Belated birthday wishes to you, Kevin.

I also love Fallout 3, but am irritated by some aspects of the game.

I don't bother with followers as they always seem to charge in and
die. I just take Dogmeat back to my house in Megaton and leave him
there with my robot butler.

The karma system is very illogical. There are instances in the game
where killing someone who is clearly bad gives one bad karma.
Nevertheless, I have no difficulty maintaining very high karma. I am
20th level in my third game and have decided not to pursue the main
quest in this one until I have explored the entire map.

I played my first game as a male character and then tried a female in
the second game to see what difference this made. It is not
interesting enough to make the effort. I am playing my third game as a
male and attempting to optimize my character. I am amazed at how large
the map actually is. There is so much to explore. I am addicted.

I recommend that you try The Witcher Enhanced Edition Import Version
if you still play PC games anymore. It is a great game.

--- In fallout3@yahoogroups.com, k_mesaros <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody! I have not been active for a while... bought a
> house, got married, had a baby. There, all current.
>
> Anyway.... I LOVE the game. I pre-reserved Fallout 3 and Fable 2
> before I had a 360, and got a 360 on Nov 7th (33rd birthday). The
> game is awesome. I started out on my brothers 360 that I borrowed
> and got my character to level 6. I then restarted on my own machine
> and I am now level 11. Basically I have done quests for Junktown
> and that crazy chick in the Craterside equipment store. Other than
> that I just wander around and follow the arrows to new places.
>
> I have a few issues with the game:
> -ammo is are very easy to come by for normal weapons
>
> -there is too much weight put on good/evil acts. My character
> turned evil from searching the containers in a house that was
> occupied by a character I already killed. If I am not being watched
> should my wasteland reputation change because I opened a dresser?
>
> -money seems to be very easy to gain at early levels
>
> -followers have almost no intelligence. I had to leave Dogmeat and
> the slave chick behind in order to clear out the fire-breathing ants.
>
> Aside from these minor issues the game is better than expected and
> nothing short of amazing. Great lighting changes, great targeting
> system, great attention to detail. Everything that plagued Oblivion
> was fixed for this game.
>
> Kevin
>