Just a mix of Oblivion + Bioshock , but even worst , the graphics are so so so bad it even make you feel awful.
Isn't a bad idea , but hey , as soon as you start playing you feel like in oblivion, seriously ! I am a fan of the Elder Scrolls series and I know what I am talking about.
Anyway , the story line isn't great , is very linear , no suspense at all, you are in search of your father who mysteriously disappears. The combat system is funny but it get old and boring quickly, its repeating the same and the same. Personally I don't like that much the skills and leveling system , Oblivion was far better in this.
And the big surprise is the graphics , its the same Oblivion graphic engine , but instead of making it better they downgraded it in order the people with old machines can play the game at max settings, this is where I say this is very bad and at the same time is good, why? For these two reasons:
1- People with strong PC (like me) cannot enjoy graphics as they are bad , the textures are awful and make you feel like you are playing an old game from 5/6 years ago, its so disappointing.
2-People with old PC can enjoy this game at max settings as graphics are old fashion/awful.
I heard many people saying you need a better PC in order to get the best graphics and textures of the game , that is a lie , I have a 9800 gx2 Quad SLI + Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 + 4 GB of RAM and can play Crysis all at very high settings, and when I run Fallout 3 all at very high settings including AA it sucks ! the bad texturing still there , its very bad. Don't listen to people that say this, don't think that buying a top PC will increase graphics quality of this game. At the moment if you search in google.com a lot of people complains about this and are requesting a Texture Mod in order to "like" this game graphics.....
About gameplay , what can I say , did you play Oblivion ? Well if your answer is yes , fallout 3 is pretty much as Oblivion , run , explore , kill enemies, gain level , get skills, solve quest etc, nothing new really, and I must say it , Oblivion is 10 times better than Fallout 3, I own both games and I uninstalled Fallout 3 already but I still have Oblivion + Expansions installed , funny right ? even the graphics in Oblivion are better lol.
I really don't understand how this game has a good review score, in my opinion this game does not cross 4.5 .