Project Purity then and now

[Dale]

I played F3 back in 2008 when I asked Fawkes to step into the radiation chamber and key in the code. Obviously he wouldn’t be hurt. To my surprise (then in 2008) he refused. I reloaded the game and tried several combinations of conversation with the same result.

Now after 7 years (2015), on a better computer – purchasing the game-of-the-year version I get to the same place and to my surprise he agrees, enters the chamber, enters the code, and survives (as expected).

Back then, I heard Bethesda was finished with F3 and totally into Oblivion. What changed in 7 years?

Thoughts?

[CursedPanther]

Frankly speaking, I didn't get F3 on day one seven years ago and the DLCs shouldn't have changed the outcomes throughout the game.

My Fawkes entered the control room without hesitation. One thing came to mind was maybe becuz I entered the heavily radiated room of Vault 87 to get the GECK myself. It wasn't exactly intentional as I simply didn't have enough Science skills to open anything electronic-based in there. I returned to 87 later to free him at a later time and he wasn't complaining either. It's possible that Fawkes has a one-time self-sacrificing chance and you'll have to decide when to take advantage of that.

[GreatAlexander]

It's because of the broken steel DLC. It allows the game to continue after the final mission, and changed it so that you could send other companions in your place for the final bit.

[CursedPanther]

Originally posted by GreatAlexander:

It's because of the broken steel DLC. It allows the game to continue after the final mission, and changed it so that you could send other companions in your place for the final bit.

I see.

Does that mean if you insist heading inside yourself, you don't get to play Broken Steel at all?

[Zeer0]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Originally posted by GreatAlexander:

It's because of the broken steel DLC. It allows the game to continue after the final mission, and changed it so that you could send other companions in your place for the final bit.

I see.

Does that mean if you insist heading inside yourself, you don't get to play Broken Steel at all?

In Fallout 3 without Broken Steel. You step inside the chamber and sacrifice yourself and boom ending and the game ends. With Broken steel you wake up 2 weeks later after going inside the chamber.

[RemoteLeg]

Without Broken Steel the game ends with the quest Take It Back.
With Broken Steel the game continues no matter what happens

So you can key in the code yourself or get somebody else to do it. Either way you keep playing afterwards.

[Dale]

Originally posted by GreatAlexander:

It's because of the broken steel DLC. It allows the game to continue after the final mission, and changed it so that you could send other companions in your place for the final bit.

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humm...that makes sense. Thank you for your thoughts & time.