The One Mistake Bethesda Made In Fallout 3 That No One Noticed

Every version of Fallout 3 has various graphic bugs, lock ups, save game issues, and gameplay bugs . Including my peaceful resolution to Tennypenny Towers registering as a feral ghoul invasion on Galaxy News Radio. However, Bethesda made one mistake about something that is widely known here in America.

[Darkseider]

The mistake they made that no one noticed is that they released it and people bought it!

amirite?

[cheapndirty]

n4g is using lame stuff like this and calling it news. It seems that any one that blogs about games will get on this site as "news". The scary thing is there are many that will quote these blogs as "fact". I think I will be going back to googling my news and not rely on blogs for gamers.

[Horny Melon]

there is not enough gaming "news" to support N4G. At one point N4G strictly enforced this, but it didn't work out well. N4G was basically just a portal for the major gaming sites. The front page would stay static often for days on end with only a few posts being approved every couple of days. It is like sports, there isn't enough interesting "news" that happens in a week so 90% of the content is commentary.

[fan_of_gaming]

i completely agree. I for one think this site would be much less attractive to visit if the only posts we got were from major sites. The good things about N4G is that you can read things that you might not normally come across on the major sites. I like reading some of the more interesting blogs on here, such as Silogon's, VGTilt i think it is. Yea with blogs some things might not be "news" but if they aren't we aren't forced to read them, just skip it and go on to the next story. That's just my opinion tho.

[Horny Melon]

was not on your list of blogs you like to read.

[fan_of_gaming]

sorry if it came across that way. I haven't seen many of the articles from your blog, but i just used VGTilt as an example because i remember one article where people were complaining that the review from that site was included in the N4G metascore because it was a blog. Well imo who cares about the score a game gets, play it if it interests you and don't play it if it doesn't. I liked this article though, i'll read any others i see from your blog :)

[Horny Melon]

We are actually a site run by 4 people. I agree with you. I don't care what a review says if I want a game I get it I don't care what others say. I read reviews for entertainment. My favorite all time game before LBP was Carnage Heart for ps1.

[hay]

I have another one. You can't max your skills on PC version at the moment. Bug won't allow it.

[ThanatosDMC]

HAHAHAH... so true. But i like the limit. I just want modded game that have "boss" enemies that are high lever.

I'm having an easier time killing super mutants with my hunting rifle when i figured out that putting skill points on Small Arms actually raise the damage... i know, it's sad since i figured it out when i was all ready lv 10.

[jspc1989]

the guy that found that has way, way to much time on his hands lol

[callahan09]

DEFINITELY agree with you on this one.

I also don't believe that criticising the realism of the National Mall in the game is in tune with my opinion. I loved coming out of a subway stop and seeing the washington monument towering before me, and walking along the pool and seeing all of those familar buildings, including the behemoth Capital Building. It was impressive and beautiful in that nuclear-fallout kind of way.

Now, the one mistake that I did notice in the game is pretty serious (for me, at least). And it's a REAL mistake in gameplay design. That is, the local map is too limited. When I'm inside the Capital Building, I'd like to be able to look at a map of the entire building that I've yet explored, with all entrances/exits mapped. Instead, it only shows me a limited view of what I've already discovered. If I can't remember where a specific door as located and I'm not in close enough proximity for it to show on my local map, then I just have to explore randomly, AGAIN, in order to find a location where it will show up on my map, then I can head toward it.

It's kind of minor, actually, but sometimes it annoys me.

[ChampIDC]

Heck, I haven't ever heard of this mistake. I'm surprised a gamer knew it and actually bothered to look for it.

[jay2]

Maybe, just maybe someone actually knows how to spell.

[cruckel]

I bought this game to play, and to enjoy the world that Bethesda made so well. I didn't plan on sitting down and reading every single detail.

Now that i think about it, I didn't think many bricks looked the same on some walls.

Thanks for the morning laugh.

[dachiefsman]

if you beat the game your done? wtf if you beat oblivion you could still go back and finish various quests!

[bumnut]

you sure? it says in the manual that completing the main quest does not mean the end of the game

[dachiefsman]

What do you mean am I sure? I beat the game last night and when the game is over it goes right back to the start menu. When you load your next game it goes right back to the place before the end.

Look at my GT: Waveofchaos

I got the achievement for the end quest. Go to the fallout 3 boards and you will see that I am right.

[bumnut]

i was only making sure!

do you have 360 or pc version?

[dachiefsman]

360

[Leathersoup]

As everyone knows, the Fallout universe exists in a different time-line than we do. For all we know the correct spelling of the word "Future" on the Lincoln Memorial caused the split by itself. I mean... chaos theory and all...

[Kratos Spartan]

You want Chaos...

[bunbun777]

yes chaos theory is bomb- and Kratos you made me smile...

[xg-ei8ht]

Maybe the biggest mistake was making the game?

[wallace1000]

The fallout series is one of the great RPG series or are you too young to know about the first two games?

[8BitSoul]

I sense a bad case of knowitallism

[Gazman]

Personally I think the game was awesome. Just wish they made the manual the same as Fallout 1 and 2, without a doubt they were the best manuals around.

[Arcturus]

there are a few bugs that are specific to PS3 , 360 and PC

[Arcturus]

not being able to continue after the main questline sucks

[bunbun777]

And I just figured out why!

With all of these endings- you actually don't want it to save after you beat the game. Think about it- how many of us are complete hard core 100% game completionists? So if you have to see what the ending is- (who isnt curious?) then go beat the game and then if you enjoy your character, you reload prior to beating the game and continue with the exploration, hidden quests, blah blah, then go and beat the game again, the ending will change. If you want reload and play more then beat it again....different ending.

Makes sense to me.

I am not 100% btw, unless the game is so good I want to keep playing it....Fallout will put me to the test for sure.

[Altered_Soul]

I am surprised no one has realized that the entire blog post is one big way of saying Fallout 3 is an amazing game. He is being sarcastic people...

[Horny Melon]

congrats. I thought taking it over the top at the end and then saying just kidding would have been a dead give away, but I guess not.

[Nemphtis]

I can't believe pointless garbage like this actually appears on my RSS list. Regardless of him stating how awesome or awful the game is, without backing it up it's the equivalent of me posting a blog saying "Fallout 3 is the shizzle." and then getting it up on N4G.

[Horny Melon]

What? I have to back up an opinion? Fine read the review,, and then go play the Fallout 3 LBP level.

[lokiroo420]

How does nobody think that the mispelling on the limcoln memorial is funny? Go to dc and see how they f'ed up a national monument, good stuff!

[Aft3rKill]

So this guy is getting carried over with a misspelling of one word in the WHOLE ENTIRE GAME. If you call this news then the stuff on my site should be front page hitters. I would laugh so hard if there was a spelling mistake in that blog. He probably looked over it like 70 times to make sure there wasn't so he doesn't get shut DOWN

[bunbun777]

are a tool. Learn to read before you post with your CAPS. The game actually spelled the word correctly, it is in real life that there is a spelling error, and this would be the point of contention. But as HM understands, and anyone that took the time to read the article and not sound like a d-bag would know- it was an attempt to highlight one more cool aspect of a very cool game.

[pete2711]

Well i for one can say the PS3 version is the better one, I have both consoles, Rented the game on both and bought it on PS3 when realised i don't want to risk rrod on my x-box after hearing it screamin it's tits off trying to play the game! Let alone the freezing and the jerkyness, And pop ups. Seriously i wish microsoft would come up with a console or something to compete with PS3 or these sh!t-hot games might come few an far between with no competition.

Also it really does sum up America when the memorial of there favourite president has spelling mistake!! How dumb are those people!!!

[wallace1000]

He wrote an entertaining article. All in all this is a fantastic addition to the fallout franchise.

[The-Truth]

Fallout is just a terrible game.