Fallout 3 - Hidden gems and random discoveries

[MiracleOfSound]

OH! and I found that nifty little chinese pistol in the L.O.B. Enterprise building. IT SETS PEOPLE ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unfortunately my excitement during this discovery was quickly dulled when I realized just how ineffective it was against anything tougher than a bloody mole rat....

Ha I felt exactly the same... that gun fucking sucked big time.

What good is fire when it doesn't hurt people?

first time I fired it, I wasnt really sure what happened. See the gas furnace in that building has a leak and there are a few areas where any weapon fired causes a mass conflagration and I wasnt quite sure if that was the case with this gun. Once I figured out that it was the gun, not the room, I was like "OOOOOHHHHH HECK YEA! I HAVE BECOME AN EMBODIMENT OF VULCAN!!!!!!" Now I just feel like the kid in the back yard playing with black cats and M18`s............... although Im a big fan of explosives and ambushes of the sort and one shot with that pistol will set a car off with the huge boom, so I kept it. I know it doesnt justify itself when any other gun will do, BUT DANGIT IM DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS THING LOOK COOL AFTER ALL!

Sigh... at least it wasn't as bad as the .32 pistol.

Why did they even bother including those?

As for the leaky gas pipes... I ended up setting myself on fire far more often than strategically burning the baddies. I am just plain dumb when it comes to them... I never seem to notice the hissing and visual distortion.

The one on Pinkerton's broken bow gets me every time.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

probably where theres a motorcycle at the top of a cliff and a note from i think it was patrick saying he had become depressed after anchorage with his will on it and at the bottom of the cliff was a skeleton propped against a tree looking out wards so this guy jumped survived crawled to a tree then saw the bombs falling

No idea where that was.

Can you remember at all?

I drink up F3 info like candy flavored beer.

Actually, candy flavored beer would probably be pretty rank.

 

[Terrik]

There was that one cave where the raiders had clearly been molesting the kids. They had stripper poles all around the cave and the floors were littered with teddy bears and milk bottles.

Chilling.

I think you mean the Evergreen Mills bazaar, which also has a brothel.. I dont remember it being specified there was actually kids down there, I assume the strippers had different "themes", school girl stuff etc.

 

[Spacewolf]

probably where theres a motorcycle at the top of a cliff and a note from i think it was patrick saying he had become depressed after anchorage with his will on it and at the bottom of the cliff was a skeleton propped against a tree looking out wards so this guy jumped survived crawled to a tree then saw the bombs falling

No idea where that was.

Can you remember at all?

I drink up F3 info like candy flavored beer.

Actually, candy flavored beer would probably be pretty rank.

here you go http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Patrick%27s_Farewell

 

[Meggiepants]

Sigh... at least it wasn't as bad as the .32 pistol.

Why did they even bother including those?

As for the leaky gas pipes... I ended up setting myself on fire far more often than strategically burning the baddies. I am just plain dumb when it comes to them... I never seem to notice the hissing and visual distortion.

The one on Pinkerton's broken bow gets me every time.

It's even worse if you use the Shishkebab. I didn't even realize at first I was walking through leaky gas, I just thought the damn thing was malfunctioning and lighting me on fire every now and then.

 

[amberphoenix100]

in the presendential metro, the skeleton hangin from the roof, sparking

 

[hazabaza1]

I think a personal hidden gem was when I didn't realise my head was crippled, and was constantly wondering why my screen was going fuzzy.

Other than that, not much. Maybe talking to Stockholm, or finding the Republic of Dave when I knew nothing about it. I have pretty unremarkable adventures.

 

[UberLemonBoy]

No I didnt hear them

 

[Brnin8]

Most of what I've seen/done in game has already been mentioned on this thread but one thing I found recently that was kind of funny was The Roach King and his/her small pack of radroaches jest north-east of minefield! It can spawn male or female but seems to always have a beard so when when I VATS targeted her for a better look I saw a bearded-lady and laughed hysterically, then shot her through the chest with a scoped shot from a 44. magnum.

EDIT: I also found a gnome in Enclave Mobile Base Crawler thing in Broken Steel which was "wearing" a deathclaw hand, had glowing red eyes and blood and meat all over the place...
coincidentally I found it in a bathroom stall.

Anyone else notice that L.O.B. has urinals in the womens bathroom but none in the mens?

 

[SmugFrog]

Ah, Sydney. One of my favorite characters in F3.

Her story is genuinely moving and it's nice to give her the closure she wants.

Plus she gives you one of the three most powerful guns in the game as a reward! What a cool lady.

Did you find the rest of the Keller family tapes? And the awesome reward you get for following them?

Sydney! That's right. It's been a long time since I've played the game, and I haven't found her yet to talk to her - wasn't even sure if you would be given the option to tell her about the tape. Some games put stuff like that in, but they don't follow through with a "mini-story".

Also, I think I now have all of the Keller tapes, but I haven't investigated them further yet. I have 140 hours of playtime (tons of mods - no cheats, just stuff to do and enemies spawn with increased numbers). I finally sat down tonight to beat the game for the first time. Now that I've done that I'll go back to exploring the wasteland and see what else I can find.

 

[Yokai]

I was in one of the massive satellite dishes in the northern part of the world. I had just cleared it of raiders, and on the second floor I found a chessboard. Sure, you can find chessboards all over the wasteland, but this one had little chess pieces made out of tiny garden gnomes and booze bottles. It was an awesome little detail. Oh, also, at the top of the radar dish, the raiders had set up a target practice dummy with a mini nuke on each arm. I found this quite funny for some reason.

Also, the Dunwich Building is freeeeeaky.

 

[sage42]

I found just across from the Hubris Comics building. In an old destroyed building there was a skeleton on the floor in a tipped back in a chair with a sniper not to far away, alomst as if the poor bastard had lost a sniper battle.

Probably not the most intriguing story here but hey, it one of the few I've found and actually remembered. Well besides the 'f*** you door'.

 

[SmugFrog]

I had been playing for a few days and found a baby carriage. No big deal; seen a lot of them. But a baby started crying from inside of it! I immediately ran up to it to look inside, and sitting there inside the carriage was a tape recorder and explosive device. I had enough time to realize what was going on before big-badda-boom, and my guy was flying through the air.

Also, this happened the other day (140 hours in, and I've never seen this before):
A lady ran up to me and asked for help, saying some raiders had strapped explosives to her. I had the option of leaving her alone or disarming the explosive. I tried, but my explosive skill was too low. Next thing I know the device is beeping and she takes off running - then she exploded in a mist of red and body parts were flying all over. I immediately reloaded, as I had quicksaved just over the hill from where she ran up - but she wasn't there now. Very strange.

I love that 140 hours into this game I'm still finding stuff I haven't seen before.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Sigh... at least it wasn't as bad as the .32 pistol.

Why did they even bother including those?

As for the leaky gas pipes... I ended up setting myself on fire far more often than strategically burning the baddies. I am just plain dumb when it comes to them... I never seem to notice the hissing and visual distortion.

The one on Pinkerton's broken bow gets me every time.

It's even worse if you use the Shishkebab. I didn't even realize at first I was walking through leaky gas, I just thought the damn thing was malfunctioning and lighting me on fire every now and then.

Ha! That's happened me loads of times too.

I rarely leave home without the shishkebab, by far my favorite weapon for dealing with Mirelurks and radscorps!

 

[Meggiepants]

Sigh... at least it wasn't as bad as the .32 pistol.

Why did they even bother including those?

As for the leaky gas pipes... I ended up setting myself on fire far more often than strategically burning the baddies. I am just plain dumb when it comes to them... I never seem to notice the hissing and visual distortion.

The one on Pinkerton's broken bow gets me every time.

It's even worse if you use the Shishkebab. I didn't even realize at first I was walking through leaky gas, I just thought the damn thing was malfunctioning and lighting me on fire every now and then.

Ha! That's happened me loads of times too.

I rarely leave home without the shishkebab, by far my favorite weapon for dealing with Mirelurks and radscorps!

And the design for it is great. It makes total sense. I love that it takes a lawnmower blade to make. I spent hours searching the wastelands for lawnmowers. In fact, all the schematics are pretty ingenious. It makes you look at leaf blowers in a whole new light.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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And the design for it is great. It makes total sense. I love that it takes a lawnmower blade to make. I spent hours searching the wastelands for lawnmowers. In fact, all the schematics are pretty ingenious. It makes you look at leaf blowers in a whole new light.

Yeah, the Rock-It Launcher is very clever. Shooting gnomes inot peoples' faces is always fun...

You know you've been playing too much Fallout 3 when you walk past the neighbour's garden and get an urge to search thier lawnmower for the blade for your Shishkebab...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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Sydney! That's right. It's been a long time since I've played the game, and I haven't found her yet to talk to her - wasn't even sure if you would be given the option to tell her about the tape. Some games put stuff like that in, but they don't follow through with a "mini-story".

Also, I think I now have all of the Keller tapes, but I haven't investigated them further yet. I have 140 hours of playtime (tons of mods - no cheats, just stuff to do and enemies spawn with increased numbers). I finally sat down tonight to beat the game for the first time. Now that I've done that I'll go back to exploring the wasteland and see what else I can find.

You'll be able to find Sydney wandering around Rivet City once you get the Declaration of Independance to Abraham. She's very pleased with you if you find her Dad's whereabouts!

If you're gonna beat the game make sure you have Broken Steel first!

 

[blindthrall]

I like the motorcycle jump underneath the White House. There's a ramp over a car, and the guy cleared the car, but got caught on the overhead light and torn in two. His torso is hanging from the ceiling, but his legs and motorcycle are on the other side of the jump.

I also like the underwater T-Rex skeleton next to a human skeleton holding a shotgun. Reminds me of an old Ray Bradbury story.

 

[Meggiepants]

Yeah, the Rock-It Launcher is very clever. Shooting gnomes inot peoples' faces is always fun...

You know you've been playing too much Fallout 3 when you walk past the neighbour's garden and get an urge to search thier lawnmower for the blade for your Shishkebab...

Or when you visit DC and take pictures of the little dirt path around the Lincoln Memorial instead of the cherry blossoms.
And then you post said pictures online for a side by side comparison of the real DC to the Fallout DC, including pictures of the metro system. Hooo, the comments I got about that. Some of them were justified mind you.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

10 000 Views on my thread guys... awesome stuff.... thanks!

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Or when you visit DC and take pictures of the little dirt path around the Lincoln Memorial instead of the cherry blossoms.
And then you post said pictures online for a side by side comparison of the real DC to the Fallout DC, including pictures of the metro system. Hooo, the comments I got about that. Some of them were justified mind you.

You did that?

Cool! Have you a link?