When does this end?

[Kyborek]

Hello, i have a question for players who have "finished" the game:

I have played Fallout 3 and i was really angry when the game suddenly ended in a stupid way without allowing you to go back (except loading saved game ofc) or continue playing.

Now i got into certain part where many factions have contradictory requests for what to do with platinum chip. I have a feeling that doing one of those will lead to certain ending of the game.

My question is: Will the game allow me to continue playing after i finish main story? Does platinum-chip related quests end the main story? And if not when is the part where i should focus on side quests and stories.


I am asking simply because i dont want to end the game too soon and i want to finish all DLCs and side quests but i dont want to go browsing through wiki and read too many spoilers.

Thank you very much for your help with this topic.

[Mauno]

Originally posted by Sandokan (CZE):

My question is: Will the game allow me to continue playing after i finish main story?

No.

When you reach the point of no return, the game will show a large pop-up like the one about hardcore mode at Doc Mitchell's house, that says you won't be able to play after the ending and all that.

To get past it, you have to click 'Continue'. Absolutely impossible to miss, and the game even automatically creates a save at that point.

Originally posted by Sandokan (CZE):

Does platinum-chip related quests end the main story?

No.

There's quite a bit of main storyline left after you're done with the chip.

Originally posted by Sandokan (CZE):

And if not when is the part where i should focus on side quests and stories.

About the time you reach Vegas, I'd say.

[Kyborek]

Thanks very much. The confirmation window will be certainly useful!

[lexilogo]

Besides, I'm pretty sure one of the endings for Fallout 3 ended in you dying and therefore ended the game there without allowing you to return.

[Mauno]

Originally posted by lexilogio:

Besides, I'm pretty sure one of the endings for Fallout 3 ended in you dying and therefore ended the game there without allowing you to return.

In what is probably the 'real' ending, the lonesome wanderer inexplicably sacrifices himself to turn on a machine that does something entirely unnecessary, yeah. Makes sense for the game to actually end then.

[News1982]

Fallout 3 you need one od the downloadable contents to continue playing. Fallout New Vegas sadly ends after the Battle of Hoover Dam which sucks. I'd look for a mod that lets you continue to play