Daryl Tay.net

I’ve been playing Fallout 3 quite a lot this week (I think I’ve clocked at least 12 hours this week), so I thought I’d introduce you to some creatures you might find in the Wasteland. Unfortunately, after crossing my path, I can only show you their corpses. For live versions, you have to play the game.

Radroaches

Radroaches are the first little baddies you meet in the game. They’re basically radiated cockroaches and are huge, but won’t do you much damage. They explode into mush or their legs fly off rather satisfactorily though.

Ghouls

Ghouls used to be human, before they got radiated. They have this annoying habit of jumping at you, which gives them fairly artistic deaths in mid-air.

Giant Ants

I was in an underground cave and I could hear them scuttling everywhere, but couldn’t see them. It was spooky. These things aren’t deadly, but they can swarm you, and some can even breathe fire. But that’s okay, their heads and limbs fly apart just like everything else.

Super Mutants

I haven’t figured out if these things used to be humans, but they sure have been capturing humans for some reason. Still, using a Ripper to slice them sends parts splattering everywhere.

Super Mutant Behemoth

Now this guy is the biggest, meanest, baddest creature I’ve had to kill so far. It took me two mini-nukes to take him down after multiple re-loads. Normal guns just didn’t do enough damage.

That’s it for this post. Coming up today or tomorrow, I’ll feature the humans you can find in the Wasteland, as well as a future post on the Rock-It Launcher, which allows you to fire spoons, forks, garden gnomes, teddy bears, plates, chess boards, ashtrays and all sorts of other junk as ammo. Often to hilarious effect!

I wish I could provide you with videocaps instead of stills, but my poor Sony Vaio is struggling to play the game as it is, so it may have to wait till I’m home with my desktop later this year.