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Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios. The third major game in the Fallout series, it was released in North America on October 28, 2008, in Europe and Australia on October 30, 2008, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 31, 2008.
Fallout 1 & 2
Ah, I remember my first day playing Fallout. It was a couple of years ago, when gaming just started to become more popular. Seeing a game like Fallout really delighted me. The story was magnificent, the sounds were just perfect and the gameplay....just amazing. Atributes, skills, combos and many more. This was really a great game and a great RPG.
A year later, Fallout 2 came around my house. The game was the same as its predecessor, which is a good thing because it kept the same atmosphere and gameplay. Plus, there were improvements to it. A lot I would say, but it's not the right time. With my hand on my heart I would say that Fallout is one of the best game/series in the history of gaming, but then I would lie.
Heil Bethesda!
Bethesda, a famous company for its well acclaimed games called Elder Scrolls decided to take the control of the project "Fallout 3". That's great because you can trust them, not like EA. Anyway, when I heard the news I was jumping all over in the house. One of my favourite series was coming back due to Bethesda's decision. Thank you Bethesda! After a period of time, I finally bought the game. I installed it, no problems so far, it ran smoothly and voila! The game was installed, ready to be played by one of its No.1 fans (me) and be tested (also by me).
Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2277, 36 years after the setting of Fallout 2 and 200 years after the nuclear war that devastated the game's world. The game places the player in the role of an inhabitant of Vault 101, a survival shelter designed to protect a small number of humans from the nuclear fallout. When the player's father disappears in mysterious circumstances, the player is forced to escape from the Vault and journey into the ruins of Washington D.C. to track him down. Along the way the player is assisted by a number of other human survivors and must battle a myriad of enemies that now inhabit the wasteland. Ah, isn't it that great? Just like he old Fallout games.
I haven't played any Oblivion games, therefore I can't compare Fallout 3 with them, but I have to say that was disappointed with this game.
"I gonna be a boss"...POCK..."Ha, you're dead!"
The story is kinda weird. Your father runs away from the Vault and you decide to go after him, to track him. You, a noobie who has just seen the first light rays of the post-nuclear Washington D.C., will venture in a world where there are no rules and bandits, monsters and robots rule the world. And guess what? You (again), who never touch a pistol or a laser gun, will kill from the weakest bandit to the strongest machine created on Earth. It doesn't fit. I mean how can someone like you be a killing machine? I remember when I exited the Vault and the got my first quest. I had to go to kill some bandits who lived in an abandoned school. I got a gun from a old man and went there. It didn't take too long to find the place, I was already surrounded by 6 bandits who were armed and got high-tech armours. Using just a few shots, I killed them all. Wow! That was easy, I didn't even beak a sweat! Oh well, that was the first quest therefore it supposed to be easy (that what I said then). Taking more quests, I found out that you can kill even a boss with some weak weapons and armours. Also, I found out that there are not restrictions for you Level in this game. I mean, you ca have a Level 5 character and venture in quest where you need at least Level 7, although you wouldn't have any problem killing all the enemies. The game is very easy. Even a kid can handle it. I was shocked. F1 and F2 were far more difficult, they had a better storyline and there were restricted zones. This game really is laughable compared to its predecessors.
The radiation affected their brains
I don't anything to complain about the AI. I didn't find it too smart nor retarded. Although, I have some bits to complain. Let me tell you, Fallout 3 uses Stealth. Yes, if you're a Stealth fan, then you should try Fallout 3 because there's a lot of Stealth in it. But, if you are a Stealth fan who played games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series or Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, then don't try this game. Why? Well, while I was in a underground tunnel/base I used all my stealth skills. I found two room full of bandits and I tried to come nearer them. I trew a grenade in one of the rooms, and I loved all the scenes with the blood exploding...and here the AI comes, in a retarded and unrealistic way. I killed all the people there, but in the other room, all the bandits were stand-still. It was like didn't hear the explosion. Maybe the walls were made of a material that stopped the noise of the explosion. That's really unrealistic. What kinda AI is that?
The game uses the formula geography=copy+paste
The geography of the game is just beautiful. It really resembles the old Fallout games and the post-nuclear Washington D.C. It's like a paradise, well it isn't, but I meant that is great. But there are downsides to it. Sometimes you feel that you went on that zone so many times. You didn't, but that is a copy. If you want to know, when the producers said that the game will be big, they really meant it, because they used a lot of copy+paste. Why can't they make unique zones? What a pity.
Are you deaf?
Another downside of the game is the sound. It's just null. Nothing actually. You don't even hear the wind, your steps and other stuff. That's uncool and unrealistic. Hey, cheer up! If you love the music from the 50s, then this thing is not any more a downside. The music is just perfect. Bethesda did a great job with the atmosphere, the mood and the 50s music. Sometimes I wish to stop doing quests, go under a try, turn on my radio and listen to the cool music. Ahh!!!
"Use the Force, Luke!"
One thing I really dislike in F3, is that how boring are the dialogues. Speaking with people is fun at start, but after 3 hours it gets very frustrating. It could've been greater if their facial expressions weren't the same. I sometimes felt that I was talking with old people if you judge their facial expressions. Where was I? Oh yeah, dialogues. They are boring and pointless really. Let me tell you, in F3, if you have a high intellect or a lot of points in speaking, dialogues change based on those points. But what's great about that? I made a character with high intellect, and I was expecting better dialogues. I turned on radio and what I got was the DJ saying something like "Use the Force, Luke!". That's not even that cool. That's nothing. Check later, the dialogues get even worse and it makes you laugh at them. Geez, if you know how much I laughed that day.
I'll be blind due to radiations
Well, I talked too much about the downsides (there are more but then I would be biast). There are two things Bethesta succeeded. Some of the gameplay and the graphics. They are just great, no, wonderful. It's like a playing Crysis and/or HL2. Excellent I would say! Plus, it doesn't need a high tech PC. If you have 256 MB video memory, it's just enough to play to its full potential.
Conclusion
Playing a lot of Fallout 3 is getting very boring. The quests start to become more repetitive, the difficulty gets even easier, no sounds at all, and you can smell from a distance places where copy+paste was used. Overall, F3 is a great RPG, but it doesn't even compare to F1 and F2. They beat F3 in many ways. Again, F3 doesn't have to be ignored because of its many downsides. It's a great RPG, maybe the best RPG that came up this is year after Mass Effect. No, I recommend the game with my heart to all the people who love RPG games. But I must aware you, if you played F1 or F2 then you might be shocked after playing this game. You might end up with a heart attack.
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Graphics: 9
Sounds: 6
Gameplay:8
Multiplayer: -
Storyline: 7
Impression: 7
Score: 7.4
GS Score: 7.5