Product Description For 200 years, Vault 101, a fallout shelter, has served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants. Yet one morning, you awake to find that your father has left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father. Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) that combines the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda.
Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence - Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results Modern super-deluxe HD graphics
Amazon.com The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.
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For 200 years, Vault 101 , a fallout shelter, has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.Key Features:
- Limitless Freedom! – Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! – Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation – the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
- Fantastic New Views! – The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
- The Power of Choice! – Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
- Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! –Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.
- Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! – At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
- Eye-Popping Prettiness! – Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
Incredible Fun Despite Many Flaws
I feel the need to preface this review by saying that Fallout 3 is one of my favorite video games of all time.
In many ways Fallout 3 is a very broken game. It suffers from significant lag during some scenes, the game occasionally freezes up and requires a restart, your character can get stuck on virtual junk, forcing you to restart if you want to continue playing, certain AI characters occasionally fall to their deaths or simply disappear. In short, the game feels unpolished and rushed, and should have been subject to at least another month of play-testing and revision before being released. In addition the main quest in the game is both short and linear, neither of which are good things in a role-playing game.
But if you can get past that, Fallout 3 offers one of the most interactive and real-feeling experiences available in console gaming today. The world is enormous and open-ended, and it rewards you for straying off the path of the main quest, presenting a vibrant world full of unique characters and interactions. I put over 60 hours into my first play-through of this game, just picking random directions and going exploring until I ran into something interesting.
If you put time into this game and explore the world around you it will reward you, but if you want to rush through you'll be disappointed.
PROS:
Huge, vibrant world to explore
Interesting weapon & armor variety
Easy and intuitive controls
Engaging story
CONS:
Buggy AI
Occasional game-crashing freezes
Character can sometimes get "stuck" on terrain requiring restart
Main quest is extremely linear
CONCLUSION:
This game has a lot of faults, but I feel that the good qualities outweigh them. I loved this game, and have recommended it to everyone I know.
Fallout 3 Enter the Wasteland
First of all the fallout series began with the developer Interplay. They developed the first 2 games in the series. The highly regarded Bethesda Studios took over the project of Fallout 3. The backround of the story is set in around 1960. America has advanced in nuclear technology and is attacked. This leaves nearly the entire Nation in a Nuclear Holocaust. You start the game in an underground vault which served as a Fallout shelter for the people. Outside in the wasteland are hideously mutated creatures. It is a dangerous world to be exploring in.
GRAPHICS:
Bethesda Studios Created the Elder Scroll series including the Game of The Year winner Oblivion and Morrowind. Following the tradition of open world gameplay and the go wherever do whatever you want gameplay is Fallout 3. The game itself in terms of graphics is stunning. There are so many objects on the screen at once and houses and buildings are filled with assortments. Within all this polish are some issues as well. Coming across as floating rocks, Stiff character animations, and some slowdowns in the frame rate. Texture pop up can also be an issue. Non of these really take away from the overall experience.
Audio:
The sound design is also top notch. Voice overs are very well done too. Every gun sounds different in the game from the blast of a shotgun to the discharge of an laser Rifle. There are alot radio stations you can listen to. Which plays music from the 50s and also a violin station. The score adds to the suspense and high flying action with haunting music hitting at all the right times.
Gameplay/Controls:
One of the major selling points of the game is the V.A.T.S. or Vault Tech Assistant Targeting System. With a weapon equiped you simply target an enemy, select a body part, the watch the slow motion kill cam. This is where the game gets very graphic in terms of violence and blood. With heads exploding and organs falling out. Parents be warned THIS IS NOT A GAME FOR KIDS!!! The language is very harsh too. There is a huge selection of weapons and types. Anyone who played Oblivion should feel welcome here. You can finish the main quest in about 20-30 hours but exploring every thing will go well past 100 hours.
*****Be warned after completing the main quest the game ENDS you cant play anymore. So if you want to get the most out of the game try doing some side quests in between main objectives. They can be very rewarding*****
*****Also be sure to save often, while rare there are some game ending glitches. I would recommend having at least 5 saves per character and to save every to minutes to avoid this*****
Overall this game gets a 10/10 With the extra downloadable content coming in the future it adds more to the score.
fallout 3
Fallout 3 is pretty much i think is about strategy. You cant pass the mutants unless you got this. In this game there are various weapons and even weapons that you can make! I suggest to people to buy this game. its the most fun i had without even having xbox live.
Alright...No.
Ive been a huge fan of RPG's for quite sometime now. As I became older FPS games were getting really tired for me. Run and gun games seemed to easy and didn't require much...brain power. Alright, heres the deal. The game starts out AMAZING and then a huge downfall right after you leave Vault 101. Oblivion was the best RPG to ever come out, and im still playing that game today. Fallout 3 has so many flaws I turned it in 2 days after playing it (I also completed the main story within that period of time...8 hours of gameplay or something?) The main story isnt that long. The traveling system is just annoying. You have to walk 400 miles from one place to another while you get attacked constantly by a bunch of mutant monsters and what-not. This game looks like a MadMax type of genre, so why couldnt they add some cool vehicles with barb wire and metal shields like something out of DeathRace/MadMax? You have to walk alllll the way back and forth from place to place to get something done. The game is besically, go to point A and do this and then return to point B. This game is getting so many great reviews and ratings its unbelieveable. Im sorry, but I just couldnt get into the game. I tried my heart out and it just didnt work for me. Again, every review ever made is based on someones opinion. Im sure a lot of people love this game. But ill tell you one thing, if you dont have a lot of spare time on your hands, youre not going to get anywhere in this game. It takes forever to get something accomplished. And when you die when youre in the middle of walking 400 miles to point B, you start back at point A. Yay I get to walk all the way back again!
All in all, the game is tiring. The only part I loved was when I blew up M******. Cant say the name bc it would be a spoiler. But that was awesome ill give it that much. Other than that, yeah I turned the game. Im glad I still dont have it, I got like $30 for it.
Hoping Fallout 4 is more multiplayer friendly.
great game just could have been better if it was more of a multi-player setting - run with the idea though definitely great game.