All I have to say is WOW...... if your a real gamer this is the game for you!
after reading some of the less than insightful reviews out there I was very worried about getting this game, and boy am I glad I ignored them.
aside from the MINOR glitches (they are minor, really almost microscopic), and I will list them shortly (that's why I gave it 9.5 instead of 10) the game is PURE JOY.
imagine fallout 3, only BETTER, with interesting characters, more weapons, more realism (only played in hardcore mod), more items, more perks, more crafting (timed bomb ftw) more everything.
I will not give spoilers so I will say if you played fallout 3 and enjoyed it you will freak out with this one, its great.
OK little list:
graphics: 9 (a little better than FO3 what more do you want really)
sound: 9
story: 9
overall game play and replay value: 11 :)
as for the minor bugs they range from hardly noticeable to funny :P,
so far the only ones I came across are:
1- sometimes the weapons go crazy and don't fire (for a few seconds), or you can't switch weapons for a few seconds (really rare I mean happened to me 3 times only).
2- some times your character can't loot things because he is stuck a few millimeters over the ground, but if you move back a little its fixed so no bigy (also rare, happened twice so far)
3- and a little face expression bug which I fixed my self, but its more a VGA specific bug than a general one.
other than that the game works wonderfully, and with a patch it will be perfect I guess.
my advice GET IT NOW, or suffer being a fool.