Fallout 3

[NokkonWud]

I've still not found the comment regarding new DLC after Broken Steel that I read before, but this is something I've just read:

Originally Posted by Gamespot

Fallout 3 ended up being one of last year's best role-playing games, and creator Bethesda Softworks intends to keep people playing it by releasing new downloadable adventures. The next downloadable content (DLC) will come in the form of Broken Steel, a new adventure that focuses on the mysterious wasteland knighthood known as the Brotherhood of Steel.

In that context it seems pretty clear that there will be another one after Broken Steel.

[NokkonWud]

Broken Steel release date is:
May 5th
http://tinyurl.com/dzmdgb

Broken Steel, the third downloadable episode for the PC and Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3, will raise the game's level cap to 30 and remove the games ending on May 5, Bethesda announced this week.

Broken Steel will sell for 800 points and will include an entire new area outside of Fallout 3's wasteland based on Andrews Air Force Base. The new DLC will also include more weapons, enemies and perks, including one that can bring back your dog when he's killed.

Broken Steel is the third of the three downloadable episodes Bethesda has been talking about for Fallout 3. The new content kicks off at the end of the game, changing away the original title ends and extending it perpetually. Once Broken Steel is downloaded Fallout 3 has no ending, Hines said.

"Broken steel doesn't have an ending," he said. "There are no more endings, we got the message."

The game also slightly tweaks the moments leading up to the ending, adding the ability to send one of several of your companions to complete the final task of the game, instead of doing it yourself.

The new content starts about two weeks after the events of Fallout 3's main quest, opening up in the Capital Wasteland by Project Purity, which is now up and running.

"Broken Steel takes into account what you did in Fallout 3 and what the world is like now," Hines said.

In Broken Steel the battle between the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave still rages and you are tasked with discovering and helping to build a Tesla Canon, a new, more powerful weapon for the Brotherhood.

As with the original Fallout 3 storyline, there are also a number of side quests in Broken Steel, most of which have to do with escorting freshly processed clean water across the wasteland and protecting it from raiders.

"You can get a number of different quests from a scribe, which has nothing to do with the main story," Hines said. "It adds some free-form miscellaneous quests you can do in the game."

The main quest sends you to an old power plat to find the parts for the Tesla Canon.

The new area is packed with new enemies, including a super mutant overlord, a feral ghoul reaver and an Enclave hellfire trooper; new weapons, like the Tesla Canon and a projectile flame thrower; new achievements and even new perks. Hines only detailed one of the perks though, called Puppies! If you pick the Puppies! Perk when Dogmeat dies he gets reincarnated automatically as a puppy, which you can go to certain areas to add back to your group.

The new pack also raises the level cap from 20 to 30 and greatly increases the enemy difficulty level.

"Enemies are a lot tougher," Hines said. "You start seeing new enemies at level 18.

"Advancement from 20 to 30 takes a ton of experience points."

Completing the main quest in Broken Steel will also require a bit of puzzle solving, Hines said. After you've get all of the parts for the new weapon, you take it trough the Presidential Metro Line to pull off an attack on the Enclave base.

One you cear out the Presidential Metro Line you get to make your way to Adams Airforce Base where you will be given new orders, Hines said.

"Adams Air Force Base is a new world space," he said. "You sort of leave the Wastelands and go to Adams Air Force Base, it's a pretty big space."

Hines says that the main quest for Broken Steel is a bit longer than The Pitt downloadable content, coming in at about four to five hours of gameplay, and that it also adds a bunch of sidequests which each take 30 minutes to an hour to complete.

The side quests, he said, have you going all over the world and give you a chance to see how it's changed since the end of the original Fallout 3.

The one thing that Broken Steel won't beef up are the collectibles, Hines said.

Much sooner than I was expecting. Great news!

[Davey_Pitch]

Typical that it comes out the day after a long weekend! Still, only 2 weeks till it's out and I've got points kept aside for it, and will be buying it the moment it's available. I might also be feeling sick that day

[Davey_Pitch]

Also, given the amount of XP needed to get from 20 to 30, I'm glad I stopped playing again when I hit level 20 on my 2nd playthrough as I've still got a lot of sidequests left to help levelling up.

[KennyBhoy]

It can't come soon enough! My game drought continues. I'm playing Bioshock (again) on/off to fill the gaps. I haven't played it since release. Forgot how gorgeous it is

[NokkonWud]

Broken Steel

Out today. Download link:
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/ga...07d5?cid=SLink

[Kainz]

Rar! Forgot all about BS. /me goes to check Steaming pos

Yays, its downloading.

[KennyBhoy]

Currently stuck in work!


Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[Haly]

Downloading now Although don't think I'll get a chance to play it yet.

[Davey_Pitch]

I'll kick off the download when I go home for lunch, will probably play it a bit tonight, though I'm nowhere near the end of the game yet. May just blast through the rest of the story missions and do the side quests after that.