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Quick Look: Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta

Ryan shoots little green men in their little green heads in this, the final Fallout 3 DLC.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Aug. 4 2009

Cast: Ryan, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

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"shoot the girl!" lol. this seems like the coolest fallout DLC so far.

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poor paulson

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Last expansion, huh? I'm actually really looking forward to New Vegas. I like what Bethesda did, but it's going to be interesting to see what some of the Fallout 2 team will do now that they have the chance....

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Ryan, Vinny, you silly geese. It's not a zed/zee thing! It's an actual Greek letter! It's pronounced "zay-tah".

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Should have shown the awesome Revolver, still good though!

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Vinny is deadly because he wants Ryan to kill everyone in these Quick Looks. Mothership Zeta looks pretty sweet, but wasn't there some drill type weapon ish thing? Three new weapons seems a little short compared to the trailers and stuff I've seen. 
 
Man, if only I had space on my Hard Drive. Time to upgrade.

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I just started playing Fallout 3 again today and I can't wait to get the new DLC!

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MYSTERIOUS STRANGER WITH THE TWO HAND JAM!!!!

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I wear the exact same thing, except I wear "Sunglasses" instead of those goggles.

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Sad that it's the last, but happy that it ushers in something fresh with New Vegas.  Great job Bethesda!  Can't wait to see the next concept evolution!

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Hate to say it Vinny but its Ripley not Ridley.  Ridley Scott was the name of the director.
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Ryan is wrong at about 12 mins 20 secs 
When he states he could not be nicer. His messiah is only good, Mine states very good over the character in the PIP screen.

A lot of peolple complain about the combat in this game, but from the start I built a character designed for fighting, so I have no problem with it. Also I started a new game when I  got  the  OP ANCHRG 
so from about level 2 /3 I have had the awesome never damaging T 51b armour, with the pwr armr perk, The stealth suit, and the totally awesome GAUSS  rifle. 
I only really enjoy playinfg this game as a FPS with RPG elements, and not as a a RPG with guns.

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i just bought my collectors edition the other day ;D

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Edited By Neorub

I just finished the DLC. Enjoyed it overall, cool gear and setpieces. The alien weapons are some of the best you can get in the game although the ammo has me a little worried maybe you can reproduce it in the Pitt? No real good armor...except the AWESOME samurai armor (too be my charcter is horrible at melee) and the length felt just right.    
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Unlike Ryan I do hope it's the last. 5 DLC is too much already. I rather spend the money on a new game like Fallout 4 or something. Much of the DLC is stuff you could get for free via mods in other games, well some of it is actually new props and stuff.
 
Considering all the DLC is 50 bucks it's almost the price of a new game and if they had put together that DLC and called it Fallout 4 or 3½ or whatever and released it as a stand alone game for 50 bucks I bet people would have complained that it was just more of the same (like how sequels used to be, like Super Mario Lost Levels and such) however because it's DLC it's suddenly okey for people that it's just more of the same. That's how I feel anyway.

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Edited By smaddeys

awesome QL. I havnt played any of the downloadable content yet but this one looks pretty damn awesome.

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did Ryan accidentally put "tgm" in console? because rads seem to have nooooo effect

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This was the 360 version of the game.  I don't think he was capable of doing that.

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Edited By Leoplureodon

I'm not entirely sure if the aliens are meant to show up all distorted like that. My Operation Anchorage guy in the DLC had no head at one point.

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I played through the game and beat it and was surprised at how long the content was.  This was my second favorite of the DLC excluding Broken Steel.  The graphics of alien ship were cool and the weapons were cool but I only used 2 of the 4 I found.
I was disappointed though with there only being 3 real types of aliens.  The ones in suits, the ship workers and the abominations.  I was also confused with what to do with the crystals and some of the other junk I found.  It was cool to have gotten more of the alien ammo for the original alien weapon.  
I ended up missing some of the audio tapes so I don't know what the perk is though.
I hope maybe Bethesda decides to come up with some additional content for Fallout but the official word is that they won't.   I have put in almost 250 hours and I'd keep playing it as long as they keep putting out DLC.
Can't wait to see what Bethesda does next.

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Haha, the first animal killed is called 'Yao Guai'. This is chinese pronunciation for a word mean 'monster' in chinese.

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hes mysterious what is there to say
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Been waiting for a while to grab a few of these packs for the PS3, mainly Broken Steel, The Pitt and Lookout. But now I don't know ... Bethesda's waited too long and I think I'm done with Fallout 3 now. 
I'm glad GB bid all the QLs 'cause at least I don't feel like I've missed everything. But I can't see myself picking it up again after such neglect, especially once Borderlands drops and I'll be driving along a NEW wasteland with my girlfriend on the turret and my bloodwing on m'shoulder. 
 
See ya F3! You were fun while you lasted.

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Good QL...looks pretty good.

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Fuck it, Im waiting for my PS3 GOTY, Fallout 3 has incredible value, there's TON of content, which equals hundreds of hours of gameplay. 
 
Cannot fucking wait. :/

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@Damian:
Dude I do not think you will ever see this DLC on PS3. 
Suxx I know, as if you have not played any of it, you have missed a lot. The dlc stuff is actually better than the main quest/s. 
You can not fully blame BETHESDA or any 3rd party company that is slow to put/ or never putting DLC on The PS3 version of multi plat games .  
The blame lays firmly at SONY's feet, as they built a console, that HW works so different to everything else, that  unless the game is built as a PS3 exclusive it is near impossible to get this type of DLC to work on the system, as of the compromises that has to be done to the game ( if it is ported, and not 2 versions made seperately) to get it to run on the system at all. 
Also there is the extra cost of porting the DLC to that system. As it is often quoted you have the 360 version, you also have the PC version at near no extra cost . 
Often that extra porting cost to the PS3 , and the fact that PS3 TIE rate is lower than the 360's ( there is about 33% less PS3 sold then 360's , but multiplats sells tend to be about 50% higher on 360, then on PS3). 
Then often it is not financially viable to do that porting. 
If you really want this DLC  there Is a good chance ( though I am even doubtful on that) that come X-mas there will be a $60-70 ODD GOTY edition on PS3 with all the dlc incuded.
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SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS  
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DO NOT READ BELOW IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE GAME
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TO ANY1 WHO HAS COMPLETED THIS ADD-ON 
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how is your party at the end ????? 
Can you even end it as a party ???? 
I have tried and tried but can not . 
--------------------------------------------------- 
If you  finished it and answer, could you try to keep it spoiler free for those who have not . 
Thanks

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Sorry but this looks so fucking dull and I don't get the impression the dialog saves it. You know you guys give DLC packs way too much slack just because they're add ons to a great game.

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I like the setting and all, but the interaction among characters look stiff.

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New weapons look great, I'm sold like every other Fallout 3 DLC.

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Actually Ryan, you could be nicer. You could be "Very Good". Just throwing that out there ;)
 
This add-on looks a bit more bland than Point Lookout but  I will probably get it no matter what, just to finish the collection.

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@SAYNTofSYNNERS said:
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Ryan is wrong at about 12 mins 20 secs 
When he states he could not be nicer. His messiah is only good, Mine states very good over the character in the PIP screen.

A lot of peolple complain about the combat in this game, but from the start I built a character designed for fighting, so I have no problem with it. Also I started a new game when I  got  the  OP ANCHRG 
so from about level 2 /3 I have had the awesome never damaging T 51b armour, with the pwr armr perk, The stealth suit, and the totally awesome GAUSS  rifle. 
I only really enjoy playinfg this game as a FPS with RPG elements, and not as a a RPG with guns.

"

You sir are a douche
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The mysterious stranger was hilarious 

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@Damian:@SAYNTofSYNNERS: 
  
Mothership Zeta will be available on PS3 after Point Lookout is released. PS3 DLC is coming but just months later than the DLC for 360 and PC. Dunno if it's Sony's fault or Microsoft's fault, you know with MS spending millions to keep stuff exclusive.
 
 A Fallout 3 Game of the Year edition will be available in October. It will include the original game plus all five add-ons for $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3, and $49.99 for PC.  

Source: 
http://kotaku.com/5260907/fallout-3-dlc-announced-for-playstation-3-and-two-new-dlc-for-all
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@Nictel:
PROBABLY / Maybe on the GOTY .But I am still not sure on that .But I do not think we will ever see these dlc packs on PSN . Regardlwess of what they state
The only way I think PS3 only owners wiil get to play this stuff if at all is to re-buy the whole game , in the likely GOTY edition. Which kinda sucks for them, especially with the PS3 exclusives, and the awesome multiplats  coming out at the end of this year, that are all  too good to miss.  
I love FALLOUT 3 but if I would have messed up aand got the PS3 version, instead of the 360 ( all format gamer PSN :SAYNT-of-SYNNERS, both  LIVE and STEAM : same as the profile name here, WII : who cares ))
I KNOW that I would not be buying this game again with the add-ons instead of , UNCHARTED, RATCHET,  COD MW2 all on pre-order btw COD SE( though  that is the 360 version)    with the night vision gogs  WOOT . 
I mean would any1
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@ slaneesh  
WHY ??????? 
GOOD is not the nicest you can be, VERY GOOD is.  
I do prefer this game as SHOOTER then a RPG. Same way I played STALKER
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pokemon LOL!

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@SAYNTofSYNNERS: Nah. I ain't bitching about it. I don't really blame anyone but me. I bought F3 late and should have known that DLC wasn't supported on the PS3 version (I could have bought it for 360). I was being a graphics whore when I chose, and missing all this cool DLC is my punishment. 
 
@Nictel: Thanks, but yeah, I know DLC is coming for PS3. It's just really, REALLY late. I love F3 and all, but I'm okay with my character chilling at lvl 20. Maybe at some point I'll grab a few expansions, but the hype has died down for me.
And seeing as even if I did buy them, I'd still have to wait for Broken Steel FIRST to be able to level to 30 ... it's just ... late. You know?
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I love Vinny. "Aw, you're a pretty lady."
 
He never fails to make me laugh.

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Ripley!!!!!!!
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In that first conversation with Somah, your can mention that you have a Mysterious friend that might come and help.

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I might buy Fallout 3 GOTY just for this and Anchorage.

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Thank you for the quicklook, once again, guys. 
 
If you ever play Fallout 3 again... it is my impression that the 3beam laser works as a sort of laser shotgun, instead of rifle.  So using it at long range seems to reduce its effective damage... like a regular shotgun.  That's why you couldn't ice that alien at the end of the corridor. 
 
Great stuff! I'm commenting on this late because I'm seeing it for the second time.

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too bad they don't have elvis on the ship, that'd be sweet

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so the black woman getting high in the backroom

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I am seriously curious about that glow you see on thew earth...... i sense a future reference or something of the like

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Hah, listening to this after the recent Fallout 4 news is interesting with them remarking about Boston and what have you.

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Man, Ryan really called the Fallout 4 setting

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@xenopst: Sadly he never got to see it :( He really seemed to like Fallout 3.