ParaGamer, 9.0/10.<blockquote>Fallout 3 shares some of its features with the Elder Scrolls series more than it does with previous Fallout games. You are able to wait and sleep for several hours and you can also fast travel to any location that you have discovered. It is a far more spirited and intense game in terms of combat and action. You will probably notice that the movement is a bit robotic but this is easy to forgive considering how the game devotes its main qualities to other areas of play.</blockquote>www.thewestgeorgian.com/media/storage/paper523/news/2008/11/05/ArtsAndEntertainment/Fallout.3.Reviewed.By.Our.Crack.Staff.Of.Gamers-3526307.shtml]The West Georgian[/url], 10/5.<blockquote>Fans of the series became worried as initial glimpses of the game seemed to differ drastically from the first two. At release, however, this fan was more than pleased with the result.
After attending a midnight launch for the game at Gamestop here in Carrollton, I could barely tear away from my computer. Playing it straight through, I can say that the game fully deserves its title, being a qualified successor to the original greats.</blockquote>MSN Tech & Gadgets UK.<blockquote>Fallout 3 is an excellent, story-based RPG that gets its hooks into you right from the off. If you’re after a game that will keep you engrossed for weeks and that requires thought and patience as well as a quick trigger finger, it comes highly recommended.</blockquote>VGWatchdog/TheSixthAxis, 9/10.<blockquote>When Bethesda picked up the Fallout realms, still smouldering from the nuclear megaton bombs that Black Isle put up, we were a little anxious. The previous two Fallout games were (and still are) considered absolute classics, and coupled with Oblivion’s Marmite-like ability to prescribe love and hate in equal measures all we wanted was for the third game to stay true to its roots and expand on the stuff we liked the best. Rest assured this is exactly what they’ve done.</blockquote>Snackbar Games, 5/5.<blockquote>Fallout 3 is based around choices, and never before has a system of choice been implemented as effectively as it has been here. Any playstyle is welcome here, and ensures no two people will experience the game the same way. Anywhere that Fallout 3 fails to get a Game of the Year award is sure to face numerous comments and letters to the editor from Gamerdom's howling denizens.</blockquote>alive!, A.<blockquote>The game also abandons the antiquated turn-based, zoomed-out perspective in favor of a first-person, real-time view.
This more intimate view plays like an Elder Scrolls game with guns.
Like Oblivion, Fallout supports some basic player choices. Want to be the bad guy who chooses to activate a dormant nuclear bomb in the midst of a struggling community? How about the savior who deactivates the threat? The game allows for both. Like all good morality plays, the choice can drastically change the outcome of your play experience.</blockquote>Extreme Gamer, 9.0/10.<blockquote>This holocaust holiday into the wasteland of Fallout 3 is a brutal take on a post-apocalyptic action. Fallout is back and dare I say, better than ever. Fallout 3 has the ability to draw in both audiences who enjoy role-playing games, and the others who like a good shooter. Bethesda provides all the tools leaving it up to you to shape and enjoy your incredible journey in Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is one of the best games to be released this year and I’m glad Bethesda took their time making Fallout 3 the best it could be. The Fallout legacy continues....</blockquote>The Sage video review, 8.0/10.<blockquote>Indeed, Bethesda's influence on the game's design has about the same amount of subtlety as a sledge to the solar plexus. Fallout 3 plays exactly like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and its design mirrors Oblivion almost perfectly. But do these striking similarities make the game unplayable or unenjoyable? Far from it. While Fallout 3 isn't anywhere near as charming and memorable as Fallout 2, the game still deserves its time in the sun.</blockquote>Finally, German GameStar has a page with charts, gauges, bullet points and arcane symbols which somehow add up to a 93% score and a "sehr gut" verdict, which Babelfish obligingly renders as:<blockquote>VERY MUCH PROPERTY</blockquote>
After attending a midnight launch for the game at Gamestop here in Carrollton, I could barely tear away from my computer. Playing it straight through, I can say that the game fully deserves its title, being a qualified successor to the original greats.</blockquote>MSN Tech & Gadgets UK.<blockquote>Fallout 3 is an excellent, story-based RPG that gets its hooks into you right from the off. If you’re after a game that will keep you engrossed for weeks and that requires thought and patience as well as a quick trigger finger, it comes highly recommended.</blockquote>VGWatchdog/TheSixthAxis, 9/10.<blockquote>When Bethesda picked up the Fallout realms, still smouldering from the nuclear megaton bombs that Black Isle put up, we were a little anxious. The previous two Fallout games were (and still are) considered absolute classics, and coupled with Oblivion’s Marmite-like ability to prescribe love and hate in equal measures all we wanted was for the third game to stay true to its roots and expand on the stuff we liked the best. Rest assured this is exactly what they’ve done.</blockquote>Snackbar Games, 5/5.<blockquote>Fallout 3 is based around choices, and never before has a system of choice been implemented as effectively as it has been here. Any playstyle is welcome here, and ensures no two people will experience the game the same way. Anywhere that Fallout 3 fails to get a Game of the Year award is sure to face numerous comments and letters to the editor from Gamerdom's howling denizens.</blockquote>alive!, A.<blockquote>The game also abandons the antiquated turn-based, zoomed-out perspective in favor of a first-person, real-time view.
This more intimate view plays like an Elder Scrolls game with guns.
Like Oblivion, Fallout supports some basic player choices. Want to be the bad guy who chooses to activate a dormant nuclear bomb in the midst of a struggling community? How about the savior who deactivates the threat? The game allows for both. Like all good morality plays, the choice can drastically change the outcome of your play experience.</blockquote>Extreme Gamer, 9.0/10.<blockquote>This holocaust holiday into the wasteland of Fallout 3 is a brutal take on a post-apocalyptic action. Fallout is back and dare I say, better than ever. Fallout 3 has the ability to draw in both audiences who enjoy role-playing games, and the others who like a good shooter. Bethesda provides all the tools leaving it up to you to shape and enjoy your incredible journey in Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is one of the best games to be released this year and I’m glad Bethesda took their time making Fallout 3 the best it could be. The Fallout legacy continues....</blockquote>The Sage video review, 8.0/10.<blockquote>Indeed, Bethesda's influence on the game's design has about the same amount of subtlety as a sledge to the solar plexus. Fallout 3 plays exactly like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and its design mirrors Oblivion almost perfectly. But do these striking similarities make the game unplayable or unenjoyable? Far from it. While Fallout 3 isn't anywhere near as charming and memorable as Fallout 2, the game still deserves its time in the sun.</blockquote>Finally, German GameStar has a page with charts, gauges, bullet points and arcane symbols which somehow add up to a 93% score and a "sehr gut" verdict, which Babelfish obligingly renders as:<blockquote>VERY MUCH PROPERTY</blockquote>
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