Thanks to Ausir, we can enjoy the first Polish round-up translated by a professional.
IDG, 7/10.<blockquote>When describing the combat system, it is hard to avoid comparisons with previous parts of the saga. First of all, the isometric view, which worked well in previous installments, is gone. The third Fallout resembles a shooter, in which you can control the steps of the hero in the first or third person mode. Additionally, "One" and "Two" (not to mention Fallout Tactics) offered a turn-based combat mode, which, let's say it openly, was excellent. The action point-based system sometimes caused us to think hard. Shoot? Make a precise shot that costs more points? Or maybe use a stimpak, maybe retreat and reload the weapon? The combat maybe was less dynamic, but you didn't have to nervously mash your mouse buttons and keys in order to get rid of your opponent. Now... you do.
Summing up - all in all, the game is worth buying. Fallout 3 will give many hours of good gameplay even to players who expected something more from this title. It is definitely one of the most important games of this year, a worthy celebration of the 10th birthday of the first part of the series.</blockquote>Miastogier, 9.8.<blockquote>Fallout 3 is a title that was worth waiting the long years. Although the developer did not avoid a few minor flaws and did not fix the bad animations from Elder Scrolls IV, we have one of the most immersive and unique adventures in the history of virtual entertainment. I'm certain that all hardcore fans of previous installments of the series who thought that Fallout 3 would not live up to its predecessor will change their minds after spending a few hours in the game's world. If you're looking for high quality entertainment, the latest masterpiece of Bethesda Softworks is for you!</blockquote>Onet, 10.<blockquote>Sure, I could join the critics who say that the new "Fallout" is a great RPG, but not a successor to the "Fallouts". I won't do it for one simple reason: "F3" from Bethesda, despite enormous fears and high expectations is a brilliant game. I suspect that it's the game of the year and one of the best RPGs of the recent years. You have before you a great game, which you simply must play. Just like its predecessors. Without doubt I give it the highest mark. I simply cannot imagine how "Fallout" could be done better today.</blockquote>Tawerna RPG, 4+/6.<blockquote>Judging Fallout 3 is pretty hard. Generally, the game can be described as an FPS with many action-RPG elements that in terms of plot references the world known from previous parts of the series. It is exactly what the fans of its predecessors expected and what its producers denied. Therefore those who waited for a full-fledged cRPG and a canon product will likely be unsatisfied. However, people who had no previous contact with the titles or had a realistic approach to Bethesda's statements will have much more fun. Objectively, we received a quite good, if sometimes tiresome, game.</blockquote>Wirtualna Polska, 9.0.<blockquote>The plot of the new Fallout is of good quality. The quests are well developed, interesting, often allowing you many ways of finishing them and various endings. But there aren't many of them. Bethesda focused on quality, not quantity. There is no feeling that there's a maiden waiting to be rescued in every building or at every corner. No. The several dozen quests are very varied, with extensive background, and many of them rival the main plotline in terms of scale.</blockquote>Techkultura.<blockquote>Everyone was afraid that F3 would be "a postnuclear Oblivion" - that Bethesda will not be able to leave the stylistic framework of their previous cRPGs. As it turns out... it's partly true. But, because I played veeery little of the Elder Scrolls games, I focused more on the effects - and it's very good. I'd even say that F3 very much resembles... our The Witcher, especially in the TPP mode.</blockquote>
IDG, 7/10.<blockquote>When describing the combat system, it is hard to avoid comparisons with previous parts of the saga. First of all, the isometric view, which worked well in previous installments, is gone. The third Fallout resembles a shooter, in which you can control the steps of the hero in the first or third person mode. Additionally, "One" and "Two" (not to mention Fallout Tactics) offered a turn-based combat mode, which, let's say it openly, was excellent. The action point-based system sometimes caused us to think hard. Shoot? Make a precise shot that costs more points? Or maybe use a stimpak, maybe retreat and reload the weapon? The combat maybe was less dynamic, but you didn't have to nervously mash your mouse buttons and keys in order to get rid of your opponent. Now... you do.
Summing up - all in all, the game is worth buying. Fallout 3 will give many hours of good gameplay even to players who expected something more from this title. It is definitely one of the most important games of this year, a worthy celebration of the 10th birthday of the first part of the series.</blockquote>Miastogier, 9.8.<blockquote>Fallout 3 is a title that was worth waiting the long years. Although the developer did not avoid a few minor flaws and did not fix the bad animations from Elder Scrolls IV, we have one of the most immersive and unique adventures in the history of virtual entertainment. I'm certain that all hardcore fans of previous installments of the series who thought that Fallout 3 would not live up to its predecessor will change their minds after spending a few hours in the game's world. If you're looking for high quality entertainment, the latest masterpiece of Bethesda Softworks is for you!</blockquote>Onet, 10.<blockquote>Sure, I could join the critics who say that the new "Fallout" is a great RPG, but not a successor to the "Fallouts". I won't do it for one simple reason: "F3" from Bethesda, despite enormous fears and high expectations is a brilliant game. I suspect that it's the game of the year and one of the best RPGs of the recent years. You have before you a great game, which you simply must play. Just like its predecessors. Without doubt I give it the highest mark. I simply cannot imagine how "Fallout" could be done better today.</blockquote>Tawerna RPG, 4+/6.<blockquote>Judging Fallout 3 is pretty hard. Generally, the game can be described as an FPS with many action-RPG elements that in terms of plot references the world known from previous parts of the series. It is exactly what the fans of its predecessors expected and what its producers denied. Therefore those who waited for a full-fledged cRPG and a canon product will likely be unsatisfied. However, people who had no previous contact with the titles or had a realistic approach to Bethesda's statements will have much more fun. Objectively, we received a quite good, if sometimes tiresome, game.</blockquote>Wirtualna Polska, 9.0.<blockquote>The plot of the new Fallout is of good quality. The quests are well developed, interesting, often allowing you many ways of finishing them and various endings. But there aren't many of them. Bethesda focused on quality, not quantity. There is no feeling that there's a maiden waiting to be rescued in every building or at every corner. No. The several dozen quests are very varied, with extensive background, and many of them rival the main plotline in terms of scale.</blockquote>Techkultura.<blockquote>Everyone was afraid that F3 would be "a postnuclear Oblivion" - that Bethesda will not be able to leave the stylistic framework of their previous cRPGs. As it turns out... it's partly true. But, because I played veeery little of the Elder Scrolls games, I focused more on the effects - and it's very good. I'd even say that F3 very much resembles... our The Witcher, especially in the TPP mode.</blockquote>
