I'd be worried if I didn't max out on save slots on every game I play, compulsive as I am.

Does no one hire game testers anymore?

As others have said. It's just the way the game was designed.
A warning would be nice, but not expected.

As far as I recall way back to Baldur's Gate there was a point of no return where there was no going back to the side quests. Mass Effect also had the same thing.

You can no more moan about that than moaning that most Xbox360 games don't have a save anywhere feature, and rely on checkpoints.

Have to agree with Diamondwolf. This isn't a bug, and anyone who's played single player RPG's should know to save and save often.

This is like a public announcement for people who've never had to save a game before.

Hmmmm......i might as well do all the exploring and completing all the side quests before jumping into the main missions.

This is a standard "flaw" if you will, in RPG's. When you get to the final area of the game, there's no turning back.

I think game developers are trying to create a similar feeling as the "point of no return" peak that are in most hollywood movies. You're supposed to get the feeling that it's too late to turn around and go back.

This can ruin the game for some (considering that that the veteran RPG gamers may want to complete all the sidequests). Just make sure you have multiple saves, and this shouldn't be a problem...

We've all played oblivion and know to save is the key to making the best choices in games and seeing most things a game has to offer.

This story is NOT TRUE, the game automatically saves a new save for you (right before you go into the final dungeon), thus making sure this exact thing never happens! After you beat the game it does kick you to the main menu but not before it saves the game, this guy is a retard.

Next time GamePlayer needs to check their sources, at least with the 360 version!

What a sad thing GP is doing, really sad.....even if what they were saying WAS true it's not a
bug.....

with both versions?? or just the crappy PS3 version?

WARNING: Game ends!

WTF!? This is not a bug. This is a design choice. Don't like it? Save before final boss. Sheesh.

I assume they'll be recalling all Xbox 360 versions?

Buy 360's!

Wow, what a concept. When you beat the game, it ends. I really didn't see that one coming. So Bethesda wised up and made a point of no return. Good! Playing after you have beaten the main quest is retarded because it breaks the game. After the main quest in Oblivion, no one ever mentions the sh1t that had happened. Again, this is not a bug but a common RPG design choice.

Not a bug just poor design.

this isn't a bug. dumb, yes. but not a bug.

The game is supposed to end. This isn't like Oblivion where you continue after all is said and done. The game ends, so you need to finish everything before you get to that point.

You do know that in the original Fallout and Fallout 2 you had the choice to continue the game even after you had done the main quest?

OK

if it's the LAST AREA at the end of the game, it's designed that way to keep you from breaking the game, or exploiting something within the game.

imagine this:

you've made it to the last boss. you enter the room to fight him. you begin the fight.

during the fight, you use up most of your health packs and other items/weapons.

you exit the room, go back out into the wastes and restock, then enter the final room and rinse and repeat as needed.

no challenge, no skill, simply an exploit.

basically, in the final room/battle of Fallout 3, you take what you have with you, and that's it. it's a final decision, a final room. who's to say that you can't continue with that character after the final story beat and move on.

in either case, if you didn't want to beat the game before you explored everything, then WHY go on that last quest in the first place??

in either case, i always have multiple saves for my games, if anything, to protect against a corrupt save file.

It doesnt bother me as I always save alot in RPGs. On Oblivion I think I had over 1 Thousand saves haha.

this just in:

THIS GAME RULES!!! HOLY SH1T!!!!! HAHAH WOW!!!!!! ALL HAIL BETHESDA!!!!!! THEY DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MicroSlop? no thanks! I bought steam deck to quit Microslop. Thank you Valve

Wishing for New Vegas.

Virtuous wants to crank out another low effort UE5 project for Bethesda, huh?

That sure is a title of time

I love all three of the main Bethesda Fallout games, so I'll take any of them.