I didn’t think the nuke was terrifying enough, nor were there enough consequences for it. The rads are pretty light for that whole area, considering. If not Fallout 3, then what game has the balls to show the horror of a nuke?

Good karma Lone Wanderers can look forward to Grace Jones in Powered Armour though!

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=739

I dragged him along and dumped him in a corner with a shrub and chucked his leg next to him. Then I went off to steal the Declaration of Independence.

When I was done creating a forgery and telling a robot who thought he was the second signer to keep guard of the real document (Which I had wanted to stash in my house but couldn’t because it’s a quest item and quest items can’t be dropped) and almost crying after revealing the fate of Sydney’s father to her (but not actually crying because I’m too manly for that), I visited Rockopolis to find out what happened to Argyle. I returned to the Towers to deliver the news to Herbert “Daring” Dashwood. However, when I arrived, things seemed awfully quiet. The gate was open, which was pretty omnious, but things got worse when I got inside. The lobby was empty. The suites were empty. The penthouse was empty. Tenpenny’s head wasn’t even on the balcony anymore!

The only sign of life was Roy’s body in the corner of the lobby, still stashed out of site in the shrub. I decided to investigate the basement. When I opened the door, my worst fears were confirmed. A lone feral ghoul was there, screaming at me. I punched it to death in my suit. I found no bodies there, though.

So now Tenpenny Towers is devoid of humans and ghouls, and the safes are pretty empty now, too. I decided to take it in stride, however, and went along. It’s not too much of a tragedy anyway. Sad thing about Herbert, but I bet he vanished fighting. My only regret is he never knew what happened to Argyle.

After that incident I went to underworld and turned in my keys to Mr. Crowley. I followed him outside and dispatched him in the way he had wanted me to dispatch the “bigots”. Then I took my keys back and put his body someplace suitable. (See link in name)

You might have a little bit of trouble there. There’s something that happens if you complete Tenpenny Towers the ‘good’ way. Something that might make it hard to enslave Susan in future.

Killing Roy might have changed that though, I’d nip back there just in case.

@Ltrade: Nice tale.

Final picture:
Me (Jake Storm, distant alternate dimension ancestor of my Oblivion character Jake Stormcloud) in businesswear and Charon, my stalwart ghoul manservant.

I reached the towers again and put on businesswear. After verifying that the ghouls and humans were living in harmony, I decided to make sure once and for all that it was understood that ghouls and humans were equal, and hired Tenpenny Towers’ first ghoul security guard.

I snuck out of his room and crept up behind his personal security guard. I slipped a frag grenade in his pocket and ran for cover. His legs blew off in a lovely explosion. After checking to ensure that Susan was alright in Burke’s suite (I still have to enslave her later, remember?), I looted his body and went on downstairs.

As I left the building I again changed into my wasteland gear and moved to admire my handiwork. Tenpenny fell down from up there

Just like in 1Fort, each part of the story has a picture connected to it. That picture is the link in my name. As long as double posting (And triple and quadruple posting and so forth) is allowed on this blog, the format should be exactly the same as on the 1Fort comments.

Here we go, children:
So I went to Tenpenny Towers after getting the keys from Dukov and Ted. All I had to do was kill Tenpenny and then I was done with You Gotta Shoot ‘Em In The Head. I also wanted to let the ghouls in, so as I had stated before, it was a delicate matter. Everything had to be done in order, but in the end it was all worth it.

As I approached the tower I changed out of my combat attire and into Zimmer’s Grimy Business Suit, Burke’s Tortoiseshell glasses and my Shady Hat. I watched Roy get verbally thrashed then lied my way into the towers.

First I talked to the chief of security and got him to tell me about the ghouls. I told him I was gonna solve things diplomatically. Then I went down to the Roy and told him about the Towers. He was skeptical when he heard that I was going to try and convince the residents to let the ghouls in, but he agreed. I went up to Tenpenny and he told me the names of a few bigots that I had to persuade. I also chatted with him about Megaton and was surprised at how, um, un-evil he seemed about the whole thing. A bit senile, sure, but not too malicious or anything.

Anyway, off I went with my list. I persuaded Susan first, and she went up to Burke’s suite to stay. As she left her room I nicked her Resident’s Key in case I would need it in the future. Next I went to that Wellingtons. I persuaded them both, but the wife was a bit of a bitch about it. After that I moved on to the store owners, and they agreed to let the ghouls stay, too. So my list was complete.

While I was making my rounds I decided to visit one of my heroes, Herbert “Daring” Dashwood. We chatted a bit and I promised I’d find Argyle, then I read his terminal to see the information he had gathered during his adventures. I made a note to head for Rockopolis at my next opportunity. On my way out I dropped off some cartons of cigarettes in his mailbox. It’s a rather unhealthy gift, but I think he would appreciate it.

I went up to Tenpenny and told him that the bigots were dealt with and the ghouls could move in now. He was delighted and gave me 500 caps. Again, I didn’t see what was so evil about him. But business was business, so after I took my reward I snuck up behind him, pulled out Burke’s silenced pistol which I had aquired nearly two months earlier, and did what I had to do (And what I had to do was Shoot ‘Em In The Head).

(and in my trademarked way) ….:D

Good players get shafted a bit unfortunately, as they have to advance the main plot in order to get access to any followers who aren’t Dogmeat (The first one turns up when you get into the Citadel for the first time) whereas evil bastards can hire someone in the very first bloody town.

Your best bet is lowering your Karma till the (neutral) Robot finds you acceptable (the other neutral character is also only accessible after you’ve advanced the main plot far enough). You could hire Charon, who doesn’t give a damn about Karma, but that involves having a decent barter skill/a lot of money or killing an innocent woman.

Being good is tough, but when you eventually get a follower, they will be hard as fucking nails.

Charon? I thought he joins regardless of Karma.

Try looking in the Citadel. There’s some chick there who will join you.

I see you’ve finally received your comeuppance! Spiffing, eh readers?

I thought Charon was karma irrelevant. At least I read that somewhere.

“And who would care if you blew up a city with no quests?”

I am a bad person.

I am in a helpful mood this week.

TAKE HIS RIFLE!

PROFIT!!!

Due to an unfortunate series of events I’ve become homeless in FA3 – which is fine but the post-apocalyptic Freddie Mercury with goggles look which was initially so hilarious is wearing thin and as all the servant robots I’ve had have died horribly I’ve actually been spending my free time searching the wastes for a hairdresser.

Bethesda were faced with a challenge: Every time someone plays fallout, they’re gonna get someone different. Not a different world, but a different life in that world, a new story.

Megaton is probably the least subtle of the many attempts to force a split in player experience. Depending on which trouser leg you go down, you could be like “Yeah, I finally got the Hamburger of Thor from that old lady in Megaton,” and the evil geniuses out there howl, “What!?”. They do it with other quests, so I’ve read. Oh god, is it horrible I’m being so knowledgeable about a game I haven’t played?

I guess what I’m saying is, this is a good use of the “moral choice”. It’s not that I don’t care what my character is or does, just that all paths are equal to me in a game. I’m just as likely to save the younglings as kill them, it’s just a puppet show after all. It follows that, rather than weight each choice with moral fluff, I enjoy it more when the weight is one of intrigue. Maybe all choices in Fallout 3 are more interesting. And who would care if you blew up a city with no quests?

@Maybenexttime: If you let the ghouls in for some reason, they’ll assume the roles of the people you had killed, for the most part. I could still buy themes for my suite after I had killed all the human residents and let the ghouls in because a ghoul took the position.

@Ludo: Well, not exactly. Moira Brown *spoilers spoilers spoilers* turns into a ghoul; you can find her in the Underworld and still complete the guide. If you already knew, disregard that >_

Essentially, blowing up Megaton is a really big deal, and it’s incredibly gutsy to give the player the opportunity to just vanquish it on a whim.

Me and my firend Dante have been playing it back to back in the same room, and we have had completely different experiences of the game. I’m really loathe to announce specifics, as Tom will probably cover them in his future posts, but there’s some great choices to be made in Tenpenny Towers once you’ve blown up Megaton. If you haven’t been convinced already I’d recommend giving allout 3 a go, it’s marvellous.

Nuking it is the kind thing to do.

I wouldn’t say Far Cry 2 has much replay value, though I guess you’re referring to keeping different friends in-game? Fallout 3 has pretty much both those; you can take different paths (basically just good or evil… I chose good but it looks like much more fun to play evil) and you also have stats that make a noticeable change to gameplay if you upgrade different sections.

Keep up the good work Pentadact, shall be waiting for the next installment.

You can hold down the mouse wheel to move the camera around your character, or you can type ‘tfc’ into the console to toggle a completely free camera on.

But back on the subject: I know FO3 has replay value, but is it the kind of Far Cry 2 replay value where you can start a campaign again but in a different way, or proper replay value where you can play with your same guy, upgrading bits and pieces etc?

How’d you get the screenshots of your character from the front? I’ve embarassingly not found a way to move the camera from behind my character yet…