Fallout 3 Reviews
- Difficulty:
- Just Right
- Time Spent:
- 100 or More Hours
- The Bottom Line:
- "Highly addictive"
Well personally I think this is one of the longest games you can play if you're like me, and are one of those people that has to explore the entire map and do all the possible missions. I spent ages trying to find three dog so i explored Washington, and as it happens it is huge, absolutely massive.
Its packed full of content too, the landscape is varying with enemies and terrain as well as packed with different people to meet, places to see and missions to do. Some of the features in the landscape include underground lairs, military barracks, an oasis, the washington monument, a floating metal ship city, various metro subways and even a downed alien ship! I'm also the type of person that looks in every buliding i can and in every draw of every desk so the game took me about 3 months to do properly.
The good thing about the game is that it doesn't matter if you prefer first or second person games as it compensates for both. The strange thing is i love 3rd person games and much prefer them over 1st, however for some reason i kept 1st person in this all the way through and loved it more.
Anyway for a hardened explorer and someone who likes mysteries this is a great game.
Some of the best features are that you can chose the paths the game takes you on, essentially being an a**hole or a nice guy throughout influences your gameplay and how you get on throughtout the game, perks or punishments. Its like there are 100 different things that can happen to you throughout the game depending on what you do to who. As you traverse the capital wasteland you will discover many differnt factions, some of which oppose each other and depending on who you chose to help affects what happens to the land and your karma (what determines whether you're good for bad). The game has a very realistic feel to it and the accuracy to washington is astouding, you really do feel included in the time zone.
A few gripes i have with the game is that game play can be a bit slow so it requires patience to be a real explorer. The radio can also get quite annoying, with only a few songs played. However the broadcasts change as you go throughtout the game which is very good. There could also have possibly been more enemies and interesting clans or sights but there are definatly enough to keep you on your toes already.
However this is totally nit picking as the majority of the time there is something intersting to find. The story you follow is not that long but all the side missions more than make up for it and you find yourself uncovering many many different and progressivly darker stories about the wasteland. WIth a variation of weapons, enemies places, friends and companions, people to meet, attire and items this game is very hard to fully complete without giving you a long eventful ride to before hand. Fallout is a definate buy for all gamers.
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You might feel a strong sense of familiarity, but it's a great title nonetheless. Continue »
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Fallout 3 : Game of the Century ! Continue »
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This one is a real life .... from bethesda those who made the legendary game OBLIVION - so just play it no BUY it .... Continue »
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- Posted Feb 27, 2009 11:12 pm PT
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fantastic game! dont miss this one. Continue »
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- Posted Feb 27, 2009 6:16 pm PT
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Great Experience!! Continue »
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- Posted Feb 21, 2009 12:19 pm PT
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