It's the negativity edition, it seems.
GamesAreFun, 8/10.<blockquote>Overall, though, Fallout 3 is a very enjoyable game that does live up to the name Fallout, no matter how vehemently the more vocal detractors decry it. The story, immensity of areas to explore and things to do, setting and feeling of desolation really do bring me back to the older Fallout games; even if some of the game play doesn’t.</blockquote>WhatIfGaming.<blockquote>Also previous Fallout players since Interplay days will ask themselves if this is a great game in general within the Fallout series? Not at all. In fact, the game is nothing related to Fallout other than pure coincidence of wasteland, the name, and our lovely helper Pipboy with our perks. While we understand many ignorant people out there will jump out of their chairs to defend this new game by a new well respected developer, it’s just sadly at a loss of serious identity in terms of being a series and moreover a good game in its own respect.
Fallout 3 is a solid RPG that offers a large amount of replay value and entertainment. It delivers fantastic combat system, a believable environment, and a great set of perks that never get boring. The deviation from the actual series and a large number of errors sadly degrade the gameplay value a lot and make Fallout 3 just an OK RPG in the end.</blockquote>GameBoomers, B-.<blockquote>Considering that the game starts about as close to the beginning of the protagonist’s life as one can get, character development is minimal. In truth, I could summarize the main character’s interaction with the world in a single sentence, but that would give away a major portion of the plot. This is a symptom of the real failing of the game -- lack of depth.</blockquote>Teckitech, 9/10.<blockquote>You can pretty much do anything you want from now on, although you have many main quests. You can kill friends, foes, people who help you, however you cannot kill children. They are quite unpleasant later on in the game.</blockquote>Blog of War.<blockquote>Overall, the “wander around and explore” RPG part of Fallout 3 is quite enjoyable, even great. Only Morrowind is better in this regard, I feel, and it even beats MW in some regards.
What Fallout 3 fails utterly at is the story portion of the RPG experience. Undeniably the weakest part of the game, the story and dialogue fluctuates between acceptably mediocre to horrible, clumsy. And, sadly, this malaise seems to cluster around the main quest.</blockquote>British Computer Society, 83%.<blockquote>Unfortunately, exploration often does not reap rewards in the early stages. The first outpost you get to is quite well signposted and there are a few mini missions to undertake but, like in the vault, characters are wooden and dull and there's no sense of atmosphere. It soon becomes very tempting to wander off to find your own fun.
With dogged persistence, Fallout 3 genuinely does improve from its frustrating beginnings but it never quite delivers on what it could have been. While it is unquestionably deep and highly ambitious, it seems Bethesda overlooked a few qualities like character, atmosphere and, above all, simple fun.</blockquote>The League of Paul blog, 4.5/5.<blockquote>Bottom line? If you like RPG's, get it. If you like shooters, get it. If you like a good story, get it.</blockquote>PC för Alla, 7/10.<blockquote>What you encounter in your search for your dad is a ruined and abandoned world where living beings are the exception. The problem in Fallout 3 is that it's a little too barren. Sure, a future post-apocalyptic world should be empty and broken-down, but what developers Bethesda have failed to do is create the right desolate ambience, so to speak. The world simply feels a little too flat, shallow and prop-like.
This impression is reinforced when you eventually run into other survivors. Not only are they pretty shoddily animated and the work of the voice actors is decidedly inferior, they also have a tendency to repeat themselves too much. The illusion of moving through a real (if future) world is in other words broken pretty quickly.</blockquote>Shave-Reviews blog, 8/10.<blockquote>I’m not the biggest fan of the fighting system, but then again, the last games I played were Resistance 2, Gears of War 2 and Fable 2, I’m probably a bit jaded and, uh, ‘used to’ ripping shit up (for lack of a better term). You have the choice of either running-and-gunning - I wouldn’t recommend it - or using their super-awesome targeting system that I can’t remember the name of! Let’s put it this way… it sucks as a shooter but is way cooler than any RPG turn-based crap I’ve ever seen before. Take it for what it is.</blockquote>Thunderbolt Games, second review, 9/10.<blockquote>As a game, Fallout 3 is a success. Bethesda has improved on the Oblivion formula and has, for the most part, reworked the engine in a way that suits the Fallout name. However, there are a few things that will annoy diehards. The combat tends to throw character traits out the window or play the game for you, and the atmosphere has definitely taken a turn for the heavier, rather than the sarcastic and self-referential humor of the other games. Still, a happy medium seems to have been struck. Fallout 3 is a big game that is worth sinking your teeth into, even if you have to close your eyes and hum every time you're reminded it's called Fallout.</blockquote>
GamesAreFun, 8/10.<blockquote>Overall, though, Fallout 3 is a very enjoyable game that does live up to the name Fallout, no matter how vehemently the more vocal detractors decry it. The story, immensity of areas to explore and things to do, setting and feeling of desolation really do bring me back to the older Fallout games; even if some of the game play doesn’t.</blockquote>WhatIfGaming.<blockquote>Also previous Fallout players since Interplay days will ask themselves if this is a great game in general within the Fallout series? Not at all. In fact, the game is nothing related to Fallout other than pure coincidence of wasteland, the name, and our lovely helper Pipboy with our perks. While we understand many ignorant people out there will jump out of their chairs to defend this new game by a new well respected developer, it’s just sadly at a loss of serious identity in terms of being a series and moreover a good game in its own respect.
Fallout 3 is a solid RPG that offers a large amount of replay value and entertainment. It delivers fantastic combat system, a believable environment, and a great set of perks that never get boring. The deviation from the actual series and a large number of errors sadly degrade the gameplay value a lot and make Fallout 3 just an OK RPG in the end.</blockquote>GameBoomers, B-.<blockquote>Considering that the game starts about as close to the beginning of the protagonist’s life as one can get, character development is minimal. In truth, I could summarize the main character’s interaction with the world in a single sentence, but that would give away a major portion of the plot. This is a symptom of the real failing of the game -- lack of depth.</blockquote>Teckitech, 9/10.<blockquote>You can pretty much do anything you want from now on, although you have many main quests. You can kill friends, foes, people who help you, however you cannot kill children. They are quite unpleasant later on in the game.</blockquote>Blog of War.<blockquote>Overall, the “wander around and explore” RPG part of Fallout 3 is quite enjoyable, even great. Only Morrowind is better in this regard, I feel, and it even beats MW in some regards.
What Fallout 3 fails utterly at is the story portion of the RPG experience. Undeniably the weakest part of the game, the story and dialogue fluctuates between acceptably mediocre to horrible, clumsy. And, sadly, this malaise seems to cluster around the main quest.</blockquote>British Computer Society, 83%.<blockquote>Unfortunately, exploration often does not reap rewards in the early stages. The first outpost you get to is quite well signposted and there are a few mini missions to undertake but, like in the vault, characters are wooden and dull and there's no sense of atmosphere. It soon becomes very tempting to wander off to find your own fun.
With dogged persistence, Fallout 3 genuinely does improve from its frustrating beginnings but it never quite delivers on what it could have been. While it is unquestionably deep and highly ambitious, it seems Bethesda overlooked a few qualities like character, atmosphere and, above all, simple fun.</blockquote>The League of Paul blog, 4.5/5.<blockquote>Bottom line? If you like RPG's, get it. If you like shooters, get it. If you like a good story, get it.</blockquote>PC för Alla, 7/10.<blockquote>What you encounter in your search for your dad is a ruined and abandoned world where living beings are the exception. The problem in Fallout 3 is that it's a little too barren. Sure, a future post-apocalyptic world should be empty and broken-down, but what developers Bethesda have failed to do is create the right desolate ambience, so to speak. The world simply feels a little too flat, shallow and prop-like.
This impression is reinforced when you eventually run into other survivors. Not only are they pretty shoddily animated and the work of the voice actors is decidedly inferior, they also have a tendency to repeat themselves too much. The illusion of moving through a real (if future) world is in other words broken pretty quickly.</blockquote>Shave-Reviews blog, 8/10.<blockquote>I’m not the biggest fan of the fighting system, but then again, the last games I played were Resistance 2, Gears of War 2 and Fable 2, I’m probably a bit jaded and, uh, ‘used to’ ripping shit up (for lack of a better term). You have the choice of either running-and-gunning - I wouldn’t recommend it - or using their super-awesome targeting system that I can’t remember the name of! Let’s put it this way… it sucks as a shooter but is way cooler than any RPG turn-based crap I’ve ever seen before. Take it for what it is.</blockquote>Thunderbolt Games, second review, 9/10.<blockquote>As a game, Fallout 3 is a success. Bethesda has improved on the Oblivion formula and has, for the most part, reworked the engine in a way that suits the Fallout name. However, there are a few things that will annoy diehards. The combat tends to throw character traits out the window or play the game for you, and the atmosphere has definitely taken a turn for the heavier, rather than the sarcastic and self-referential humor of the other games. Still, a happy medium seems to have been struck. Fallout 3 is a big game that is worth sinking your teeth into, even if you have to close your eyes and hum every time you're reminded it's called Fallout.</blockquote>
