Shack PSA: Fallout 3 DLC 50% Off on Xbox Live

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Typically 800 Microsoft Points / $10 each, all five of Fallout 3's downloadable expansions have been marked down by half as part of this week's Xbox Live Deal of the Week.

Of course, a few restrictions apply. For starters, the discounts are only valid on Xbox 360--PC and PlayStation 3 owners are out of luck--and you need to have either bought or redeemed an Xbox Live Gold membership to get the discounted price. Sorry, Silver.


Point Lookout and Broken Steel

Once you're logged in as Gold, you should see the following prices until March 29:

Now, as for which ones are worth it, I'm partial to Broken Steel and Point Lookout myself--Steel for raising the level cap and opening the world back up after the RPG's ending, Lookout for its sizeable chunk of new land--but that's just one opinion...

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    March 22, 2010 2:33 PM

    Operation: Anchorage is worth it because of a glitch that lets you pull all the gear you get from the simulation back into the Wasteland -- I now have some weapons and armor that never, ever degrade or need repair.

    The Pitt isn't really worth it. It's a long, tedious story with no happy ending. I only played it because I loved the fuck out of FO3.

    Mothership Zeta is just as fun, if not better than, Point Lookout. I played FO3 mostly because of the sci fi angle, and this add-on really plays that up. It also has a fun and tense finale that is hard to find with other quests in the game. Plus you get access to a fuckton of alien weaponry (like the Alien Disintegrator) which does 100+ damage per shot. You can also pick up the Xenotech Expert perk, which gives you a +20% damage increase with alien weaponry.

    I otherwise agree with the recommendations for Broken Steel (absolutely required--increased level cap and the perks you can get from leveling up are insane not to get) and Point Lookout (huge and fun add-on).

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      March 22, 2010 2:37 PM

      I really need to spend more time - bought them all, only done The Pitt (meh) and half of Zeta (love it! classic sci-fi sillyness)

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      March 22, 2010 2:57 PM

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        March 22, 2010 3:41 PM

        Yeah, but everyone was a dick or a manipulative dick. And the largest part of the gameplay was running around weaponless/armorless trying to find 100 steel ingots. After the ingots were done, I finished it in about 60-90 minutes.

        Seriously, the fighting in the pit was some of the worst in the game; with the Grim Reaper's Sprint perk, the Better Criticals perk, the Black Widow perk, the Bloody Mess perk, 100 points in Energy Weapons, A3-21's Plasma Rifle, and Tesla Power Armor, I was able to one-shot every person I fought. Nevermind the 250+ stimpaks, 100+ RadAways and 20,000 caps I had to ensure my health.

        The fighting in The Pitt was no better. People with hunting rifles against a Power Armored super soldier just made it a joke. The rednecks wearing overalls in Point Lookout had more HP and more powerful weapons (shotguns doing 80+ dmg per shot) than the slavers in The Pitt.

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