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kangarootoo
24/06/09 @ 08:53
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"@kangarootoo - I don't think it removes the level cap. It's not listed as a "feature". "
That blows. I want the level cap removed, but content wise this is the only pack that interests me. I've had enough of deserts and sand. |
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Mentalist(air)
24/06/09 @ 09:12
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Looking at that frontpage pic, I hope they've added the Baby Ruth bar as an 'Aid' item...
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RedSparrows
24/06/09 @ 09:41
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I want a release a la Gears 2 - all DLC in a pack, so I can rebuy this.
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Snakehips76
24/06/09 @ 09:55
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"I want a release a la Gears 2 - all DLC in a pack, so I can rebuy this. "
Inevitably there will be a GOTY version at some point - Morrowind and Oblivion each had one and considering the amount of DLC that has been released (and also to cater belatedly to the overlooked PS3 market) it would make sense that something would be out before too long - my guess is that it will be considerably cheaper on GOTY rather than buying all the episodes too |
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Simonkey75
24/06/09 @ 10:12
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Well i'm twenty hours into the original content, barely scratched the surface, and up to level 11 already so Broken Steel is beginning to look like a must buy. This one looks interesting though if only for the change in environment - after the gorgeous vistas of Oblivion, Fallout's endless rubble and scrubland is getting a bit tiresome!
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PearOfAnguish
24/06/09 @ 10:13
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"That blows. I want the level cap removed, but content wise this is the only pack that interests me. I've had enough of deserts and sand."
If you're playing on PC there are mods that increase the level cap. |
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And mods that add some greenery and lushness to the wasteland. I also got a bit sick of the barren landscape after a while.
But I think kangarootoo plays on 360. |
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It would have been nice if the game already started to include vegetation spreading out from Oasis once that mission has been completed, assuming the right course of action was taken when completing that quest.
Is it just me, or are the new enemies in this DLC really, really bastard hard? Up until now my level 30 character has been able to mace his way through pretty much anything. I was having serious problems with the tribals in the mansion, it took me several attempts to complete the first mansion defence section. |
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It would have been nice if the game already started to include vegetation spreading out from Oasis once that mission has been completed, assuming the right course of action was taken when completing that quest.
I really thought that would happen after Oasis. The whole ending was set up for it, I must admit to being a bit disppointed when it made no difference to the gameworld. I reckon after that quest would be the perfect time to install this mod. |
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Simonkey75
24/06/09 @ 11:33
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Expect to see it in the minus hundreds by the end of the day! Blasphemer! : )
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Simonkey75
24/06/09 @ 11:37
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Still not sure about this comment rating thing though - i presume its an anti-troll device, but it looks vulnerable to some hefty abuse
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crazyhorse174
24/06/09 @ 11:42
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£6.80 isnt too bad actually - might buy this. Still havent bought Broken Steel though - havent had the time lately!
Pity they couldnt have raised the level cap on this as well though - I know it probably takes a while to get to level 30, but with all these extra quests, etc, that are adding, I can't help but feel that I'd end up getting to 30 sooner rather than later and missing a whole load of stuff. Wouldnt be much point seeking out all the quests if theres no reward for them... |
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makeamazing
24/06/09 @ 12:13
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For those that asked the question, there is a GOY edition coming out in October I think, with the DLC included (not sure if its just three of the episodes or all 5)... PS3 content is supposed to start appearing in the next few months for download (cant remember the link, but its on EG somewhere).
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Simonkey75
24/06/09 @ 13:11
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The Xbots and the SDF are going to end up with RSI in their mouse holding hands from frantically clicking the minus sign over and over again. Be careful Eurogamer - a class action suit may soon be heading in your direction!
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I downloaded this for the PC version of Fallout 3 last night and was getting royally pissed off with the Manor quest. Is it my imagination or has the difficulty been ramped right up? It seems to take four shotgun blasts to down enemies in the manor and there's lots of them. I'm on level 15 too. I can't say I was too impressed on that basis but it doesn't change the fact that Fallout 3 is an awesome game. I'm hoping the DLC gets better.
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"but you called Oblivion abysmal - you've gotta expect some fallout from that ;)"
LOL True, there's lots of love for that game and I simply can't understand that. At the time it might have been the first game to show the power of the 360 but as a game it was very poor (again, IMO of course ;) ). Gameplay was broken, levelling system was broken, engine was broken. And there were the Bethesda stalwarts of horrible character portraits, animations and voice acting (which returned in Fallout 3 but the VATS system and proper levelling system make the game good enough to overcome these weaknesses). |
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Simonkey75
24/06/09 @ 14:33
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@Les Oblivion was chock full of flaws and bugs but to me thats part and parcel of a game built on such an epic scale and i found it easy to forgive. I spent 30+ hours just wandering around doing all sorts without even touching the main storyline - and had a grand total of 60 achievement points to show for it! No other game has ever dragged me into its world like that, certainly not any of the GTAs, and in no other game have i crawled up a mountainside and just sat and watched the sun go down. All this was cruelly ended when my 360 decided to hack big bloody bits out of the disc. Just got the GOTY edition and will be all over it again once i've completed Fallout 3, which, VATS apart, i don't think is half the game honestly
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@Les
I still think Oblivion (with a few mods, admittedly) is a better game than Fallout 3. Bigger, more interesting and more stuff to do. That's a good way to get me some neg karma I reckon ;) edit: basically agree with everything Simonkey75 just said - Oblivion just felt so more epic, with more variation and more interesting environments, despite some glaring flaws. Fallout 3 fixed a lot of what was wrong in terms of technicalities, but didn't feel like half the game Oblivion was.
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metalangel
24/06/09 @ 15:24
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@Dr Wadd (and anyone else who's played this) should I visit this DLC with my current level 25 character (who is a armed-to-the-teeth power armoured killing machine) or wait until I start a new character as frankly the combat isn't a challenge, everything just dies with one shot or has been artificially given tons of HP to make it soak up bullets (Broken Steel enemies). Being a vulnerable noob fresh out of the Vault might help the creepy factor here.
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@ lambtron - "@Darren
Level 15 seems rather low - have you finished the story arc of the original game?" I did on the Xbox 360 and reached level 18 from memory. I've since bought the PC version and purchased all the DLC for that version instead. I'm a good way through the main quest though but have been distracted from completing the main quest because of the DLC. I reached level 15 last night actually while playing Point Lookout! :) |
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