Fallout 3

[Frostbyte]

I love this game. It blends the gameplay of Oblivion with the fallout theme and universe. Graphics are hella nice, the gameplay is nice (Vats ftw), and the addition of V.A.T.S adds a brutal and exciting twist to the already awesome combat. Maybe its just me, but scavenging for food, ammo, and armor Bioshock style is fun. I was also suprised by the decision making, because I blew up a town called Megaton, and received a hotel suite, and a lot of bad karma. What truly compelled me about this game was that I played it completely in tandem with my friend (xbox live private chat), and he plays the game a COMEPLETELY diffrent way and still gets a cool outcome.

[Red Tampon]

Hmmm, I was a little afraid of this game being like bioshock which bored me.

I'll hold off.

[Havok]

I love it. The graphics and gore are perfectly tuned, the gameplay is good, the storyline I haven't even delved properly into because of side-missions and Dogmeat is awesome.

It's also a rarity for me that I enjoy a game that challenges me a lot, and this has.

[andre1028]

I kept killing the overseer over and over again by reload saving. It's hilarious. It's also funny watching Amata waste people.

[Frostbyte]

LOL I owned the overseer with a baseball bat...such win

[PotshotPolka]

I just downloaded it, I personally loved Fallout 2, even though tactics was a miserable addon, glad to see it in action almost a decade later.

[Astrum]

I just downloaded it, I personally loved Fallout 2, even though tactics was a miserable addon, glad to see it in action almost a decade later.

http://www.gog.com/en/page/fallout_promotion/

Okay, since you guys made a proper thread for it, here is what I said in another post...

Preliminary review of Fallout 3, PC Version:

Sound: Normally quite good. The music is good and adds a lot to the atmosphere. On the other hand spoken lines from characters is terrible. There have been many instances where I'll be talking to a character and the volume of their voice will fluctuate wildly from one line to another. Not only that but sometimes it sounds as if some lines, spoken back to back in game, were recorded months apart. Sometimes the position of the audio changes mid-discussion as well.

Graphics: Very good. The models seem to be a bit rigid at times, but I can easily look past that to see the beautifully rendered world. If it this game lacks anything it's not graphic prowess. The only part I'm not fond of is switching to third person, which seems to be a bit buggy at the moment, camera position wise.

Controls: Definitely designed with the console in mind and the PC as an afterthought. A very simple layout with many levels of nested functionality. Acceptable on a console, somewhat annoying on a PC.

Storyline: This is one area where it gets very high marks. So far I can't find a single negative. The humor is very reminiscent of Fallout 1 and 2 which had a very dark and wonderful humor to it. The storyline is gripping right off the bat with wonderful integration of character creation into the actual game. So far Bethesda hit the nail on the head here.

Gameplay: Aggravating is the best way I can describe the gameplay. I have to confess that I'm very fond of the original Fallout games and I actually liked the turn based gameplay. Bethesda, trying to move this game into the next century, tried making the game a little more friendly to newcomers while (supposedly) making die hard fans feel right at home. First off there's really no turn based gameplay. You can either Rambo your way through a game hitting nothing at all or do pseudo-turn based battles using V.A.T.S. Now in the original games you used an Action Point system for turn based battles. Every action requires a certain number of AP, when you're out of AP your turn is effectively over and your opponent now does the same. After your opponent finishes your turn starts again and your AP is recovered. Rinse and repeat.

Now let's contrast this with Fallout 3's system. You still have AP. However, your opponent never has a "turn" per se. You will enter into V.A.T.S. and select what actions to take, such as shoot the torso twice and the head once. After you have ran out of AP, or decide to conserve some AP, you execute your enqueued attacks. Afterwords you're dropped out of this turn based mode and back into real time battles. Your AP will slowly recover as you either duck for cover or waste a clip of ammo and conveniently hit nothing but wall. Once your AP has recovered enough you're free to enter back into V.A.T.S. So rather than the promised best of both worlds, we get the worst of both worlds. A poorly designed real time system where you have the option of aiming your gun, which isn't all that helpful, or a poorly designed turn based system which isn't even turn based.

Overall: I'm still playing the game and I'm sure my opinions will change on certain aspects. The storyline feels like a proper Fallout sequel storyline, but the gameplay leaves a bad taste in my mouth. We'll see how it goes.

Not much has changed so far, I'll make a final review at some point.

[Havok]

Astrum, the game is dependent on VATS and using the cross-hair is awful. It's not supposed to be the equivalent of turns and once I got used to it it's actually quite an innovative thing. I thought at first I'd play it with the cross-hair and use VATS every now and then but I can't find any fault with the system.

Can you really honestly say you want Fallout 3 to have a turn combat system, given the fact it's an FPS and it's not 20th century isometrical?

[Cranks]

I kept killing the overseer over and over again by reload saving. It's hilarious. It's also funny watching Amata waste people.

I called her fat

[Snakeeater1]

It's a very nice game overall.

The ONLY thing about the game that pissed me off the most was that I became a pedicurist for the G.O.A.T. exam :cursing: