Fallout 3 (PC)

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• 9 stars

  This game ROCKS!

  by jspencer09 on November 3, 2008

  Pros: V.A.T.S combat -- vicious and so gratifying to see enemies die in gory slow motion!
  Amazing graphics that you don't need a Cray Supercomputer to run.
  Liam Neeson as a voice actor
  Immersive, fully realized postnuclear gameworld.

  Cons: these are all nitpicky, and should not detract you from getting this game:
  purchasing from merchants can be clunky
  the HUD map system is a little confusing -- too many arrows pointing in conflicting directions.
  character movement is awkward.

  Summary: The benefits of the game far outweigh the cons. THe HUD system is a little confusing -- you'll be overwhelmed by all the different green arrows and triangles pointing ...

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  Summary: The benefits of the game far outweigh the cons. THe HUD system is a little confusing -- you'll be overwhelmed by all the different green arrows and triangles pointing you off in conflicting directions, and the character movement is very awkward. It's cool to switch to third person to get a look at your character in all his gear, but you won't want to stay in 3rd person for very long, as watching him or her move is so awkward. Seems like they glide rather walk naturally. Again, this is a minor issue, and everything is great in 1st person.
  Now on to the good stuff. This is my first Bethesda game. I never played Elder Scrolls or Oblivion (and maybe I'm missing out) so I was just blown away by the graphics on this game. Amazing graphical presentation. You really get a sense of what a postnuclear world might be like, and it sucks you right in. I love the freedom you have, in that you can just wander the Wasteland, encountering all sorts of little side-quests and battles that don't have anything to do with the main plot. It really gives you the sense of a living, breathing world. Most games are just-fleshed-out-enough that as long as you follow the plot that the developers intended, the game world seems real; but if you stray from the beaten path, you start to spot the seams, so to speak. Not here. You could not even pursue the main plot and just randomly wander, encountering all sorts of fun, deep, immersive characters and stories, with the freedom to resolve the issue however you wish. This is a roleplayers dream come true. And combat is so gratifying. Keep in mind, this is *NOT* a first person shooter, and doesn't behave like one. Combat is based on stats -- computations being done behind the scenes -- based on your SPECIAL point allocations, skill and perk selections. A minor nit to pick is that -- outside of the glorious slow motion of VATS - your weapons sound underpowered. Shotguns especially sound really tinny. In VATS, the audio is in slowed down to match the action, and everything sounds deep and gratifying. I think they did this on purpose to encourage you to use the VATS system.
  Overall, if you are a fan of cRPGs, you'll love this one, because you have so much freedom and choice in a fully fleshed out, post apocalyptic nuclear America. If you approach this as a FPS, you will be disappointed -- it's not designed to be one, and there are plenty of other great games that will meet your needs. What this is a state of the art display of what a fully realized cRPG can be.

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• 3 stars

  A contemporary review with a Win 7 comp

  by Willuchil on December 17, 2010

  Pros: Looks to be a an amazing game. The pieces I have played are totally engrossing. The wide open choices for interactions, solid graphics, and interesting storyine. The combat aspect is the most engaged I've felt in an RPG.

  Cons: ANY COMPUTER with WINDOWS 7 BE WARNED.
  -No Support for Win 7
  -test protocols (systemrequiremnetslab etc.) will say game is supported despite this
  -Game freezes in <15 min.
  - spent over 4 hours to advance 30 minutes in Gameplay
  -Bethesda = 8*(

  Summary: In summary I am sure this game is amazing for those who get to experience it glitch free. However, I find it totally unacceptable that it will not run on ...

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  Summary: In summary I am sure this game is amazing for those who get to experience it glitch free. However, I find it totally unacceptable that it will not run on an updated OS. Vista was awful so 7 was quickly made to mend the fence. That Fallout 3 provides NO SUPPORT of any kind for the main Windows OS since XP is beyond me. The game most likely won't run and when you ask tech support, they say simply windows 7 isn't supported. The game freezes constantly about every 7-10 minutes where I have to force shutdown and start back from the last save.
  This has made me so angry to have spent the money on the unplayable game. I won't buy another game from Bethesda.

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• 10 stars

  Why would anyone give this game a bad review?

  by P4leRider on January 12, 2009

  Pros: Where to start.....great character customization, tons of weapons and armor options, huge "go anywhere do anything" world, Cool storyline, awesome dialogue, combat is a blast, and the VATS system rocks (great for screen shots:-))

  Cons: Storyline is a little short if you do nothing but the main quest, but like Oblivion, you can spend countless hours doing side quests that make the game massively more satisfying.

  Summary: Spend some time playing this game before you judge, and go places and do stuff other than the main quest! The best stuff comes when you get your character to ...

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  Summary: Spend some time playing this game before you judge, and go places and do stuff other than the main quest! The best stuff comes when you get your character to a higher level. I highly recommend this game to anyone who is a REAL gamer, and loves RPG's of all shapes and sizes.
  
  Note: I played this game on PC, I have seen it on Xbox 360 and it doesn't look nearly as good, the ability to hotkey things, and the graphics on PC make the game much better.

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• 8 stars

  Great game that should have been the best

  by nonerdspls on December 28, 2008

  Pros: Super Graphics and Sound Effects
  Great Fighting
  Huge and open map

  Cons: Lackluster tutorial on some points
  Short storyline
  Game not deep enough
  Little enemy selection

  Summary: What can a person say about fallout 3? One of the greatest game of all time, perhaps. The best game of all time, no, but it should had at least ...

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  Summary: What can a person say about fallout 3? One of the greatest game of all time, perhaps. The best game of all time, no, but it should had at least a shot at that title.
  
  When you begin the game, you get a basic character customization. Since I am not one of those that try the customization for hours, I checked it a bit and then moved forward.
  Then the game begun, immediately you notice that excellent effort was put forward in cutscenes (whether video or not), conversations and storyline. The beginning of the game is very exciting and holds an excellent tutorial which sadly, forgets to explain some game mechanics (like how to switch on the lamp for example).
  For this review, I will compare fallout 3 with oblivion since both were done by bethesda and share a very large number of similarities.
  
  GAMEPLAY
  The controls are standard controls of any first person shooter. Nothing new here apart from a very small and irritating detail, you cannot change the movement keys which are W, A, S and D. Yeah you heard right, the simplest thing in the world and you cannot change them. It took me a few hours to learn hoe to use those but eventually all went well but still it was quite frustrating.
  
  You go around the map by running but similarly to oblivion, if you have already found a location, you can just open the map and click on the location to arrive immediately which is a huge pro. In the city, there are underground (subway) tunnels from where you must pass to reach your destination. You cannot pass from above the ground since the building ruins block you which is very frustrating considering the buildings ruins are almost everywhere and you can easily get lost in the tunnels.
  
  During fights, a new system is introduced. This system lets you stop the game while fighting to aim at several body parts of the enemy (of course its use is limited) for extra precision and damage (almost max payne style). This system is a huge improvement on Oblivion and should be adopted for future first person bethesda games.
  
  The quest log is easy to use and also makes it easy to find the quest item (or person) needed by showing its direction on both the small and big map (oblivion style).
  
  When you level up, you gain a skill of your choice and the selection of skill is very interesting and useful. Since monsters level up with you, the skills are an extra edge that will help you immensely in the long run.
  
  Game Controls : 7.5/10
  
  GRAPHICS
  One word here: UBER!
  
  Everything around you seems like alive. The graphics are all crystal clear along with the animated sequences and cutscenes. The best graphical pc game I have ever played. Of course I played it in full graphics mode but still it is quite an achievement.
  
  GRAPHICS : 10/10
  
  SOUND
  
  The sound effects of the game are great. You sometimes can hear low growling noises or footsteps coming your way while in a dungeon or building which adds to the scary atmosphere terribly. These noises are not randomly generated but made by actual monsters in the dungeon. The music needs a little working on though it is still great when it eventually plays.
  
  The weapon noises and monster slashes also seem very realistic.
  
  The voices during conversations are all great and no-one talks like a dummy unlike oblivion.
  
  SOUND : 9/10
  
  STORYLINE
  
  Here the game takes a turn to the worst. The storyline in the beginning seems interesting to say the least but as hours pass by, the interest begins to dwindle as the player realizes that it is just running from spot a to b, kill monsters or whatever is in front of you and repeat. Oblivion had more story than fallout 3 and had something else which make it much better than fallout in this section : Guilds.
  
  In fallout, you cannot join any type of guild - fair enough there are 1 or 2 but no rankings or whatever.
  
  The side quests are interesting in the beginning but yet again the interest dwindles after some time.
  
  The skill selection at level up in increases the interest here but since the developers have done a great job to dwindle the interest in the game after hours of gameplay, they made the character's maximum level to 20 (less than half the skills can be selected). They might have thought that this system makes for a good chance of game replay but guess what, it is not. The monsters level increase with yours so what is the point exactly? This ain't Neverwinter nights you know.
  
  STORYLINE : 4/10
  
  CONCLUSION : This game should have been up there as the best but it is *just* there among the best because of a few shortcomings. Still a must buy though.

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• 10 stars

  Awesome game!

  by lokii_0 on December 13, 2008

  Pros: Beautifully rendered, engrossing world and story-line, awesome combat system, it's one of the best games this year.

  Cons: The ending was a bit anti-climactic, though maybe I was just disappointed that the game ended. :]
  Also this game will cost you sleep.

  Summary: Don't listen to the idiot who hated this game because it doesn't play like Halo 3. This is a role playing game, not a freakin shoot em up (...

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  Summary: Don't listen to the idiot who hated this game because it doesn't play like Halo 3. This is a role playing game, not a freakin shoot em up (though it does have plenty of shooting).
  This game is amazing.

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• 9 stars

  Great game but story line is too short.

  by bmf59 on February 22, 2009

  Pros: Graphics, Innovative game play, Environment is fun to explore.

  Cons: Short story line. They should have made more quests required to finish the game. I didn't care for the ending.

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• 10 stars

  My favorite game I'm currently playing!

  by redgreen3b on February 12, 2009

  Pros: You can play how you want to play it.

  Cons: Too hard to find enough ammo for as many enemy are around.

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• 2 stars

  Horrendous

  by alderige on November 1, 2008

  Pros: Ability to blow people up in slow motion.

  Cons: everything else

  Summary: This game is just as bad as oblivion was and no suprprise coming from the same people. the movement is robotic and the cammera speed is way too fast and ...

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  Summary: This game is just as bad as oblivion was and no suprprise coming from the same people. the movement is robotic and the cammera speed is way too fast and sensitive, enough to make you sick to your stomach. the dialogs are bad and the acting is worse, but that is not the worst part of this game. The absolute worst is the combat, it sucks as a mele combat game because there is no third person view and is real easy to loose your enemy due to crappy targeting and cammera. It sucks as a shooter as well, It takes all your bullets to take down a common foe and once again targeting is ridiculous, the controls DO NOT RESPOND as a shooter game like raimbow 6 vagas 2 or CoD 4 . On top of all the previous they kept most of the elements that made oblivion a horrible game to play, like but not limited to:
  *crap loot (tons of it)
  *senselesss wondering around
  *little and bad guidance to quest objectives
  *lock picking
  *Horrible map system
  *weapon repair
  
  If you like oblivion and want to play it all over again in a weird futuristic way this game is for you, otherwise don't waste your time onthis game.

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