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Fallout 3 – PC Game ReviewJim H. Moreno | December 12, 2008 | 2 comments | Print | E-mail Including and aside from the main quests, all the quests that I have so far done have been spot-on for the greater part. I think the NPC voice acting and personalities to be much improved over those in Oblivion, though again not up to par with Fallout or Fallout 2. A couple of shining examples include Moira in Megaton, owner and operator of Craterside Supply. Interacting with her throughout the Wasteland Survival Guide questline was more fun than a barrel full of radioactive mole rats. If you happen to go the "evil" route and blow up Megaton, quickly return to the Megaton town crater and see her again now that she’s in ghoul form. She’s not lost any of her charm! Another NPC I recommend not missing is Button Gwinnett, from whom you may retrieve a cool headpiece. If you’re a military historian, be sure to ask him directions to Arlington Library, then sit back and listen. There are a lot of really pleasant gameplay moments in Fallout 3, both within and outside of the main quest story. You may have to force yourself to turn off the analytical portion of your brain for awhile to look past the blatant bug errors, at least until they are completely fixed via patches or until the public release of the content editor tools, which I am looking forward to. If you can do that, you may find, as I do, that Fallout 3 is a good and fun game. Notice I didn’t say it’s a good Fallout game. I see this as a good nuclear-holocaust-survival first-person shooter. Heck, add some working vehicles and Tina Turner, and I’d even go so far as calling it a good Mad Max game. Or create an entire city enclosed within a towering wall behind which I have to go rescue the President, and I’d say what a good Escape from New York game it is. I even think it has the makings of an interesting MMORPG, as if we need yet another one. As far as continuing the masterful saga of Fallout and Fallout 2, Fallout 3 is quite a few rads shy of achieving that full radioactive glow. Armchair General Score: 87% Image Gallery
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2 Comments to “Fallout 3 – PC Game Review”
FallOut 3 is a very good game of combat and strategy. It is a take-off of an older game called Gamma World that occurs in a post nuke world. The characters and critters are pretty varied and interesting. The scenery and visuals lead you to suspend belief and immerse yourself in the experience. I’ve played it for five days now and I dream about strategy and tactics!
On the darker side, AI for your enemies is not too smart. You go to a “town” and find 10 people populating it. No sign of farming, repair work, or industry though 200 years has supposedly passed.
The setting is fairly creepy though and there are enough locations and experiences to satisfy the hardest grognard! Worth the 50 dollars….something I have experienced having bough 12 $50 games and been often disappointed.
By Bobbo on Dec 30, 2008 at 5:42 pm