The Rebel Faction

I just ran across my first mutant vampires, and their leader is none other than Vance. I decided to help them reach an understanding with the nearby town they had been attacking at night (as opposed to destroying them outright), as per a quest.

But, I also created an alternate save, where I tested out my ability to kill a bunch of vampires (not that they are any stronger or better than the typical raiders in the game, heh). Turns out Vance's trench coat is not only very cool looking, but has some kickass bonuses to abilities - something to the effect of INT +1, CHA +1, Small Arms +10...

Needless to say, I want the thing on my main game now, if only because it's called 'Vance's trench coat' - oh, and because I've specialized in small arms weaponry, too.

I think I might just put aside the moral high ground and take it from his rotting corpse, despite trying to run through the game as a 'good' guy.

lol... I don't know.. for some reason that made me laugh.

Yeah... that is one downfall... I remember reading in a preview that once the storyline finished the game was over and you couldn't keep playing your character... so you have to try to experience as much as you can during your play through of the campaing.

With Oblivion you can keep playing infinitely with that character.

I'm on the 360, but that sucks yeah.

I was kind of looking forward to playing around after I had reached max level. That kind of sucks that you can't, especially since I enjoy being as powerful as my character can be and killing anything I run across - it becomes more focused on exploration than having to judge if I could kill any particular enemy.

Looks like I might have to stop playing the main quest and focus on running around a little... I had been playing through the main story for the last hour or two, aiming at getting it done, and just got to exploring Vault 87 for a G.E.C.K.

Damn... not being able to play afterward has put a real dampener on the game for me now.

Well, as long as I can keep playing through on Spiderman: Web of Shadows, I'll be fine. I enjoy the games that keep going.

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What is wrong with games nowadays? Spiderman 3 didn't end, but Web of Shadows does?

Looks like Oblivion is the game to keep returning to, if only because you can keep going. I don't see why Fallout 3 couldn't have done the same, given the expansive nature of the game - I sure as hell don't want to explore everywhere *right* now, but that doesn't mean I don't want to a few weeks after I passed the main story.

Lame.