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I gave this as a gift to my boyfriend last Christmas. He really enjoyed playing the game and I enjoyed watching him.
This game is fun and is somewhat like Oblivion futurized. Some controls are hard to adapt to and its introduction is very easy to grasp. I would definitely recommend buying this game.
The only downside is if you don't have enough time to invest, you might lose sleep over wondering whatelse there is out there in the wasteland. The exploration music is fantastic and the graphics are rediculous.The size of the game boggles the mind, you'd think it took ten years to create.
After a year of still wondering what there was to be discovered on that disk, I broke down and bought it. It's so hard to get momentum and I was overwhelmed beyond belief for the first 15 hours.
I rented this twice and never got more than an hour into it. The gameplay has everything you'd want from a save anywhere anytime feature to mostly non-respawning enemies to adjustable difficulty.
Then it took off and everything else I've played seems boring in comparison, and I thought Oblivion, San Andres, etc. were all incredible.
The variety of places and people you meet, choices you make, guilt you feel, this isn't even a game, it's like jacking into the matrix. I can't wait to buy and explore the add-on's.I just can't believe I tried it twice and almost missed out the most rock-solid gaming experience out there.
They roam the Wastes, pillaging like metal-head versions of pirates, and you don't like them. And in a game-playing career of somewhere around fourteen years, that's saying something. Well feel free to wander around, picking them off from on-high with a rifle, sneaking in to set up mines before tossing in a grenade to stir up some carnage, or put on your power armor and run in, guns blazing.There's a big town, the first one you're likely to come across, with an undetonated atomic bomb sitting in the middle. Maybe out of strong sense of justice, or maybe one of them just looked at you funny. And in a game with so much dialog, that's very welcome.Speaking of sound, I was surprised to end up really loving the soundtrack.
Scurge of the wastes, savior, or anywhere in between. I'm trying to think of a celebrity to use as an example, but feel that would be in bad tastes.The facial animations can tend to be a little robotic, but the voice acting is top-notch and lively, from everyone. In fact it's often better and more fun not to. But I only recommend Broken Steel and Point Lookout (which are offered together on a buyable disc if you don't have access to XBOX Live). Because here you're free to be your own man.
I'll admit, that previously I've been drawn to games with a fairly linear gameplay style. But the real treat is the exploration. And I don't mean the ominous background tracks made for atmosphere, but the 1940s hits played from the game's "Galaxy News Radio". Everything might be ugly, but it's ugly in a really good looking way. And you're fully capable of doing so, climbing to the top of Tenpenny Tower, and watching the mushroom cloud in the distance as you vaporize the city, and all its residences. terrific.
Get into the slave trade business, or shoot your way through the traders' encampment and free the slaves.The only legitimate complaints I know of for the game are the controls with the VATS targeting system, but you don't even really have to use it. You can take it on as a mission from the town sheriff to disarm it, or have the mysterious Mister Burke rope you in to rigging it up to blow. Sure, you can tackle the main quest and it's decent. Personally, I found Operation Anchorage to be boring and linear. But after having it as a constant companion in my fares across the Wastes I grew to love it.My first time through Fallout 3 I played for over 60 hours, and didn't even do everything (keep in mind I did add four of the add-on packs). I, being a youngster, never even heard any of this music. It's all up to you. Sometimes it's an action game, sometimes it's a shooter, but it's always an adventure.The graphics are.
The Pitt was similar, but with a better story and an uglier world to explore. Not linear in the way that there's only one single path and it can only be traversed one way, but linear in the way that the game can baby you and keep you on the right track, even if you're given a decent scope to explore.Well it turns out that I was just looking for the right massive, open game. Broken Steel, Mothership Zeta, Point Lookout, The Pitt, and Operation: Anchorage. And just a few days ago I started a new file.Speaking of add-on packs, there are five. But somehow it manages to be pretty anyway. Point Lookout is a valuable addition. The standalone Fallout 3 is the most powerful and by comparison the add-ons fall short in general.But in all, I found Fallout 3 to be a fantastic game, in my top-ten list of all time. There's a positively huge world to explore, and even more underground.Lets say you have some kind of vendetta against the raiders.
I haven't played Mothership Zeta, so I can't comment. Sometimes the game doesn't even feel like an RPG. Sure everyhing's grainy and brown and dark and bleak. And Broken Steel continues the main story and raises the level cap. If you're on the fence about whether or not to buy, I'd say buy.
The VATS system is one of the greatest things ever in a video game, I think. Just hit the right trigger.The locations and side missions seem endless. The game IS a shooter and does it very well. I'm surprised there are so many CONs on other people's reviews.
And you are never out of 1st person (or 3rd person if you choose, at will), from the moment your character is born so you really experience the world as your character does.If they had stopped there, it would have been a remarkable game. Everything from cannibalizing corpses and breaking into computers, to building new weapons and becoming a cyborg becomes available as the game continues. Oh, it was for me, and so much more than I had thought.Frankly, the game is amazing. Without it, Fallout 3 would be a sub-par shooter; yet if it was VATS-only the game would be terribly slow-paced. The story and characters are believable.
I've seen complaints about the music but I think the contrast of 50s "happy" music with the post-apocalyptic nightmare-scape is a creepy match made in heaven (or hell). But it is also an amazing RPG. The option to use VATS when you want to enables you to "pick your poison" and play the game how you want, when you want. Even then you can never do everything as one character so the possibilities are endless and guarantee replay value.AGAIN, if they had stopped there, it would have been spectacular.as they say, BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE.
Maybe my review title is overstated, but only slightly (since I haven't played every game that has been released in the last decade.).I heard a ton of positive reviews about this game but it didn't seem to be my "cup of tea." But after playing Far Cry 2 and getting addicted to its gameplay and story, I thought Fallout 3 might be for me. Bethesda has created a fully developed world that deserves a ton of praise. There is so much to do and the atmosphere is unmatched in any game I've seen. But then there's the experience points, karma, perks, leveling up, etc. Might want to use VATS. There is now downloadable content that raises the XP cap creating more room for character growth and more stories to experience. My only CON is that I got it on XBOX 360 instead of PS3 so I'll probably burn up my XBOX due to my marathon sessions of playing it.
I cannot say enough good things about this game and how they managed to get it all into one disc must be a technological feat. Want to snipe a super mutant in the head from afar. Want to smash a radroach with a bat. As many hours that can be spent on this game, these options ensure that the player will want to come back again and again. Since the game has been out for a while, the price has dropped to below $30, making this surely the best value per gaming hour you will ever have.
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