Why fallout 3 is awesome

In fact, one may even go so far as to say that the elements of Fallout 3 and its sequel are a great illustration of how the studio has evolved over time.

There are many iconic moments in a slew of Bethesda games, and Fallout 3 is no exception to this golden rule. After living out their entire life in a Vault, the very first moment the player steps out into the ruthless world of Fallout is one of the most memorable moments in video gaming. While most people did end up lambasting Fallout 4 's graphics — with the bulk of the criticism levied on the textures — after its launch, one couldn't deny the fact that the game looked strikingly beautiful when all the elements were working right.

This contributing to an adventure that always had some striking discoveries present in some form or the other.

Fallout 4 might have a more engaging system when it comes to Power Armor, but one can't deny the fact that this suit of near-invincibility was way more special to attain in Fallout 3. In Fallout 3 , you need to go through numerous and cross a ton of bridges before even getting a whiff of this legendary armor. Meanwhile, Fallout 4 gives players the Power Armor within the first hour of the game.

The advancement of Bethesda as a game development studio can be clearly seen when one compares the gunplay of Fallout 4 to its predecessor. Pretty much everyone will be of the opinion that the former is infinitely better in this regard. Aiming, sprinting, bashing, and chucking grenades feels just way smoother in Fallout 4 , and contributes to some intense combat scenarios.

What Fallout 4 gains in technical achievements, it loses when it comes to player freedom. The player feels more like they're experiencing a tale that has already been set up for them, instead of one that they create themselves. While every Fallout game does a great job of creating a sense of place, and truly set their scene, none do it as well as Fallout 3.

That first moment you step out of Vault and the sunlight fills your entire screen with radiant white light before the wasteland blurs into existence is one that is burned into my memory. It's one of the best parts about starting a new Fallout 3 run for me. The reason this moment is so good is because the game takes the time to give it meaning.

The opening hour or so of the game takes place entirely within the Vault - you play through several moments in your character's life, all crucial to their development and informing you of the world within the walls.

Fallout 4 and New Vegas both have good openings, don't get me wrong, but I think they miss the mark a bit as they put you in the shoes of someone who already exists, rather than letting you create someone yourself.

The Courier had goals and desires before getting betrayed, and the Sole Survivor has a whole family you only catch a glimpse of. Fallout 3 makes the character a part of you by having you experience key parts of their lives, seeing your crush getting bullied, learning to shoot with your dad, even being born. Bright lights signify every important moment. As you're born, you see the white light of the medical equipment and your vision is blurred by your own birth matter.

At your tenth birthday party, the surprise of the lights being suddenly turned on blinds you momentarily. When Amata wakes you up to tell you of your father's escape, sleep clouds your eyes as light fights its way in. This all culminates in the final transformation of your character, from Vault dweller to Lone Wanderer.

As you step out of the Vault and into the world, the sunlight burns and blinds you. Your eyes eventually adjust, and the grimey greens and browns of the oppressively bleak wasteland contrast with the sterile blue and white sheen of the Vault. Sign in to vote. Aaron 23 March This type of role playing game is usually not my thing. I prefer the Final Fantasy type role playing games to the ones that are comparable to this such as Elderscrolls. However, once I left the vault I was completely hooked on this very fun game.

You start out in said vault where you learn basic skills that will help you later when traversing the desolate wasteland. You also have the opportunity to build up your stats to your liking and what your character looks like.

It took a bit to grasp how to level in this game, but it was rather easy once I figured it out and quite easy to make a warrior of the wasteland suited to your tastes. Your father escapes this vault and you are soon to follow and entering the wasteland for the first time is quite something.

I was very impressed with the detail and layout of this land. So I headed for a town called Megaton and used this for my base of operations for the entire game.

In the game you complete quests and such to gain experience and earn bottle caps which in this world is the source of money. You can also loot many abandoned places and nearly everything you find can be sold for some more bottle caps.

The main quest is somewhat interesting as you follow the footsteps of your father and try to find out what he is trying to do, but quite frankly the other quests not relating to the main one are more fun for the most part.

Though I did like the black and white world in the main quest the last quest in the main quest was a bit too easy. Some examples of the optional quests include helping a local write a book on how to survive the wasteland, helping this group who worship a tree, ridding a town of their ant problem and so on and so forth. So for the most part this game is great the fighting is not the best when you do not use this mod called v. I just say they needed to do more in the main quest portion of the game, work out some of the bugs as this game froze up a couple of times and a character would not move to where he was supposed to so I had to physically push him, and make the ending a bit more grand in keeping with the rest of the game.

Still, for the most part this game was great with a variety of things to do and I was good on this play through next time I am planning on being ultra evil Greetings from Lithuania. Yes, this is the best video game i've played in my life, and i've played a lot of games. The story is amazing. When you just start playing, this game won't let you go. Graphics and sound are good. This one of those games, where you literally "living" it, not just playing it. I've played it with all DLC already installed.

Play this one, you won't regret it. I have not played the original release, nor have I played the X-Box version. That much should be said. From its astonishing graphics, to an intricate and complex storyline, to the sheer scope of the options and moral choices the player is given, this is a darned-near perfect game.

As close as a game can get to perfection, in my eyes. The game follows a character you create right down to name, gender and how they look , whom is living in Vault , an underground community established when nuclear war decimated the globe.

These "Vaults" exist all over the world, and serve to protect citizens from the world above, which is now ravaged by scavengers, dangerous mutant creatures and slave-drivers. Few peaceful communities exist on the surface of what was once the modern world. When your father voice by Liam Neeson disappears and a family friend is found murdered, you are forced to leave the vault and travel to the surface- the "Capital Wasteland"- what remains of Washington DC and the surrounding area, as you search for your father, and possibly, a way to save many of the lives of those who still live on the surface.

The game, similar to Bethesda's other series "Elder Scrolls", is very much a first-person action-RPG with numerous story lines and alternative ways to play. Depending on your actions, people will love or fear you, and your choice of missions and goals will change. Although I haven't beaten it yet, the game does promise multiple endings, and hundreds of hours of gameplay. It is an astonishing game.

Although the character models and animation aren't perfect, this game gets a perfect 10 for graphics due to the level of detail given to the world. Every square inch of this game has immense detail, and there's always something to see, whether it be dust in the wind or a discarded pack of cigarettes on the ground. This is a remarkable visual game. Although music is limited, the excellent voice-acting including Liam Neeson and Malcolm McDowell is professional quality, and the sound effects and sound design are awe-inspiring.

If you close your eyes, the level of sound detail is so remarkable, that you could almost listen to it as a radio play. The controls are tight, responsive and intuitive. This has one of the best console First-Person shooter control schemes I've ever played, and everything feels natural and logical. Controls are darned-near perfect. As you will notice, I gave the graphics, sound and control perfect 10's, yet my overall score is only a 5. One huge, unforgivable problem.

And that is the sheer volume of bugs and glitches, which all but ruins it, at least for the PS3 "Game of the Year" edition release. This game is frustrating to play. It functions so perfectly, yet the game also is so buggy that it makes me want to scream. At least 30 times now, during the past two weeks of playing, the game totally freezes up, and you must restart the system in order to resume playing. This is unforgivable. Often, it occurs right in the middle of a mission, which is frustrating to the point that I've teared up from anger more than once.

It is downright shameful. I know that most games crash here or there, but I've had this game crash times in less than an hour more than once- that's wrong. In addition, there are a lot of visual and audio glitches I've encountered. Everything from the frame-rate dropping to near-zero leading to my character dying because I can't keep up with combat , half of the characters or objects vanishing off the screen at random particularly during "The Pitt" DLC episode, where all of my things would vanish from the screen at random, and certain other objects as well , to seeing rocks and objects floating in the air, it's pretty pathetic.

Also, many times, audio will drift or just outright stop for up to a minute at a time. And to be honest, despite how great the game is, these bugs made me wish I had never bought it.

Bethesda should be ashamed of this release, and I think a warning sticker should be slapped on the box about the glitches and game crashes. The game is a 10, but this bad release is only a 5 out of I'm sad to say this, because it is a remarkable game, but if you own a PS3, you should avoid this unless they do some serious patch-work to fix the glitches.

Update- October, I have recently replayed the game and upon revisiting this review, I realized just how unfair I was towards this remarkable but flawed release. I don't even know what I was thinking. And I am bumping the score up to a fantastic 9 out of My complaints about the glitches still stand, but they can't diminish it's excellence.

Being somewhat a newcomer to RPG's I had no idea what to expect from this game. Sure I'm used to straight-up action games and whatnot, but every once in a while, I'd get into something that's a bit off the beaten path. And by that choice of virtue, I'm glad I did. The first thing that awe struck me the most about this game was the scenes of exposition of your character going from child, to teenager, and then an adult.

That is seldom seen and ambitious, even for a video game and it's these tiny little moments that make Fallout 3 so unique and different from most RPG's. From your first baby steps to your first words, and then on to the basics of things, these design mechanics should be forever cherished for decades to come. But the most exciting aspect was leaving the vault to experience first hand the Capital Wasteland. A hauntingly beautiful world of decadence, despair, hardship, poverty, war, and the instinctive trait of survival.

No matter how bleak things were, the Capital Wasteland, is for the most part, a place filled with inhabitants that were good or evil, or somewhere in between. But it's also filled with dangerous, bizarre creatures and scorched earth. It will take bravery and courage to traverse this barren world and find the truth about your father's mysterious disappearance.

The story is really captivating. Although it's filled with the trappings of '50s Sci-Fi shenanigans, it really gives the game a truly remarkable atmosphere quite realistically. At first I had trouble with the game-play but as I progressed more and more, I found it really engrossing as I got up to speed.

The V. A few moments into the game, I was blasting Raiders, and other enemies, like a pro. A level of interactivity that has yet to be rivaled. No game or any animated series is complete without stellar voice acting and Fallout 3 has it in spades. He gives the role firm conviction and determination, but also with heart and warmth.

Along with Neeson is Malcolm McDowell whose chilling and darkly humorous performance as President Eden is also superb. But I was really surprised with the amount of swearing in this game. Perhaps that is to be excepted of a game of this scope but since it's set against a post-apocalyptic world, it fits really well with the game's atmosphere. The soundtrack is also good too, with those roaring and rocking '50s tunes that your parents of Yesteryear use to listen to.

My only gripe is that the main music is repetitive. I would've liked for more diverse arrangement of music, although it gives you the sense of gravity during the proceedings.

As for the combat, I felt that the first-person shooting mechanics were a bit clunky and hastily put together. This can be attributed to the fact that first-person shooting is not one of the series's strong points.

Hopefully, the next installment will have a more varied soundtrack, better animation, and more improved first-person combat. But the ambient noises such as wind blowing through burned out trees really give you the sense of loneliness and isolation and in that regard the game succeeds at this as well. The graphics. Oh, how lovely they are. With attention to detail, the level designers do a fantastic job of making this virtual world believable and frightening at the same time.

With weather changing patterns to the dark and dingy abandoned subway stations and buildings, the game's visuals keep you on your toes while also giving you many strategic opportunities. And to be quite frank, I was really invested in this aspect of the game. The level up system is both easily accessible to both newcomers and casuals alike as well as longtime fans of the series. With that being said, I must say that Fallout 3 is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful games that I have ever played in my life.

The many choices you can make and mission variety gave me a real sense of satisfaction and appreciation of this game. And with the addition of online content, I'll be coming back for more. Simply put, Fallout 3 is one of the best RPG's in the market. It's also one of the best games on the Xbox Simply incredible and engrossing in every sense of the word. Fallout 3 is a game that set a high standard for Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4.

Even though it may have been surpassed by the games following it, Fallout 3 is without a doubt a gem in a time where games like this weren't very common. This game has an incredible Karma system and an ending with actual weight.

This is what the game excels in. You get to be whoever you want to be in this world, with the Karma system, you will lose Karma for dishonorable or evil actions and gain Karma for morally good actions.

This paired with the factions and the ending make for a lot of replay value. A negative would be the actual gameplay. You are over reliant on VATS. This style of shooting is annoying at times and was improved in later games for good reason. Another issue for me is the lack of weapon customization on top of a durability system that feels cheap for a loot based game. Despite some problems, Fallout 3 lead to some incredible games on top of being incredible itself.

Nice Game Appropriate for Early Childhood. Teen, 14 years old Written by musicluvr7 July 8, Great game with LOTS of language The game Fallout 3 is an excellent game with wonderful game play, but it does take a while to get the hang of things. As far as the violence goes, it is not as appalling as the other reviews are saying it is, but that might just be because I am not very sensitive to violence.

Most people in the game curse frequently, dealing out anything from first letters only f, s, h, d, gd, etc. On the other hand, the game does give you a chance to either be a good or a bad person, so it adds an element of good decision making. If you have a child that is into the violent-type RPG, then it should be fine, but use your best judgement. Overall, it was a great game with a solid and interesting storyline that was a blast to play. Teen, 17 years old Written by adam jensson June 24, Teen, 14 years old Written by Vladik June 9, A great game thought quite gorey.

Fallout 3 is one of my favourite video games and I highly recommend it. But, you have to keep in mind that this is an M rated game and it has lots of violence, language, and gore. I've played lots of video games and Fallout 3 is on the top for goriest.

They show a quick slow-motion video sometimes when you are trying to kill someone. Sometimes these videos show the head being separated or the whole person exploding.

Afterwards, the player can look at the bodies sometimes missing head, limbs, or completely exploded. Also, during this sequence, much blood is shown. There is also quite a lot of swearing. I don't really see this as a reason not to let someone play it. They are just words meant to describe what one is feeling and nothing else. It depends on the players maturity level, understanding of their actions, and responsibility. A 12 year old can play this but it truly depends.

Teen, 15 years old Written by Cryaotic May 9, My favorite game Now i think this is a great game for 13 and up! Theirs a lot of violence and gore Especially for players who have the "Bloody Mess" perk which is available though leveling up but most teens these days already know about gore and are used to it. Theirs alot of drug usage but drugs Mentioned in game as "Chems" are not seen being used by the player, but the side effects are; The effects are a blurry screen and it wears off in a few, if your character is addicted By taking to many of the same chems the screen will only flash red and blurry screens will occur after a certain amount of time.

Teen, 13 years old Written by Haxis27 April 5, Great game Show your kids what happens when people becom uncivilized and what revolution famine and war is like show them what could have happened if the Cuban missile crisis was succcful your kids say they love china now wait till they play this and show them the horrible truth about china this game also shows how the government may test on you because some of the vaults bunkers had defects made onporpuse such as the door never closed thus letting in the radioactive fallout in the bunker also some vaults were made to never open like the door won't open no matter what etc.

A great game Shows real life situations can have impacts on anyone A good game. Shows how you be careful with others in the game and also in real life.

Although this game has super gory and suggestive themed gameplay it shows how real life situations can really have an impact on people. If this were rated as movies are rated it would be R:Strong Graphic Violence, Sexual References, Use of drugs and alcohol, and language.