Customer Reviews
Fallout 3...... Rpg of the year ? - By: Vash, 19 Nov 2008 
Best Rpg of 2008 i think so
First play for me was aprox 25 hours spread across two weeks of my game-time & the main story is complete. And it was great fun.
Like sci-fi ? Fallout 3 is a great place to take your head.
The speech has improved from Oblivion & is far less Generic .
The combat system worked well for me , & after my character gained a few levels found i could battlein real time !
Now for a replay & just focus on the many varied sub-missions
And also i will try & find Dogmeat this time too.
I had no probs with disc check here so thank you Bethesda for trusting the public who still buy games.
The Best RPG I've played - By: Axeman5000, 19 Nov 2008 As the title suggests, this is, by far, the best RPG game I've ever played on any format.
To be fair, it's all down to personal preference. If you've played Oblivion then you'd be instantly familiar with the game engine & mechanics, as under the hood it appears to be very much the same game. Don't necessarily take that as a bad thing though, there's been a few very subtle tweaks which have made Fallout 3 a much more satisfying experience. The lockpicking is much better here, the new computer hacking setup is taxing but satisfying, & most importantly combat (of which you'll do a good deal) is a heap better than Oblivion's slightly random sword-waving.
You can, if you wish, plough through your bulletsin a first person shooter mode, akin to Half Life, but not nearly as good. Pretty soon you'll work out the genius of the VATS targeting system, which allows you to aim at specific body areas, shows you a percentage chance of a successful shot & the damage that should incur, then plays it outin cinematic slo-mo. It really works a lot better than it sounds, & by no means does it slow down the action or drag you out of the game's world.
The game's world is, for me, what makes the experience so gratifying though. OK, Cyrodiil was lush, verdant & beautiful to look at, but hey, so what. The DC Wasteland is fantastically realised, & extremely atmospheric to just wander around on your own, exploring the desolate landscape. Again it's personal taste, but I just find the post-apocalyptic setting much more interesting than fantasy kingdoms, but not everyone will agree.
There's loads of quests you can undertake & solve if you want to, or ignore if you'd rather, aside from the main plot quest. I'd definitely recommend taking on as many side-quests as you can to get the most out of the game, as the main quest is not actually that long & you'd end up feeling cheated out of a lot of the game if you just stuck to the central story. I did this, first time round, but can attest that what this does mean is that there's a huge amount of replay value. I'm doing everything differently this time, I know there's a whole lot more to discover out there.
Overall, I'd maybe go as far as to say that Fallout 3 is the game that Stalker wanted to be. It's atmospheric, beautifully detailed & you do find that you actually do care about what happens to (some, at least) characters, which again, Oblivion never made me feel.
If you want tons of magic & faerie realms, look elsewhere, but if you want brimming, bubbling exploration & actionin as awesome setting, & felt maybe a little short-changed by Stalker, then this is definitely a game you really should play.
Oh, & I've not even noticed the DRM, so don't let that put you off. We all know it's a pain & that software companies are blowing off their own toes with these silly protection devices, but we shouldn't let that ruin our enjoyment of great art.
Another Securom insult... - By: M. Harper, 19 Nov 2008 
I've not played the game, so I cannot testify about the quality of gameplay but I just flat out refuse to purchase a game that contains securom for the reasons that many other reviewers have already pointed out.
Viva la resistance!
Amazing - By: blackbour, 19 Nov 2008 This game is a lot of fun. I don't need to go into details here, plenty of others have done that. The game is pretty adictive, levelling is important, so XP counts. Has an incredible atmosphere & it has the ability to keep scaring the pants off the player or raising the hackles on your neck. Only niggle is thatin some of the cities there was a bit too much trouble trying to goin the direction you want to go, everything is blocked up & the subways are a bit of a pain.
PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BUY! - By: Mr. M. Mackenzie, 13 Nov 2008 
Fo3 is an amazing game, but the producers (bethesda) have rushed it out onto the shelves for christmas. when the game works properly its great, great graphics, great story, great gameplay, great fun :p . BUT! the chances of you getting to play the game for more than 30 mins at a time before the game crashed are slim to none. ive got a month old msi gx700 laptop (very highspec) & fo3 crashes all the time, same go's for the ps3 & 360 version of the game. so if your going to buy the game, wait a few more months till some patches that work come out because the latest one doesnt.
