Having dropped New Vegas in the past due to lost interest, I decided to try this game out finally since a friend of mine was having a fallout 3 playthrough himself. It was it 8 bucks, so I figured why not. I have to say, I put way more hours into this game than both other Bethesda games I’ve played through (Skyrim and Oblivion) before even finishing the main quest line. The combat was excellent in my opinion, and I (seem to be in the minority of people who) really liked the story. The choices it forces you to make sometimes really had me feeling emotional at times. I also played it with some minor mods installed, just some custom outfits and real world guns for immersion. Nothing to break the story or anything, though there are a few DLC sized mods I’m eyeing up to play in the future. Overall I seriously enjoyed this game, I’ve noticed online it seems to be regarded as one of the least popular mainline games but I think it’s become my favourite Bethesda game I’ve tried so far honestly. Seriously recommend anyone who hasn’t played this yet to at least give it a try. It really pulled me in.

  • DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    I play in Survival mode with mods to make everything gritty and 'realistic’ish and it’s a blast. Have probably done 12 to 15 playthroughs, making builds that essentially break the late game and make you a god is how I enjoy the game.

    For a maximally OP experience you can flesh out the luck and dexterity skill tree and add a Jetpack mod. Get the right instigating weapon and you can one shot a mirelurk queen or walk into a room of super mutants and kill them all without leaving VATS.

    Ah it’s nice hearing someone else enjoyed it i’m pretty used to seeing it shit on 100% on here lol

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 months ago

      Do a Child of Atom playthrough, if you haven’t already.

      Rush to Far Harbor and acquire the Robes of Atom’s Devoted and end the DLC by destroying FH for the perk. Wear the robes, get irradiated until almost dead (above 900 rads) and congratulations, you now deal double damage, are immune to radiation and ignore the effects of rads on your HP bar.