Genephyx Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 So, fallout 3 brothers and sisters, i ask you this; What difficulty do you often find yourself playing Fallout 3 on? Share your stories on the difficulty you play, why you play that difficulty, what you find most easy/difficult about that level of difficulty, and other interesting or relevant stories! Me personally: Never played a single second of my over 300 hours, on anything but the maximum difficulty.It's become so standard and i have become so used to it, that every time i start a new character, i have no trouble at all. So much so, that i have been looking for some difficulty increasers (still looking, been a bit slack). I am an opertunist in fallout 3, whatever gets me the farthest and with most benefits is generally the path i'll take. (it's always different). I love how my fallout 3 experience is different each and every time i play, and it's always fun to do something a little different from time to time. Least favorite thing: Super mutants. Take clips upon clips to kill, and are just ugly and annoying to bump into.Most favorite thing: Running into the open, seeing about 10 different factions massacring eachother. (MMM mods and such) It looks like a scene from 300 or something. How about you guys? :) Share, share, share!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Max difficulty gives you too many XP and ironically makes the game *easier* than if you play on Normal (which is the mode I use). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony the Wookie Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I leave Fallout, and almost every other game I play on Normal. Every once in a while I will play it with mods that make the game more difficult (MMM and the like) since I don't really like the way vanilla hard mode is. But lately I havn't really felt like playing games for the sake of a challenge. Usually I just want to sit back, relax, and expereince the game, and not worry that much about actually haveing to be good. But really, it all depends on the mood I am in. The games I like to play on hard difficulty or higher are the ones that make my character more vulnerable that make you have to be extra cautious. I absolutly hate games that the extra hard difficulty just adds extra HP to your enemies and they take 10 shots to the head to kill... The most recent game I played was Call of Juarez, and I played through the whole thing on easy. Not because it is hard to beat on the higher difficulty, but because I just wanted to casualy go through and actually expereince the beautifully done environment. But anyways, the point I was trying to make is, playing on hard or easy or whatever doesn't as much reflect your skills as a gamer, but more what kind of expereince you are looking for in a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genephyx Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 I leave Fallout, and almost every other game I play on Normal. Every once in a while I will play it with mods that make the game more difficult (MMM and the like) since I don't really like the way vanilla hard mode is. But lately I havn't really felt like playing games for the sake of a challenge. Usually I just want to sit back, relax, and expereince the game, and not worry that much about actually haveing to be good. But really, it all depends on the mood I am in. The games I like to play on hard difficulty or higher are the ones that make my character more vulnerable that make you have to be extra cautious. I absolutly hate games that the extra hard difficulty just adds extra HP to your enemies and they take 10 shots to the head to kill... The most recent game I played was Call of Juarez, and I played through the whole thing on easy. Not because it is hard to beat on the higher difficulty, but because I just wanted to casualy go through and actually expereince the beautifully done environment. But anyways, the point I was trying to make is, playing on hard or easy or whatever doesn't as much reflect your skills as a gamer, but more what kind of expereince you are looking for in a game. yeah, i agree. I play at max difficulty because i love the caution i have to take. to know that i could be instantly killed at any moment is a thrill. i like the real sense of 'surviving' on fallout 3, thats the main reason why i play it on that difficulty. the harder it is, the more thrill and excitement i get from just surviving some head-on battles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer1911 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I played two times on Very Hard, once without any mods or DLC-s and I finished the game and all quests in 30 hours, and once with Anchorage and Broken Steel and I somehow finished all the quests and everything in 23 hours. And I played 4-5 times with cheats and having a flawless, perfect game with best possible karma (also playing on very hard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoogieMonster Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Max difficulty gives you too many XP and ironically makes the game *easier* than if you play on Normal (which is the mode I use).That's pretty much what I was going to say, but I still do play at max difficulty. To try to offset becoming nearly invincible, I try to stick to the style of only having 2 weapons (3 if you count the mezzer as a weapon), and I use MMM, and I never wear heavy armor. I also use a weapons mod that gives everyone access to the same weapons as my characters. Make enough little tweaks and it adds up to a big change ingame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 The difficulty isn't so much the setting you use as much as the gear you use. For example, I like to play with just leather armor and a combat shotgun. Until you start running into bullet sponges, it makes for a fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanafindon Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I used to play on normal difficulty, until i did the whack-a-mole quest, after 30+ mole kills i still hadn't triggered one success. After a few hours of trying to find answers on the net and disabling mods. I realized, i was one shotting them due to my strength. I turned the difficulty up to max and finished the quest. Haven't turned it back down since. I like the fact i can actually die now. I play a heavily modded FO3, and i love the fact that i have to scan the treeline for enemies before i attempt to cross a clearing / road(i play with tree and grass mods, makes detecting targets more like real life.(ex-army)). I play as the A-typical sneaky sniper. I have 2 companions from the get go, they provide close in support and cover my behind while i am sniping. I tried to play without them once and got torn to pieces my a molerat while i was engaging 15-20 raiders at range. Between Fook2 MMM XFO and FWE, the waste is a very dangerous place to be, when on average you can only see 50 feet on flat ground, due to tree's shrubs rocks and long grass. I don't use vats.I only carry my sniper rifle and a silenced pistol with a few nades and a couple of mines. One companion carries a SAW while the other has a M4. I have lost count of the amount of times i have been killed by a lowly raider with a BB gun or Pipe Rifle, but it sure makes it fun when every fight could be your last. Just for SnG i played the game with no mods the other day. It was so easy i only lasted 15 min before i reinstalled all my mods. Dropping 3 Super Mutants with nothing but a 10mm and a nade, just felt sooo wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raella69 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hard mode always. Unless I'm fighting a Behemoth, then I switch to very hard mode because I like to party. :wallbash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEROCS Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I leave it on easy or very easy because i like pwning super mutant face :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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