Replayed Fallout after many years, have a question

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bji

First time out of the vault
Hey all. I first discovered Fallout in the Interplay Anthology that I bought in 1999. At the time I thought it was a great deal to get a dozen or so games for $40 instead of just getting one game for the same price. The only game I was familiar with in the set was Descent, which is still one of my top 10 games of all time.

Fallout was a great discovery; I had never really heard of it (I vaguely recalled seeing Fallout when browsing through the game section at Fry's a couple of years before), and it was an unexpected pleasure to play.

I finished Fallout a few weeks after I started it, and then went on to Fallout 2, which I did *not* finish because I became so addicted to it that I had to do something, so I a) destroyed the CD in the microwave and b) went online and read a complete walkthrough for Fallout 2 to remove my desire to continue to play the game (if I hadn't done this I probably would have just bought it again and become re-addicted). Drastic measures, I know, but this is something I've done with several other games as well because after I become so addicted that I spend 20+ hours every weekend playing, I have to have my life back so I have to do something.

Anyway, when I heard that Fallout 3 was coming out I was truly stoked. Currently I am living overseas and have a wimpy laptop as my only computer, not even remotely capable of playing Fallout 3 (Intel integrated graphics, anyone??). When I return to the USA in about 4 months I intend to dive into Fallout 3, but in the meantime I thought I'd replay Fallout and Fallout 2 to get myself ready for Fallout 3.

I got the "White Label" version of Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics (which I guess I'll try if I'm really bored). It's the UK version (I'm in New Zealand) and I had to apply the children patch to bring the game up to where it should be. I had a great time re-completing Fallout; I still remembered much of the content and it was almost as good the second time around. I played the same character that I did the first time - a smart bruiser who smashes everyone with the super sledge but keeps a sniper rifle handy to finish off anyone who tries to run away.

Some things happened differently this time around (as would be expected), and one of the things I was looking forward to didn't happen.

Specifically, when you get to the "hall of flesh" right before the Master, you're supposed to get a bunch of creepy messages describing horrific visions as you progress down the hallway. The first time I played these really creeped me out and I loved them. This time, however, I didn't get any messages, no matter how many times I ran up and down the hallway (except for one message occasionally at the end of the hallway about the walls having human body parts in them that were calling to me). I don't know if this is because I was playing the UK version this time, or if it's because I had a companion this time (dogmeat, whom I managed to keep alive through the entire game, quite a challege when stray mutant minigun fire would take him out so easily), or if it's because my character was better optimized this time than my first time around.

Could someone post the full set of creepy messages so that I can read what I missed this time around?

Thanks!

And now, to install Fallout 2 - and hope that I don't get as addicted this time as I did 9 years ago!
 
Welcome to NMA. :)
bji said:
I thought I'd replay Fallout and Fallout 2 to get myself ready for Fallout 3.
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Unfortunately, it's likely to get you ready for disappointment, since Fallout 3 plays almost entirely unlike the first two.

As for your "hall of flesh" questions, if you grabbed a psychic nullifier, I think it might block all of that.
 
Leon said:
Welcome to NMA. :)
bji said:
I thought I'd replay Fallout and Fallout 2 to get myself ready for Fallout 3.
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Unfortunately, it's likely to get you ready for disappointment, since Fallout 3 plays almost entirely unlike the first two.
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Thanks, I've read a little bit about it (including the excellent review mentioned on this site by the guy who wrote the scathing Oblivion review) and my expectations are not very high; but I intend to enjoy it for what it is, even if it just reminds me how great the originals were.

Leon said:
As for your "hall of flesh" questions, if you grabbed a psychic nullifier, I think it might block all of that.
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Yes, I did manage to get my hand on one of these when talking to some of the crazies in one of the rooms. But I dropped it at the beginning of the hallway because I wanted to see the creepy messages. Maybe the game gives you the benefits of the psychic nullifier if it's handed to you, even after you subsequently drop it.

Anyway, if anyone has the sequence of creepy messages, I'd love to read them. Thanks!

By the way, I just started Fallout 2 (I don't really remember any of the spoilers that I read last time I quit the game, which is good), and my goal is to do it as a pure hand-to-hand fighter, no guns at all. Maybe some spears or something for throwing at anyone who runs away from me ...
 
MLCORIDR.MSG said:
{100}{}{The hairs on the back of your neck rise. You feel something from the
corridor ahead. The bile rises as your recognize the mass of flesh ahead -
human parts in the wall itself. The worst part is that it is moving,
calling to you.}
{101}{}{Your nose starts to bleed. You hear voices in your head. They are
calling your name. Darkness washes over your eyes for a moment, but you
recover.}
{102}{}{A voice calls to you. You turn you head and see the image of a
forgotten friend, obviously dead. The worms fall from her rotted jaw as
your headache grows.}
{103}{}{It is getting harder to move forward. Your foot seems bonded to the
floor. You look down, and the flesh of the floor is crawling up your leg.
Teeth gnaw at your knees. Still, your headache gets worse.}
{104}{}{Something catches your attention, a flash of movement from the
ceiling, and then a sliver of bone pierces your eye! With it comes the
thoughts of the dead and tortured!}
{105}{}{The pain in your head is maddening. You feel the sins of others
wash over your soul. And it gets worse, as your sins answer them. Like
madmen, they fight through your psyche, and in the process tear your
personality apart.}
{106}{}{Your head is pulsing with the intrusive thoughts of others. The
pain grows and grows. Suddenly, as if it never existed, the pain vanishes.
You fall to the ground and weep. But something does not feel right.}
{107}{}{The pain in your head does not feel as bad as it did. The effects of
this strange corridor do not feel as strong.}
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There you go.
 
Mikael Grizzly said:
There you go.
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Many thanks. Those really creeped me out the first time through, especially when the sliver of bone pierced my eye ... good stuff.
 
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