The Hachiko, 5/5.<blockquote>It's hard to call Fallout 3 just an RPG. Players still roam around, grab quests, and level up after they've gained enough experience, but it's so much more about the experience and downtime rather than the linear goal that drives you forward. You see, Fallout 3 isn't just an RPG, but rather a life simulator of what it must be like if the world actually did suffer an apocalypse. I've too often found myself slowly shuffling towards a nearby city, my bag packed with so many items I can't run anymore, and a crippled leg holding me back. It's not an easy way of life outside the Vault, having to survive fights with mutants and scrounging all the items I can. I walk towards the salvation of a walled city and must remind myself it's just a game, because if I don't the bleakness starts to eat away at me and I feel the sense of hopelessness that surely plagues the citizens of this new world. It's hard not to be moved by the game. Throughout it all, however, it's still a phenomenal achievement as both an excellent game and benchmark in the history of gaming.</blockquote>LazyGamer, 9.8/10.<blockquote>You need to sit up and pay attention, because if you don’t, you may very well miss out on what is quite possibly one of the most incredible titles to ever grace the modern gaming world.
Yes, you read that last part right. Fallout 3 is an experience that cannot and should not be missed and possibly the greatest creation ever to come out of Bethesda Softworks.
Characters have personality, the environments and locations are generously smothered in a thick atmosphere that will leave you breathless and missions will keep you guessing about their story elements and outcomes. Some missions will leave you feeling like you are in a survival horror, while others will feel like a corridor shooter. The variation is refreshing and the outcomes are completely up to you.</blockquote>The World of iMike blog.<blockquote>Apparently the Fallout series is legendary. I suppose I've been living under a rock for years now because this third entry to the series is the first I've ever heard of them. Its true, I'm a video game geek and I been playing them for as long as I can remember. But as I said, up until now, I've never heard of Fallout. Thats unfortunate too because it seems I've missed a pair a good, memorable games in the process. But all is well, for Fallout 3 kicks major fucking ass.
If you are or were a fan of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, then you will adore this gem. Bethesda Game Studios make amazing games. I was an Oblivion addict. And after about 10-15 hours into Fallout, I'm a Fallout 3 addict. Same principle only in the future with guns. Basically.</blockquote>UMBCUnderground.<blockquote>In recap, the sound is amazing, voice acting, background noise; the whole sound design team should get a medal. Environment graphics are pretty good; character graphics basically suck in comparison. The story (barring side missions) is way to short as an RPG for me, a guy that grew up with the likes of FF3 and Chrono Trigger. The combat system is “clunky”, I lifted that word from the Gamespot review because it’s an apt adjective for the combat situation in Fallout 3 and they gave the game a 9.0 anyway, I guess combat in a combat RPG isn’t that important of an element anyway. On a scale of 1 to not worth my money I give it a 30 dollars as that is how much I would like to have paid for it.</blockquote>Spongy Chicken, 9.5/10.<blockquote>Luckily Bethesda have taken and adapted one of the most popular features from the original Fallout games, V.A.T.S. (Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System). When you press RB whilst targeting an enemy the game will pause and allow you to target individual body parts. You can for example shoot the weapon out of someones hand or shoot them in the leg to stop them charging you. Headshots are less likely to succeed than going for the torso but pack a lot of extra damage. This system is always a joy to use, the camera will regularly zoom in as parts of your enemies bodies are dismembered.</blockquote>Igromania.<blockquote>Unfortunately, into Fallout 3 remained all that, for which we scolded Oblivion. Cursor on the present measures is not very contemporary, but the peace of game - is too strong accurate and [iskusstvenen]. Pours oils into the fire and the system of radiant AI, which theoretically must make the behavior of play characters maximally vital. In practice - meeting NPC very frequently "include fool”, beginning, for example, to butt the nearest wall.
Fallout 3, undoubtedly, succeeded. Assume that and not everywhere Bethesda operated smoothly, but the very important remained on the spot - this is actual of Post -nuclear roleplaying of game with the appropriate atmosphere and the simply outstanding depth. We recommend both to the fans of the first two parts and thereby, who is not familiar with the ultimate source, but greatly he wants to be introduced.</blockquote>
Yes, you read that last part right. Fallout 3 is an experience that cannot and should not be missed and possibly the greatest creation ever to come out of Bethesda Softworks.
Characters have personality, the environments and locations are generously smothered in a thick atmosphere that will leave you breathless and missions will keep you guessing about their story elements and outcomes. Some missions will leave you feeling like you are in a survival horror, while others will feel like a corridor shooter. The variation is refreshing and the outcomes are completely up to you.</blockquote>The World of iMike blog.<blockquote>Apparently the Fallout series is legendary. I suppose I've been living under a rock for years now because this third entry to the series is the first I've ever heard of them. Its true, I'm a video game geek and I been playing them for as long as I can remember. But as I said, up until now, I've never heard of Fallout. Thats unfortunate too because it seems I've missed a pair a good, memorable games in the process. But all is well, for Fallout 3 kicks major fucking ass.
If you are or were a fan of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, then you will adore this gem. Bethesda Game Studios make amazing games. I was an Oblivion addict. And after about 10-15 hours into Fallout, I'm a Fallout 3 addict. Same principle only in the future with guns. Basically.</blockquote>UMBCUnderground.<blockquote>In recap, the sound is amazing, voice acting, background noise; the whole sound design team should get a medal. Environment graphics are pretty good; character graphics basically suck in comparison. The story (barring side missions) is way to short as an RPG for me, a guy that grew up with the likes of FF3 and Chrono Trigger. The combat system is “clunky”, I lifted that word from the Gamespot review because it’s an apt adjective for the combat situation in Fallout 3 and they gave the game a 9.0 anyway, I guess combat in a combat RPG isn’t that important of an element anyway. On a scale of 1 to not worth my money I give it a 30 dollars as that is how much I would like to have paid for it.</blockquote>Spongy Chicken, 9.5/10.<blockquote>Luckily Bethesda have taken and adapted one of the most popular features from the original Fallout games, V.A.T.S. (Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System). When you press RB whilst targeting an enemy the game will pause and allow you to target individual body parts. You can for example shoot the weapon out of someones hand or shoot them in the leg to stop them charging you. Headshots are less likely to succeed than going for the torso but pack a lot of extra damage. This system is always a joy to use, the camera will regularly zoom in as parts of your enemies bodies are dismembered.</blockquote>Igromania.<blockquote>Unfortunately, into Fallout 3 remained all that, for which we scolded Oblivion. Cursor on the present measures is not very contemporary, but the peace of game - is too strong accurate and [iskusstvenen]. Pours oils into the fire and the system of radiant AI, which theoretically must make the behavior of play characters maximally vital. In practice - meeting NPC very frequently "include fool”, beginning, for example, to butt the nearest wall.
Fallout 3, undoubtedly, succeeded. Assume that and not everywhere Bethesda operated smoothly, but the very important remained on the spot - this is actual of Post -nuclear roleplaying of game with the appropriate atmosphere and the simply outstanding depth. We recommend both to the fans of the first two parts and thereby, who is not familiar with the ultimate source, but greatly he wants to be introduced.</blockquote>
