Can You Beat Fallout 3 Without Talking To Anyone?

A fundamental element of an RPG is the ability to talk to an NPC, often times to make decisions that will impact the game world, making it feel like your actions had an effect on the world. But what if you wanted to be the quiet kid who sits in the front of the bus asking the teachers what they think of his nose gold? Can You Beat Fallout 3 Without Talking To Anyone?

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Can You Beat Fallout 3 Without Talking To Anyone? (in text form)

The simple answer is, no, obviously you can’t. But there are steps you can take to limit the number of people you interact with. As for what counts as “talking to anyone”, anything that involves the dialog menu. If you see the option to tell them goodbye, you’ve already failed. Naturally, that comes with its own set of challenges. The beginning of the game is dead simple. I’ve done this multiple times by now, it’s just that this time I’m abandoning my father instead of him abandoning me. Now I could have, within the limitations of this challenge, assigned my SPECIAL points before I began my grand escape. You don’t speak to your father during this part of the game. You can speak at him, but you don’t have to. You can walk up to him, say nothing, he’ll leave you alone with an assortment of different choking hazards, and you can assign your points. It’s unnecessary.

To begin escaping the vault as a baby, you abuse the game’s instantaneous quick-save quick-load mechanic to glitch yourself through a wall at which point you’ll fall through an eternity of grey nothing and be placed in a part of the vault you can only be in if your current objective is to escape the Vault. It was harder than usual to transcend reality and make the wall my bitch. I couldn’t tell you way. Going back to SPECIAL stats for a moment, I didn’t bother assigning them because the only enemies you’ll find in the Vault at this point, because things are a little weird, are a handful of radroaches.

As usual, I was completely defenseless against them. Babies naturally suck at hand-to-hand combat and lack the fine motor skills required to hold a gun, so you can’t go on the offensive to take the fight to the bugs that probably weigh more than both your legs combined. Then you just snag the Overseer’s key, open the tunnel, waddle to the Vault door, and you’re given the option to make any last minute modifications to your character before entering the real meat of Fallout 3. I wasn’t sure which way I wanted to go with any of my stats, so I just drained Charisma and evenly distributed the remaining points to both have a well-rounded character and to have a solid assortment of perks to choose from upon leveling up.