Make sure you get all 5 add-ons for Fallout 3.  Broken Steel allows your saved game to continue beyond the storyline's ending.  And there are more perks and XP levels (can be raised up to 30 now) to be had.

*Rockopolis is not anywhere near Paradise Falls. Paradise Falls is far to the northwest, not even close to visible there at all. Rockopolis is exactly due west of Smith Casey's Garage. I joined this site just so I could correct these things. I'm sitting here playing the game right now looking at Rockopolis. It sounds like a fake guy reading a script from either a developer in the project who didn't know these things, or just a flat out fake.

Hi, I just gotta say I do not believe this is a real interview or anything. Namely because I am a major, major Fallout 3 fan. I've played it an extraordinary amount of time and I think a developer would know that you can complete Tennpenny Tower moving the ghouls in without killing everyone. You have to convince 6 tower residents, which I've done several times. Who do these people think they are?! >=/

Hate to get all super-nerd on everybody but anybody who didn't notice this incredible error was just not paying attention, nor are they really a mad Bethesda fan. I will even tell you exactly how to do it. First of all, it's best if you're a man; get ladykiller; get charisma above 75% or more.

Oppositely, if you are a woman you can steal the caps out of the safes of the resident clothes and weapons shops, causing those people to completely leave the tower altogether. Once you have convinced all the people, or gotten rid of them. One in particular, Susan Lancaster will absolutely refuse to accept any deal and you will have to threaten her to get her to leave; but using the ladykiller perk, I think I recall her not leaving; however, I could be wrong about this last particular statement, which is inconsequential to my point as a whole.

I've not beat it yet, I don't care anyways. I'll probably explore everything first anyways.

fallout was a great game

i love shooters

Considering it got RPG of the year, I felt a empty space in my soul at the end of the game. It was fulfilling. 

so the question is why limit the upgrade level to 20 when you can clearly see in the uploading screen with our statistic and hints that the upgrade bar goes up to 21 and probably more. why can we get more perks and stuff

 

fallout 3 turned out to be a lot different than i thought it would

I like it though, but my xbox is still in the shop lol, red ring city

you can actually get fallout 3 and other xbox games here for FREE

http://www.prizerebel.com/index.php?r=658370

no scam, ive actually had free stuff shipped to my house (so far just an xbox play and charge kit)

you can go all the way up to the end quest just don't finish it than you just keep going.  but the 3rd download will let you finish the final quest and than keep going after you beat the final mission.     not to mention the lvl cap going up to lvl 30.  im sure they are going to add more than just 3 dlc missions though i hope they make 3 more after these next ones.  i think if ppl want it they will make a big pack like shivering isles i hope they make somthing  that big for fallout 3 i thiink that would sell the game even more than it already has sold.

I loved the game, but wtf were you all thinking when you decided to show still images to end a game? This isn't the past where mostly everything was a flat image. Come on, seriously. You could have atleast had a cinematic ending..As for buying the PS3 version.. who cares.. DLC? so what if MS has it. I play games because they're an enjoyable experience.. not to be some hardcore fanboy of a certain system. I'm a gamer.. a hardcore gamer and will play any system and any game (if the game catches my attention or keeps me entertained) regardless of the hype or downfall.

Back to the subject at hand. Overall: good gameplay. I spent hours playing the game.. My first time around. I didn't even go to the galaxy radio station.. I ventured upon where the father of the main character was being held captive in the vault by the computer simulation and skipped all that. One thing about the PS3 version if not any other version before they patched it, was where you go to big town with a decent speech skill and kept talking to that one guy for experience over and over.. and yes it would cause the game to freeze or the graphics to glitch and what not..Everything was awesome.. spectacular.. but.. once I beat it.. all three ways.. I was highly, highly disappointed in the ending and I barely even play it since.. If you're going to install trophies, why wait so long after the release? I've beat and I really don't feel like going through it again to get the trophies.. I feel like I'd be wasting my time.. again.

As one reviewer stated before.. "The game started to get good near the end.. got the power armor and them "BAM!" a smack in the face.. game over.. the end.. You got all thise stuff and you don't get to use it long before the game ends.. horrible way to introduce things.. especially the powerful gear. Waited all that time to do the power armor training and what not.. just to beat the game afterward.

Anyways..

Gameplay: Great.

Ending: Horrible.

 

I am a girl and theres only a few games that interest me out there. Fallout is one of them. I own it on the ps3 and planning to get it for the 360.

Probably shouldn't have skipped the intro that specifically warns of spoilers....

Okay, so I know that a column titled "Afterthoughts" should probably tell me what the article will cover, but still. You're talking about a game that can last you for 100 hours! Don't causally ask a question that specifically references the ending without throwing up a warning!

I"f the game ends it ends. They already said they regret making the game end that way and they will never do that again. Just do your exploring before you end the game, just like most other rpgs you play that don't have new game +.

I'm still having a great time wth this game.

Anyways, Maybe the downloadable content will have you come back to life for some reason or some way. It is the future and they might be able to ressurect the hero. Any new content is good for me.

 

Peace out!

Tennypenny tower mission can be done peacefully, but once the ghouls move in and you leave, they end up killing the humans just for the hell of it. If you don't beleive me go back to Tennypenny Tower and ask the Ghoul leader.

i have both consoles and i bought it for the 360 because it was buggy on the ps3. but i could care less about DLC. the game is already too long and i don't wanna make it longer. this game is a masterpiece. sometimes i understand why people don't like it. its a little boring & complicated at first. but once u get past the first 5 hours OMG. looking forward to bethesda's next rpg 

Greatest game ever made. If god was a game he would be Fallout 3! Can't wait for the DLC. Too bad for all you PS3 owners.

where did you read that the dlc is 30 mins each?  from what i've read they'll add hours for each one.

Emil Pagliarulo doesn't seem to know his own game: I read that Fawkes was a female (or, used to be at least); Rockopolis is so far from Paradise Falls that it isn't funny and Tenpenny Tower can be done peacefully (well, peaceful is actually a relative term).

Personally, I'm slightly disappointed by the lack of DLC for the PS3 but for clarification it isn't Sony's fault or Microsoft's fault: Microsoft likely put in a higher bid than Sony was willing to offer. Also, if the content was actually that great, then Sony most likely would have been willing to go the extra mile. I'm guessing you're going to pay $10 for half an hour of content (for each piece that is) with a few new weapons, pieces of armour (and whatnot) and the quality will probably be pretty low compared to the main quests.

The DLC probably would've been completely cross-platform were it like the Shining Isles content for TES:IV Oblivion but alas...

i will never forget the day i bought this.

It's pretty disconcerting that a lot of PS3 afficionados automatically assume that the lack of DLC for their version of pretty much any game that lacks it is because Microsoft paid someone off. It may be possible, but some guys go straight past healthy suspicion and into full-blown paranoia.

@ Razorthin: I completed Tenpenny tower the same way, by convincing the bigots to leave. They probably died in the wasteland but ho hum - their fault for being bigoted!

I found it weird that Three Dog talked about it on the radio as if all the humans got massacred, this interview explains why - the writers don't seem to know that whoever implemented the quest put a third solution in there!

Just frugal.  He's saying that he's not willing to pay several hundred dollars for a new console just to get ahold of a few hours worth of DLC.  Buying all three next-gen consoles would cost over $1000, so it's only natural that a lot of people would only own one or two.  There's nothing 'fanatical' about it.

That sucks, I have a PS3, and I'm sure as hell not buying a whole new console just for the DLC. Doesn't seem to make much sense now does it? Besides it may come out eventually for the PS3.

Why would you refuse to buy a 360?  It's hilarious how some of these people are such hardcore fanatics. 

Bottom line: It doesn't matter whether or not Microsoft paid of Bethesda.  At the end of the day, it's Sony's fault.  It's business, and if Sony is going to let Microsoft scoop up these exclusive deals, it's their fault.  You can't fault Microsoft for being aggresive. 

Hey wait a min.....Fallout 2 did not end....in fact the game turned a different twist where everyone congrats you for ending the game and special dialogue comes up.

Regarding the PS3 DLC. You fools need to read the Alegory of the Cave.

Why did you leave out the only important question? That question is what's with no DLC for the PS3? I want an answer. Bethesda is ignoring it. Did Microsoft pay them off too? At least give us the truth. It isn't right to ignore PS3 gamers. I'm going to have to start a boycott list. It will start with Bethesda. And any other third party companies who won't give us the same extras as the 360. I'm not asking for exclusives. I'm asking that they give us the same stuff they give everyone else. I refuse to buy a 360.

[quote]It's true there are a few references to the characters, events, and locations of Fallout and Fallout 2, but they're mostly there as cool nods for fans that played those earlier PC games.[/quote]

You say "mostly", who else are they there for? Why didn't your "nods" come in the form of design elements instead of mutilated ephemera?

Singular Behemoths:
[quote]...it would've felt like we were just reiterating something we'd already done.[/quote]

Yeah... like those terrible games where you just run down the same dark subway tunnel.

Enclave:
[quote]Our game's set in D.C., so they were the perfect antagonists for us.[/quote]

"Provided you ignore all but the most superficial details about the lore."

Grand Canyon Plot Hole:
[quote]So, in the end, the player's left with a, "Huh, why the hell can't they do it?!" sort of feeling.[/quote]

Out of context like this, the statement seems to refer to Bethesda's inability to make an adequate Fallout sequel. Interesting.

Wandering into design philosophy:
[quote]In general, it's really tough to try and pinpoint where certain ideas or creative influences come from. It's not usually that specific. When inspiration strikes, it strikes, and creativity follows.[/quote]

Deep. On the other hand, Grand Canyon plot holes seem more like random acts of god when you let yourself believe things like this.

Little Lamplight:
[quote]As for having a town of little kids? It just seemed like a good addition to the fiction, showing yet another way people in the Wasteland have survived over the years.[/quote]

The kind of survival that farms or a proper city would only imply? Because a society based on banishing the strongest, most skilled and knowledgeable is geared towards survival? Oh, no, because you had to come up with SOMETHING quick or else look like a hack.

Optimus Prime:
[quote]Liberty Prime is kind of an interesting case. We knew we wanted to have this big, pre-war, anticommunist robot. In the original plan, he was going to be massive, and the player was going to ride in his head, anime style. And, well, yeah -- that never happened! And then there's the name.... He was actually named long before the Transformers movie, and long before Optimus Prime sort of reentered the American consciousness. Honestly, he wasn't named after Optimus Prime, as most people suspect. At least, not intentionally -- but the subconscious is powerful thing, and I pull a lot of stuff from there unintentionally.[/quote]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Emil isn't this stupid, missing his own Optimus Prime reference, and just assume that it's a legal issue. That being said, Emil, you nerd-swag whore.

[quote]a simple guy, named Dave, who wanted to start his own republic[/quote]

What simple guy knows what a republic is?

[quote]Allistair Tenpenny came to the Capital Wasteland from Great Britain to seek his fortune, so that alone tells you that the U.K. was also hit in the war. And if he came to U.S. to succeed, that says a lot about how screwed up Europe must be. So we just allude, a little bit, to the state of the rest of the world.[/quote]

Brahmin-shit. A British person lent sophistication to your most Fallouty quest so you made up this weak excuse to justify it. Tenpenny is an icon for the writing weakness in this game.

[quote]1UP: On a related point, is there a way to finish Tenpenny Tower where the Ghouls can move in, but not end up killing everyone?

EP: Nope, there's not. For us, it was about reinforcing to the player that, you know, the Capital Wasteland is a brutal place, and sometimes, not everything is black and white -- or has a completely happy ending. If that's not the essence of Fallout, I don't know what is.[/quote]

The whole game is set up in black and white terms except this one part of this one quest where we should look to see the essence of Fallout. Fuck you.

This interview is a sad moment for video game legitimacy.

However, Fallout 2 lets you continue exploring the wasteland after the main ending. So you can finish up if you want any undone minor quests or just explore, run around and see how everything is. Fallout 3, being as large as it was should have had this. Which tells me Fallout 3 probably had a bunch of hiccups during development and there are things this guy probably didn't mention completely.

For the record, you could totally wander the wasteland after beating fallout 2. Fallout 3 was a fun game, but I do not think its makers played 1 and 2 thoroughly.

I really like this game and I am holding off on completing the main quest just so I can explore everything.

I am only renting this game though. I got it for my PS3 and if I am not getting any DLC for whatever reason, I don't feel particularly inclined to part with my $60. Bought Resistance 2, Valkyria Chronicles, LBP and SOCOM for the holidays instead.

Maybe you'll come back as a ghoul...

The real DLC I want to see is a Fallout 1/2 cutscene ending that describes the (ahem) fallout of your individual actions: Particularly since you die, I would be nice to know how what you have done effects the world beyond your use of the Purity project. That was one of the best parts of the original games, and a part that could have been done easily. It's also nice to be reminded about all the neat stuff you did after beating a 30-40 hour game. As it stands, the ending is very short and pretty damn unsatisfactory.

if they would ever rectify screwing over the people that bought their game on ps3?

Seriously Fallout 3 was amazing but i really wish you would put out the DLC (even just one if not all 3) I and many other PS3 owners would GLADLY buy it the day it is released.

I own the ps3 version,I was totally enthralled. I don't think its anyless dope for the lack of DLC. Heck ill just play my little bros 360. I have played through so many times now its just insane. I can't wait until the next fallout title. Cause im not too big on the elder scrolls games personally.

Just wonder how there going to resurect a potentially dead PC character to play on with the continuation of the story. I hope it makes more sense than 'It was late in development, so we gave the players dialouge options to explain why said npc character/s could not perform said actions at the end of the game."  And then call it a justifiable trade off for having such 'cool' npc companions to 'hang' with. I loved the game. Its probably the best that came out in 08. I just thought the ultimate karmic decision at the end, of  to, or not to sacrifice oneself was petty lame and a potential hazzard for whatever continuing plotline FO 3 had to offer. Either case, I won't be playing any FO 3 dlc for a very very very, long time, if ever, as I've got the PS 3 version. :(

I need to buy a 360 I guess. PS3 doesn't get the new GTA4 or Fallout 3 DLC. I don't understand how Sony can let this happen and expect to still be competative.

You're in for quite the surprise, buddy. You'd best be checking up on your big group of happy people.

RAZORthin,

 

Go visit tenpenny tower 48 hours after your happy ending.  lol,  Not so happy.

One of my only complaints is that the game ends. I understand keeping tradition....but there needs to be another way to keep playing without having to start over or go back to a save.

 

Great game though

There was a Star Trek episode

with a world fll of kids and the "evil"

people were called Grumps, but it

was really a kids word for "Grown-Ups"

and i think that influenced Litle

Lamplight too.

I was gonna read it, but he said there were spoliers.....BOO-URNS!

Next time put vehicles in the game so I don't have to waste my time running about everywhere and make it so you can climb over rubble so I don't have to waste my time going through the unfun subways.

go back a few weeks after the ghouls have moved in - then mysteriously all of the nonghouls are gone - if you probe you'll find out Roy killed them all

My guy ended up looking like Gary Oldman in the Dark Knight. Kinda weird realizing that.

I did the quest the same way you did with the same results, except at the end when I went back to check on Tenpenny he was gone.  Roy said they had disagreement and there was an "accident".  Have to go back and check to see if the others are alive, everyone was last time I saw them.

... shame it doesn't actually work. I'd very much like to get to read this article, but it's very much spoilerific considering I can't get to Jefferson Memorial without the game breaking. Any chance of an update some time soon?

I'm not sure why he says there is not peaceful way to end tenpenny tower.  The way I handled it was talked to the ghouls and then to the people in the tower.  Then I went to Tenpenny himself and convinced him to consider letting the ghouls come in. He eventually agreed if I could convince a list of residents to agree.  With a high speech ability, I was able to "convince" the list and then he said ok. Then went to Roy Phillips and told him.  Got a bunch of good karma that way too.  That's odd that he said otherwise.