jawa's journeys: Fallout 3

God, Rivet City was so much better than Diamond City. The former really felt like a proper place where people lived and worked.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 11:12 am

I'm back to Rivet City and I've returned to the trail of The Replicated Man. I've discovered that I need to get to the bow of the ship next but I've forgotten how to do so... this evening I'll explore more to try and work out the way to get there.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 3:21 pm

I think I was getting ahead of myself by taking on the Replicated Man quest. I've returned to Megaton and met Moira so that I can tackle The Wasteland Survival Guide.

I've completed the first step - the radiation test - and now I've arrived outside the Super Duper Mart to search for sources of food and medicine. I think this is gonna mean that it's time to fight a raider gang!

That game was full of so many memorable locations, some story related, most found by wandering. I loved super duper mart despite it being just a supermarket. In fallout 4 there's hardly anythingcomparable that jumps out in my mind.

Edit: ooooo shiiiit

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 4:07 pm

Advent7 wrote:That game was full of so many memorable locations, some story related, most found by wandering...

It really does pack so much into the adventure. I'd heard about Fallout 3 VR but not seen it running; it looks cool but I'm not sure if it could get a bit too scary! :lol:

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jawafour wrote:..and now I've arrived outside the Super Duper Mart...

I've duffed up the raider gang and located the food and meds. Moira was pleased and my next challenge is to diffuse a load of mines.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **Skarjo** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:24 pm

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PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:17 am

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There was a bot post by that name.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:48 am

Advent7 wrote:There was a bot post by that name.

Ah! Thanks, dude. I'm intrigued that a bot was interested in the jawa's journeys series. Dat social media influence :datass:

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PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:30 am

I've hit a roadblock. For The Wasteland Survival Guide I need to disarm a mine and return it to Moira. So I have spent time wandering around Minetown trying to do this... and keep getting blown up in the process. When approaching a mine, it starts ticking and then you should get a "disarm" option but I'm not getting that.

I'm wondering if it is because my "explosives" rank is too low. It's at 17 as I have put my skill points into other areas so far. I guess I'll need to go off on a couple of alternative missions and, when I next level up, put some skill points into the explosive category?

Wasn't it a perk?

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:22 pm

Advent7 wrote:Wasn't it a perk?

Ah, maybe it was... so I'd have to select it as my choice when I next rank up? Hmmn, I'll have to try this out.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **Squinty** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:27 pm

You should be able to just crouch and creep up to the mine and disarm it without a perk. The aiming reticule needs to be directly on the mine.

I don't think I needed a perk on my last playthrough.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:36 pm

Squinty wrote:You should be able to just crouch and creep up to the mine and disarm it without a perk. The aiming reticule needs to be directly on the mine.

I don't think I needed a perk on my last playthrough.

That's how I remembered it. But... I walk up to one, the ticking starts and it blows. I don't get the "disarm" message appear and I've even tried just hammering the A button as I approach it, but no luck so far. I'll give it a go again tonight.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **Squinty** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:37 am

Might be a glitch then. I hope it isn't :lol:

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **FatDaz** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:08 am

You are crouching in stealth right? You can only pick up when crouched

Gemini73 · PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **Gemini73** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:04 am

Memorable locations is what puts Fallout 3 head and shoulders above FO4, which by comparison is just so dull an uninspired.

7256930752 · PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **7256930752** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:02 pm

Gemini73 wrote:Memorable locations is what puts Fallout 3 head and shoulders above FO4, which by comparison is just so dull an uninspired.

A lot of that comes down to playing Fallout 3 first and most of us had never played anything like it.

As much as I do prefer Fallout 3, I really like how 4 actually had proper big cities with buildings that could be explored. It felt much more like a real place to me, I just wish they'd used a different location to 3.

Gemini73 · PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **Gemini73** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:17 pm

Hime wrote:
Gemini73 wrote:Memorable locations is what puts Fallout 3 head and shoulders above FO4, which by comparison is just so dull an uninspired.

A lot of that comes down to playing Fallout 3 first and most of us had never played anything like it.

I suppose there is some truth to that for some. Having played Bethesda's previous open world RPGs and games like STALKER previously not for myself, though.

May have been my imagination, but FO4 just felt more locked in, less 'free' than FO3. For me Fallout 4 just didn't gel as well as Fallout 3.

PostRe: jawa's journeys: Fallout 3 by **jawafour** » Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:40 pm

Back on the Fallout 3 journey and I de-armed a mine straight away this time; I don't know what happened before when I tried!

So, that's the mine mission of Moira's The Wasteland Survival Guide completed. Next up is tackling some mole rats.

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