#i’ve been playing a lot of fo3 lately

[mythicalmeowz]

i’ll take a spaceship and try and go and find you.

[thegirlsinthecity]

Fallout 3

[eloarei]

Fallout 3 for the fandom ask meme? :')

Thanks very much, Choco!! Let’s take a look~ =] 

Backstory on my playing FO3: it was the first Fallout I’d ever played and I had NO IDEA what I was getting into. FO4 had just come out and a friend was like “oh yeah you can have a dog companion!” and I was like “HOT SHIT I’m getting this game! Oh, better play the previous one first.” The rest is history. =] 

1. The first character I first fell in love with

     It was Gob, for sure. My very first ghoul! I loved his grating voice and I just wanted to steal him away lol

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now

     Henry and Christie Young. They have like 4 lines in the game, but I used them in a fanfic and now I adore them. Even just in canon, I like that they’re polite and hardworking. I always like the repairman/janitors. </justjanitorthings>

3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t

     I don’t dislike him!, but Charon. He seems to be very popular and I guess I just didn’t talk to him that much? So I didn’t get to really care about him. Do people like him because he’s tall? XD

4. The character I love that everyone else hates

     I was gonna say Fawkes, but actually? Moira. I’m always surprised when people are really annoyed by her or say things like “I nuked Megaton to get rid of Moira (and she survived!)”. Why? She’s precious! I love her positive attitude. 

5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer

     I don’t think there is one. I don’t usually fall out of love with characters; instead I tend to see more reasons to like ones I’d never noticed. If I HAD to pick? I’ve mellowed on Gob just a little bit, since I’ve been focusing on other characters lately. 

6. The character I would totally smooch

     Dogmeat! Right on his little doggy noggin!!! <3 That dog would get so many kissies. 

7. The character I’d want to be like

     Both Fawkes and Moira. They both have great attitudes! Even when life is terribly hard, they persevere. They’re both kind, and grateful, and smart! Real life goals! 

8. The character I’d slap

     Moriarty. I mean, obviously. And I might be able to get away with it too, since he’s probably 90% talk. 

9. A pairing that I love

     Surprising no one, Fawkes/LW. <3 How this was not immediately obvious to more people, I’ll never understand. You rescue him, he helps you out, he tries to rescue you, he saves your damn life, and still says it’s an honor to follow you around. Saving each other is like... the basis of an irresistible ship for me. I obviously have about 90,000 more words to say in regards to this ship, but let me sum it up by saying there’s just a lot of potential! 

10. A pairing that I despise       I really could never despise a ship, but given that I never came to love the character, I’m not really into Charon/LW. I’m sure there are some great fics out there, but *shrug*. 

[partytime-mentats]

lately i’ve been listening to a lot of TAZ (fantastic i love it), and in the last couple days i started watching fma:b (fantastic al is my son i love him), and playing a lot of fallout (i would die for this franchise).

and i started picking at this fo3 story i’ve been kicking around for...3 years. it’s nice to write again, but thinking about posting any writing in a bigger fandom makes me shit my pants. but if i ever finish it maybe i’ll take the gotdamb leap (^:~

[themetalcorefan]

     Why do people consider fallout 3 like fallout 4? Fallout 3 does not have solid shooting mechanics, (Waxy shooting mechanics at best), has a compelling story, has full RPG leveling, has no RNG radiant quests, and has an absurdly low level cap, especially compared to New Vegas, where you could easily specialize in nearly every combat style. Fallout Three was excellent and was far more atmospheric than NV. Fallout NV has the strongest shooter mechanics in the franchise apart from FO4. NV also has weapon modding. Sure NV has lots of choice, but it's also horribly rushed and it shows it. (Yes, because Bethesda wanted it sooner than it should've been released, I know)

     I'm not excited about where FO4 is taking the series at all either, but Fallout Three plays no part in that. The only reason people class 3 with 4 is because FO3 wasn't as narratively diverse as FO:NV. However, Fallout 1 didn't sport a branching questline either.

     If anything, Fallout 3 is what Fallout 4 tried to be and failed. Fallout 3's core story started as a personal adventure that served as a compelling opening for the late game. It was linear, but it moved quickly, and there was plenty of unique sidequests filled with memorable characters. The combat was justified by a vicious and repopulate world. The overall heartbeat of Fallout 3's world & atmosphere was consistent.

     Fallout 4 was a personal adventure that wasn't sure whether to take itself seriously or not. The story was ultimately so dull and at times absurd that it was easy to ignore. On top of that, the main quest was littered with busywork. Unfortunately, the sidequests were equally as repetitive and forgettable. The trouble with fallout 4 was that the story tried to force you to care, but lacked any of the writing or mechanics to even catch your interest. The revamped gunplay only served to distract you from the lackluster narrative. Bored of the story? Don't worry we've got plenty of sidequests where need little bastards will all ask you to do 1 of 2 tasks! Oh. So it's just like real life then? Enthralling.

     Fallout 4's crafting system slowed down a story that required quick execution, and blocked much of the progression behind tasks that padded an already suffocating plot. This was partially fueled by the fact that the stat system was gutted, which further homogenized the gameplay.

     Let's not even get started on the "legendary" system and how it neutralized the unique variants.

      On top of all of this, I've put 1000+ hours in to FO4. (Same case for FO3 and NV, but I've put less time in to 1&2 because I do not like isometric turn based games. Deal with it.). I've had fun with it, and I don't fault anyone for enjoying it. It's a good game for completely different reasons than its predecessors. However, Fallout 3 is an incredibly different game that featured a far more compelling world, story, and atmosphere, and I sincerely doubt that anyone who loves FO4 as a shooter is going to love FO3 for the same reasons. I don't think it's fair to FO3, who's success CREATED FO:NV, to have it classed with Fallout 4.

     As a side note, I'm from California and New Vegas just looks like a few hours drive from my house, so I'm pretty inoculated to it. However, I see why some people love it.

[eloarei]

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Thanks for the many questions, Socks! Sorry I didn’t answer them earlier; I decided answering asks on mobile sucks.  ALSO, this is going to be super long haha sorry.  1.  Tell us about your current project(s)  – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?       Well, my most current project is one I just started brainstorming. It’s (hopefully gonna be) a Fallout 3 series, with my latest fic being the starting point. LW/Fawkes is a ship I liked immediately when I played the series some years ago, but I never got around to writing for it, probably in part because there’s already a super good longfic about them, and I just didn’t think there was much else I could say. But my LW is different from Choco’s LW, and lately I wanted to start something self-indulgent. Although I have enough ideas for this to maybe be a single 30k fic, I’m choosing to do a series of shortfics instead, so that I’m not burdening myself with another long project. Fic series are great in that way, because it’s basically complete with every new fic.       On top of that, I have... probably 3 other things I want to make significant progress on this year. First is another Fallout fic: Same Heart. I’ve posted 8 chapters already and have almost 2 more done, but due to the slow-build nature of it (and my tagging) I don’t expect to have almost any readers until at least chapter 10 (when the ship characters finally meet). I’d like to at least get that far this year.       A project I’d love to finish by fall is the unreleased “The Wilderness”, a Venom zombie AU that I started for NaNoWriMo 2 years ago. It’s about 55% written, and my goal is to have as much of it done as possible before the sequel movie comes out. If it’s not done by then, I still plan to post whatever I have.       And lastly-ish, my novel... thing. Rogue. I’m in the process of editing it, although I’ve taken kind of a break lately. And as soon as I’m done with the edits and can get a couple of people to read it (just so they can tell me if certain parts are stupid and need changed) I plan to start the next book in the series... which will probably end up being book #1, actually, if I do them modern-era chronologically. It’s... gonna be a process. ^^;  2.  Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.       In my upcoming FO3 fic series, I’m honestly just kind of weirdly looking forward to... how do I put this? Exploring my own vaguely-traumatic experiences through fic. I’ll always do a happy ending, if possible, but before we get there I really want to run these two through the ringer of... being given something they were led to believe was impossible, being judged for it, having it taken away, and then being told “well maybe it’s for the best”.       When it comes to future projects, I guess I’m really excited about writing the new Rogue book. “Reaper”, I guess, is its unimaginative working title. I’m anxious about it, because I thought Rogue had some really deeply emotional scenes, and I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to accomplish that as well with this new one, simply because the characters don’t have the same level of desperation about each other. I need to figure out what’s unique about their dynamic and push that. I guess I’m looking forward to the challenge.  3.  What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)       Hmm gosh. Technically there’s a scene in the later chapters of Mobius that I already wrote, but it wouldn’t take place until probably chapter 3 or later, and I just lost all steam on that fic, sadly. But every time I poke through my notes I make myself cry reading it. It’s a scene where one character knows it’s going to be the last time he sees the person he loves most, and he can’t explain his pain to anyone. I really just want to get there so I can see if it makes other people cry like babies haha.       But on a completely unrelated note, there’s also this ZADR fic I started writing in like 2009, and I absolutely didn’t want to do the work to get to the fun middle scenes, but basically it was an AU where young adult Dib went to live/work in the thriving multi-species space community, where he’s... I dunno, studying alien biology I think?, and he ends up with Zim as a roommate. The scenes I really wanted to write were about the two of them getting into like a bar fight with some tough types, and Zim gets his pak ripped off/damaged in the process, and Dib has to sort of take care of him through a horrible fever. But then it turns out that the pak was not a life-support system like they thought, but actually a growth inhibitor so they (the people in charge of the Irkens) could choose who became the Tallest (the leaders). (And also it hindered reproduction, etc.) So basically the two of them accidentally start to unravel a galactic conspiracy which also involves corruption in the Earth government, etc, and Zim gets taller but spoiler alert, he still doesn’t get tall enough to challenge the Tallest lol. Sadly, I doubt I’ll ever actually write that fic. Sounds like too much effort lol.  7.  What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?       That’s such a hard question. Ummm. How do I put any of that into words? ...I think one of the things about my writing is that a lot of the time nothing really happens in a scene, and the story mostly focuses on a character thinking. Like, enough happens so there’s something for them to think about, but I think I tend to put a lot of emphasis on POV character’s thoughts, to the point of sometimes seeming stream-of-consciousness. I’ve been told that this makes my stories feel alive though? So I think it appeals to some people, though I’m sure others would find such stories boring.       Oh also, somewhat along these lines, I like to add commentary that is only somewhat relevant, usually in parenthesis at the end of a sentence or paragraph. (Honestly, it’s not unusual to see one in every paragraph if I’m writing something slightly humorous.)  9.  Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?      I would LOVE to write primarily longfics! However, I just don’t have the time or energy for it, and I don’t write fast enough. So I end up with a lot of oneshots under 10k. I had to challenge myself to learn to write short things though, and then it’s really about writing something short, not about writing a specific story.       Generally, I’m both pantster and plotter. I tend to write the first chapter/few scenes/maybe as much as 10k, just by the seat of my pants. After that, I look at what I’ve got and write out a plot to continue from there. Plotting everything out before I start just doesn’t work for me, but if I try “pantsing” anything longer than 15k I know I’m gonna have an absolute torturous hell of a time.  13.  Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?      Lol I think anyone who’s reading this knows I share my stuff online. Primarily on my AO3, though there’s some other stuff floating around here on tumblr too.  Most of the time if I keep something to myself it’s only because it’s not finish enough to share. So, sure, there’s plenty of that, but the goal is always to share it eventually. If I ever get around to finishing a novel, those will probably be the only things I don’t just post online. (Though I do post most of my OC stuff currently.)  17.  Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?       I think that inevitably my readers will always perceive me and my writing a bit differently than I do. That’s just... interacting with people. Nobody knows you entirely. However, I am as open and honest in my writing as possible, and I actually think that reading my fic is the best way to get to know me. I like to hope that I am an open book to anyone who has read many of my words. =] While you may not know the details of my life, I think you would have a good insight into my personality.    23.  What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?       Like... my oldest fic/story that I’ve never written or posted? Not counting stuff I’ve consciously abandoned (things from middle school, mostly), my original fic series, “Damsel and Company in Distress” aka DamselCo. is definitely my oldest story. I think I started fiddling with it in 2006-- which makes it pretty disappointing that it’s gotten next to nowhere. XD; But the story is my baby, and it’s been my baby for so long that anyone who’s followed me ever is probably at least vaguely familiar with a few of the characters.  Now maybe one day I’ll actually give it the attention it deserves, though I’m sure it’ll need significant revamping. After all, a lot has changed in 14+ years. Ideas that were new and subversive then are probably already stale.