One of the best games I've played!
What I like best about the game is the storyline. An apocalyptic event that changes the world would be great on its own, but the setting is Washington D.C. one of my favorite places! You can visit these war torn buildings and explore every one! Developers set the mood just right, and capture in the graphics a setting of sadness and destruction. However, your character can choose to make a difference, and help humanity recover from its plight...or not. The characters in the game are well-done and believable.
The battle system is great! V.A.T.S is truly an innovative feature that I've never seen in another game. It's done quiet well, and the strategy of hitting body parts to cripple is just plain fun. The variety of weapons and armor to use is exciting. I love being able to pick up my enemies weapons and armor to repair my own. This game allows you to pick-up most everything you come across.
Missions are well done, and the rewards for completing them are worthwhile. I love the leveling up and the perks. The game offers so much variety in this regard it will make you want to play the game more than once. Next time I may want to have my lock pick skill up to 100!
The flaws in this game are minor. The biggest complaint is that I could only get to level 20! What's up with that? I like to explore most everything, and when I only adventured half of the game I couldn't level up anymore. Why stop at level 20? Maybe it is to keep the game more challenging, but if I search out everything there needs to be more of an incentive to keep going. I decided to just follow the main quest after maxing out my levels. Also, the third person view is absolutely ridiculous. It is hard to fight any enemy using this view, and it makes your character appear to moonwalk over everything. Last, the word font in this game is so tiny I had to strain to see my status on the Pip Boy. Why do the words have to be so small? There needs to be some way to enlarge the words.
The game is great overall and worth playing!
Amendment: 6/16/2009
After purchasing a HDTV this game was even more awesome than before! I could actually see the words on the screen, and when I bought the Broken Steel download my level cap was raised to 30 and new quests were available. I really loved this game, and it's hands down one of the best games I've ever played, period!