Fallout 3 Review

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(More customer reviews)This review is solely on the extra items included in the Fallout 3 Collector's Edition.

In addition to the Fallout 3 game, this box set includes the following:

(1) The Art of Fallout 3: Conceptual Imagery, Volumes iii-xiii
(2) Vault-Tec Lunchbox
(3) Vault-Tec Bobblehead
(4) VDSG Holotape: Making of Fallout 3, Historical Series (Volume I)

Let's go into each of these items in more detail.

The Art of Fallout 3 - This is a 95-page hardcover booklet with conceptual drawings and artwork that cover several aspects of the game, with artist's notes included.

Pages 4-12: Pre-Production - Includes sketches of cities such as D.C., Rivet City, Project Purity, Wasteland, and Paradise Falls.
Pages 14-16: Pip-Boy - This section shows several concept sketches of the Pip-Boy device.
Pages 17-32: Costume Design - Here we see designs for wastelanders, raiders, slavers, merchants, Vault suits, and more - see how 50's brand clothing gets a post-holocaust treatment.
Pages 33-44: Creatures - Brahmin cows? Bloat flies? Deathclaws? They're all here, in their irradiated glory.
Pages 45-52: Robots - From the Protectron to Liberty Prime, every robot and their arsenal make an appearance.
Pages 53-60: Weapons - This section shows the more exotic and homemade weaponry of Fallout 3 with intricate detail.
Pages 61-70: Hardware - Everything from fission-powered automobiles to stainless steel bomb-protected buildings gets a sketch in this section.
Pages 71-90: The World - Several of the key locations, environments and structures are reviewed here.
Pages 91-95: Storyboards - Here, we see the storyboard sequence for the intro movie and a small battle segment.

The Vault-Tec Lunchbox - There's no shortage of artwork here. The top has the Vault-Tec mascot leading an exodus into a mountainside vault, the sides have S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attribute pictures, and the bottom shows an idyllic family picnic with the mascot reminding everyone to "Prepare for the Future".

The Vault-Tec Bobblehead - I must confess; I was a little disappointed at first. While the bobblehead was cute, the base had come off during delivery, but it was nothing a little super-glue couldn't fix.

Finally, the Making of Fallout 3 video.

The main video is 39 minutes long, made up of 4 sections:

(1) Fallout 101
(2) Retro-Futurism
(3) Duck & Cover
(4) The Art of Noise

Throughout the video, we get to hear from the following people, who offer a deeper and richer understanding of the time and effort that went into making Fallout 3:

Todd Howard - Game Director
Emil Pagliarulo - Lead Tester & Writer
Gavin Carter - Lead Producer
Steve Meister - Lead Programmer
Joel Burgess - Lead Level Designer
Istvan Pely - Lead Artist
Adam Adamowicz - Concept Artist
Pete Hines - Project Manager
Ashley Cheng - Production Designer
Grant Struthers - Special Effects & Gore (oh yes, that's his official department!)
Mark E. Lampert - Audio Director
Liam Neeson - "Dad"
Malcom McDowell - "President Eden"

The Special Features Menu offers the following choices:

(1) Official Fallout 3 Trailer
(2) Teaser Trailer for Fallout 3
(3) Poster Art - includes 8 pictures
(4) Concept Art - includes 35 pictures from the Art of Fallout 3.

For the hearing impaired, there are 5 language choices for the subtitles.

And what's the icing on the cake? When you use the Pop-Up Menu option on your Blu-Ray player, it opens in a Pip-Boy window!

There's a lot to love with this edition. If you like the game and want to know as much as you can about the creation, development and production process, you'll be in hog heaven with the Making of Fallout 3 DVD. For the aspiring artist, the Art of Fallout 3 is simply amazing to look at and offers a unique glimpse into the process of taking retro-50's concepts and projecting them 200 years into the future. The other extras are purely for the collectors - but if you'd like to be the envy of your classmates with a Vault-Tec lunchbox, or decorate your cubicle with a Vault-Tec bobblehead, go for it!

Now, the only difference between this edition and the Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition is the Pip-Boy clock. I would NOT recommend buying that package because there are numerous reports of the Pip-Boy clock malfunctioning. I personally haven't had any trouble, but several people have noted the low battery life.

Dial 888-4VAULT-TEC to reserve a spot for your family: operators are standing by!

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Fallout 3 from the creators of the award-winning Oblivion, featuring one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders and other dangers of the Wasteland. Prepare for the future.

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(More customer reviews)I never played the original fallout games, but I have always been an elder scrolls fan.Oblivion is one of my favorite games that I have ever had the pleasure of playing, news that the same team bought up and was working on this game made me very happy, if it could just be oblivion with guns, I would be sure to find much enjoyment.However it is SO much more.The game is epic in scope, when you are "born" you crawl around, and you find this book (which is very cool) that teaches you about the S.P.E.C.I.A.L System, and you get to choose how you will be.I love the whole way this game is presented, everything seems very realistic, the environments are of the best I have ever seen.

The voice acting has to be heard to be enjoyed.I finally beat this sucker, after many late night gaming sessions (who needs sleep?)its crazy how many times I would say, ok, a few more minutes then its time to sleep, and the next thing I know the suns coming up!

One of the cool things about this game is the Pip-Boy 3000, it is how you manage everything, stuff you pick up, your aid, your ability to check your radiation level, as well as letting you check your maps, choose your quest, and the coolest feature of all, the ability to listen to the in game radio.

The radio features music from the 40's and 50's and its all real music, very unique, and fits perfectly into the world this game has created.I love it.It adds so much to the experience.

Since your reading this review, you may wish to know about the "Collectors" features.So lets get into if its worth you dropping another 20$ for.

There is no definitive Yes or No.If you work in the game industry, this is one of the best things you can buy, you get a 100 page art book that looks really good, you get the concept art for the creatures, character armor, and environment landscapes.This book makes others such as gears of war seem quite inadequate, this book alone was worth the price for me.The very cool looking lunchbox which houses everything only sweetens the deal, it is very well constructed, and looks awesome, that's all i can say.If you enjoy the retro type advertising of the game (and in game) you will love the lunch box, it is very cool.You get a making of dvd, which I'm planning on exploring later on after I beat the game again. You also get the bobble head which is currently "bobbling" right now as I type.I love this guy, he looks awesome, I'm somewhat disappointed we didn't get the version with him giving a thumbs up, but this is still cool nonetheless.

This is a very good game, much more mature than oblivion due to the language and themes (one part has you visiting a virtual world, where you break up a marriage, beat up a little kid to make him cry, then proceed with murdering all the inhabits while wearing a mask scaring them all away -- though you can avoid it, if you figure out how to get out on your own!)

Speaking of which, I must mention the cool perks system.If you want to play the game as being evil (my next play through for sure!) you can use the "Sandman" Perk and kill people in their sleep, if that's not enough, there is a perk that lets you eat people!Also whenever you pick pocket you can replace what you stole with a grenade and watch as they die (you get an achievement for this too!)

The game is so good, so slick, I really hope they treat this game like oblivion and offer some expansions, maybe one taking place in NY, LA, or something, that would be very cool.

The new VATS system is pretty cool, you can use Attack Points and use your weapon in a cinematic view that lays waste to your enemy, weather your slamming a sledgehammer down on a demon dog, or shooting off a raiders head with your hand gun or rifle (think resident evil type animations), with that said, this game had me jumping several times throughout, it is very good and you get very involved in this game.

Lastly, I must mention the graphics are the best I have seen.They surpass Oblivion, and look better than any game out on the 360 right now.

Bottom line, pick it up, you will be playing this more than 1-2 days, it is a very good game, a game that requires repeat visits.It combines the best of all my favorite games, GTA's seedy underground environment, Resident Evils Character design, boss strength, and the gun play and horror, oblivions fantastic engine and how everything goes together.It has to be played to truly enjoy.

Also, the guide is NOT necessary, the game is pretty easy to figure out on your own.(though not an easy game)

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Fallout 3 from the creators of the award-winning Oblivion, featuring one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders and other dangers of the Wasteland. Prepare for the future.

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(More customer reviews)Fallout 3 only appears to use the disc validation aspects of SecuROM 7.36.0006. I used System Mechanic to perform some "before and after" system scans to ensure nothing sinister was happening with the install. All I could find was the usual license and CD / DVD entries in the Registry. There were no activations or installation hiccups. The installation does take quite some time though, so I advise people to de-clutter and defrag before they install.

I don't want to issue any spoilers, but what I will say is that the graphics are revolutionary! The world feels very immersing and the character interactions are very realistic. The controls are very similar to Oblivion too, so it wasn't hard to dive in. The game is very, very polished and when you exit Vault 101 for the first time, the scenery that greets you is astounding! You can see objects in full clarity right out to the horizon and the environment looks very much like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, albeit under a very gray palette. I maxed out the in-game detail settings and my single slot GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB handled it perfectly. This is first class!

My biggest gripe with DRM is limited activations, which also infer spying on your machine. This game does indeed use the "evil" SecuROM, but it's just the usual SecuROM disc-checking that we have in tonnes of games prior to this. There are NO LIMITED ACTIVATIONS. I'm a big anti-DRM person, just look at my posts for Spore, but this, in my opinion, is an acceptable use of DRM and I recommend people get the game.

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Fallout 3 from the creators of the award-winning Oblivion, featuring one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders and other dangers of the Wasteland. Prepare for the future.

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(More customer reviews)I play a lot of different RPG's and was not a fan of Elder Scrolls Oblivion.I will list the pros and cons as impartially as possible so you can be the judge on what matters to you.

PROS:

-You are left to explore and find things to do and quests on your own.This game is a true RPG.You have one main quest.Everything else are side quests.

- Over 100+ hours of places to explore. and more than 100+ unique map locations.

- Tons of perks and ways to develop your character.Become a science genius or concentrate on stealth and your lockpicking ability.Invest in large guns and go into places with guns ablaze.Play the game how you want.Be good and people will love you, be bad and people will fear you.

- Replay value.This is rare in RPGs but Because of the many different ways you can play the game I see myself playing this game again to play a different type of character.

- Some people complain about the targeting system known as VATS.This game is not an FPS.VATS gives you a wonderful 1st person shooter feel with an RPG style or turned based combat.Score a critical by shooting your enemies head and it might explode.Shoot the enemy on his weapon hand and he will not be able to attack you very quickly.

- The graphics are amazing.Its a beautiful post apocalyptic mess.The detail from the stains on a found mattress or a found comic called "Grognak the Barbarian and the Lair of the Virgin Killer" are all amazing.You can tell a lot of thought went into detail.

- The voice work is nice.Almost every character talks out loud.This allows you to listen and respond instead of just watching a mouth move and reading dialog all the time.

- Enemies do not automatically level with your character.This was my biggest problem with Oblivion.Some people liked the fact that enemies would always be your level.I found it totally unrealistic.Go ahead, run your level 1 character through the Wastelands.You might come across an easy roach or a mutant with a minigun.In my book this makes the game more fun and much more realistic.

-I have read on the forums and some bad reviews here that they can not find tons of ammo.This is not Halo, Call of Duty or any other FPS.People need to take the right mindset.This is a world 200 years after major Nuclear war.Things will break, ammo is sometimes scarce, radiation is a fact of life, bottle caps are money, people trade everything and you live in a harsh world.I think some people need to watch the Madmax series just as a primer to understand the world created here.

- Instant travel.Once you have visited an area you no longer need to walk to the location.You can locate the area on your map (through the PIPBoy 3000) and select it to instantly travel.

- The PipBoy 3000 Interface works great.This allows you to keep track of stats, items, equipment, quests, notes, maps, and karma very easily.The UI is easy and it keeps all the data you need at your finger tips.

CONS:

- AI is nothing special.It's not bad, just nothing special.When I am shooting a shotgun at you, running at me with a pool cue might not be the smartest thing to do.They will sometimes run away if severely over matched (which is the smart thing to do).The AI is no worse then any other games, just no big improvements here.

- Lack of good music.You can find radio stations on your PIPBoy but I was not a fan of the music.The background can be ok but not great.Sometimes when alone in the Wasteland you want some good background music.

- I had the game crash once but not a lot of times like some people are reporting.Still unacceptable but manageable.Loading and saving times can take anywhere between 10-30 seconds which is kind of slow.

- No item descriptions.The important data like weight, condition value, and perks of the item are still displayed but full description of the items are no longer available.This is different then Fallout 1 and 2 where each item had a paragraph describing it.

Additional thoughts:

This game is rated "M".This means you shouldn't play this game with kids in the room.This isn't a Con for me but this might be a problem for all you gamer mom and dads out there.Seriously, no kids allowed.Women offer there "Services", cussing, blood splatter on the screen when you get injured, mutants hanging people on meat hooks, tons of drug use, and of course blowing peoples limbs off.Good times but not for the kiddies.

No, its not perfect but it is a lot of fun and the best RPG currently on the market.My 5 star review was based on that fact.This is the best RPG I have played since FFX (Final Fantasy X).I hope you enjoy it.

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(More customer reviews)I recently bought 3 new games for PS3; Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, and Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is by far the winner for me.Little Big Planet is incredible in its own right, but Fallout 3 deserves 10 stars. Resistance 2, has great graphics, but the single player really lacks something that it had in the first game.I understand that the online play is now amazing, but I'm a story guy so that's what I'm playing for.

Food analogy for these three games;
Resistance 2; A nice brunch, but some of the guests are irritating.
Little Big Planet;Awesome snack party! Lets play again!
Fallout 3; A 10 course meal of the best of all kinds of food.WOW!

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All three games are great, but so far I've had the most fun playing Fallout 3.The scope of the game is huge, it feels huge, it looks huge, it sucks you in.The plot seamlessly welds together, and the detail is incredible.

My wife, who is an amazing artist, took a look at this game while I was playing and commented the following; "Whomever designed this game really knew what they were doing.The color pallets are very well chosen so that everything in the scene has the correct lighting feeling for the time of day."

I especially *love* the little details that make this game.First amazing detail;Hacking the terminals is *very* close to the way you would break into a real OpenVMS machine if you had console access.The terminals themselves look like old VT100 terminals. You can break into a VMS machine from the console (physical terminal) and the commands are not exactly the same, but when I saw my character typing them in, I was so happy.I think the authors of this game should be commended for their accuracy, and for their design choice.The OpenVMS system is very old, very useful, very strong, and very stable.The similar commands fit in *perfectly* with the look and feel of the terminals the robot company makes in the game.

Next up, the super mutants totally take lines from the villain "Humungous" in Mad Max: Road warrior 2."No more games!"with the same delivery.This little detail is so perfect.There are little nods like this to the Sci Fi genre throughout this game.

Even the starting sequence of this game, and the load "slides" which are modeled after 50's micro fiche are so perfectly in character for the rest of the game that you find yourself wishing the load times when they show were longer so you could pore over the details revealed.

This game is so huge, and incredibly wide reaching.This is demonstrated by the example of a side quest/area that is introduced through deft foreshadowing into the game when your character inquires about the local area at one of the towns in the game.The person you're talking to refers to this nearby place to stay away from. "Its bad mojo!"So of course you think "Well I have to go there next!"Next stop, terror!And 3/4 of the way through the side quest you're asking yourself "Maybe I really should have listened to this guy" as you're dying and irradiated in a terrifying area of doom!This minor side quest is so big, and perfectly executed within the game that you really feel like you're paid your money's worth.

I think one of the things that some other reviewers mentioned is how cool it is that you can treat the game like a real time game, or as a more turn based game by using the V.A.T.S system.This lends flexibility to the game allowing you to play it either as the biggest open ended fps you've ever played or as a giant post apocolyptic RPG.

Game strategy is introduced subtly by the npcs, making you feel like you are there.An example of this is a side conversation you have with a kid who tells you about the calamity that happened to his town.He describes how his father would rant about the invaders and how to defeat them, but the kid doesn't understand what his father meant.You end up using the strategy to avoid death it a wonderful high quality Sci Fi B movie plot line yourself later.

Each storyline in this excellent game is peeled back like layers of an onion, that you slowly uncover.The graphics are eyepopping sure, but I must give the writers for this game the highest praise.This is something that the author Neal Stephenson writes about in his book Diamond Age.The idea that you can have incredible immersion games that have a completely realistic physical environment a la the matrix concept, but without a gripping storyline you've got nothing.Well Fallout3 has the story lines, and it has them in spades.It has the eye popping graphics, and the incredible detail.This game has it all.

There is never a time in this game where the game mechanics themselves get in the way of the play.You can save whenever you want, and the completely transparent mechanics submerge you into the game environment.

In conclusion, if you like adventures, and you like Sci Fi, get this incredible Game.

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