I’m doing a playthrough of 3, New Vegas, and 4. Mostly focused on beating the main quests and the DLCs but I want to make sure I hit the best side quests on the way. I’m making my push to finish 3 right now and I’ve finished the DLC, Oasis, cannibals, vampires, ant quest, the other ant quest, and a bunch of stuff I’m probably forgetting.

Quests marked or unmarked from any of the games are welcome, and if any fans of 1 or 2 want to share I’d be glad to hear about those too.

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    6 months ago

    I did the Mechanist quest line in 3 for the first time recently, not sure how I missed it on my first playthrough in 2008. Like with the Silver Shroud quests in 4, I just love the over the top retro comic book vides.

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      6 months ago

      I have my problems with Fallout 3, but that mission and “You Gotta Shoot Them in the Head” (which gets bonus points for having a secret outcome that’s not explicitly mentioned and comes up organically and involves breaking into a heavily armed military compound) are some of the best quests in the series.

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      6 months ago

      I’ve got Charon wearing the Mechanist suit and I’m wearking the ant villain one. Its the ultimate team up!

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    6 months ago

    In New Vegas, completing Arcade Gannon’s companion sidequest gives you a suit of Enclave advanced power armor, and a squad of Enclave troops with a vertibird will back you up at Hoover Dam. It’s virtually impossible to trigger this quest by accident.

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    6 months ago

    Wasteland survival guide and the mechanist quest are some of my favorites but Fallout 3 has fantastic side quests in general.

    Fallout 2, 3 and New Vegas are basically a pile of side quests with an optional main story.

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      6 months ago

      Wasteland Survival Guide combined with the evil ending for the Megaton bomb quest is one of my favourite bits in Fallout 3.

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    6 months ago

    You should play 1 and 2 before 3 just so you can meet Harold. He’s a goddamn treasure.

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    Vault 11 in NV is one of my favourites for the story telling. When I found the last audio recording it gave me goosebumps.

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    6 months ago

    I cannot get fo3 to run on windows 10. fucker just crashes to desktop from steam.

    def recommend you play 1&2 though, they’re amazing.

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        I have, and the only thing I’m not trying is disabling multi-monitor support… but it still crashes to desktop. suspect that’s the culprit but I’ll be damned (really, can’t) if I have to turn off multiple displays lol

        thanks though!

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          5 months ago

          Are you playing it on disc by any chance? I know that I couldn’t get it working due to “Games for Windows Live”. I had to purchase it a second time on Steam before it worked (since they removed GFWL from the Steam and GOG versions).

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            5 months ago

            Thanks - no, it’s the steam GOTY edition iirc. pretty sure it’s multimonitor support borking it because I can get it working on an older laptop.

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    6 months ago

    I am surprised no one has spoke about the mutli-launch fatman launcher? - Fallout 3

    Quests I found interesting- limiting myself 7 points

    Fallout 3 :

    • Republic of Dave is a fun diversion
    • Agatha’s Song add another radio channel if I can recall
    • Working for the slavers and getting everyone on their list
    • Dunwich building
    • Killing all Behemoths
    • Bobblehead collection
    • Deciding what to do with the Declaration of Independace

    Fallout New Vegas

    • White Glove Society
    • Sunset Sarsaparilla
    • Collecting snowglobes
    • Michelangelo quest
    • Red Lucy’s Quest
    • A decision with Euclid’s C-Finder
    • Vicky and Vance Missing Gun

    Fallout 2 recommendation

    • Had to really earn brotherhood of steel trust
    • Has a whole new play style at “brain dead” low intelligence level
    • Mysterious hooded stranger on a bridge
    • Can have a car
    • Can build your own super brain bot buddy
    • Meet an unlucky dog
    • Get a deathclaw companion